Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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Sony X5 Firmware Update Instructions
Covers the Sony X5 firmware update instructions for this portable Bluetooth speaker. But we know of no way to upgrade the firmware on this speaker. Further, there are currently no firmware downloads listed for this speaker on the Sony web site. Nor do they provide any details for this in the included manuals. So apparently,…
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Sony X5 Hard Reset Instructions
Gives you the Sony X5 hard 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 ready…
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Sony X5 Blinking Orange Light
Many Sony speakers, including the Sony X5, feature a blinking orange light that lets you know that the speaker battery needs charging. Sometimes though, this flashing happens even though you’ve just fully recharged the speaker, when it should not, assuming the battery has recharged correctly. So in this post thus, we offer reasons that this…
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Sony X5 Pairing Instructions
This post provides Sony X5 pairing instructions, to link it with common wireless devices. E.g. These include the iPhone and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. You can also pair this speaker with Android devices using a similar procedure. Sony X5 Pairing Instructions, Step by Step With your X5 powered OFF…
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Sony SRS X5 Charging Instructions
This piece covers Sony SRS X5 Bluetooth brick style speaker charging instructions. Do this easily through the DC power in port, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your X5 as it charges, without increasing the recharge time by much, as long as your charger is “hefty” enough. Sony SRS X5…
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Sony X5 Orange Light Stays On
Many Sony speakers, including the X5 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 happen,…
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Sony X5 Watts RMS
The Sony X5 mini Bluetooth speaker is a low power, purse size unit with still enough RMS watts 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 watt is a measure…
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Sony X5 Watts Output
The Sony X5 portable BT speaker is a low power, mini size unit with still enough output watts to hear comfortably in a small room or yard space with strikingly full sounding speech and music output. But what do the watts a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it? Firstly, the watt is a measure…
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How to Pair Sony X5 to iPhone
This post shows how to pair a Sony X5 wireless mini speaker to an iPhone mobile phone. Doing so gives you a bigger, and distinctly better sound when you stream music from the iPhone to speakers like this one. How to Pair Sony X5 to iPhone, Step by Step Routine With the X5 switched OFF…
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Sony X5 Watts
The Sony X5 portable Bluetooth speaker is a low power, tabletop unit with still enough audio watts 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 watt is a measure of…