Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley

  • How to Turn Off Sony X5

    How to Turn Off Sony X5

    We explain how to turn off the Sony X5 portable BT speaker here.  Now most speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently places on the top of this unit so it’s easy to locate.  Indeed, this unit is no exception to this pattern, as we see in the next picture. There’s also a status…

  • Sony X 5 Orange Light Stays On

    Sony X 5 Orange Light Stays On

    Many Sony speakers, including the X 5 model, feature a status light that glows orange while charging / recharging them. Sometimes though, this light stays on.  E.g. It does not turn off after way more than the specified charge time after you connect the charger.  So in this post, we offer reasons that this can…

  • Sony X 5 Specifications

    Sony X 5 Specifications

    Here, we list Sony X 5 portable wireless BT speaker specifications.  Now these details cover the unit’s length, width, weight, battery recharge time, output power, and music play time per charge.  We also include the frequency response, harmonic distortion, and Bluetooth support details. Furthermore, it’s clear from the published specifications, and from our own ears,…

  • Sony X 5 Sound Button Explained

    Sony X 5 Sound Button Explained

    The X 5 mini Sony speaker has eight (8) touch pads and buttons across its top panel and one button on its back. In this post, we describe in detail what the Sound button does on the Sony X 5 speaker, and show how to use it to best sounding results. The Sony X 5…

  • Sony X 5 Charge Time

    Sony X 5 Charge Time

    You charge the Sony X 5 mini Bluetooth speaker via barrel style DC input port on the back of the unit, and to get the quickest charging time and fullest charge, use a medium current USB charger for fastest yet most economical results. Details follow. Sony X 5 Charge Time: How Long to Fully Recharge…

  • Sony X 5 Charging Time

    Sony X 5 Charging Time

    You charge the Sony X 5 mini speaker via the yellow DC barrel style power input port on the back, and to get the quickest charging time and fullest charge, use a medium current AC charger for fastest yet lowest costing results. Details follow. Sony X 5 Charging Time: How Long to Fully Recharge According…

  • Sony X 5 Specs

    Sony X 5 Specs

    Here, we list Sony X 5 mini Bluetooth speaker specs.  Now these details cover the unit’s length, width, weight, battery recharge time, output power, and music play time per charge.  We also include the frequency response, harmonic distortion, and Bluetooth support details. Now it’s clear from the published specs, that the Sony X 5, released…

  • Sony X 5 Factory Reset Instructions

    Sony X 5 Factory Reset Instructions

    Gives you the Sony X 5 factory reset instructions to restore this speaker to its default settings. Furthermore, doing this erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. We might want to clear these to prevent this speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you would best reset your speaker to get it…

  • Sony X 5 Specs Watts

    Sony X 5 Specs Watts

    The Sony X 5 portable wireless speaker is a low power,  backpack size unit with still enough audio watts in its specs to hear comfortably in a small room or outdoor space with strikingly full sounding speech and music output. But what do the watts a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it?  Firstly, the…

  • Sony X 5 Power Button Not Working Problem

    Sony X 5 Power Button Not Working Problem

    When you have the problem of the Power button on your Sony X 5 Bluetooth speaker not working, this likely means one or more things as follows. Sony X 5 Power Button Not Working Problem: Why This Can Happen Dead Battery.  The internal battery is empty needs a recharge for continued speaker operation. Use a…