Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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Sony XB 33 Turn Off Lights
This speaker comes equipped with a set of party LED lights that, by default, blink, scan, and pulsate in all sorts of colors 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…
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Sony XB 40 Hard Reset
Gives you Sony XB 40 hard reset directions to restore this wireless speaker to its default settings. Plus, it clears out any prior paired Bluetooth devices from memory. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might hard reset the unit to get it ready for sale or re-gifting, or…
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How to Turn Off Sony XB 40
We explain three ways for how to turn off the Sony XB 40 portable BT speaker here. Now most speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently places on the unit so it’s easy to locate. Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this pattern, as we find its Power button near the bottom in…
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How to Turn Off Lights on Sony XB 40
This speaker comes equipped with a set of party LED lights that, by default, flash, 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 XB 40 Bluetooth Pairing
This post provides a Sony XB 40 Bluetooth pairing procedure for this Extra Bass speaker, to common wireless BT devices. E.g. These include the Apple line of device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. These steps also work for Android devices too, such as Samsung and LG phones, as well as Amazon Fire tablets.…
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Sony XB 40 Orange Light Stays On
Many Sony speakers, including the XB 40, 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…
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Sony XB 40 Blinking Orange Light
Many Sony speakers, including the Sony XB 40 wireless powerbank speaker, have a blinking orange light that tells you that the speaker battery needs charging, when it does. 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…
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Sony XB 40 Power Button Not Working
When the Power button on your Sony XB 40 is not working, this likely means one or more things as follows. Sony XB 40 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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Sony XB 40 Specs Watts
The XB 40 Sony Bluetooth speaker is a small to medium power, tabletop style unit with enough output watts in its specs to fill a typical household size 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…
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Sony XB 40 Pairing
This post provides Sony XB 40 pairing directions for this Extra Bass speaker, through Bluetooth, to common wireless BT devices. E.g. These include the Apple line of device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. This routine also works for Android base devices as well, such as Samsung and LG phones, as well as Amazon…