How to Pair Sony XG 300

The Sony SRS XG300 speaker showing as Connected on iPadOS.

This post shows how to pair the Sony XG 300 mini boombox speaker with typical wireless devices. E.g. These include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. A similar routine also works with Android tablets and phones as well.

How to Pair Sony XG 300, Step by Step

With your XG 300 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to pair it to your source BT 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 XG 300

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our Sony XG 300 is currently shut 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 XG 300 Boombox

Additionally, turn on the 300 by quickly pressing and releasing its Power button. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.

The -Power- button on the Sony XG 300.

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 300 will not pair with it automatically.

The -Power- lamp glowing green.

6. Put the 300 in 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 Bluetooth pairing / discovery button on the Sony XG 300.

Then the speaker announces, “Bluetooth pairing.”

Also, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing in a pulse-pulse-pause-pulse-pulse-pause pattern.

The Bluetooth status light flashing blue.

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

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

The Sony XG 300 showing as discovered on iPadOS.

8. Pair with your Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your mobile device then pairs with the XG 300.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected “SRS-XG300” entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

The speaker showing as Connected on iPadOS.