Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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How to Turn Off Sony SRS XB13
Explains how to turn off the Sony SRS XB13. Now most speakers have a Power button that they prominently positions on the unit, making it easy to find. Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this pattern. We find its Power button near the bottom in the button panel. There’s also a status lamp, just…
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How to Catch Fruit Flies with Red Wine
No matter where we’ve lived in the northeast and Midwest, fruit flies trouble us about every summer. Now they love ripe fruit scent. So knowing that, we devised a way to quickly get rid of them using that smell as bait. The ingredients are harmless to humans and are cheap to buy. They have low…
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How to Tell if UE Roll is Charging
How to tell if UE Roll is charging? This speaker has a two-color LED lamp on its back top, in the Power button. This light not only gives speaker power OFF ON status. But it also tells battery level (whether it’s near dead or not) as well as charging status. To see if the Roll …
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How to Connect Wonderboom 2 to Alexa
This post shows how to connect the Wonderboom 2 mini Bluetooth speaker to Alexa smart speakers. Now this pairing happens between the Wonderboom 2 and Echo devices directly. So you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to set up this connection. How to Connect Wonderboom 2 to Alexa, Step by…
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JBL Extreme 2 Charger Specs
The JBL Extreme 2 Bluetooth speaker comes with an AC charger cord, detailed here. Furthermore, this charger fully recharges the speaker’s built in power bank in roughly four hours. Then, the Extreme 2 plays for up to fifteen hours at average volume levels before needing another charge. So here, we give the JBL Extreme 2…
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How to Tell if JBL Xtreme 3 is Charging
How to tell if JBL Xtreme 3 is charging? Well, this portable speaker has a strip of LEDs on the lower front. Now this strip shows the current battery charge level and whether it is in fact charging. Thus, to tell if this speaker is charging, look at these. Moreover, you can feel the back…
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JBL Pulse 3 Not Charging, How to Fix
Most JBL Bluetooth speakers, including the Pulse 3, offer portable operation via their lithium ion batteries inside. And when said battery dies, you can recharge the speaker with an AC or car adapter. Sometimes though, the JBL Pulse 3 is not charging fully, or at all. So to solve that, we offer information here to…
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JBL Clip 3 Reset Instructions
These JBL Clip 3 reset instructions demonstrate restoring this Bluetooth speaker to its default settings. Resetting returns this speaker to factory default state. Plus, it clears any prior paired devices from its memory. Erasing these stops the Clip 3 from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices after reset. Also, you might reset to get the…
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JBL Xtreme 2 Charging Instructions
Gives JBL Xtreme 2 charging instructions through this speaker’s DC input port and the included 19 volt AC adapter. Follow these steps, and you’ll likely never experience the speaker not recharging. If all components are working, charging almost always works well. JBL Xtreme 2 Charging Instructions: Initial Remarks In short, first, we suggest that you…
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JBL Xtreme 2 Charging
Gives directions on JBL Xtreme 2 charging through this speaker’s DC input port and the included 19 volt AC adapter. Follow these tips, and you’ll likely never see that the speaker won’t charge. If all components are working, charging almost always works well. JBL Xtreme 2 Charging: Intro In short, first, we suggest that you…