Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley

  • How to Tell if Sony X2 is Charging

    How to Tell if Sony X2 is Charging

    How to tell if Sony X2 personal BT speaker is charging?  This small yet powerful speaker has an orange LED light on the back panel, near the top edge of the unit, as shown in the following pictures.  This CHARGE light flashes orange when the battery is nearly dead. So it tells battery level (to…

  • How to Tell if Sony SRS X2 is Charging

    How to Tell if Sony SRS X2 is Charging

    How to tell if Sony SRS X2 personal Bluetooth speaker is charging?  This small yet powerful speaker has an orange LED light on the back panel, near the top edge of the unit, as shown in the following pictures.  This CHARGE light flashes orange when the battery is nearly dead. So it tells battery level…

  • Sony X2 Factory Reset Instructions

    Sony X2 Factory Reset Instructions

    We give here Sony X2 factory reset directions, to return this speaker to its default settings and 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. Also, you would best reset your speaker to get…

  • Sony X2 Blinking Orange Light Problem

    Sony X2 Blinking Orange Light Problem

    Many Sony speakers, including the Sony X2, feature a blinking orange light that lets you know that the speaker battery needs charging. Sometimes though, this flashing orange happens even though you’ve just fully recharged the unit, when it should not, assuming the battery has recharged correctly.  So in this post thus, we offer reasons that…

  • Sony X2 Hard Reset Instructions

    Sony X2 Hard Reset Instructions

    We give here Sony X2 hard reset directions, to return this Bluetooth speaker to its default settings and state. Plus, 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 should hard reset your speaker to get…

  • How to Turn Off Sony X2

    How to Turn Off Sony X2

    We explain how to turn off the Sony X2 personal wireless speaker here.  Now most speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently places on the top of this unit so it’s easy to locate.  Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this pattern, as we see in the next picture. There’s also a status…

  • Sony X2 Charging Instructions

    Sony X2 Charging Instructions

    This piece covers Sony X2 speaker charging directions. Do this easily through the micro USB power in port, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your X2 as it charges, without increasing the recharge time by much, as long as your charger is “beefy” enough. Sony X2 Charging Summary So to…

  • How to Pair Sony X2 to iPhone

    How to Pair Sony X2 to iPhone

    This post shows how to pair a Sony X2 wireless Bluetooth speaker to an iPhone smart phone.  Doing so gives you a bigger, and distinctly better sound when you stream music from the iPhone to speakers like this one. How to Pair Sony X2 to iPhone, Step by Step With the X2 switched OFF (power…

  • How to Turn On Sony X2

    How to Turn On Sony X2

    We explain how to turn on the Sony X2 portable speaker here.  Now most Bluetooth speakers have a Power button that Sony positions on the unit so it’s easy to find.  Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this, as we find its Power button on the top of the X2, as we see next.…

  • How to Turn On Sony SRS X2

    How to Turn On Sony SRS X2

    We explain how to turn on the Sony SRS X2 portable speaker here.  Now most Bluetooth speakers have a Power button that Sony positions on the unit so it’s easy to find.  Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this, as we find its Power button on the top of the X2, as we see…