JBL Charge 5 Buttons, Codes Combinations

The JBL Charge 5 party speaker has six buttons and a few lamps across its top, as well as battery gauge light strip on the front. The Power button lights in white to show that the speaker is ON or OFF. The Bluetooth lamp blinks or glows solid to show the speaker’s pairing status. And, … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Buttons, Codes Combinations



JBL Charge 5 Bass Boost Explained

Unfortunately, the usual way of how to turn on bass boost on the JBL Charge 5 speaker 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 … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Bass Boost Explained



JBL Charge 5 Watts Output, Input

The Charge 5 JBL Bluetooth speaker by Harman Kardon is a moderate to medium power, desktop style unit with enough RMS watts to fill a typical size room with full sounding tunes. It also has a built in power bank for recharging light to moderate duty phones and smaller tablets. But what do the watts … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Watts Output, Input



JBL Charge 5 Specs Watts

The Charge 5 JBL Bluetooth speaker by Harman Kardon is a moderate to medium power, desktop style unit with enough RMS watts in its specs to fill a typical size room with full sounding tunes. It also has a built in power bank for recharging light to moderate duty phones and smaller tablets. But what … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Specs Watts



JBL Charge 5 Pairing Instructions

This post gives JBL Charge 5 pairing instructions, for BT source devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones and tablets.  Moreover, a routine with some small variation also works for Android phones and tablets. JBL Charge 5 Pairing Instructions, Step by Step With your Charge 5 JBL speaker switched … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Pairing Instructions



JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

This post gives JBL Charge 5 pairing instructions, for Bluetooth source devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones and tablets.  Moreover, a routine with some small variation also works for Android phones and tablets. JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions With your Charge 5 JBL speaker switched off (power … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions



JBL Charge 5 Charger Details

An adequate JBL Charge 5 charger is a USB wall or car charger that supplies enough power to fully recharge this speaker in the least amount of time (around 4 hours). Note that currently, JBL does not include a USB charger with this speaker.  So, you’ll need to either have one already or buy one. … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Charger Details



JBL Charge 5 Charger Type and Replacement

An adequate JBL Charge 5 charger type, is a USB wall or car charger that supplies enough power to fully recharge this speaker in the least amount of time (around 4 hours). Note that currently, JBL does not include a USB charger with this speaker.  So, you’ll need to either have one already or buy … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Charger Type and Replacement



How to Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa

This post shows how to connect the JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth speaker to Alexa smart speakers. Since this pairing happens between the JBL and Alexa devices directly, you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to set up this connection. How to Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa With your Charge … Continue reading How to Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa



JBL Charge 5 Blinking Red Light, How to Fix

Many JBL speakers, including the Charge 5 model, have a blinking red light when the battery is almost out of power. In the case of this 5, we find this lamp in the battery gauge on the speaker’s front grill. Sometimes though, this red light blinks for long periods as you play the speaker.  E.g. … Continue reading JBL Charge 5 Blinking Red Light, How to Fix