Month: January 2024
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Sony SRS XG500 Battery Indicator
In this post, we describe how to read the Sony SRS XG500 battery indicator lamp. You can also get battery percentage numbers from the speaker as well as in the Music Center app. First, the Sony SRS XG500 has a battery indicator LED on the top button panel. This displays battery status, sort of. E.g.…
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How to Charge Sony SRS XG500
This piece covers How to Charge Sony SRS XG500. Do this easily through the barrel style DC input port, behind the water resistant door, as we’ll show in the pictures below. Note that you can still play this speaker while it charges, without raising the recharge time much. In summary: First, the unit comes with…
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How to Turn ON Sony SRS XG500
We explain how to turn on the Sony boombox SRS XG500 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 panel, as we see next. How to…
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How to Make Sony SRS XG500 Discoverable
To pair your SRS XG500 Sony boombox speaker with a Bluetooth device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you have to know how to place this speaker into discovery mode. Now in this mode, this boombox broadcasts its name and currently valid connection handles over the Bluetooth airwaves,…
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Sony SRS XG500 Charge Time
You charge the Sony SRS XG500 via the barrel style DC power input port, and to get the quickest charge time and fullest recharge, use the charger that comes with the speaker, or an equivalent. Details follow. Sony SRS XG500 Charge Time: How Long to Fully Recharge According to the specs, the time it takes…
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Sony SRS XG500 Firmware Update Instructions
Here, we give firmware update instructions for the Sony SRS XG500 Bluetooth speaker. 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…
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How to Connect Sony SRS XG500 to Alexa
This post shows how to connect the Sony SRS XG500 boombox Bluetooth speaker to Alexa smart speakers. Since this pairing happens between the Sony and Echo devices directly, you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to set up this connection. How to Connect Sony SRS XG500 to Alexa: Step by…
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Sony SRS XG500 Specs
Here, we list Sony SRS XG500 X Series boombox BT speaker specs. Firstly, these specifications cover the unit’s length, width, weight, battery recharge time, output power, and music play time per charge. We also include the frequency response, driver size, Bluetooth support details et al. Secondly, it’s clear from the published specs, that the Sony…
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How to Connect Sony SRS XG500 to iPhone
This post shows how to connect a Sony SRS XG500 boombox speaker to an iPhone. Doing so gives you a much bigger, and clearly better sound when you stream music from the iPhone to speakers like this one. How to Connect Sony SRS XG500 to iPhone: Step by Step With your 500 switched OFF (power…
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Sony SRS XG500 Charging Instructions
This piece covers Sony SRS XG500 Mega Bass speaker charging instructions. Do this easily through the barrel style DC input port, behind the water resistant door, as we’ll show in the pictures below. Note that you can still play this speaker while it charges, without raising the recharge time much. Sony SRS XG500 Charging Instructions:…