iPadOS Bluetooth page, showing the Sony SRS XB12 portable speaker as connected.
This post shows how to pair the Sony SRS XB12 Bluetooth Extra Bass speaker with an iPhone, or other iOS or iPadOS based device.
With your SRS XB12 switched OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to pair it to your iPhone mobile device. We use an iPad Air computer for this demo, since we do not have an iPhone in shop right now. But the procedure is pretty much identical.
Firstly, press the Home button to bring up the smart device’s Home screen.
We found ours on the second page of the Home screen, as shown next.
Thirdly, tap the Settings app icon.
The smart device then shows the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.
Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is running here. But since our XB12 is currently shut OFF (is not in Bluetooth pairing mode), it does not show up in the BT devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with our iOS device before.
Turn on the XB12 by quickly pressing its Power button. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.
The speaker then powers up, and its status lamp glows green, as seen in the next picture.
Also, this lamp will blink in a slow flashing pattern to indicate that the XB12 is ready to receive a Bluetooth pairing request.
If it blinks slowly, then it’s passively waiting for a Bluetooth connection request to come in.
But if it flashes quickly, in a three or four blinks per second, then it’s broadcasting its pairing information over Bluetooth so other devices can find it. I.e. The speaker is in pairing mode in this case.
Moreover, since our test iPhone like device does not know about this speaker, the SRS XB12 will not pair with it automatically.
Now, to see this speaker on your iPhone, place it into Bluetooth pairing mode if it’s not in that mode already (flashing quickly). To do that, press and hold the Power button, and release when the unit beeps, and the Status lamp begins its three-pulses-per-second flashing pattern.
Find the Power button as shown above, pointed at by the green arrow.
See the screen shot next. We found our SRS XB12, as we point out with the green arrow.
Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.
Your mobile device then pairs with the SRS XB12.
I.e. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-paired Sony SRS XB12 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.
At last, we have now successfully paired our XB12 mini BT speaker with an iPhone like device.
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