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

  • Sony X5 Sound Button Explained

    Sony X5 Sound Button Explained

    The SRS X5 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 X5 speaker, and show how to use it to best sounding results. The Sony X5 Sound Button:…

  • How to Connect Sony X5 to iPhone

    How to Connect Sony X5 to iPhone

    This post shows how to connect a Sony X5 wireless Bluetooth speaker to an iPhone smart 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 Connect Sony X5 to iPhone, Step by Step Procedure With the X3 switched OFF…

  • Sony X5 Power Button Not Working Problem

    Sony X5 Power Button Not Working Problem

    When the Power button on your Sony X5 Bluetooth speaker is not working, this likely means one or more things as follows. Sony X5 Power Button Not Working: Why This Can Happen Dead Battery.  The internal battery is empty needs a recharge for continued speaker operation. Use a widely available USB charger to do this.…

  • Sony X5 Specs Watts

    Sony X5 Specs Watts

    The Sony X5 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 watt…

  • Sony X5 Specs

    Sony X5 Specs

    Here, we list Sony X5 portable 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 X5, released in early…

  • Sony X5 Power Output Rating

    Sony X5 Power Output Rating

    The Sony X5 portable Bluetooth speaker is a low power model with still enough power output to hear comfortably in a small room or outside space with strikingly full sounding speech and music output. But what does the audio power output a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it?  Firstly, the watt is a measure…

  • Sony X5 Charge Time

    Sony X5 Charge Time

    You charge the Sony X5 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 X5 Charge Time: How Long to Fully Recharge According to…

  • Sony X5 Specifications

    Sony X5 Specifications

    Here, we list Sony X5 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, that…

  • Sony SRS X5 Buttons Guide

    Sony SRS X5 Buttons Guide

    The Sony SRS X5 Bluetooth mini speaker has six buttons across its top panel and one button on its back. Sony SRS X5 Buttons Guide Summary Here we cover the entire compliment of buttons and touch pads on this portable Bluetooth speaker, and these include the following. Sound, Pairing, Audio In, Call / Phone, Volume…

  • How to Make Sony SRS X5 Discoverable

    How to Make Sony SRS X5 Discoverable

    To pair your SRS X5 Sony Bluetooth speaker with a BT source device for the first time, or to refresh stale connection data in that device, you need to understand how to start up discovery mode on this unit first.  Now in discovery mode, the speaker digitally announces its name and linkage data over Bluetooth,…