Sony XE 200 Bluetooth Pairing

An iPhone in front of the Sony SRS XE200 speaker.

This post supplies Sony XE 200 Bluetooth pairing directions, to link it to common portable devices. E.g. These include the Apple line of device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. This routine also works for Android base devices as well, such as Samsung and LG phones, as well as Amazon Fire tablets.

Sony XE 200 Bluetooth Pairing, Step by Step

With your XE 200 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to pair it to your source BT mobile device. We’re using an iPad Air computer for this demo.

1. Go to the Home Screen on your Bluetooth 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 shown 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 we see in the next step.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with Sony XE 200 Bluetooth Pairing

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth function is running here. But since our XE 200 is currently shut 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 XE 200

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

The Power button on the Sony XE 200.

The unit then powers up, and its status lamp glows green, as we in the next picture.

The green glowing power lamp.

But since our tablet does not know about this speaker, the XE 200 will not pair with it automatically.

6. Put the XE 200 in Discovery Mode

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

The Pairing button on the Sony XE 200.

Find the Pairing button in the buttons panel, second one down from the top, just below the Power button, as we see in the last shot.

In addition to the voice announcement, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing blue in the pulse-pulse-pause-pulse-pulse-pause pattern, as we see next.

The blue blinking Bluetooth Pairing light.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with Sony XE 200 Bluetooth Pairing

See the screen shot next. We found our XE 200, as pointed at by the green arrow.

The Sony XE 200 showing as discovered on our test tablet.

8. Now Pair with the XE 200

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your source device then pairs with this BT speaker.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected XE 200 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

The speaker showing as Connected on our tablet.