Pair UE Wonderboom to iPad Air

Front view of the Wonderboom 1.

This post teaches how to pair UE Wonderboom with iPad Air tablets. First, you start with your Ultimate Ears speaker (UE) shut OFF (all dark top panel LEDs). Then, follow these instructions to pair it to an iPad Air.

Pair UE Wonderboom to iPad Air: Step by Step

1. Visit the Home Screen on your iPad Air

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

2. Then Find the iPad Settings App

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

iPad Home screen with -Settings- app highlighted.

3. Next, Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

The iPad Air then displays the first page of its Settings screen, as shown in the next screenshot

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

4. Then Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with Pair UE Wonderboom to iPad Air

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 Ultimate Ears Wonderboom is currently OFF, it does not show in either the My Devices or Other Devices lists on the tablet yet, Why? Because we’ve never paired it with this iPad before. Plus, the speaker is not yet broadcasting its BT connection information. See this situation, that looks something like as shown next.

iPad Air tablet showing previously paired Bluetooth devices list.

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

5. Turn On your UE Wonderboom

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

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

The speaker then comes on.

The white glowing -Power- button.

6. Next, Put your UE Wonderboom into Pairing Mode

Now, to see your speaker on your iPad Air, place the UE Wonderboom into BT pairing mode. For that, press and release the Bluetooth button, as circled in the next picture.

The -Pairing- button. Press this button to pair with an iPad Air.

When you press this Pairing button, the speaker 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 Speaker on your iPad Air, to Continue with Pair UE Wonderboom to iPad Air

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

The iOS -Bluetooth Settings- page, showing the UE Wonderboom speaker as discovered But not paired, circled.

8. Next, Pair with your UE Wonderboom

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

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

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

The iOS Bluetooth Settings page, Showing the UE Wonderboom as paired with this iPad Air.

Note that the Ultimate Ears speaker now shows as paired, as circled inside the green oval in the last picture.

9. Done with Pair UE Wonderboom to iPad Air !

We have now successfully paired our UE Wonderboom Bluetooth speaker with our iPad Air iOS device. Audio output from that iPad now plays on this wireless UE speaker, which presumably, is what you want to accomplish. Enjoy!