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

  • Sony X 2 Watts

    Sony X 2 Watts

    The X 2 wireless Sony speaker is a low power, personal style, small unit with still enough audio watts to hear comfortably in a small room or intimate space with strikingly full sounding speech and music. But what do the watts a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it?  Firstly, the watt is a measure…

  • Sony X 3 Hard Reset Instructions

    Sony X 3 Hard Reset Instructions

    Gives you the Sony X 3 hard reset directions 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 3 Factory Reset Instructions

    Sony X 3 Factory Reset Instructions

    Gives you the Sony X 3 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 3 Firmware Update Instructions

    Sony X 3 Firmware Update Instructions

    Covers the Sony X 3 firmware update instructions for this wireless 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…

  • Sony X 3 Reset Instructions

    Sony X 3 Reset Instructions

    We give here the Sony X 3 brick speaker reset instructions, that return the unit to its default settings. Furthermore, doing this erases any earlier synced Bluetooth devices from memory. We might want to clear these to prevent this speaker from pairing to any nearby BT devices. Also, you would best reset your speaker to…

  • Sony X 3 Charging Instructions

    Sony X 3 Charging Instructions

    This piece covers Sony X 3 Bluetooth speaker charging instructions. Do this easily through the micro USB power in port, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your X 3 as it charges, without increasing the recharge time by much, as long as your charger is “hefty” enough. Sony X 3…

  • How to Tell if Sony X 3 is Charging

    How to Tell if Sony X 3 is Charging

    How to tell if Sony X 3 mini speaker is charging?  This small yet powerful speaker has an orange LED light on the top panel, near the back edge of the unit, as shown in the following pictures.  This CHARGE light flashes orange when you’re playing the speaker and the battery is about dead. So…

  • How to Connect to Sony X 3

    How to Connect to Sony X 3

    This post shows how to connect to the Sony X 3 portable Bluetooth speaker from typical Bluetooth devices. E.g. Like 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. How to Connect to Sony X 3 With your…

  • How to Hard Reset Sony X 3

    How to Hard Reset Sony X 3

    Show you how to Hard reset your Sony X 3 personal speaker to its default settings. Hard resetting restores the X 3 to factory default state. Plus, 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,…

  • How to Factory Reset Sony X 3

    How to Factory Reset Sony X 3

    Show you how to factory reset your Sony X 3 personal mini speaker to its default settings. Factory resetting restores the X 3 to factory default state. Plus, 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.…