Many Sony speakers, including this XB 12 Extra Bass model, have an orange charging light. labeled CHG, that glows while charging / recharging these little speakers. Sometimes though, this light stays on indefinitely. E.g. It does not turn off once charging is complete, and this is concerning for some XB 12 owners. So in this … Continue reading Sony XB 12 Charging Light Stays On
Sony XB 12 Not Charging
Most Sony Bluetooth speakers, including the XB 12 mini model, 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 12 is not charging fully, or at all, even when … Continue reading Sony XB 12 Not Charging
Sony XB 12 Buttons Explained
The Sony XB 12 Bluetooth extra bass speaker has several buttons across its lower rear panel, including the Add, Volume, Play-Pause, and Power-Pairing buttons. There are five lights underneath the buttons as well. The lamps tell you what the speaker is up to, and you operate the speaker with the buttons. The Power / Pairing … Continue reading Sony XB 12 Buttons Explained
How to Reset Sony XB 12
Show you how to factory hard reset your Sony XB 12 to its default settings. Hard factory resetting restores the XB 12 Extra Bass speaker to factory default state. Plus, resetting erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops this speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you might … Continue reading How to Reset Sony XB 12
How to Hard Reset Sony XB 12
We explain how to hard reset the Sony XB 12 portable wireless speaker to set it back to its default settings. Hard resetting restores the XB 12 to factory default state. Plus, it wipes away any earlier connected Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops this unit from pairing to any nearby BT devices. … Continue reading How to Hard Reset Sony XB 12
How to Connect to Sony XB 12
This post shows how to connect to the Sony XB 12 Extra Bass Bluetooth speaker with common portable devices, including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. How to Connect to Sony XB 12: Step by Step With your XB 12 powered OFF (power button is dark), … Continue reading How to Connect to Sony XB 12
How to Check Sony XB 12 Battery Life
Covers how to check battery life and level on the Sony Extra Bass XB 12 Bluetooth speaker, and also, how to know if the battery life is shortening over time. How to Check Sony XB 12 Battery Life: Current Charge 1. First, Turn ON the XB 12 You won’t be able to read battery charge … Continue reading How to Check Sony XB 12 Battery Life
How to Pair Sony XB 12 with Alexa
This post shows how to pair the Sony XB 12 Bluetooth extra bass speaker to a typical Alexa device. We demonstrate this using the Alexa Echo Input smart device. But the same you could also do with an Echo Dot, Spot, or any other Alexa device that supports Bluetooth pairing, which includes just about all … Continue reading How to Pair Sony XB 12 with Alexa
Sony XB 12 Charging Instructions
This piece gives charging instructions for the Sony XB 12 wireless extra bass Bluetooth speaker. Charging this unit is easy through the USB power-in port, behind the water resistant door, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your XB 12 BT speaker while charging it, without significantly increasing the recharge time. … Continue reading Sony XB 12 Charging Instructions
How to Connect Sony XB 10 to iPhone
This post explains how to connect the Sony XB 10 Extra Bass Bluetooth speaker with an iPhone or other iOS or iPadOS device. But since we don’t have a current iPhone at present, we’ll show how to do this on an iPad Air, since the routine is virtually the same. How to Connect Sony XB … Continue reading How to Connect Sony XB 10 to iPhone