How to Pair Sony XB10 to iPhone

Rear button and lamp panel on the sony SRS XB10 bluetooth speaker.

This post explains how to pair the Sony XB10 Extra Bass speaker with an iPhone or other iOS or iPadOS device. But since we don’t have a current iPhone at present, we’ll show how to do this on an iPad Air, since the routine is virtually the same.

How to Pair Sony XB10 to iPhone, Step by Step

With your XB10 powered off (status lamp is dark), run through this routine to pair it to your iPhone mobile device.

1. Bring up the Home Screen on your iPhone

Firstly, press the Home button to get to the iPhone’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

Next, tap the Settings app icon.

The iPhone 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 Sony XB10 to iPhone

The Bluetooth settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our SRSXB10 speaker is currently powered OFF and not in discovery 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 the iPhone before, it should not appear here. See this as shown in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices, shown next.

The Previously Paired Bluetooth Devices list, empty.

5. Turn On your Sony XB10

Next, turn on the XB10 by quickly pressing its Power button. See this pointed at by the green arrow in the next picture.

The -Power- button.

The speaker then powers up.

But since an iPhone does not know about this speaker if never paired to it before, the XB10 will not link with it automatically. The status light pointed at by the green arrow in the next picture either blinks fast or slow therefore, and this denotes this not-paired state.

Showing the XB10 powered ON, and the Status lamp glowing.

6. Put your XB10 into Pairing Mode

Now to see your speaker on your iPhone, place it into Bluetooth discovery mode. To do that, press and hold the Power button, as shown above, for one or two seconds, until you hear two high beeps. and notice that the status lamp starts fast-blinking.

7. Find your Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Pair Sony XB10 to iPhone

See the screen shot next. We found our test speaker, as we point at with the green arrow.

iPadOS Bluetooth Settings screenshot, showing the Sony XRS XB10 speaker as discovered.

8. Pair your iPhone with your Sony XB10

Then, tap the listed speaker in the Devices list.

Your iPhone then pairs with the XB10.

Next, the iPhone’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following. The arrows show the Sony XB10 now paired to iPhone.

The iPadOS Bluetooth page, showing the XB10 connected.