How to Bass Boost Sony XP 500

You can change how loud the bass is on the Sony XP 500, 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.  … Continue reading How to Bass Boost Sony XP 500

Sony XP 500 Reset

Gives Sony XP 500 reset directions to return this party speaker back to its default factory settings. E.g. Resetting restores sound mode and light settings to their fresh-out-of-the-box values.  Plus, it erases any earlier synced Bluetooth devices from memory. This stops this speaker from auto pairing to any nearby devices. Moreover, you might do this … Continue reading Sony XP 500 Reset

Sony XP 500 Charge Time

You charge the Sony XP 500 Bluetooth party speaker via the supplied AC cord and power input port, and the time it takes to do that from dead to full recharge is pretty fixed. Details follow. Sony XP 500 Charge Time: How Long to Fully Recharge According to the specs for this speaker the time … Continue reading Sony XP 500 Charge Time

Sony XP 500 Hard Reset

Gives Sony XP 500 hard reset directions to return this party speaker back to its default settings. E.g. Hard resetting returns sound mode and light settings to their fresh-out-of-the-box values.  Plus, it erases any earlier synced Bluetooth devices from memory. This stops this speaker from auto pairing to any nearby devices. Moreover, you might do … Continue reading Sony XP 500 Hard Reset

Sony XP 500 Not Charging

Most Sony Bluetooth speakers, including the XP 500, 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 converter. Sometimes though, you may notice that the Sony XP 500 is not charging fully, or at all, even when you … Continue reading Sony XP 500 Not Charging

Sony XP 500 Factory Reset

Gives Sony XP 500 factory reset directions to return this party speaker back to its default settings. E.g. Factory resetting returns sound mode and light settings to their fresh-out-of-the-box values.  Plus, it erases any earlier synced Bluetooth devices from memory. This stops this speaker from auto pairing to any nearby devices. Moreover, you might do … Continue reading Sony XP 500 Factory Reset

Sony XP 500 Battery Indicator

In this post, we describe how to read the battery indicator lamp and get battery charge percentage numbers from the Sony XP 500. First, this speaker has a battery level indicator LED on the top button panel, as we’ll see in the following pictures.  This displays battery status, sort of. E.g. Whether it’s draining or … Continue reading Sony XP 500 Battery Indicator

Sony XP 500 Software Update

Here, we detail the software update routine for the Sony XP 500 wireless speaker. This procedure 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 … Continue reading Sony XP 500 Software Update

How to Tell if Sony XP 500 is Charging

How to tell if Sony XP 500 karaoke party speaker is charging?  This water resistant speaker has an orange LED light just below and to the left of the Power button, as we see in the next pic.  This light, labeled as the CHARGE lamp, flashes orange when the battery is almost dead. So it … Continue reading How to Tell if Sony XP 500 is Charging

How to Turn Off Lights on Sony XP 500

This speaker comes equipped with a set of party LED lights that, by default, blink, scan, and pulsate in all sorts of colors to the beat of whatever you play on the speaker.  But now and then, you may not wish to have a party atmosphere in your room, like when you want to play … Continue reading How to Turn Off Lights on Sony XP 500