Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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Sony XB 20 Buttons Explained
Sony XB 20 Buttons Explained: Summary The Sony XB 20 Bluetooth Extra Bass speaker has seven buttons across its top panel. E.g. Including the EXTRA BASS, PHONE-BATT, Play-Pause, ADD, Volume UP and DOWN, and Power-Pairing buttons. Knowing how to use these allows you to fully enjoy the many advanced features of this wireless speaker. So here…
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How to Bass Boost Sony XB 20
You can change how loud the bass is on the Sony XB 20, by turning on and off its bass boost mode. When switched on, this mode makes this speaker vibrate much more. Plus it adds a low rumble quality to the playing program, that travels pretty far from the unit. So, for you boom…
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How to Charge Sony XB 13
This piece covers how to charge the Sony XB 13 extra bass portable Bluetooth speaker. Do this easily through the USB power in port, behind the water resistant door, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your XB 13 mini speaker as it charges, without significantly increasing the recharge time. First,…
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How to Tell if Sony XB 20 is Charging
How to tell if Sony XB 20 wireless Bluetooth speaker is charging? This desktop speaker has an orange LED light just above the Power-Pairing button, as shown in the next photo. This light, labeled as the CHARGE lamp, flashes orange when the battery is about dead. So it does tell battery level (to a degree). …
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Sony XB 20 Battery Indicator
The Sony XB 20 Bluetooth compact speaker has a simple battery level indicator LED on the top of the speaker, just above the Power button, as shown in the following pictures. This displays battery status. E.g. Whether it’s draining or charging, or whether it’s critically low or not when discharging. But it neither reads out…
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Sony XB 20 Watts RMS
The XB 20 Sony Bluetooth speaker is a small to medium power, desktop style unit with enough RMS 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 20 Power Output
The Sony XB 20 Bluetooth speaker is a small to medium power, desktop style unit with enough music output to fill a common household size room with full sounding tunes. But what does the amount of power output a wireless speaker has, tell us about how good it is? Firstly, the watt is a measure…
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Sony XB 20 Pairing Instructions
This post gives pairing instructions for the Sony XB 20 portable speaker by way of Bluetooth to common typical devices. E.g. These include the Apple line of devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. This routine also works for Android base devices, such as Samsung and LG phones, and Amazon Fire tablets. Sony XB…
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Sony XB 20 Charging Instructions
This piece gives Sony XB 20 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. See this access hatch in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your XB 20 while recharging it, without increasing the replenish…
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How to Factory Reset Sony XB 20
Show you how to factory reset your Sony XB 20 portable speaker to its default settings. Factory resetting restores the 20 to default state. Plus, it erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might factory reset the unit to get…