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 … Continue reading How to Connect Sony XB 43 to iPhone

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 … Continue reading How to Tell if Sony XB 43 is Charging

Sony XB 43 Power Button Not Working

When the Power button on your Sony XB 43 is not working, this likely means one or more things as follows. Sony XB 43 Power Button Not Working: Reasons Why Dead Battery.  The internal battery is empty needs a recharge for continued speaker operation. Use a widely available AC charger to do this. Faulty AC … Continue reading Sony XB 43 Power Button Not Working

Sony XB 43 Blinking Orange Light

Many Sony speakers, including the Sony XB 43 powerbank BT speaker, have a blinking orange light that tells you when its internal battery needs charging. Sometimes though, this flashing happens even though you’ve just fully recharged the speaker, when it should not blink, assuming the battery recharged correctly.  Thus in this piece, we offer reasons … Continue reading Sony XB 43 Blinking Orange Light

Sony XB 43 Reset

Gives reset instructions for the Sony XB 43 bookshelf Bluetooth speaker to set it back to its default settings. Resetting restores the XB 43 to factory default state. E.g. Returns sound mode and light settings to their fresh-out-of-the-box values.  Plus, it erases any earlier connected Bluetooth devices from memory. Clearing these stops this unit from … Continue reading Sony XB 43 Reset

Sony XB 43 Not Charging

Most Sony Bluetooth speakers, including the XB 43, offer truly portable operation via their lithium ion batteries inside. And when said battery dies, you can recharge the speaker with an appropriate AC or car adapter. Sometimes though, you may notice that the Sony XB 43 is not charging fully, or at all, even when you … Continue reading Sony XB 43 Not Charging

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. … Continue reading How to Turn Off Sony XB 43

Sony XB 43 Charge Time

You charge the Sony XB 43 with power bank via the USB-C style power input port, and to get the quickest charge time and fullest recharge, use a medium current USB charger for fastest yet most cost effective results. Details follow. Sony XB 43 Charge Time: How Long to Fully Recharge According to the specs … Continue reading Sony XB 43 Charge Time

Sony XB 43 Bluetooth Pairing

This post gives Sony XB 43 Bluetooth pairing steps for this Extra Bass wireless speaker, to connect it with common Bluetooth devices. E.g. Including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets along with Android devices as well. Sony XB 43 Bluetooth Pairing, Step by Step With your … Continue reading Sony XB 43 Bluetooth Pairing

Sony XB 43 Charger Type

A proper Sony XB 43 charger type, is a USB wall or auto charger adapter that delivers enough current to fully recharge this speaker in the least amount of time (around 5 hours or less depending on the current output of the adapter you use). So be clear that the charger you pick can deliver … Continue reading Sony XB 43 Charger Type