Screenshot of the Sony SRS XE200 speaker showing as discovered on iPadOS.

How to Put Sony XE 200 in Pairing Mode

To pair your XE 200 Sony Bluetooth Boombox speaker with a source device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you have to know how to start up pairing mode on this speaker.  Why?  Because in this mode, the speaker broadcasts its name and currently valid connection info over Bluetooth. Then this lets source Bluetooth devices pair with it.  So in this post, we show you how to put the Sony XE 200 BT speaker into pairing mode, so you can easily link it with phones, tablets, computers, and smart speakers, and stream music from those devices onto this speaker.

How to Put Sony XE 200 in Pairing Mode, Step by Step

1. Turn On the XE 200

Firstly, Turn on the speaker by rapidly pressing its  Power  button.

E.g. See this button, that we point out with the pink arrow, in the next picture. It’s the first button on the left as you face the speaker.

Picture of the Power button on the Sony XE 200.
The Power button on the Sony XE 200.

The unit then comes on with a cool startup sound, and the Power lamp begins glowing as we see next.

Picture of the green glowing Power Lamp on the Sony XE 200.
The green glowing Power Lamp on the Sony XE 200.




2. Press and Hold the Pairing Button for a Quarter Second

Secondly, pairing mode allows you to see your XE 200 on your source Bluetooth device. So, activate pairing mode by pressing and releasing the Pairing button. Find this button as we point out in the next picture.

Picture of the Pairing button on the speaker.
The Pairing button on the speaker.

When you press this Pairing button, the speaker says in a female voice, “Bluetooth pairing.”   Plus, the Pairing lamp begins blinking blue, in a pulse-pulse-pause-pulse-pulse-pause pattern. We point to this light in the next picture. It’s just to the right of the Pairing button.

Picture of the blue glowing Bluetooth Pairing light on the Sony XE 200.
The blue glowing Bluetooth Pairing light on the Sony XE 200.

3. Done with How to Put Sony XE 200 in Pairing Mode

Screenshot of the speaker showing as discovered on iPadOS.
The speaker showing as discovered on iPadOS.

Lastly, while the Pairing lamp is flashing, you should see the XE 200 in the Bluetooth settings pages on any in-range phone, computer, tablet, or smart speaker, that is within several feet of it. See this in our example in the last picture above. Thus if you see that, then this means that the speaker is indeed running in pairing mode.

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References

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Revision History

    • 2023-04-10: First published.