How to tell if Sony XB 13 wireless BT speaker is charging? This extra bass speaker has an orange LED light on its side panel, near the bottom, as shown in the following picture. This light that Sony labels as the CHARGE light flashes orange when the battery is nearly dead. So it tells battery level (to a degree). When the speaker is not on the charge and this lamp blinks, it means to CHARGE the speaker because the battery will soon go dead. But also, to see if the XB 13 is charging, check out this lamp as well. We explain how to read it next.
Of course, you can rest assured that the speaker is NOT charging with no power cable making contact with the speaker.
When the speaker is OFF, you can tell if the Sony XB 13 is charging if this light glows steady orange. This continuous glow occurs while charging, when the speaker is either ON, paired, or, OFF. When no charger is present, this light blinks when the battery has about run entirely out of power.
If the XB 13 CHARGE lamp flashes when the power cord is connected, then the speaker is likely NOT charging. So you should check that your USB cable, adapter charger, and power source are in working order. Try a new adapter or a known good cord. You want this light glowing solid to know for sure that the XB 13 is charging.
Additionally, the sides the Sony XB 13 may warm slightly as the speaker charges. Moreover, most charger adapters you run it with will also heat a little. This heating is a great sign to tell if the speaker is indeed charging.
As speaker charging advances toward finish, the CHARGE LED continues glowing. But unlike some of the higher grade wireless speakers, the XB 13 gives no reading of just how far along its recharging is, just that the recharging is still in progress.
The battery charge cycle is finished when the CHARGE LED goes dark.
Even with the charger cord still supplying power, and when the XB 13 is OFF or ON, the CHARGE lamp stops glowing when the internal battery is full. We see this in the last picture above. The speaker indeed no longer recharges when the battery reaches full charge condition and this light shuts off.
With the USB cable disconnected, we cannot know just by reading the CHARGE or Status LEDs, just how much the XB 13 actually recharged, only that it did charge some. It probably did recharge to full though, as long as we waited until the CHARGE lamp stopped glowing before unplugging the charger. Note that if the CHARGE lamp does not flash when you next turn on the speaker, then the battery likely did charge.
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