Screenshot of the iPadOS Bluetooth Settings page, showing the Wonderboom 3 as connected.

How to Connect Wonderboom 3

This post describes how to connect the Wonderboom 3 to get it playing from your phone, tablet, or other BT device. First, of course, for new speakers, unpack them and make sure that they have some charge in their batteries.  Then, with your speaker turned OFF (all dark top panel LEDs), follow these steps to connect with most any BT source device.  Thus in this demo, we show how this connecting works on an iPad Air 3 tablet. But a like routine works for iPhones, iPods, and Android phones and tablets too.

How to Connect Wonderboom 3, Step by Step

1. Unpack and Charge the Speaker

If this is a new speaker, take it out of the box and remove all wrappings and packing materials.  Then, charge it for several minutes before proceeding, as these can be pretty dead when you first get them.

2. Next, Visit the Home Screen on your Bluetooth Device

Then press the Home button to get to the  Home  page.  See our  Home  screen as shown next on our iPad.

3. Find the iPad  Settings  App

We found ours on the second page of the  Home  screen on our tablet.

Picture of an iPad Home screen, with the Settings app highlighted by an arrow.
iPad Home Screen with Settings App Highlighted.

4. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

Out test tablet  then shows the first page of its  Settings  screen, as shown in the next screenshot

Screenshot of the Settings screen on iPad Air, with Bluetooth turned ON screen showing, and the Bluetooth item highlighted.
iOS Settings screen on iPad Air, with Bluetooth turned ON screen showing, and the Bluetooth item highlighted.

5. Go to the  Bluetooth Settings  Page to Continue with How to Connect Wonderboom 3

Tap the  Bluetooth  item, as pointed at by the dark green arrow in the last screenshot above.

Our  Bluetooth Settings screen then appears as follows. Note that we switched ON our Bluetooth on this tablet. But since the speaker is currently OFF, it does not show in either the  My Devices  or  Other Devices lists on the tablet yet,  Why?  Because we’ve never connected it with this iPad before.  Plus, the speaker is not yet broadcasting its BT connection info. This looks something like as shown next.

Screenshot of the ipreviously paired Bluetooth devices list.
Showing the previously paired Bluetooth devices list on the tablet.

Note in this picture that no Wonderboom 3 appears just yet.





6. Turn On the Speaker

Power up the speaker by rapidly pressing its  Power  button.

See this button, pointed at by yellow arrow, in the next picture.

Picture of the top of the Wonderboom 3 BT speaker. showing the dark Power button.
Top view of the Wonderboom 3 BT speaker. showing the dark Power button.

The speaker then comes on, letting you know this by making a startup sound.

7. Put your Speaker in Discovery Mode

Now, to see your Wonderboom 3 on your source device, place it into BT connecting mode. For that, press and release the Connecting button, as circled in the next picture.

Picture of the Wonderboom 3 Bluetooth Pairing button glowing / flashing white.
The Wonderboom 3 Bluetooth Pairing button glowing / flashing white.

When you press this Connecting button, the speaker makes an offbeat but cool connecting sound. Plus, a lamp in this button starts fast-flashing white. See this in the last picture above.

8. Find the Wonderboom 3 on Your Source Device

See the picture next. We found ours, as pointed at by the blue arrow in the next picture.

Screenshot of the iPadOS Bluetooth Settings page, showing the Wonderboom 3 as found.
iPadOS Bluetooth Settings page, showing the Wonderboom 3 as found.

9. Connect with the Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the  Other Devices  section of the  Bluetooth Devices  list, shown above.

Your device then connects with the Wonderboom 3 (appears as “WONDERBOOM 3” in this demo).

The  Bluetooth Settings  screen then changes to display something like the following.

Screenshot of the Wonderboom 3 showing as connected on the test tablet.
The Wonderboom 3 showing as connected on the test tablet.

Note that the speaker now shows as connected, as pointed at by the blue arrows in the last picture.

10. Done with How to Connect Wonderboom 3 !

We have now successfully connected this Bluetooth speaker to an iPad Air 3 tablet.  Audio output from that smart device now plays on this speaker, which is what you want. Bluetooth set up like this works with most other Bluetooth source devices as well.

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References for How to Connect Wonderboom 3

    1. Wonderboom 3 Official Product Page at UltimateEars.com

Revisions and Changes

    • 2023-02-19: First released.