Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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Sony XB 41 Blinking Orange Light
Many Sony speakers, including the Sony XB 41 powerbank Bluetooth speaker, 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, assuming the battery recharged correctly. Thus in this piece, we offer reasons that…
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Sony XB 41 Power Button Not Working
When the Power button on your Sony XB 41 is not working, this likely means one or more things as follows. Sony XB 41 Power Button Not Working: Reasons Why Dead Battery. The internal battery is empty needs a recharge for continued speaker operation. Use a widely available AC charger to do this. Faulty AC…
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How to Connect Sony XB 41 to iPhone
This post shows how to connect a Sony XB 41 wireless speaker to an iPhone smart phone. Doing this gives you a much bigger, and clearly better sound when you stream music from the iPhone to speakers like this one. How to Connect Sony XB 41 to iPhone, Step by Step Details With the XB…
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Sony XB 40 Reset
Here we give the Sony XB 40 portable speaker reset directions, to restore the unit to its default settings. Resetting restores the 40 to factory default state. Plus, it clears any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its recently-connected-devices list. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might factory reset…
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Sony XB 41 Pairing
This post offers Sony XB 41 pairing help, for common smart devices, including practically all tablets and phones of the Apple and Android platforms. Sony XB 41 Pairing, Step by Step With your XB 41 not running (power button is dark), perform these directions to pair it to your source BT mobile device. We’re using…
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How to Pair Sony XB 41 to iPhone
This post shows how to pair the Sony XB 41 Extra Bass wireless BT speaker with an iPhone, or other iOS or iPadOS based device. How to Pair Sony XB 41 to iPhone With your XB 41 switched OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to pair it to your iPhone mobile device.…
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Sony XB 41 Specifications
Here, we list Sony XB 41 Extra Bass speaker specifications. Firstly, this info covers the unit’s length, width, weight, battery recharge time, output power, and music play time per charge. We also include the frequency response, driver size, Bluetooth support details et al. Secondly, it’s clear from the published specifications, that the Sony XB 41…
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Sony XB 40 Buttons Guide
The Sony XB 40 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. There’s also an NFC sensor just in front of the ADD button. Knowing how to use these allows you to fully enjoy the many advanced features…
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How to Bass Boost Sony XB 40
You can change how loud the bass is on the Sony XB 40, 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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Sony XB 40 ADD Button
The ADD button on the Sony XB 40 enables you join from two to ten compatible speakers such that both play the same program in Wireless Party Chain (WPC) mode. The ADD button also joins two XB 40s for Stereo or Double modes. It’s the fourth button from the left edge of the buttons panel,…