How to Pair Sony SRS XB43

Sony SRS XB43 Bluetooth Speaker, Showing the -Pairing- Button.

This post shows how to pair the Sony SRS XB43 Extra Bass Bluetooth speaker with typical wireless devices. E.g. These include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets.

How to Pair Sony SRS XB43: Step by Step

With your SRS XB43 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 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

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 SRS XB43

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is ON here. But since our Sony SRS XB43 is currently OFF (is not in Bluetooth pairing mode), 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.

iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page showing nothing discovered

5. Turn On your Sony SRX XB43 Speaker

Additionally, turn on the XB43 by quickly pressing and releasing its Power button. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.

Sony SRS XB43 speaker in OFF state, showing the -Power- button.

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

But since our iPad does not know about this speaker, the SRS XB43 will not pair with it automatically.

Sony SRS XB43 party Speaker power lamp glowing.

6. Put the XB43 into Discovery Mode

Now, 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, pointed at by the green arrow.

The Sony SRS XB43. Showing the -Pairing- Button.

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 blue glowing -Bluetooth- status light.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Pair Sony SRS XB43

See the screen shot next. We found our XB43, as pointed at by the green arrow.

The iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page. Showing the Sony SRS XB43 as discovered.

8. Pair with your Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your mobile device then pairs with the SRS XB43.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected SRS XB43 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

The XB43 now showing as Connected..