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

  • Connect Sony Speaker to iPhone Instructions

    Connect Sony Speaker to iPhone Instructions

    This post explains how to connect a common Sony speaker like the SRS Extra Bass portable series, with an iPhone or other smart device. Connect Sony Speaker to iPhone, Step by Step With your speaker powered off (status lamp is dark), run through this routine to connect it to your iPhone mobile device. 1. Bring…

  • How to Reset a Sony Speaker

    How to Reset a Sony Speaker

    Show you how to reset a Sony speaker, to return it to its default settings. Resetting restores the speaker to its factory default state. Plus, it purges any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops the unit from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you might reset your Sony Bluetooth speaker…

  • How to Turn On Lights on a Sony Speaker

    How to Turn On Lights on a Sony Speaker

    Many Sony speakers come equipped with a set of party LED lights on their front and top panels that, by default, blink, pulsate and scan in various colors to the beat of whatever audio you play on the speaker.  But sometimes, people turn these off, and then forget how to turn them back on again. …

  • How to Reset Sony Cube Speaker

    How to Reset Sony Cube Speaker

    Show you how to reset your Sony cube speaker to its default settings. Resetting restores the cube 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, you would best reset your…

  • Sony Speaker Not Charging

    Sony Speaker Not Charging

    Many a Sony speaker offers truly portable operation via their lithium ion batteries inside. And when said battery dies, you can charge the speaker with an AC or car adapter. Sometimes though, you may notice that the Sony speaker is not charging fully, or at all, even when you connect the adapter to power, and…

  • Sony Cube Speaker Not Charging

    Sony Cube Speaker Not Charging

    Most Sony Bluetooth speakers, including the tiny cube model, offer truly portable operation via their lithium ion batteries inside. And when said battery dies, you can recharge the speaker with an AC or car adapter. Sometimes though, you may notice that the Sony cube wireless speaker is not charging fully, or at all, even when…

  • Pairing Sony Speaker to iPhone

    Pairing Sony Speaker to iPhone

    This post details pairing a typical Sony speaker like the Extra Bass portable ones, with an iPhone or other smart device. Pairing Sony Speaker to iPhone, Step by Step With your speaker powered off (status lamp is dark), run through this routine to pair it to your iPhone mobile device. 1. Bring up the Home…

  • How to Turn Off Sony Bluetooth Speaker

    How to Turn Off Sony Bluetooth Speaker

    We explain how to turn off a typical Sony Bluetooth speaker here.  Now most of these speakers have a Power button that Sony positions on the unit to make it easy to find. Now in this demo, we’ll show this on the model SRS XB12 speaker.  So on that unit, we find its Power button…

  • Sony SRS XB10 Charger Type

    Sony SRS XB10 Charger Type

    An adequate Sony SRS XB10 charger type, is a USB wall or auto charger adapter that delivers enough current to fully recharge this speaker in the least amount of time (around 4.5 hours). So be sure to use a charger that can deliver enough of the goods. Also, this Bluetooth speaker has a micro USB…

  • Sony SRS XB21 Charger Type

    Sony SRS XB21 Charger Type

    An adequate Sony SRS XB21 charger type, is a USB wall or auto charger adapter that delivers enough current to fully recharge this speaker in the least amount of time (around 4 hours). So be sure to use a charger that can deliver enough of the goods. Also, this Bluetooth speaker has a micro USB…