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

  • How to Pair Sony X 2 to iPhone

    How to Pair Sony X 2 to iPhone

    This post shows how to pair a Sony X 2 personal 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 Pair Sony X 2 to iPhone, Step by Step With the X 2…

  • Sony X 2 Blinking Orange Light Problem

    Sony X 2 Blinking Orange Light Problem

    Many Sony speakers, including the Sony X 2, feature a blinking orange light that lets you know that the speaker battery needs charging. Sometimes though, this flashing orange happens even though you’ve just fully recharged the unit, when it should not, assuming the battery has recharged correctly.  So in this post thus, we offer reasons…

  • Sony X 2 Orange Light Stays On

    Sony X 2 Orange Light Stays On

    Many Sony speakers, including the X 2, 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 charging time after you connect the charger.  So in this post thus, we propose reasons that this happens…

  • Sony X 2 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

    Sony X 2 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

    This post gives Bluetooth pairing instructions for the Sony X 2 personal wireless speaker with common BT 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 wireless devices using a like procedure. Sony X 2 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions, Step…

  • Sony X 2 Pairing Instructions

    Sony X 2 Pairing Instructions

    This post gives pairing instructions for the Sony X 2 portable Bluetooth speaker with common Bluetooth 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 X 2 Pairing Instructions, Step by Step  With…

  • How to Pair Sony X 2

    How to Pair Sony X 2

    This post shows how to pair the Sony X 2 portable Bluetooth speaker 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. How to Pair Sony X 2, Step by Step…

  • Sony X 2 Firmware Update Instructions

    Sony X 2 Firmware Update Instructions

    Covers the Sony X 2 firmware update instructions for this portable Bluetooth speaker.  But unfortunately, 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.…

  • Sony X 2 Watts RMS

    Sony X 2 Watts RMS

    The Sony X 2 portable speaker is a low power, personal style, small unit with still enough RMS 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…

  • How to Connect Sony X 2 to Alexa

    How to Connect Sony X 2 to Alexa

    This post shows how to connect the Sony X 2 Bluetooth speaker to Alexa smart speakers. Since this pairing happens between the Sony and Echo devices directly, you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to set up this connection. How to Connect Sony X 2 to Alexa, Step by Step…

  • Sony X 2 Reset Instructions

    Sony X 2 Reset Instructions

    Gives reset instructions for your Sony X 2 personal speaker to restore it to its default settings. Plus, a reset erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. We might want to clear these to prevent this speaker from pairing automatically to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you should reset your X 2 to get…