Gives procedure for JBL Charge 5 speaker Bluetooth pairing. This works for source devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones and tablets. Moreover, a similar routine also works for Android phones and tablets.
JBL Charge 5 Speaker Bluetooth Pairing: Step by Step
With your Charge 5 OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to pair it to your mobile device. We do this on an iPad Air tablet in this demo.
1. Find your Way to the Home Screen on your Tablet or Phone
Press the Home button to uncover the mobile device’s Home screen.
2. Find the Settings App
Then we find ours on the second page of our Home screen.
3. Bring up the Settings App
So tap the Settings app icon.
The source device then displays the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.
4. Go to Bluetooth Settings to Continue with JBL Charge 5 Speaker Bluetooth Pairing
Then the Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is active here. But this speaker is currently OFF. So it does not show up in the Bluetooth Devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired the 5 with this iPad Air before. See this in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices.
5. Turn On your JBL Charge 5 Speaker
So switch ON the 5 by quickly pressing its Power button. See this pointed at by the green arrow in the next picture.
The speaker then boots and comes on.
But since our iPad does not know about this particular speaker, it will not pair with it automatically.
The light in the Power switch then comes on white. Furthermore, this glowing Power button denotes this not-paired state as shown next.
6. Put your Speaker into Bluetooth Pairing-Discovery Mode
Now, to see your JBL Charge 5 Speaker on your source BT device, put the speaker into Bluetooth discovery mode. To do that, press and release the Pairing button, as shown in the next picture.
When you press the Bluetooth Pairing button, the 5 makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound several times. Also, that same button starts flashing white. See this next,
7. Find your JBL Charge 5 Speaker on your Source Device
Then see the screen shot next. We found our speaker.
8. Pair with your JBL Charge 5 Speaker
Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth devices list, shown above.
Your mobile device then pairs with the speaker (“JBL Charge 5” in this demo).
The device’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following.
Note that the JBL Charge 5 speaker now shows as connected.
9. Done with JBL Charge 5 Speaker Bluetooth Pairing !
At last we have successfully paired Charge 5 with our iPadOS device.