Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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How to Factory Reset Sony X5
Show you how to factory reset your Sony X5 personal wireless speaker to its default settings. Factory resetting restores the X5 to factory default state. Plus, it erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. We might want to clear these to prevent this speaker from pairing to any nearby BT devices. Also, you would…
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How to Connect to Sony X5
This post shows how to connect to the Sony X5 mini Bluetooth speaker from typical Bluetooth devices. E.g. Like 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 Connect to Sony X5 With your X5 powered…
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Sony X5 Won’t Turn On Problem Solved
Many a Sony speaker offers truly portable operation via their lithium ion batteries inside. And when said battery dies, you can charge the speaker with an AC or car adapter. Sometimes though, you may notice that speakers like the Sony X5 won’t turn on, and wonder what’s wrong with them. That’s even when you connect…
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Sony X5 Charging Time
You charge the Sony X5 mini speaker via the yellow DC barrel style power input port on the back, and to get the quickest charging time and fullest charge, use a medium current AC charger for fastest yet lowest costing results. Details follow. Sony X5 Charging Time: How Long to Fully Recharge According to the…
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Sony X5 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions
This post provides Sony X5 Bluetooth pairing instructions, to link it 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. Sony X5 Bluetooth Pairing, Step by Step With your X5 powered…
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Sony X5 Reset Instructions
We describe here the Sony X5 wireless speaker reset instructions to return the unit to its default settings. Furthermore, doing this erases any earlier synced Bluetooth devices from memory. We might want to clear these to prevent this speaker from pairing to any nearby BT devices. Also, you would best reset your speaker to get…
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Sony X5 Firmware Update Instructions
Covers the Sony X5 firmware update instructions for this portable Bluetooth speaker. But 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. So apparently,…
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Sony X5 Hard Reset Instructions
Gives you the Sony X5 hard reset instructions to restore this speaker to its default settings. Furthermore, doing this erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. We might want to clear these to prevent this speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you would best reset your speaker to get it ready…
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Sony X5 Blinking Orange Light
Many Sony speakers, including the Sony X5, feature a blinking orange light that lets you know that the speaker battery needs charging. Sometimes though, this flashing happens even though you’ve just fully recharged the speaker, when it should not, assuming the battery has recharged correctly. So in this post thus, we offer reasons that this…
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Sony X5 Pairing Instructions
This post provides Sony X5 pairing instructions, to link it 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. Sony X5 Pairing Instructions, Step by Step With your X5 powered OFF…