When you scan for in-range Bluetooth speakers on a phone, desktop computer, or tablet, your JBL Charge 4 speaker shows up as “JBL Charge 4” by default. That is, its default Bluetooth name is, “JBL Charge 4”. But you can change this name using the JBL Connect app along with an iOS or Android mobile device. Here, we outline the JBL Charge 4 change name routine, step by step.
JBL Charge 4 Change Name: Getting the Speaker Ready
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- First, install the JBL Connect app on your Android or iOS mobile device.
- Then, turn on your Charge 4 and pair your mobile device with it.
- Then, once you do all that, follow the routine below to change the speaker’s Bluetooth name.
JBL Charge 4 Change Name: Step by Step
1. Find the JBL Connect App on your Mobile Device
Our copy installed on home screen four, as shown next. We pointed a green arrow at the JBL Connect app.
2. Run the JBL Connect App
Tap the JBL Connect app icon, as shown in the last picture. You will then see the Searching for Products screen for a few seconds, as shown next.
Then, you should see the JBL Charge 4 home page, as shown next.
3. Get to the Settings Screen
Tap the gear Settings button, as pointed at in the last picture by the dark blue arrow.
You should then see the Settings screen for the paired Charge 4 speaker, as shown in the next screenshot.
4. Edit the Name for the Paired JBL Charge 4 Speaker
Tap the pencil icon next to the Charge 4 speaker, as highlighted by the blue arrow in the last screenshot.
Then, you should see the speaker Change Name screen, as shown next.
5. Edit the Speaker Name Field
Use the displayed virtual keyboard to change the name of the JBL Bluetooth speaker to the name you wish it to assume.
In the next screenshots, we change ours from “JBL Charge 4” to “Tom’s Charge 4”.
First, we backspaced over the default name (“JBL Charge 4”), as shown in the next picture.
Then, we typed in the new speaker name, “Tom’s Charge 4”, as shown next.
6. Tap the Blue Done Key when Finished Editing
Once you’ve edited the speaker name what you want it to be, tap the blue Done key on the virtual keyboard.
You then get instructions on how to pair your BT speaker again with its new name, as shown in the next screenshot.
7. Tap the Blue Got It Link
Tapping the Got It link, circled in the last picture, here takes you back to the Status screen for your speaker. But now, the JBL Charge 4 appears with its new name assigned, as shown in the next screenshot.
How to Pair the JBL Charge 4 BT Speaker with its New Name
With your JBL Charge 4 still paired under its old speaker name, run through this routine to unpair the Charge 4. forget it in your mobile device, and finally, re pair it under its new name.
1. Power Down the Charge 4
To turn off the speaker, press and release the Power button, as shown next.
Powering down the JBL Charge 4 unpairs it from your mobile device.
2. Return your Mobile Device to its Home Screen
Press the Home button on your phone, tablet, or desktop computer, to close the JBL Connect app, and reveal the mobile device’s Home screen.
3. Find the Settings App
We found ours on the second page of the iOS home screen on our iPad Air, as shown next, pointed at by the bright purple arrow.
4. Bring up the Settings App
Tap the Settings app icon.
The mobile device then displays the first page of its settings.
5. Go to Bluetooth Settings
Our Bluetooth settings screen displays as follows on an iPad Air 2 tablet. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since we turned off our JBL Charge 4 speaker, it shows as not connected. See this as shown in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices, shown next.
6. Tap the JBL Charge 4 Speaker Entry in the My Devices List
The JBL Charge 4 entry is the first item on the list shown in the last screenshot, highlighted by the blue arrows.
Then, the JBL Charge 4 device screen shows, as seen next.
7. Tap the Forget This Device Option
Find the Forget This Device link with the green arrow pointing at it in the last picture.
Now when you tap the Forget This Device link, you then get the Forget “JBL Charge 4” prompt, as shown next.
8. Tap the Red Forget Device Button
Tapping Forget Device removes the JBL Charge 4 data from the mobile device. This stops that device from looking for the speaker with that name, the next time you turn its Bluetooth on.
At any rate, after you hit this button, the Forget JBL Charge 4 window closes, and the system takes you back to the previously paired Bluetooth devices list. That screen looks similar to the following screenshot. But note that the JBL Charge 4 entry no longer appears in the Bluetooth devices list.
9. Turn On your JBL Charge 4 Speaker
Turn on the speaker by quickly pressing its Power button. See this button pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.
The speaker then powers up.
But since it now has a new Bluetooth name that presumably no other nearby Bluetooth devices are aware of, it will not pair with anything. Note that the Power lamp comes on in this case, but not the Bluetooth lamp to the right.
10. Put your JBL Charge 4 into Discovery Mode
Now, to see your newly named Charge 4 speaker on your mobile device, place the speaker into Bluetooth discovery mode. Do this by pressing and releasing the Bluetooth button, as shown in the next picture. The bright green arrow there points at the Bluetooth pairing button. The BT button should start blinking once you press it.
When you press the Bluetooth Discovery Mode button, the speaker makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound several times.
11. Find your JBL Charge 4 with its New Name on your Mobile Device
See the screen shot next. We found our speaker. Note that it appears here with its new Bluetooth device name, as pointed at by the green arrow.
12. Pair with your Newly Named Speaker
Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices portion of the Bluetooth devices list.
Your mobile device then pairs with the JBL Charge 4 using its newly assigned name (“Tom’s Charge 4” in this demo). It’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following.
13. Done !
We have now successfully renamed / changed the Bluetooth device name of our JBL Charge 4 waterproof speaker. We’ve also successfully paired it with a mobile device using this new name.
JBL Charge 4 Change Name: Restoring Default Name
Note that you can restore the original default speaker name by resetting the JBL Charge 4, as described in our JBL Charge 4 Reset Instructions, Hard Factory Reset post.
Or, you can rename the speaker back to the “JBL Charge 4” by changing the name back to its default, by following the routine above.
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Revision History
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- 2020-08-11: Revised the tags list.
- 2020-05-04: First published.