Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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Sony XG 300 Watts
The Sony XG 300 BT speaker is a medium power, portable boombox system with enough pumping music watts to fill a run-of-the-mill living room or yard with big 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 XE 300 Factory Reset
Explains Sony XE 300 factory reset directions to restore this portable BT speaker back to its default settings. Plus, doing this erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. We might wish to clear these to prevent this speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you would best reset the unit to get…
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Sony XG 300 Blinking Orange Light
Many Sony speakers, including the Sony XG 300 boombox, have a blinking orange light that tells you when its internal battery needs charging. Sometimes though, this flashing happens even though you’ve just fully recharged the speaker, when it should not blink, assuming the battery recharged correctly. Thus in this piece, we offer reasons that this…
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Sony XG 300 Orange Light Stays On
Many Sony speakers, including the Sony XG 300, feature a charging status light that illuminates orange while they charge. But sometimes, this light stays on longer than expected. E.g. It does not switch off after way more than the specified charging time once you connect the charger. So in this post, we offer reasons that…
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Sony XG 300 Software Update
Here, we detail the software update procedure for the Sony XG 300 BT speaker. This routine can take ten (10) to fifteen (15) minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection, source device used to update the speaker, distance between speaker and that device, Etc. Plus, you cannot revert the update once you install…
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How to Turn On Lights on Sony XG 300
This speaker comes equipped with a set of party LED lamps on its ends that, by default, blink, change color, and pulsate to the beat of whatever you play on the speaker. But you might notice that the lights are not working, even though the speaker is running. It’s possible therefore, that someone switched the…
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How to Turn Off Lights on Sony XG 300
This speaker comes equipped with a set of party LED lights that, by default, blink, change color, and pulsate to the beat of whatever you play on the speaker. But now and then, you may not wish to have a party atmosphere in your room, like when you want to play the speaker while drifting…
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Sony XG 300 Firmware Update
Here, we detail the firmware update procedure for the Sony XG 300. This routine can take ten (10) to fifteen (15) minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection, source device used to update the speaker, distance between speaker and that device, Etc. Plus, you cannot roll back the update once you install it.…
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Sony XG 300 Charging
This piece explains Sony XG 300 portable boombox speaker charging. Do this easily through the USB-C DC input port, behind the water resistant door, as we’ll show in the pictures below. Note that you can still play this speaker while it charges, without raising the recharge time much. Sony XG 300 Charging: Summary In summary:…
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How to Tell if Sony XG 300 is Charging
How to tell if Sony XG 300 mini boombox speaker is charging? This portable speaker has an orange LED light just below and to the left of the Power button, as we see in the next pic. This light, labeled as the CHARGE lamp, flashes orange when the battery is about dead. So it does…