Shows how to pair the Sony speaker SRS-XP500 karaoke party unit with common wireless devices. E.g. These include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. A similar routine also works with Android tablets and phones as well.
How to Pair Sony Speaker SRS-XP500: Step by Step
Start with your SRS-XP500 OFF and the Power lamp dark). Then run through these directions to pair it to your source BT device. We’re using an iPad Air tablet computer for this demo.
1. Go to the Home Screen on your Source Device
Firstly, press the Home button to reveal the smart device’s Home screen.
2. Find the Settings App
Then we find ours on the second page of the Home screen.
![Picture of an iPadOS Home screen. Showing the -Settings- app.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/iOSHomeScreenSettingsHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
3. Bring up the Settings App
Thirdly, touch the Settings app icon.
The smart device then shows the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.
4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with How to Pair Sony Speaker SRS-XP500
Then our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is running here. But our speaker is currently OFF. So it cannot be in Bluetooth pairing mode. Thus it does not appear in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never linked this speaker with our mobile device before.
![Screenshot of the -Bluetooth Settings- page, showing nothing discovered](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/iPadOSBluetoothSettingsNothingDiscovered_001-300x225.jpg)
5. Turn On your Sony SRS-XP500
Additionally, turn on the speaker by quickly pressing and releasing its Power button.
![Picture of the -Power- button on the Sony Speaker SRS-XP500.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sony-SRS-XP500-Top-Power-Button-300x258.jpg)
The speaker then powers up, and its status lamp glows green.
But since our iPad does not know about this speaker, the SRS-XP500 will not pair with it automatically.
![Picture of the -Power- light blinking green.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sony-SRS-XP500-Top-Power-Lamp-Glowing-300x225.jpg)
6. Put the SRS-XP500 into Pairing Mode
So to see your speaker on your device, place it into Bluetooth discovery / pairing mode. To do that, press the Pairing button, and release after a quarter second.
Find the Pairing button as we see in the next picture. It’s the second button in from the left on the top button panel.
![Picture of the Bluetooth pairing / discovery button.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sony-SRS-XP500-Top-Bluetooth-Pairing-Button-300x225.jpg)
Then the speaker emits a rise-fall beep. Also, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing in a pulse-pulse-pause-pulse-pulse-pause pattern.
![Picture of the Bluetooth pairing status lamp glowing blue.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sony-SRS-XP500-Top-Pairing-Lamp-Glowing-Blue-300x225.jpg)
7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Pair Sony Speaker SRS-XP500
See the screen shot next. See the XP500 in the Other Devices list.
![Picture of the Sony Speaker SRS-XP500. Showing as discovered.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sony-SRS-XP500-Discovered-iPadOS-2022-300x225.jpg)
8. Pair with your SRS-XP500
Then tap the speaker in the Other Devices list.
Your mobile device then pairs with the XP500.
E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen changes to look something like the following. Note the now-connected SRS-XP500 entry.
![Screenshot of the speaker showing as connected.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sony-SRS-XP500-Connected-on-iPadOS-2022-300x225.jpg)
9. Done with How to Pair Sony Speaker SRS-XP500 !
At last, we have now successfully paired this party speaker with a common mobile tablet device.