Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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Sony XB 20 Watts Output
The XB 20 Sony Bluetooth speaker is a small to medium power, desktop style unit with enough output watts to fill a common household size room with full sounding tunes. But what does the number of watts a wireless speaker has, tell us about how good it is? Firstly, the watt is a measure of…
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Sony XB 21 Charger Type
An adequate Sony XB 21 charger type, is a USB wall or auto charger adapter that delivers enough current to fully recharge this speaker in the least amount of time (around 4 hours). So be sure to use a charger that can deliver enough of the goods. Also, this Bluetooth speaker has a micro USB…
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Sony XB 21 Not Charging
Most JBL Bluetooth speakers, including the XB 21, offer truly portable operation via their lithium ion batteries inside. And when said battery dies, you can recharge the speaker with an AC or car adapter. Sometimes though, you may notice that the Sony XB 21 is not charging fully, or at all, even when you connect…
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Sony XB 21 Charging Instructions
This piece gives Sony XB 21 charging instructions. Recharge this speaker easily through the micro USB DC power input port, behind the water resistant door in the rear of the unit, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your XB 21 while recharging it, without increasing the replenish time very much,…
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Sony XB 21 Reset Instructions
We give Sony XB 21 reset instructions here, to return this small wireless speaker to its factory default settings. 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 to any nearby…
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How to Turn Off Sony XB 21
We explain how to turn off the Sony XB 21 portable mini speaker here. Now most speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently places on the unit so it’s easy to locate. Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this pattern, as we find its Power button at the rightmost position on the top…
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How to Make Sony XB 21 Discoverable
To pair your XB 21 Sony BT speaker with a Bluetooth device for the first time, or to refresh old linkage info in that device, you have to know how to start up discovery mode on this Bluetooth speaker. Now in this mode, the speaker sends out its name and currently valid connection information over…
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Sony XB 21 Specifications
Here, we list Sony XB 21 Extra Bass speaker specifications. Firstly, these data cover the unit’s length, width, weight, battery recharge time, output power, and music play time per charge. We also include the frequency response, driver size, Bluetooth support details et al. Secondly, it’s clear from the published specifications, that the Sony XB 21…
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Sony XB 21 Pairing Instructions
This post Sony XB 21 pairing instructions to link it with common portable devices. E.g. These include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. Sony XB 21 Pairing, Step by Step Instructions With your XB 21 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to…
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How to Connect Sony XB 20 to Alexa
This post shows how to connect the Sony XB 20 blue light show 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 XB 20 to Alexa, Step by…