How to Charge Sony XE200 Speaker

This piece covers how to charge the Sony XE200 portable Bluetooth speaker. Do this easily through the USB-C DC input port, behind the water resistant door in the rear of the unit, as we’ll show in the pictures below. Note that you can still play this speaker while it charges, without raising the recharge time … Continue reading How to Charge Sony XE200 Speaker

How to Put Sony XE200 in Pairing Mode

To pair your SRS XE200 Sony Bluetooth Boombox speaker with a source device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you have to know how to start up pairing mode on this speaker.  Why?  Because in this mode, the speaker broadcasts its name and currently valid connection info over … Continue reading How to Put Sony XE200 in Pairing Mode

How to Bass Boost Sony XE200

You can change how loud the bass is on the Sony XE200, 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 XE200

How to Make Sony XE200 Discoverable

To pair your SRS XE200 Sony Bluetooth speaker with a BT source device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you first have to know how to place this speaker into discovery mode.  Now in this mode, this speaker broadcasts its name and currently valid connection handles over the … Continue reading How to Make Sony XE200 Discoverable

Sony XE200 Software Update

Here, we detail the software update procedure for the Sony XE200. This exercise can take ten (10) to fifteen (15) minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection, speed of the update source device, distance between speaker and that device, Etc. Plus, you cannot reverse the update once you install it. That is, you’ll … Continue reading Sony XE200 Software Update

How to Turn Off Sony XE200

We explain three ways for how to turn off the Sony XE200 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 … Continue reading How to Turn Off Sony XE200

How to Connect to Sony XE200

This post shows how to connect to the Sony XE200 portable column speaker by way of Bluetooth from common wireless devices. E.g. These  include the Apple line of device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. This routine also works for Android base devices too, such as Samsung and LG phones, and Amazon Fire tablets. … Continue reading How to Connect to Sony XE200