How to Put UE Wonderboom 1 in Pairing Mode

An iOS Bluetooth Settings page. Showing the Wonderboom 1 as Discovered but not paired.

To link the UE Wonderboom 1 with a Bluetooth source device for the first time, or to reset the connection information on that device, you must know how to put it in pairing mode. This makes the UE Wonderboom 1 call out its Bluetooth name and current linkage data on the BT airwaves. So in this post, we show how to put UE Wonderboom 1 in pairing mode, so you can connect it to phones, tablets, computers, and smart speakers.

How to Put UE Wonderboom 1 in Pairing Mode: Step by Step

1. Turn On the UE Wonderboom 1

First, turn on the UE Wonderboom 1 by pressing its Power button once.

See this button in the next picture.

The UE Wonderboom 1 top view. Showing the dark -Power- button.

The unit then powers ON. Further, the lamp on the top panel glows steady white, depending on UE Wonderboom 1’s current battery charge state. This light may blink red if your battery is close to dead. But for this exercise, we assume a full battery.

The glowing -Power- button on the UE Wonderboom 1.

Yet whether the speaker is paired or not, you can start pairing mode as follows.

2. Press the Pairing Mode Button and Release when the Pairing Lamp Starts Quickly Flashing

Now, to be able to find your speaker on your source Bluetooth device, place it into pairing mode. For that, press and hold in the Pairing button, until the speaker makes rising pitch sound.

The -Pairing Mode- button.

When you press this button, the speaker makes a rising plunka-dunka-dunk dunk pairing sound. Plus, the top panel Pairing Mode lamp inside the Pairing Mode button starts quickly blinking white.

3. Done with How to Put UE Wonderboom 1 in Pairing Mode

Next, while the Pairing Mode light is blinking, you should see your Wonderboom on any in-range phone, computer, tablet, or smart speaker, as shown next.

iOS Bluetooth Settings page. Showing the UE Wonderboom 1 as discovered.