How to Reset Flip 5

Top view of the JBL Flip 5 speaker during reset, showing all panel lights glowing.

Explains how to reset the Flip 5 to return it to default settings. Resetting erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops it from pairing to any nearby BT devices after the reset. Also, you might reset to get the speaker for sale or re gifting. Or, just reset to stop it from pairing with devices you no longer wish it to pair with.

How to Reset Flip 5: Step by Step

1. Turn on the Speaker

Press and hold the Power button until it lights up.

Top view of the Flip 5, powered OFF. Showing the dark -Power- button.

Find the Power button, as shown in the last picture above.

Then, the Power button lights up along with the battery power scale, as shown next. Here, since we’ve paired the speaker with Bluetooth devices before this, it does not enter Bluetooth discovery mode.

The glowing -Power- button.

2. Wait for the Power Up Sound

The Flip 5 makes a rising rock guitar strum sound when it powers up. Then, this unit is ready for use after this sound finishes.

3. Press the Volume UP and Play-Pause Buttons Together

See the next picture to find the Play-Pause and UP Volume buttons.

The -Play-Pause- and -Volume-UP- buttons.

The speaker then enters reset, as shown in the next picture. Note that both the Bluetooth and Power buttons light up gray white for a couple seconds. Shown next.

All panel lights glowing.

Then after a short pause, the Flip 5 turns off. All the lights go off, and it makes the power-down guitar sound.

4. Check that the Reset Worked

Next, power on the speaker again, as detailed in step 1 above.

Now this time, after reset, our speaker comes up in Bluetooth pairing mode, as shown next. Note that the Bluetooth button blinks white to let you know this. When the Bluetooth button blinks, this means that the Flip 5 has no current pairing. Indeed, we expect it not to pair to anything after a reset.

The flashing -Bluetooth- button.

5. Done with How to Reset Flip 5 !

Resetting is now complete. So you may now pack up the speaker for sale, or pair it again with your favorite BT devices. The unit will no longer automatically connect with any device . Thus to restore auto pairing, manually pair the speaker with a tablet or phone. Then, any time that both speaker and that device are in range, pairing with automatically take place once more.