Sony SRS XG300 Software Update

Here, we detail the Sony SRS XG300 software update procedure. This routine can take ten (10) to fifteen (15) minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection, source device used to update the 300, distance between speaker and that device, Etc. Plus, you cannot revert the update once you install it. That is, you’ll be unable to return to the earlier software version after you finish this upgrade. So, be sure that you indeed want the update, and have thought through all ramifications before continuing.

Sony SRS XG300 Software Update: Preparations

You’ll need the following items:

• • High speed internet connection,
  • Bluetooth enabled mobile device,
  • The Sony Music Center app that runs on said mobile device,
  • The Sony SRS XG300 you’re updating.
  • Compatible AC adapters and charge cables for the 300 and mobile device.

Sony SRS XG300 Software Update: Summary

Next, do the following to update the speaker. In short…

1. 1. Connect your mobile device to the internet.  For fastest updating, we suggest using WiFi for this work, and not your cellular connection.
   2. Install the Sony Music Center app if you haven’t already.
   3. Then, plug your XG300 and your mobile device to AC power. Why? Because we don’t want either of their batteries going dead while updating the software. In fact, a low battery could leave corrupted software in memory. And this could, and probably would, brick the unit. This would then likely render the unit useless and non repairable. So once again, connect the 300 to power before proceeding to prevent this.  Please !
   4. Disconnect any other Bluetooth speakers and devices from your mobile device for this process.
   5. Then, power up the 300 and mobile device, if not already running.
   6. Next, pair your mobile device with the XG300.
   7. Run the Sony Music Center app. The app should then find it and display the home screen for the XG300, showing that an update is available.
   8. Follow the on-screen instructions for software updating.

Sony SRS XG300 Software Update: Step by Step Details

1. Connect the XG300 and your Mobile Device to AC Power

We plugged ours to an AC outlet using the power supply that comes with the unit. E.g. See this in the next picture.

You’ll know that the 300 is receiving external power if you see the charging light glowing orange.

2. Pair this XG300 with your Mobile Device

Next, connect the 300 to your phone / tablet where you will run the update. Here’s an example screenshot of the XG300 linked to an iPad.

Now keep both the 300 and your mobile device powered up and close to each other throughout the process, lest the update fail and result in a malfunctioning speaker.

3. Find the Sony Music Center App on That Device

We made a folder for all of Bluetooth apps and put the Sony Music Center app in there on our test iPad, as you see in the next picture.

4. Run the Sony Music Center App to Continue with the Sony SRS XG300 Software Update

As the app runs, it scans the host device running it for compatible Sony speakers.  Wo, the app needs a brief period to find the XG 300 . But eventually, it does so, and displays its status screen, as we show  next.

If the 300 does not appear in the app after thirty seconds or so, move it closer to your mobile device. Next, close the Music Center app, and then run it again.

Note the tan bar on the XG300’s home screen.  This appears only when a firmware update is available for this particular unit.

Note that if there are no software updates pending for the 300, then you will see no brown bar. This situation we show in the next picture.

5. Tap the More Info Button Inside the Brown Update Bar

Tapping the More Info button brings up the Software Information screen, as follows.

6. Tap the OK Button

Tapping the OK button may bring up the following screen if you haven’t followed the above directions, and did not plug the 300 into external power.

In fact, we suggest that you fully charge both the 300 and the smart device before proceeding with this update.  Doing so protects the 300 from a corrupt software upload in the event of a longer power outage, where the batteries could go dead before updating is done.  Also, as a further precaution, once you fully recharge both devices, please leave both of them connected to external power until the update finishes.

Once the unit and smart device finish charging, tap the OK button on the Connect Speaker to Power Supply   window. That should then take you back to the previous page once again, as follows.

Or, if you quit the app, go ahead and restart it and repeat the above steps.  This time, you should not get the Connect Speaker to Power Supply page. But instead, you will see the Software Information page that we see in the last picture.

7. Sony SRS XG300 Software Update: Begins with the Software Transfer Phase

The updating then starts, as we show in the following screenshots. The Music Center app first downloads the new firmware package.

Once the app downloads the package, it unpacks and transfers it to the XG300 as the next pictures show.

Additionally, during the transfer to the 300, the Power lamp on it pulses in groups of four pulses then a pause.  E.g. Pulse-pulse-pulse-pulse-pause, pulse-pulse-pulse-pulse-pause,…  During this time, all other lamps on the unit are OFF.

7a. The Sony SRS XG300 Software Update Continues at Thirty Percent Complete

Now as we see in these screenshots, the Sony Music Center app displays a  progress line, that gradually gets more brown as the software updating proceeds.

7b. The Update is Now at Seventy Percent Complete

Now we’re probably about five minutes into the update. Indeed this process takes a relatively short time as compared to some of the other speaker models we’ve tested.

7c. Now at Ninety-Nine Percent Done

The next screen shows that the software transfer and update to the 300 are almost complete (99 percent complete). So the progress bar is practically all brown now.

7d. Sony SRS XG300 Software Update Begins Now

Now that the new program has been transferred from your device to the speaker, the software update process on the XG300 begins when you see this page.

7e Tap the OK Button

Touching the OK button takes you to the Speaker & Group page, where you see a list of previously connected speakers that the app knows about.  Note that all are grayed out.  So none are connected to the app during the XG300 update process.

8. Wait for the Sony SRS XG300 to Shut OFF After Updating its Software

While the 300 updates, its Power lamp slowly pulses green.

Then after a minute or two, once the 300 finishes updating, the Power light goes dark.  No more blinking.

9. Press the Power Button To Boot the XG300 Again

Press the Power button to turn the unit on again, as pictured next.

The XG300 should again pair with your mobile device where you’re running the Sony Music Center app. The Power  lamp glows solid green, and the Pairing lamp also glows steady blue once the 300 again links to your mobile device.

Now after the XG300 reconnects to your smart device, the Sony Music Center app discovers that your speaker has come back online, and thus, displays a software-update-complete message, as follows.

10. Press the OK Button Back in the Sony Music Center App

With your speaker successfully paired to the app again, press the  OK button, as shown in the last screenshot.

The app then displays the XG 300 home screen once again. But this time, note that there’s no longer the brown bar, as we see next. This means that the updating of the software worked, and that the 300 is now running the latest version.

11. Done with Sony SRS XG300 Software Update !

Updating the Sony SRS XG300 is now complete.

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References for Sony SRS XG300 Software Update

1. 1. Sony SRS XG300 Official Product Page
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