How to Pair JBL Flip 2 Speaker

iOS 11 Bluetooth Settings screen, showing the JBL Flip 2 Bluetooth speaker, paired.

This post shows how to pair a JBL Flip 2 Bluetooth speaker with common mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices.

How to Pair JBL Flip 2 Speaker

With your JBL Flip 2 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to pair it to your mobile device.

1. Navigate to the Home Screen on your Mobile Device

Press the Home button to reveal the mobile iOS device’s Home screen. Shown next.

2. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of an iPad home screen, shown next.

iOS Home Screen with Settings app highlighted.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

The iOS device then displays the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.

4. Go to Bluetooth Settings to Continue with How to Pair JBL Flip 2

Our Bluetooth settings screen displays, similar to the following.

Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since the Flip 3 is currently powered OFF, it does not show up in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with the iPad Air before. See this as shown in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices, shown next.

An iPad Air, showing its previously paired Bluetooth devices list. Note that there’s no JBL Flip 2 speaker now.

5. Turn On your JBL Flip 2 Speaker

Turn on this speaker by quickly pressing its Power button. See this pointed out with the green arrow in the next picture.

JBL Flip 2 wireless Bluetooth speaker, powered Off, showing the -Power- button highlighted.

The speaker then powers up and the Power button begins glowing, as follows.

The Power button glowing.

But since the iPad does not know about this speaker, the JBL Flip 2 will not pair with it automatically. The Pairing button denotes this not-paired state by remaining dark, as shown next.

JBL Flip 2 wireless speaker, showing the -Bluetooth Discovery Mode- button highlighted.

6. Put your JBL Flip 2 into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Now, to see your JBL Flip 2 speaker on your mobile device, place the speaker into pairing mode. To do that, press and release the Pairing button, as shown in the last picture above.

When you press the Bluetooth button, the speaker makes a series of beep sounds. Also, the Pairing button starts fast flashing white. See this next.

The Bluetooth button lit up.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Pair JBL Flip 2

See the screen shot next. We found our speaker, as pointed at by the green arrow.

iOS 11 Bluetooth settings page, with -Toms Flip 2- wireless speaker discovered but not paired yet, highlighted.

8. Next, Pair with your JBL Flip 2 Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth devices list.

Your source device then pairs with the speaker (named “Tom’s Flip 2” in this demo). The mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following.

iOS Bluetooth settings page, showing -Toms Flip 2- wireless speaker connected and highlighted.

9. Done with How to Pair JBL Flip 2 !

We have now successfully paired our JBL Flip 2 portable speaker. Similar routines work with pairing iPod Touch players, iPad Pros, and any iPhones as well so long as they support Bluetooth. Pairing with Android devices works in similar fashion as well.