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  • Sony SRS XB13 Charger Type

    Sony SRS XB13 Charger Type

    An adequate Sony SRS XB13 charger type, is a USB wall or auto charger adapter that delivers enough current to fully recharge this speaker in the least amount of time (around 4.5 hours). So be sure to use a charger that can deliver enough of the goods. Also, this Bluetooth speaker has a USB-C charging…

  • How to Know If Sony SRS XB13 Is Fully Charged

    How to Know If Sony SRS XB13 Is Fully Charged

    How to Know If Sony SRS XB13 Is Fully Charged?  The XB13 has an orange LED light on its side panel, near the bottom, as shown in the following picture.  This light that Sony labels as the CHARGE light flashes orange when the battery is nearly dead. So it tells battery level (to a degree). …

  • Sony SRS XB13 Power Output

    Sony SRS XB13 Power Output

    The SRS XB13 Sony Bluetooth speaker is a low power, one-person style, small unit with still enough audio power output to fill a small room or personal space with strikingly full sounding music or speech. But what does the power output a Bluetooth speaker offers, tell you about it?  Firstly, the watt is a measure…

  • Sony SRS XB13 Orange Light Stays ON

    Sony SRS XB13 Orange Light Stays ON

    Many Sony speakers, including the SRS XB13, feature a charging status light that lights up orange while recharging them. Sometimes however, this light stays on.  E.g. It does not switch off after way more than the expected charge time once you connect the charger.  So in this post, we offer reasons that this might occur,…

  • Sony SRS XB13 Blinking Orange Light

    Sony SRS XB13 Blinking Orange Light

    Many Sony speakers, including the Sony SRS XB13 mini Bluetooth speaker, feature a blinking orange light that tells you that the speaker battery needs charging, when it does. Sometimes though, this flashing happens even though you’ve just fully recharged the speaker, when it should not, assuming the battery recharged correctly.  Thus in this piece, we…

  • Sony SRS XB13 Buttons Explained

    Sony SRS XB13 Buttons Explained

    The Sony SRS XB13 Bluetooth extra bass speaker has several buttons across its lower rear panel, including the Volume, Play-Pause, Power, and Pairing -Stereo Pairing buttons. Here we give our version of these Sony SRS XB13 buttons explained, and go over what each button does, along with how and when to use it. Also there are…

  • How to Fix Sony SRS XB13 Power Button Not Working

    How to Fix Sony SRS XB13 Power Button Not Working

    Covers How to Fix Sony SRS XB13 Power Button Not Working here. Now when this button stop working, this likely means one or more things as follows. How to Fix Sony SRS XB13 Power Button Not Working: The Reasons Dead Battery.  The internal battery is empty needs a recharge for continued speaker operation. Use a…

  • Sony SRS XB13 Firmware Update Instructions

    Sony SRS XB13 Firmware Update Instructions

    Covers the Sony SRS XB13 Firmware Update Instructions. Unfortunately though, we know of no way to upgrade the software on this speaker.  Further, there are currently no firmware downloads given for it on the Sony web site.  Nor are any details for this effort in the included manuals. So apparently, Sony feels that the XB13…

  • How to Make Sony SRS XB13 Discoverable

    How to Make Sony SRS XB13 Discoverable

    To pair your Sony SRS XB13 with a Bluetooth device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you have to know how to start up discovery mode on this BT speaker.  Now in this mode, the speaker broadcasts its name and currently valid connection information over the Bluetooth airwaves,…

  • How to Connect Sony SRS XB13 to iPhone

    How to Connect Sony SRS XB13 to iPhone

    This post shows How to Connect Sony SRS XB13 to iPhone, or other iOS based device. How to Connect Sony SRS XB13 to iPhone: Step by Step With your SRS XB13 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to connect it to your iPhone mobile device. We’re using an iPad Air computer…