Sony SRS X3 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

The Sony SRS X3 speaker showing as Connected on iPadOS.

This post provides Sony SRS X3 Bluetooth pairing directions, to link it with common wireless devices. E.g. These include the iPhone and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. You can also pair this speaker with Android devices using a similar procedure.

Sony SRS X3 Bluetooth Pairing, Step by Step

With your X3 powered OFF (power lamp is dark), run through these directions to pair it to your source BT mobile device. We’re using an iPad Air tablet for this demo.

1. Go to the Home Screen on your Source Device

Firstly, press the Home button to reveal the smart device’s Home screen.

2. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of the Home screen, as we see next.

iOS Home Screen with Settings App Highlighted

3. Bring up the Settings App

Thirdly, touch the Settings app icon.

The smart device then shows the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with Sony SRS X3 Bluetooth Pairing

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our SRS X3 is currently OFF (is not in Bluetooth discovery mode), it does not show up in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with our mobile device before.

iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page showing nothing discovered

5. Turn On your Sony SRS X3 Speaker

Thus, turn on the X3 by quickly pressing its Power button. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.

The Power button on the Sony SRS X3 speaker.

The speaker then powers on, and its status lamp nearby glows green, as we see in the next picture.

The green glowing Power light.

But since our iPad does not know about this speaker, the X3 will not pair with it automatically.

6. Put the X`3 into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Now, to see your speaker on your device, place it into Bluetooth discovery / pairing mode. To make that happen, press and hold the Pairing button. It’s in the front row of buttons, second button from the left.

The Pairing button.

Release the button when the speaker makes two high beep sounds, and the Pairing lamp starts fast flashing white.

The Pairing light on the speaker glowing white.

This takes one to three seconds to enter pairing mode.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with Sony SRS X3 Bluetooth Pairing

See the screen shot next. We found the test speaker, as pointed at by the green arrow.

The X3 showing as discovered on iPadOS.

8. Pair with your Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your mobile device then connects with the SRS X3.

E.g. The source device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected SRS X3 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

The Sony SRS X3 speaker showing as Connected on iPadOS.