Picture of an iPhone in front of the Wonderboom 2 BT speaker.

Ultimate Ears How to Pair

This post discusses Ultimate Ears Bluetooth speaker products and how to pair them. Start with your unit powered OFF (all dark LEDs). Then, follow these steps to pair it with most any Bluetooth source device.  In this scenario, we show how this pairing works on an iPad Air tablet with a Wonderboom 1 speaker. But a like routine works for iPhones, iPods, and Android phones and tablets too. This pairing procedure works with other Ultimate Ears models as well, like the Blast, Boom, Megaboom, Megablast, Hyperboom, and Roll series wireless speakers.

Ultimate Ears How to Pair, Step by Step

1. Visit the Home Screen on your Wireless Source Device

Press the Home button to get to the  Home  page.  See our  Home  screen as shown next on our iPad.

2. Find the iPad  Settings  App

We found ours on the second page of the  Home  screen on our tablet.

Picture of an iPad Home screen, with the Settings app highlighted by an arrow.
iPad Home Screen with Settings App Highlighted.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

The iPad Air then displays the first page of its  Settings  screen, as we show in the next screenshot

Screenshot of the iOS Settings screen on iPad Air, with Bluetooth turned ON screen showing, and the Bluetooth item highlighted.
iOS Settings screen on iPad Air, with Bluetooth turned ON screen showing, and the Bluetooth item highlighted.

4. Go to the  Bluetooth Settings  Page to Continue with Ultimate Ears How to Pair

Tap the  Bluetooth  item, as pointed at by the dark green arrow in the last screenshot above.

Our  Bluetooth Settings screen then appears as follows. Note that we switched ON our Bluetooth on this tablet. But since the Ultimate Ears we want to pair is currently OFF, it does not show in either the  My Devices  or  Other Devices lists on the tablet yet,  Why?  Because we’ve never paired it with this iPad before.  Plus, the speaker is not yet broadcasting its BT connection info. This looks something like as shown next.

Screenshot of the iOS iPad Air, showing previously paired Bluetooth devices list.
iPad Air tablet showing previously paired Bluetooth devices list.

Note in this picture that no Ultimate Ears appears just yet.





5. Power Up your Ultimate Ears Unit

Turn on the speaker by rapidly pressing its  Power  button.

See this button, circled in green, in the next picture.

Picture of the Ultimate Ears powered OFF, top view, showing the -Power- button circled. Ultimate Ears Wonderboom pairing instructions.
The Ultimate Ears powered OFF, top view, showing the -Power- button circled.

The speaker then comes on.

Picture of an Ultimate Ears, powered ON, showing the top view, with the Glowing -Power- button circled.
An Ultimate Ears, powered ON, showing the top view, with the glowing -Power- button circled.

6. Put your Ultimate Ears into BT Pairing Mode

Now, to see your speaker on your source Bluetooth device, place it into pairing mode. For that, press and release the Pairing button, as circled in the next picture.

Picture of an Ultimate Ears model, top view, showing its -Bluetooth- button circled.
An Ultimate Ears model, top view, showing its -Bluetooth- button circled.

When you press this Pairing button, the speaker makes an offbeat but cool pairing sound. Plus, a lamp in this button starts rapidly flashing white. See this in the last picture above.

7. Find your Speaker on your iPad Air

See the picture next. We found ours, as circled in green.

Screenshot of the iOS Bluetooth Settings page, showing the speaker as discovered But not paired, circled.
iOS Bluetooth Settings page, showing the speaker as discovered But not paired, circled.

8. Pair with your Ultimate Ears 

Tap the listed speaker in the  Other Devices  section of the  Bluetooth Devices  list, shown above.

Your iPad Air then pairs with the Ultimate Ears (appears here as “WONDERBOOM” in this demo).

The  Bluetooth Settings  screen then changes to display something like the following.

Picture of the iOS Bluetooth Settings page, Showing the Ultimate Ears unit as paired.
iOS Bluetooth Settings page, Showing the Ultimate Ears as paired.

Note that the Ultimate Ears now shows as paired, as circled inside the green oval in the last picture.

9. Done with Ultimate Ears How to Pair Details !

We have now successfully paired our Ultimate Ears with a test iPad Air iOS device.  Audio output from that iPad now plays on this wireless speaker, which is what you want. Pairing like this works with most other Bluetooth source devices as well.

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References for Ultimate Ears How to Pair

    1. Ultimate Ears Official Product Page at UltimateEars.com

Revision History

    • 2023-0`1-27: First released.