Tag: How
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How to Factory Reset Sony SRS XG500
Shows how to factory reset the Sony SRS XG500 wireless tabletop speaker back to its default settings. E.g. Resetting returns sound mode and light settings to their fresh-out-of-the-box values. Plus, factory resetting erases any earlier connected Bluetooth devices from memory. This stops this unit from auto pairing to any nearby wireless devices. Moreover, you might…
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How to Bass Boost Sony SRS XG500
You can change how loud the bass is on the Sony SRS XG500, by turning on and off its bass boost mode. When switched on, this mode makes the passive bass radiators on the sides vibrate much more, and adds a low rumble quality to the playing program, that travels pretty far from the speaker. …
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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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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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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 Pair Sony SRS XG500 to iPad
This post shows How to Pair Sony SRS XG500 to iPad. E.g. Similar procedures work also on the iPod Touch, and Android tablets and phones as well. How to Pair Sony SRS XG500 to iPad: Step by Step With your SRS XG 500 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to pair…
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How to Tell if Sony SRS XP500 is Charging
How to tell if Sony SRS XP500 karaoke party speaker is charging? This water resistant speaker has an orange LED light just below and to the left of the Power button, as we see in the next pic. This light, labeled as the CHARGE lamp, flashes orange when the battery is almost dead. So it…
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How to Put Sony SRS XP500 in Pairing Mode
To connect your SRS XP500 Sony karaoke party speaker with a wireless source device for the first time, or to refresh old connection info in that device, you have to know how to place this speaker into pairing mode. Now in this mode, this unit broadcasts its name and currently valid connection handles over the…
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How to Make Sony SRS XP500 Discoverable
To pair your SRS XP500 Sony karaoke party speaker with a wireless source 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 unit broadcasts its name and currently valid connection handles over the…
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How to Turn ON Lights on Sony SRS XP500
This speaker comes equipped with a set of color changing, pulsating party LED lights that, by default, blink, scan, and flash to the beat of whatever you stream to the speaker. And you can turn these lights on and off. Further, resetting the speaker switches them ON again if OFF. But there is a less…