How to Pair Sony XE 300

The Sony SRS XE300 speaker showing as Connected on iPadOS.

This post shows how to pair the Sony XE 300 wireless column speaker by way of Bluetooth to common portable devices. E.g. These include the Apple line of device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. This routine also works for Android base devices as well, such as Samsung and LG phones, as well as Amazon Fire tablets.

How to Pair Sony XE 300, Step By Step

With your XE 300 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 XE 300

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our Sony XE 300 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 Sony SRX XE 300 Speaker

Turn on the speaker by quickly pressing its Power-Pairing button. See this, pointed at by the cyan arrow, in the next picture.

The Power button on the Sony XE 300.

The unit then powers up, and its Power-Pairing button glows white, as we in the next picture.

The green glowing power lamp.

But since our tablet does not know about this speaker, the XE 300 will not pair with it automatically.

6. Put the XE 300 in Pairing Mode

Now, to see your XE 300 on your device, place it into Bluetooth discovery / pairing mode. So to accomplish that, press and hold the Pairing button, and release when you hear the rising pitch beep sequence and the speaker announces, “Bluetooth pairing,” in a lady’s voice. Find the Pairing button in the buttons panel, second one down from the top, just below the Power button.

In addition to the voice announcement, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing blue in the pulse-pulse-pause-pulse-pulse-pause pattern, as we see next.

The blue blinking Bluetooth Pairing light.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Pair Sony XE 300

See the screen shot next. We found our XE 300, as pointed at by the green arrow.

The Sony XE 300 showing as discovered on iPadOS.

8. Now Pair with the XE 300

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your source device then pairs with the Bluetooth speaker.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected XE 300 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

The speaker showing as Connected on iPadOS.