Sony SRS XG300 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

Front right view of the Sony SRS XG300 speaker.

This post gives Sony SRS XG300 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions for this mini boombox speaker, to connect it with common Bluetooth devices. E.g. Including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets along with Android devices as well.

Sony SRS XG300 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions: Step by Step

With your SRS XG300 speaker switched OFF (all top panel lams are dark), run through these directions to pair it to your source Bluetooth device. E.g. We use an iPad Air 3 tablet for this demo.

1. Go to the Home Screen on your Source Device

Firstly, press the Home button to reveal the smart device’s Home screen.

2. Find the Settings App

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

The iOS -Home- screen, showing the -Settings- app icon.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Thirdly, touch the Settings app icon.

The smart device then shows the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with Sony SRS XG300 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is ON here. But since our speaker is currently powered OFF (and so, is not in pairing mode), it does not show up in the Other Devices list. Also, we don’t see it in the My Devices list since we’ve never paired this speaker with our mobile device before.

The iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- screen, showing nothing new discovered.

5. Power Up your Sony SRX XG300 Speaker

Turn on the 300 by fast pressing its Power button.

The -Power- button on the top of the Sony SRS XG300.

The speaker then boots, and its status lamp glows green, as we see in the next picture.

But since our iPad does not know about this speaker, the SRS XG300 will not pair with it automatically.

The glowing -Power- lamp.

6. Put the SRS XG300 Into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Then, to see this BT speaker on your device, place it into pairing mode. To do that, press the Pairing button, and release after a quarter second.

The -Pairing- button, just one button to the right of the -Power- button.

Then the speaker then announces, “Bluetooth pairing.” Also, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing in a pulse-pulse-pause-pulse-pulse-pause pattern.

The -Bluetooth Pairing- lamp glowing blue on the SRS XG300.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with Sony SRS XG300 Bluetooth Pairing Instructions

See the screen shot next. We found our 500, as we point at with the green arrow.

The XG300 showing as Discovered on our test tablet.

8. Pair with your Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your mobile device then pairs with the XG300.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following.

The Sony SRS XG300 showing as Connected on iPadOS.

9. Done with Sony SRS XG300 Bluetooth Pairing !

At last, we have now successfully paired the XG300 Bluetooth speaker with a common mobile tablet device. Thus, you can start enjoying your music on this speaker, which sounds much better than that in just about every smart phone or tablet.