Sony XB40 Bluetooth Pairing

The Sony SRS XB40 speaker showing as Connected on iPadOS.

This post provides a Sony XB40 Bluetooth pairing procedure for this Extra Bass speaker, to common wireless BT devices. E.g. These include the Apple line of device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. These steps also work for Android devices too, such as Samsung and LG phones, as well as Amazon Fire tablets.

Sony XB40 Bluetooth Pairing, Step by Step

With your SRS XB40 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through this exercise to pair it to your source BT mobile device. We use an iPad Air computer 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 show in the next shot.

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 we see in the next step.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with Sony XB40 Bluetooth Pairing

Our Bluetooth Settings screen appears as follows. Note that Bluetooth on the test tablet is ON here. But since our Sony XB40 is currently shut OFF (and thus, 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 XB40

Switch on the speaker by quickly pressing its Power-Pairing button. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.

The dark Power button on the top of the Sony XB40.

The unit then powers up, and that Power-Pairing button starts glowing white, as we in the next picture.

The glowing Power button.

But since our tablet does not know about this speaker, the SRS XB40 will not pair with it automatically.

6. Put the XB40 in Discovery Mode

Now, to see the XB40 on your device, place it into Bluetooth discovery / pairing mode. So to achieve that, press and hold the Power-Pairing button, and release when you hear the rising pitch beep sequence and the speaker announces, “Bluetooth pairing,” in a lady’s voice. Find the Power-Pairing button as pictured above.

In addition to the voice announcement, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing fast white, as we see next.

The Pairing lamp blinking white on the speaker.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with Sony XB40 Bluetooth Pairing

See the screen shot next. We found our XB40, as pointed at by the green arrow.

The Sony XB40 showing as discovered on iPadOS.

8. Now Pair with the XB40

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your mobile device then pairs with the speaker.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected SRS XB40 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

The Sony XB40 on our tablet, showing as Connected. Pairing is now complete.