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

  • How to Pair Sony XB 22 to iPhone

    How to Pair Sony XB 22 to iPhone

    This post shows how to pair the Sony XB 22 Extra Bass portable speaker with an iPhone, or other iOS or iPadOS based device. How to Pair Sony XB 22 to iPhone With your Sony XB 22 switched OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to pair it to your iPhone mobile device.…

  • How to Check Sony XB 22 Battery

    How to Check Sony XB 22 Battery

    Covers how to check the battery within the Sony Extra Bass XB 22 portable Bluetooth speaker, and also, how to tell if the battery life is dwindling over time and when it’s time to replace the battery. How to Check Sony XB 22 Battery, Current Charge 1. First, Turn ON the XB 22 You won’t…

  • Sony XB 22 Watts RMS

    Sony XB 22 Watts RMS

    The Sony XB 22 wireless portable speaker is a small to medium power, desktop style unit with plenty of watts RMS to fill a typical size room with full sounding tunes. But what do the watts a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it?  Firstly, the watt is a measure of how much power the…

  • Sony XB 21 Buttons Explained

    Sony XB 21 Buttons Explained

    The Sony XB 21 Bluetooth Bluetooth speaker has several buttons across its top panel, including the Volume, Phone, and Power-Pairing buttons.   We also have the Reset,  Light-Batt, WPC, and Add buttons at the rear of the unit inside the port compartment. These buttons you use to access the many features of this portable but big…

  • Sony XB 21 Power Output

    Sony XB 21 Power Output

    The XB 21 Sony Bluetooth speaker is a small to medium power, desktop style unit with sufficient audio power output to fill a typical size room with full sounding tunes. But what does the power output value a wireless speaker has, tell us about how good it is?  Firstly, the watt is a measure of…

  • Sony XB 21 Hard Reset Instructions

    Sony XB 21 Hard Reset Instructions

    We give Sony XB 21 hard reset instructions to return this Extra Bass portable party speaker to its factory default settings.  Hard resetting restores this model of the XB series Bluetooth speaker to fresh-out-of-the-box state. Plus, doing this erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. Then this clearing stops the XB 21 from pairing…

  • Sony XB 22 Power Output

    Sony XB 22 Power Output

    The Sony XB 22 Bluetooth speaker is a small to medium power, desktop style unit with plenty of power output to fill a typical size room with full sounding tunes. But what does the power output number that a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it?  Firstly, the watt is a measure of how much…

  • Sony XB 21 Add Button Explained

    Sony XB 21 Add Button Explained

    The ADD button on the Sony XB 21 enables you join from two to ten compatible speakers such that both play the same program. The ADD button joins two XB 21s for Stereo or Double modes.  It’s the bottom button on the rear buttons panel, just below the WPC button, and to the left of…

  • How to Connect to Sony XB 21

    How to Connect to Sony XB 21

    This post shows how to connect the Sony XB 21 Extra Bass wireless speaker by way of Bluetooth to common portable devices. E.g. These  include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. How to Connect to Sony XB 21, Step by Step With your XB 21 powered…

  • Sony XB 21 Pairing Two Speakers

    Sony XB 21 Pairing Two Speakers

    The key to pairing two Sony XB 21 speakers together is the ADD button. It lets you join two XB 21s for Stereo or Double modes.  It’s the button closest to the bottom in the three button row inside the back port compartment. Sony XB 21 Pairing Two Speakers: How it Works The Stereo Pairing…