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  • How to Connect Sony XB 43 to iPhone

    How to Connect Sony XB 43 to iPhone

    This post shows how to connect a Sony XB 43 wireless speaker to an iPhone smart phone.  Doing so gives you a much bigger, and clearly better sound when you stream music from the iPhone to speakers like this one. How to Connect Sony XB 43 to iPhone, Step by Step With your Sony speaker…

  • How to Tell if Sony XB 43 is Charging

    How to Tell if Sony XB 43 is Charging

    How to tell if Sony XB 43 wireless Bluetooth speaker is charging?  This extra bass speaker has an orange LED light in its top button panel, as shown in the following picture.  This light that Sony labels as the CHARGE light glows steadily, without blinking, only when the speaker is in fact charging.  See further…

  • How to Turn Off Sony XB 43

    How to Turn Off Sony XB 43

    We explain how to turn off the Sony XB 43 portable BT speaker here.  Now most speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently places on the unit so it’s easy to locate.  Indeed, this speaker is no exception to this pattern, as we find its Power button near the bottom in the button panel.…

  • How to Turn Off Lights on Sony XB 43

    How to Turn Off Lights on Sony XB 43

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

  • How to Reset Sony XB 43

    How to Reset Sony XB 43

    Show you how to reset your Sony XB 43 Extra Bass speaker to its default settings.  Resetting restores the XB 43 to 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 to get it ready…

  • How to Check Sony XB 43 Battery Life

    How to Check Sony XB 43 Battery Life

    Covers how to check battery life and level on the Sony Extra Bass XB 43 Bluetooth speaker, and also, how to know if the battery life is decreasing over time. How to Check Sony XB 43 Battery Life, Current Charge 1. First, Turn ON the XB 43 You won’t be able to read battery charge…

  • How to Bass Boost Sony XB 43

    How to Bass Boost Sony XB 43

    You can change how loud the bass is on the Sony XB 43, by turning on and off its bass boost mode. When switched on, this mode makes the passive bass radiators on the sides vibrate much more, and adds a low rumble quality to the playing program, that travels pretty far from the speaker. …

  • How to Make Sony XB 43 Discoverable

    How to Make Sony XB 43 Discoverable

    To pair your XB 43 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 enter this speaker into discovery mode.  Now in this mode, this Extra Bass speaker broadcasts its name and currently valid connection handles over the Bluetooth…

  • How to Connect Sony XB 43 to Alexa

    How to Connect Sony XB 43 to Alexa

    This post shows how to connect the Sony XB 43 mid sized Bluetooth party speaker with lights 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 XB 43…

  • How to Hard Reset Sony XB 43

    How to Hard Reset Sony XB 43

    Show you how to hard reset your Sony XB 43 to its default settings.  Hard resetting restores the XB 43 to default state. Plus, it erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. Clearing these stops this unit from auto connecting to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Also, you might factory reset the speaker to get…