JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth Connection Setup

JBL Charge 3 IPX7 certified portable Bluetooth speaker, powered on and paired. Power button is glowing blue and highlighted.

Shows JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth connection setup with a common source device like a tablet or phone.

JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth Connection Setup: Step by Step

Start with your JBL Charge 3 OFF with the Power button dark. Then run through this routine to set up a Bluetooth connection between it and your device. We use an iPad Air tablet in this example.

1. Bring Up the Home Screen on your Bluetooth Device

Firstly, press the Home button to uncover the mobile iOS device’s Home screen.

2. Find the Settings App

So we find ours on the second page of the iPad Home screen.

An iPad Air -Home- screen. Showing the -Settings- app.

3. Bring up the Settings App to Continue with JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth Connection Setup

Then tap the Settings app icon.

The device then displays the first page of its settings.

4. Go to Bluetooth Settings

So our screen displays as follows. Note that Bluetooth is ON here. But since the JBL Charge 3 is currently OFF, it does not show up in the Other Devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never connected this speaker with this tablet before.

The empty -Other Devices- list. Note that there’s no JBL Charge 3 there.

5. Turn On your JBL Charge 3

Then turn on the speaker by quickly pressing its Power button.

The dark JBL Charge 3 -Power- button.

The speaker then powers up.

Now our tablet does not know about this speaker. So the JBL Charge 3 will not form a Bluetooth connection with it automatically. The light that comes on in the Power switch denotes this by glowing solid white.

The glowing white -Power- button.

6. Put your Speaker into Discovery Mode to Continue with JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth Connection Setup

So now, to see your JBL Charge 3 on your Bluetooth device, place it into discovery / pairing mode. To do that, press and release the Bluetooth button.

The -Bluetooth- button.

When you press the Bluetooth discovery mode button, the JBL makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound. Also, the Power button changes from a solid white glow to flashing blue.

The -Power- button flashing blue. Showing that discovery mode is active.

7. Find your JBL Charge 3 on your Source Device

Then see the screenshot next.

The JBL Charge 3 entry in the -Other Devices- list. Showing as discovered but not yet Connected.

8. Make a Bluetooth Connection with your JBL Charge 3

Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth Devices list.

Your BT device then connects with the speaker (“JBL Charge 3” in this demo). The device’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following.

Showing the speaker paired with our iPad Air tablet.

Note that the JBL Charge 3 now shows as connected. The Bluetooth connection is now active.

9. Done with JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth Connection Setup !

At last, we have now successfully created a Bluetooth connection between a JBL Charge 3 and an iPad iOS device. This procedure also works on Apple iPhone and iPod devices. But the screen faces may differ slightly on the iPhone.