How to Make Sony SRS XB40 Discoverable

To pair your SRS XB40 Sony Extra Bass speaker with a Bluetooth device for the first time, or to refresh stale connection data in that device, you need to understand how to start up discovery mode on this unit first.  Now in discovery mode, the speaker digitally announces its name and linkage data over Bluetooth, … Continue reading How to Make Sony SRS XB40 Discoverable

Sony SRS XB40 Charging

This piece gives a routine for charging the Sony SRS XB40 Bluetooth speaker. Do this easily through the DC power in barrel style port, shown in the pictures below. Note that you can still play your XB40 as it recharges, without raising the charging time by very much. Sony SRS XB40 Charging: Summary First, pick … Continue reading Sony SRS XB40 Charging

Sony SRS XB40 Reset

Here we give the Sony SRS XB40 wireless speaker reset directions, to restore the unit to its default settings.  Resetting restores the 40 to factory default state. Plus, it clears any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its recently-connected-devices list. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might factory reset … Continue reading Sony SRS XB40 Reset

How to Tell if Sony SRS XB40 is Charging

How to tell if Sony SRS XB40 wireless BT speaker is charging?  This desktop speaker has an orange LED light just above the Power-Pairing button, as we see in the next photo.  This light, labeled as the CHARGE lamp, flashes orange when the battery is about dead. So it does tell battery level (to a … Continue reading How to Tell if Sony SRS XB40 is Charging

Sony SRS XB40 Hard Reset

Gives you Sony SRS XB40 hard reset directions to restore this wireless speaker to its default settings.  Plus, it clears out any prior paired Bluetooth devices from memory. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might hard reset the unit to get it ready for sale or re-gifting, or … Continue reading Sony SRS XB40 Hard Reset

Sony SRS XB40 Charge Time

You charge this speaker via the barrel style DC input port. And to get the quickest Sony SRS XB40 charge time for full recharge, use a charger with big enough capacity for fastest results. Details follow. Sony SRS XB40 Charge Time: How Long to Fully Recharge According to the specs for this speaker the time … Continue reading Sony SRS XB40 Charge Time

Sony SRS XB40 Factory Reset

Gives you Sony SRS XB40 factory reset directions to restore this BT speaker to its default settings.  Plus, it clears out any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. This stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices. Furthermore, you might factory reset the unit to get it ready for sale or re-gifting, … Continue reading Sony SRS XB40 Factory Reset

How to Turn Off Sony SRS XB40

We explain three ways for how to turn off the Sony SRS XB40 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 … Continue reading How to Turn Off Sony SRS XB40

Sony SRS XB40 Bluetooth Pairing

This post provides a Sony SRS XB40 Bluetooth pairing procedure for this Extra Bass speaker, to common wireless BT devices. E.g. These  include the Apple line of device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. These steps also work for Android devices too, such as Samsung and LG phones, as well as Amazon Fire tablets. … Continue reading Sony SRS XB40 Bluetooth Pairing

Sony SRS XB40 Specs Watts

The SRS XB40 Sony Bluetooth speaker is a small to medium power, tabletop style unit with enough output watts in its specs to fill a typical household size room with big sounding tunes. But what does the number of watts a wireless speaker has, tell us about how good it is?  Firstly, the watt is … Continue reading Sony SRS XB40 Specs Watts