How to Tell if JBL Charge 5 is Charging

Shows how to tell if JBL Charge 5 is charging.  Well, this power bank speaker has a strip row of LEDs on the lower front. These lights display battery charge level.  Thus, to tell if the 5 is charging, look at these to see Charge 5 charging.  Moreover, you can feel the back of the … Continue reading How to Tell if JBL Charge 5 is Charging

JBL Charge 5 Battery Indicator

The JBL Charge 5 speaker has a battery indicator in its front lower area. This displays battery status. Whether it’s draining or charging.  So it displays charging progress. Or it shows how full the battery is at a given time while charging. It also tells you how much “juice” the battery has left as the … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Battery Indicator

How to Check Battery on JBL Charge 5

The JBL Charge 5 has a group of LEDs behind a translucent white bar in its front lower area.  This displays battery charge 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 has left … Continue reading How to Check Battery on JBL Charge 5

How to Check Battery Level on JBL Charge 5

The JBL Charge 5 has a group of LEDs behind a translucent white bar in its front lower area.  This displays battery charge level 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 has … Continue reading How to Check Battery Level on JBL Charge 5

How to Check Battery Life on JBL Charge 5

Describes how to check battery life on JBL Charge 5. Se discuss this in terms of how long the speaker plays after a full charge.  Or, how long the battery lasts before replacement becomes necessary. How to Check Battery Life on JBL Charge  5: Per Charge How long should the battery last?  The built in … Continue reading How to Check Battery Life on JBL Charge 5

How to Check Battery Percentage on JBL Charge 5

The JBL Charge 5 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 has … Continue reading How to Check Battery Percentage on JBL Charge 5

JBL Charge 5 Bass Mode

Unfortunately, the usual way to activate the JBL Charge 5 bass mode 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 firmware. … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Bass Mode

Finding JBL Charge 5 Firmware Version

Shows how finding JBL Charge 5 firmware version works on this speaker. You may wish to know this exact number to troubleshoot connection problems and other issues. Thus, it’s handy to be able to quickly get it in a pinch. Now, to find the firmware version on your Charge 5, have the speaker say it … Continue reading Finding JBL Charge 5 Firmware Version

JBL Charge 5 Specs

The JBL Charge 5 sounds HUGE, and plays strong enough to saturate outside parties with ponderous sounding response. Thus, as we find in the JBL Charge 5 specs below, it offers more bass than JBL Flip models.  So this is a certain advance from Flip. Furthermore, even when playing at max volume, the built-in lithium … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Specs

JBL Charge 5 Red Light Stays ON

The Charge 5 has a red light that glows white or blinks red when its battery is almost dead. Now we find this lamp in the battery level bar on the front of the unit. But sometimes though, this light stays red or flashes for longer than normal periods.  E.g. It starts blinking during play … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Red Light Stays ON