Covers how to check battery life and level on the Sony Extra Bass SRS XB12 Bluetooth speaker, and also, how to know if the battery life is shortening over time. How to Check Sony XB12 Battery, Current Charge 1. First, Turn ON the XB12 You won’t be able to read battery charge status unless the … Continue reading How to Check Sony XB12 Battery
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How to Connect to Sony XB12
This post shows how to connect to the Sony XB12 Extra Bass Bluetooth speaker with common portable devices, including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. How to Connect to Sony XB12: Step by Step With your SRS XB12 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through … Continue reading How to Connect to Sony XB12
How to Tell if Sony XB12 is Charging
How to tell if Sony XB12 wireless BT speaker is charging? This extra bass speaker has an orange LED light on its rear side panel, near the bottom, as shown in the picture above. This light flashes orange when the battery is nearly dead. So it also tells battery level (to a degree). To see … Continue reading How to Tell if Sony XB12 is Charging
How to Connect Sony XB12 to Alexa
This post shows how to connect the Sony XB12 mini Bluetooth speaker to Alexa smart speakers. Since this pairing happens between the Sony and Echo devices directly, you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to set up this connection. How to Connect Sony XB12 to Alexa, Step by Step With … Continue reading How to Connect Sony XB12 to Alexa
How to Make Sony XB12 Discoverable
To pair your SRS XB12 Sony speaker with a Bluetooth device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you have to know how to start up discovery mode on this BT speaker. Now in this mode, the speaker broadcasts its name and currently valid connection information over the Bluetooth … Continue reading How to Make Sony XB12 Discoverable
How to Reset Sony XB12
Show you how to factory hard reset your Sony XB12 to its default settings. Hard factory resetting restores the XB12 Extra Bass speaker to factory default state. Plus, resetting erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops this speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you might reset your … Continue reading How to Reset Sony XB12
How to Factory Reset Sony XB12
We explain how to factory reset the Sony XB12 BT speaker to set it back to its default settings. Factory resetting restores the XB12 to out-of-the-box default state. Plus, it wipes any earlier connected Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops this unit from pairing to any nearby BT devices. Also, you might factory … Continue reading How to Factory Reset Sony XB12
How to Turn On Sony XB12
We explain how to turn on the Sony XB12 portable BT speaker here. Now most speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently positions on the unit so it’s easy to find. Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this pattern, as we find its Power button near the bottom in the button panel, as … Continue reading How to Turn On Sony XB12
How to Pair Sony XB12 with Alexa
This post shows how to pair the Sony XB12 Bluetooth extra bass speaker to a typical Alexa device. We demonstrate this using the Alexa Echo Input smart device. But the same you could also do with an Echo Dot, Spot, or any other Alexa device that supports Bluetooth pairing, which includes just about all of … Continue reading How to Pair Sony XB12 with Alexa
How to Charge Sony XB12
This piece covers how to charge the Sony XB12 portable extra bass Bluetooth speaker. Do this easily through the USB power in port, behind the water resistant door, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your XB12 mini speaker as it charges, without significantly increasing the recharge time. First, pick a … Continue reading How to Charge Sony XB12