How to Turn OFF Lights on Sony SRS XP500

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 the speaker while drifting off to sleep or during the day in a bright area, where you can’t see the lights anyhow. So we show here how to turn off the Sony SRS XP500 lights for just these circumstances.

To turn off the party lights, you need to find the LIGHT button.  We find this control on the back of the speaker, outside and just above the ports compartment, as we see in the next picture.  There are three buttons running horizontally above the ports door.  The LIGHT button is the last button on the right.

How to Turn Off Lights on Sony SRS XP500, Using Speaker Buttons

These lamps, which light the top and bottom front edges of the unit are set to display their party show by default.

They work either when fresh out of the box, or after a factory reset. You can turn them off as follows…

1. Turn the party LEDs off by pressing and releasing the LIGHT button.  Doing so may save a bit of battery power, especially when you don’t really need to waste any on running these lamps. E.g. Like when playing the speaker in daylight or in a bright room where the lights would be harder to see anyway. The lights immediately go dark after the button press.

Then when you want to turn them back on again, simply repeat what you did above.  I.e. Press and release the  LIGHT  button. Then the party lamps will go back to their usual pulsing and fading color changes.

How to Turn OFF Lights on Sony SRS XP500, Using the Music Center App

10. Pair the XP500 with the Mobile Device that Has the Sony Music Center App

2. Open the Sony Music Center App

The home page for the XP500 comes up.

3. Scroll Down to the Settings Option

Next, swipe up until you see the Settings item at the bottom of the screen.

4. Tap the Settings Option

Then touch that item.  This brings up the Settings page for the 500.

Next, find the Illumination option as we see in the last picture.

5. Tap the Illumination Item

Doing so brings up the Illumination page for our test speaker.

Note that the Lighting Mode option is set to DELIGHTFUL, which is the name of one of numerous light show patterns the 500 is capable of displaying.

6. Tap the Lighting Mode Item

Tapping that link brings up the Lighting Mode screen.

Next, find the LIGHT OFF option, near the top of the list of lighting patterns.

7. Tap the LIGHT OFF Option

Doing this moves the brown check mark from the DELIGHTFUL option to the LIGHT OFF option.

8. Tap the Done Link

Find the Done item near the top right corner of the screen.

Doing this sends the command to turn the party lights OFF to the speaker, and the lights should immediately go dark.  Then the app takes you back to the Illumination page.

Note now that the Lighting Mode option value is now set to LIGHT OFF.

9. Done with How to Turn OFF Lights on Sony SRS XP500, Using the Music Center App

You now know how to turn off the party lights on this speaker using either the Light button on the speaker itself, or doing it in the Sony Music Center app.

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3. How to Factory Reset
4. How to Turn OFF Sony XP500 Speaker
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References for How to Turn OFF Lights on Sony SRS XP500

1. Official Sony SRS XP500 Product Page at Sony.com
2. Where to Buy the Sony SRS XP500 Karaoke Speaker