Tag: A JBL Charge 5 Speaker

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker Buttons Explained

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker Buttons Explained

    The JBL Charge 5 speaker has six buttons and a few lamps across its top. There’s also a battery gauge light strip. The Power button lights in white to show that the speaker is ON or OFF. The Bluetooth lamp blinks or glows solid to show the speaker’s pairing status. And, there’s also a port…

  • How to Check Battery Percentage on JBL Charge 5 Speaker

    How to Check Battery Percentage on JBL Charge 5 Speaker

    The JBL Charge 5 speaker has a group of LEDs behind a translucent white bar in its front lower area.  This displays battery charge percentage whether it’s draining or charging.  Furthermore, this gauge shows charging progress, or how full the battery is at a given time. It also tells you how much “juice” the battery…

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker Reset

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker Reset

    This JBL Charge 5 speaker reset routine explains how to restore default settings. In short, it goes as follows: First, power on the 5. Next, press the reset button combo code (given below).  Wait for the unit to power OFF, and once that occurs, reset is complete. Now for an in-depth look at this process,…

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker Power Output

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker Power Output

    The JBL Charge 5 speaker is a medium size desktop model with enough power output to fill a typical room. It also has a built in power bank for recharging light to moderate duty phones and smaller tablets. What Power Numbers Tells Us But what does the power output a wireless speaker has, tell us…

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker Update

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker Update

    Here are our JBL Charge 5 speaker update procedure. First, this routine can take up to thirteen minutes to finish. How long depends on the speeds of your WiFi connection, mobile device, and other factors.  Furthermore you can’t reverse once you update.  Thus you won’t be able to return to any prior firmware version once…

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker Won’t Turn OFF

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker Won’t Turn OFF

    When your JBL Charge 5 speaker won’t turn OFF, this likely means one or more things. And we offer below a couple solutions for the most likely cause. JBL Charge 5 Speaker Won’t Turn OFF: Causes Now in this model, one or more of the following may cause this speaker to fail to shut down.…

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker PartyBoost

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker PartyBoost

    Here we describe the JBL Charge 5 speaker PartyBoost feature. In summary, PartyBoost lets you join from two to over a hundred compatible speakers together. Then they all play the same program. Thus, you can fill a much bigger party area with sound than you can by playing just one speaker. Now the JBL Charge…

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker Secret Mode

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker Secret Mode

    sWhen the JBL Charge 5 speaker is in Secret Mode, the buttons do not work. So, assuming that all the systems are okay, we’ cover how to end Secret Mode, and restore proper function. JBL Charge 5 Speaker Secret Mode: May Be Active First, when in this (often called ‘weird’ or ‘secret’) mode, the Charge…

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker Bass

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker Bass

    Unfortunately, the usual way to activate the additional JBL Charge 5 speaker bass does not work. Further, we know of no other way to switch this mode ON. But you could simulate it by adjusting an equalizer app on your streaming source device. Hopefully, JBL will add this feature in a later version of the…

  • JBL Charge 5 Speaker Connect

    JBL Charge 5 Speaker Connect

    Explains the JBL Charge 5 speaker connect routine, with common source devices. So these include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones and tablets.  A routine with some small variation also works for Android phones and tablets. JBL Charge 5 Speaker Connect: Step by Step With your 5 OFF (power button…