Here we give JBL Flip 3 Bluetooth pairing instructions for iPhone iPad iPod iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad Air line of Apple phones and tablets. Similar directions also work with pairing to Android devices.
First, with your JBL Flip 3 powered off (power button is dark), run through this routine to pair it to your BT device. Furthermore, we’re using an iPad Air tablet for this demo.
Then press the Home button to reveal the mobile device’s Home screen. Shown next.
We found ours on the second page of the iOS home screen on our iPad Air as shown next.
Tap the Settings app icon.
The tablet then displays the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.
Our Bluetooth settings screen displays, similar to the following.
Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since JBL Flip 3 speaker is currently powered OFF, it does not show up in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired our Flip 3 with the iPad Air before. See this as shown in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices, shown next.
Then. turn on the JBL Flip 3 by quickly pressing its Power button. See this circled in green, in the next picture.
The speaker then powers up.
But since our iPad does not know about this speaker, the Flip 3 will not pair with it automatically. The light that comes on in the power switch denotes this not-paired state by glowing solid white, as shown next.
Now, to see your JBL Flip 3 speaker on your source BT device, place the speaker into Bluetooth discovery mode. To do that, press and release the Bluetooth button, as shown in the next picture.
When you press the Discovery Mode button, the speaker makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound several times. Also, the power button changes from a white glow to flashing blue. See this next.
See the screen shot next. We found our speaker, as pointed at by the blue arrow.
Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth devices list.
Your iOS device then pairs with the Flip 3 (“Tom’s Flip 3” in this demo). The iOS device’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following.
Finally, we have now successfully paired our JBL Flip 3 wireless speaker with our iPad iOS device. Again, similar routines work with pairing iPod Touch players, iPad Pros, and any iPhones as well so long as they support Bluetooth.
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