Pair JBL Wonderboom

The Wonderboom 1 top view. Showing the -Bluetooth Pairing- button.

This post gives a procedure to pair JBL Wonderboom to common Bluetooth devices. Start with your JBL Wonderboom switched OFF (all dark LEDs). Then, follow along to pair it with most any Bluetooth source device. In this demo, we show how pairing works on our iPad Air mobile computre. But like procedures work for iPhones, iPods, and Android phones and tablets as well.

Pair JBL Wonderboom: Step by Step

1. Visit the Home Screen on your Source Bluetooth Device

Press the Home button to get to the Home page. See our Home screen as shown next.

2. Find the Settings App

Practically all mobile devices have a Settings app.

We found ours on the second page of the Home screen on our tablet.

iPad Home Screen with Settings app highlighted.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

For this demo, the iPad Air then displays the first page of its Settings screen, as we see in the next screenshot

iOS Settings screen on iPad Air, with Bluetooth turned ON screen showing, and the Bluetooth item highlighted.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with Pair JBL Wonderboom

Tap the Bluetooth item, as pointed at by the dark green arrow in the last screenshot above.

Our Bluetooth Settings screen then appears as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is switched ON here. But since the JBL Wonderboom speaker is currently OFF, it does not show in either the My Devices or Other Devices lists on the tablet yet, Why? Because we’ve not yet paired it with this iPad before. Plus, the speaker is not yet transmitting its BT connection info. See this scenario, that appears as shown next.

iPad Air tablet showing previously paired Bluetooth devices list.

Note in this picture that there’s no JBL Wonderboom speaker listed yet.

5. Turn On your Speaker

Turn on the unit by quickly pressing its Power button. See this button, circled in green, in the next picture.

The JBL Wonderboom top view. Showing the dark -Power- button.

The speaker then comes on.

The white glowing -Power- button.

6. Put your JBL Wonderboom into Discovery Mode

Now, to see your speaker on your mobile device, place it into BT pairing mode. For that, press and release the Bluetooth button, as circled in the next picture. You may have to hold it in for a few seconds until this discovery mode starts running.

The -Pairing- button.

When the JBL Wonderboom enters discovery mode, it makes a distinctive sound several times. Plus, a lamp in this button starts rapidly flashing white. See this in the last picture above.

7. Then, Find your JBL Wonderboom on your Mobile Device

See the picture next. We found ours, as circled in green.

iOS Bluetooth Settings page, showing the JBL Wonderboom as discovered but not yet paired.

8. Pair with the JBL Wonderboom

Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth Devices list, shown above.

Your iPad Air then pairs with the JBL Wonderboom (it appears as “WONDERBOOM” in this demo).

The Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to display something like the following.

iOS Bluetooth Settings page, Showing the JBL Wonderboom as paired, and circled.

Note that the JBL Wonderboom now appears as connected, as circled inside the green oval in the last picture.

9. Done with Pair JBL Wonderboom !

Lastly, we have now successfully paired our JBL Wonderboom wireless speaker with a typical mobile device. Now, audio output from that source device plays on this wireless speaker, which is what you want. The same happens with most other Bluetooth devices.