How to make a wireless connection with BLUETOOTH devices

You can enjoy music with the speaker wirelessly by using your device’s BLUETOOTH function.

Before operating the speaker, be sure to do the following:

  • Bring the BLUETOOTH device within 1 m (3 ft) of the speaker.
  • Connect the speaker to an AC outlet or charge the battery sufficiently.
  • Stop playback on a BLUETOOTH device to avoid sudden loud sound output from the speaker.
  • Prepare the operating instructions supplied with the BLUETOOTH device for reference.

Pairing the speaker with a BLUETOOTH device

Pairing is the process required to mutually register the information on BLUETOOTH devices to be connected wirelessly.

It is necessary to pair a device with the speaker to be able to make a BLUETOOTH connection for the first time.

Depending on what device you use, pairing and connection can be performed via One-touch (NFC).

Select your situation from the following two connecting patterns.

Connecting the speaker with the paired device

Once the BLUETOOTH devices are paired, there is no need to pair them again. To connect a device already paired, refer to the following topic.

Connecting the speaker with an NFC-compatible device by One-touch (NFC)

By touching the speaker with an NFC-compatible device, the BLUETOOTH device pairs with the speaker and makes a BLUETOOTH connection. For details, refer to the following topics.

Compatible smartphones
NFC-compatible smartphones with Android 2.3.3 or later installed, except version 3.x
Compatible Walkman models
NFC-compatible Walkman models*

* Even if your Walkman is compatible with the NFC function, it may not be able to make a BLUETOOTH connection with the speaker by One-touch. For details on the compatible models, refer to the operating instructions supplied with your Walkman.

NFC
NFC (Near Field Communication) is a technology enabling short-range wireless communication between various devices, such as smartphones and IC tags.
Thanks to the NFC function, data communication - for example, BLUETOOTH pairing - can be achieved easily by simply touching NFC-compatible devices together (i.e., at the N-mark symbol or location designated on each device).

Note

  • Once the BLUETOOTH devices are paired, there is no need to pair them again, except in the following cases:
    • Pairing information has been deleted after repair, etc.
    • The speaker is already paired with eight devices and another device is to be paired.

      The speaker can be paired with up to eight devices. If a new device is paired after eight devices have already been paired, the paired device with the oldest connection time is replaced by the new one.

    • When the pairing information of the speaker has been deleted from the BLUETOOTH device.
  • The speaker can be paired with multiple devices, but can only play music from one paired device at a time.
  • When an audio cable is connected to the speaker’s AUDIO IN jack while the speaker and the BLUETOOTH device have been connected via BLUETOOTH connection, sound from the BLUETOOTH-connected device is not output from the speaker. To listen to music from the BLUETOOTH device, disconnect the audio cable from the speaker’s AUDIO IN jack.
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