Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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How to Pair Sony XB 43 with iPhone
This post shows how to pair the Sony XB 43 Extra Bass Bluetooth speaker with an iPhone smart phone. How to Pair Sony XB 43 with iPhone, Step by Step With your XB 43 switched OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to pair it to your iPhone mobile device. For this demo,…
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How to Hard Reset Sony XE 200
Show you how to hard reset your Sony XE 200 portable BT speaker to its default settings. Hard resetting restores the XE 200 to factory default state. Plus, 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.…
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How to Turn On Sony XE 200
We explain how to turn on the Sony XE 200 column here. Now most Bluetooth speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently places on the unit so it’s easy to find. Indeed, this speaker is no exception, as we find its Power button on the top panel, as we see next. There’s also a…
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How to Connect Sony XE 200 to Alexa
This post shows how to connect the Sony XE 200 Bluetooth column speaker 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 XE 200 to Alexa, Step by…
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Sony XE 200 Watts RMS
The XE 200 Sony wireless BT speaker is a medium power, tabletop style column unit with enough RMS watts to fill a typical living room 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 how…
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How to Pair Sony XE 200 to iPhone
This post shows how to pair a Sony XE 200 portable column Bluetooth speaker to an iPhone smart phone. Doing so gives you a bigger, and notably better sound when you stream music from the iPhone to speakers like this one. How to Pair Sony XE 200 to iPhone, Step by Step With the XE…
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How to Check Sony XB 43 Battery
Covers how to check the battery inside the Sony Extra Bass XB 43 wireless speaker for correct operation, and also, how to know if the battery charge holding capacity is decreasing over time, and thus, when to replace the battery. [display_google_ad] How to Check Sony XB 43 Battery, Current Charge 1. First, Turn ON the…
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Sony XE 200 Power Button Not Working
When the Power button on your Sony XE 200 is not working, this likely means one or more things as follows. Sony XE 200 Power Button Not Working: Reasons Why This Might Occur Dead Battery. The internal battery is empty needs a recharge for continued speaker operation. Use a widely available AC charger to do…
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How to Connect Sony XE 200 to iPhone
This post shows how to connect a Sony XE 200 portable tower Bluetooth speaker to an iPhone smart phone. Doing so gives you a bigger, and notably better sound when you stream music from the iPhone to speakers like this one. How to Connect Sony XE 200 to iPhone, Step by Step With the XE…
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Sony XB 43 Orange Light Stays On
Many Sony speakers, including the XB 43, 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 this…