JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

JBL Clip3 waterproof speaker, showing the power and Bluetooth discovery mode buttons.

This post gives JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth pairing instructions These work when pairing with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. However, similar procedures work for Android devices as well.

JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

With your JBL Clip 3 powered off (power button is dark), run through this routine to pair it to your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch iOS mobile device. We’re using an iPad Air tablet for this demo.

1. Get to the Home Screen on your Source Bluetooth Device

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

2. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of the iOS home screen on our iPad Air, as shown next.

iOS Home screen with Settings app highlighted.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Thirdly, tap the Settings app icon.

The device then shows the first page of its Settings page, as shown in the next step.

4. Go to Bluetooth Settings to Continue with JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth Pairing

Our Bluetooth settings screen displays as follows. Note that Bluetooth is enabled here. But since JBL Clip 3 speaker is currently powered OFF (is not in Bluetooth discovery mode), it does not show up in the Bluetooth Devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired our Clip 3 with this tablet before. See this as shown in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices, shown next.

iOS 11 iPad Air, showing previously paired Bluetooth devices list. Note that there’s no JBL Clip 3 speaker now.

5. Turn On your JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth Speaker

Power up the Clip 3 by fast pressing its Power button. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.

JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth Speaker, showing its -Power- button highlighted.

The speaker then powers up, and its status lamp slowly blinks white. This means that it’s ready to receive a Bluetooth connection request.

But since our tablet does not know about this speaker, the Clip 3 will not pair with it automatically.

JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth wireless speaker, top view, showing status lamp glowing white.

6. Put your JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth Speaker into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Now, to see your JBL Clip 3 speaker on your iOS device, place the speaker into Bluetooth discovery mode. To do that, press and release the Bluetooth button. Find this button as shown in the next picture, pointed at by the green arrow.

JBL Clip 3 waterproof speaker, showing its Bluetooth discovery mode button highlighted.

When you press the Bluetooth Discovery Mode button, the Clip 3 makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound several times. Also, the status lamp changes from a slow flashing white fast flashing white. See this next, as pointed at by the green arrow.

JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth speaker, top view, showing the status lamp glowing white and highlighted.

7. Find your Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth Pairing

See the screen shot next. We found our Clip 3, as pointed at by the green arrow.

JBL Clip 3 speaker in Bluetooth discovery mode, as seen on an iOS iPad Air tablet.

8. Pair with your JBL Clip 3

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

Your device then pairs with the Clip 3.

The tablet’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following. Note the now-connected JBL Clip 3 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth speaker, paired with an iOS iPad Air tablet, as seen on that tablet.