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  • How to Charge Sony XB 13

    How to Charge Sony XB 13

    This piece covers how to charge the Sony XB 13 extra bass portable 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 XB 13 mini speaker as it charges, without significantly increasing the recharge time. First,…

  • How to Tell if Sony XB 20 is Charging

    How to Tell if Sony XB 20 is Charging

    How to tell if Sony XB 20 wireless Bluetooth speaker is charging?  This desktop speaker has an orange LED light just above the Power-Pairing button, as shown in the next photo.  This light, labeled as the CHARGE lamp, flashes orange when the battery is about dead. So it does tell battery level (to a degree). …

  • How to Factory Reset Sony XB 20

    How to Factory Reset Sony XB 20

    Show you how to factory reset your Sony XB 20 portable speaker to its default settings.  Factory resetting restores the 20 to default state. Plus, it erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might factory reset the unit to get…

  • How to Make Sony XB 20 Discoverable

    How to Make Sony XB 20 Discoverable

    To pair your XB 20 Sony Extra Bass speaker with a Bluetooth device for the first time, or to refresh stale linkage data in that device, you need to understand how to start up discovery mode on this unit.  Now in discovery mode, the speaker digitally announces its name and connection data over Bluetooth, so…

  • How to Turn Off Lights on Sony XB 20

    How to Turn Off Lights on Sony XB 20

    This speaker comes equipped with a set of party LED lights that, by default, blink and pulsate in a vivid blue color to the beat of whatever you play on the speaker.  However sometimes, you may not like a party atmosphere, such as when you want to play the speaker while drifting off to sleep…

  • How to Check Sony XB 20 Battery Life

    How to Check Sony XB 20 Battery Life

    Covers how to check battery life and level on the Sony Extra Bass XB 20 Bluetooth speaker, and also, how to tell if the battery life is shortening over time. How to Check Sony XB 20 Battery Life, Current Charge 1. First, Turn ON the XB 20 You won’t be able to read battery charge…

  • How to Hard Reset Sony XB 20

    How to Hard Reset Sony XB 20

    Show you how to hard reset your Sony XB 20 BT speaker to its factory default settings.  hard resetting restores the 20 to default state. Plus, it erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might hard reset the unit to…

  • How to Connect to Sony XB 20

    How to Connect to Sony XB 20

    This post shows how to connect to the Sony XB 20 Extra Bass portable speaker from Bluetooth source 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…

  • How to Reset Sony XB 20

    How to Reset Sony XB 20

    Show you how to reset your Sony XB 20 portable speaker to its default settings. Resetting restores the 20 to default state. Plus, resetting erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might reset to get it ready for sale or…

  • How to Turn Off Sony XB 20

    How to Turn Off Sony XB 20

    We explain how to turn off the Sony XB 20 portable wireless speaker here.  Now most speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently places on the unit so it’s easy to pinpoint.  Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this pattern, as we find its Power button at the rightmost position on the top…