Sony XB33 Battery Indicator

The Sony XB33 has a simple battery level indicator LED on the top button panel, just below the Power pushbutton, as shown in the pictures that follow.  This tells battery status. E.g. Whether it’s draining or charging, or whether it’s critically low or not when discharging.  But it does not show charging progress, or exactly … Continue reading Sony XB33 Battery Indicator

How to Hard Reset Sony XB33

Show you how to hard reset your Sony XB33 Extra Bass speaker to its default settings.  Resetting restores the XB33 to default state. Plus, hard resetting erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops this speaker from pairing to any nearby BT devices. Also, you might hard reset to get it … Continue reading How to Hard Reset Sony XB33

How to Tell if Sony XB33 is Charging

How to tell if Sony XB33 portable Bluetooth speaker is charging?  This extra bass speaker has an orange LED light on the top button panel, just below and to the left of the Power button, as shown in the following picture.  This light that Sony labels as the CHARGE light flashes orange when the battery … Continue reading How to Tell if Sony XB33 is Charging

How to Check Sony XB33 Battery Life

Covers how to check battery life and level on the Sony Extra Bass SRS XB33 Bluetooth speaker, and also, how to know if the battery life is shortening over time. How to Check Battery Life on the Sony XB33, Current Charge 1. First, Turn ON the XB33 You won’t be able to read battery charge … Continue reading How to Check Sony XB33 Battery Life

How to Make Sony XB33 Discoverable

To pair your SRS XB33 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 portable speaker.  Now in discovery mode, the speaker digitally announces its name and connection information over Bluetooth, … Continue reading How to Make Sony XB33 Discoverable

How to Bass Boost Sony XB33

You can change how loud the bass is on the Sony XB33, 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.  So, … Continue reading How to Bass Boost Sony XB33

Sony XB33 Pairing Two Speakers

Pairing two Sony SRS-XB33 Bluetooth speakers allows you to form a stereo (L + R) set.  So in this piece, we show you how pairing two copies of this speaker together lets you enjoy more life like sounding music from them.  The only extra cost is that you must have two XB33s to get the … Continue reading Sony XB33 Pairing Two Speakers

Sony XB33 Firmware Update Instructions

Here, we detail the firmware update procedure for the Sony XB33. This routine can take ten (10) to fifteen (15) minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection, source device used to update the speaker, distance between speaker and that device, Etc. Plus, you cannot roll back the update once you install it. That … Continue reading Sony XB33 Firmware Update Instructions

Sony XB33 Battery Life

Covers how to check battery life and level on the Sony Extra Bass SRS XB33 Bluetooth party speaker, and also, how to know if the battery life is degrading over time. Battery Life on the Sony XB33, Current Charge 1. First, Turn ON the XB33 You won’t be able to read battery charge status unless … Continue reading Sony XB33 Battery Life

How to Turn On Sony XB33

We explain how to turn on the Sony XB33 portable party speaker here.  Now most Bluetooth speakers have a Power button that Sony prominently places on the unit so it’s easy to find.  Indeed, this speaker is no exception, as we find its Power button on the top, as we see next. There’s also a … Continue reading How to Turn On Sony XB33