Tag: Boombox JBL Charge 5

  • JBL Charge 5 Buttons Not Working

    JBL Charge 5 Buttons Not Working

    When you find the JBL Charge 5  Buttons are Not Working, this likely means one or more things. JBL Charge 5 Buttons Not Working: Short Fixes The button contacts are dirty. So clean them. Your charger cord is defective. Thus get a new one. The battery is faulty. So replace it. The speaker and the…

  • JBL Charge 5 Doesn’t Turn ON

    JBL Charge 5 Doesn’t Turn ON

    Sometimes a JBL Charge 5 Doesn’t Turn ON, unless you plug it in. So this likely means one or more things.  First, your speaker might be faulty beyond repair. Or the battery no longer recharges due to age or heavy use. Or finally, you mistakenly put your speaker into service mode a.k.a. secret or weird…

  • JBL Charge 5 Not Turning ON

    JBL Charge 5 Not Turning ON

    When you notice the JBL Charge 5 not turning ON, one or more causes may be to blame… Dirty Button Contacts. The button mechanisms may have sand, dirt, or other debris in them. To repair this, take the 5 apart if so inclined. Then blow, brush, or polish switch contacts if you can reach them.…

  • JBL Charge 5 Power Adapter

    JBL Charge 5 Power Adapter

    An adequate JBL Charge 5 Power Adapter supplies enough power to fully recharge this speaker in 4 hours. But currently, JBL does not include a USB Power Adapter with this speaker.  So, you’ll need to either have one already or buy one. Also, the speaker has a USB-C charging port. So have the right cable…

  • JBL Charge 5 Factory Reset

    JBL Charge 5 Factory Reset

    The JBL Charge 5 factory reset routine lets you restore the original fresh-from-factory settings. Moreover, factory resetting the Charge 5 erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. Plus, it stops the unit from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices afterwards. Also, do this it to get the Charge 5 ready for sale or re…

  • JBL Charge 5 Factory Reset Instructions

    JBL Charge 5 Factory Reset Instructions

    These JBL Charge 5 factory reset instructions let you restore the original fresh-from-factory settings. Moreover, factory resetting the Charge 5 erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. Plus, it stops the unit from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices afterwards. Also, do this it to get the Charge 5 ready for sale or re…

  • JBL Charge 5 Firmware Update Instructions

    JBL Charge 5 Firmware Update Instructions

    Here are our JBL Charge 5 firmware update instructions. First, this routine can take up to thirteen minutes to finish. How long it takes 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…

  • How to Turn ON Bass Boost on JBL Charge 5

    How to Turn ON Bass Boost on JBL Charge 5

    Unfortunately, the usual way for how to turn ON bass boost on JBL Charge 5 does not work. Further, we know of no other way to activate this mode. 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…

  • JBL Charge 5 Button Combinations

    JBL Charge 5 Button Combinations

    The JBL Charge 5 has several button combinations  to access various functions. To work these, there are 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…

  • How to Reset My JBL Charge 5

    How to Reset My JBL Charge 5

    Here, we show how to reset my JBL Charge 5. First, turn the speaker on.  Next, wait for it to finish booting. Then press and release the Volume UP and Play-Pause buttons at the same time.  Then wait for the unit to shut down.  At this point, resetting is complete. So the next time you…