How to Pair Sony Speaker XB13

The glowing ST PAIR lamp on the Sony SRS XB13 speaker.

This post shows how to pair the Sony speaker SRS-XB13 model with common portable devices. E.g. These include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets.

How to Pair Sony Speaker XB13

With your SRS XB13 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to pair it to your source BT mobile device. We’re using an iPad Air 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

We found ours on the second page of the Home screen, as shown next.

iOS Home Screen with Settings App Highlighted

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 XB13

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our Sony SRS XB13 is currently shut OFF (is not in Bluetooth discovery mode), it does not show up in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with our mobile device before.

iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page showing nothing discovered

5. Turn On your Speaker

Turn on the XB13 by quickly pressing its Power button. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.

Power Button on the Sony speaker SRS-XB13.

The speaker then powers up, and its status lamp glows green, as seen in the next picture.

But since our iPad does not know about this speaker, the SRS-XB13 will not pair with it automatically.

The -Power- lamp glowing on the speaker.

6. Put the Speaker into Discovery Mode

Now, to see your Sony speaker SRS-XB13 on your device, place it into Bluetooth discovery / pairing mode. Now to do that, press the Pairing button, and release after a quarter second.

So, find the Pairing button as we see in the next picture, pointed at by the green arrow.

The -Bluetooth- button on the speaker.

Then the speaker emits a rise-fall beep. Also, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing in a pulse-pulse-pause-pulse-pulse-pause pattern.

The -Pairing Status- lamp.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Pair Sony Speaker SRS XB13

See the screen shot next. We found our XB13, as pointed at by the green arrow.

iPadOS Bluetooth Settings page, showing the Sony speaker SRS-XB13 as discovered.

8. Pair with your XB13

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your mobile device then pairs with the SRS-XB13.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected SRS-XB13 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page, showing the Sony SRS-XB13 speaker as Connected..