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

  • How to Hard Reset Sony SRS X11

    How to Hard Reset Sony SRS X11

    Show you how to Hard reset your Sony SRS X11 personal cube speaker to its default settings. Hard resetting restores the X11 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. Also,…

  • How to Turn Off Sony SRS X11

    How to Turn Off Sony SRS X11

    We explain how to turn off the Sony SRS X11 personal cube BT 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…

  • How to Put Sony SRS X11 in Pairing Mode

    How to Put Sony SRS X11 in Pairing Mode

    To pair your SRS X11 Sony speaker with a Bluetooth source device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you have to know how to start up pairing mode on the speaker.  Furthermore, in this mode, the speaker broadcasts its name and currently valid connection information over the Bluetooth…

  • Sony SRS X11 Charging Instructions

    Sony SRS X11 Charging Instructions

    This article gives Sony SRS X11 speaker charging instructions. Recharge this speaker easily through the micro USB DC power input port, on the back of the unit, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your X11 while juicing it up, without increasing the replenish time too much, especially if you are…

  • How to Tell if Sony SRS X11 is Charging

    How to Tell if Sony SRS X11 is Charging

    How to tell if Sony SRS X11 personal Bluetooth cube style speaker is charging?  This little yet powerful speaker has an orange LED light on the back panel, on the bottom edge of the unit, as shown in the following picture.  This CHARGE light flashes orange when the battery is nearly dead. So it tells…

  • How to Reset Sony SRS X11

    How to Reset Sony SRS X11

    Show you how to reset your Sony SRS X11 personal wireless speaker to its default settings. Resetting restores the X11 to factory default state. Plus, resetting erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops this speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you might reset your speaker to get…

  • Sony SRS X11 Reset Instructions

    Sony SRS X11 Reset Instructions

    Gives Sony SRS X11 reset instructions, to return this speaker to its default fresh-out-of-the-box settings. Resetting restores the X11 to default factory state. Plus, it erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops this speaker from pairing to said devices whenever they come into range. Also, you might reset this speaker…

  • How to Connect Sony SRS X3 to Alexa

    How to Connect Sony SRS X3 to Alexa

    This post shows how to connect the Sony SRS X3 Bluetooth brick 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 SRS X3 to Alexa, Step by…

  • Sony SRS X3 Hard Reset Instructions

    Sony SRS X3 Hard Reset Instructions

    Gives you the Sony SRS X3 hard reset directions to restore this speaker to its default settings. Furthermore, 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 it…

  • How to Make Sony SRS X11 Discoverable

    How to Make Sony SRS X11 Discoverable

    To pair your SRS X11 Sony speaker with a Bluetooth device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you have to know how to start up discovery mode on this speaker.  Now in this mode, the speaker broadcasts its name and currently valid connection information over the Bluetooth airwaves,…