Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth speaker User Manual

							Setup
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3. Plug the DC power cord on the power supply into 
the DC connector on the charging cradle.4. Place the speaker on top of the cradle, so the pin 
connectors line up.
Important! Do not force the speaker into the 
cradle.
Speaker to cradle 
connectors 
						

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5. Plug the power supply into a live AC (mains) 
outlet.•
 The speaker emits a tone to confirm con -
nection to AC power

, and charging begins. A 
blinking yellow battery icon 
 indicates the 
battery is charging.
•
 Once connected to AC power

, your Bose
® 
SoundLink® Mini speaker is ready for use.
Connect to AC power via the speaker
You can connect to AC power by connecting the DC 
power cord directly into the speaker.
1.
 Follow steps 1 and 2 from “Connecting to AC 
power” on page 10. 2.
 Plug the DC power cord on the power supply into 
the DC connector on the Bose® SoundLink® Mini 
speaker.
3. Follow step 5 from  “Connecting to  AC power” on 
page 10. 
						

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Pairing a device to the speaker
To pair with a Bluetooth device:
1.
 With your Bluetooth
 device and the Bose® 
SoundLink® Mini speaker both turned on, press 
the Bluetooth button   on the speaker to make 
the speaker  discoverable.
The Bluetooth
 indicator on the Bose
® SoundLink® 
Mini speaker blinks blue to show that the speaker 
is discoverable.
2.
 Set your Bluetooth

 device to discoverable so it 
can discover (detect) the Bose
® SoundLink® Mini 
speaker. Locate the Bluetooth device list in the 
user interface of your device.
3.
 From the Bluetooth

 device list, select the device 
named “Bose Mini SoundLink.” 4.
 If your Bluetooth

 device prompts you for a 
passcode, enter digits 0000 (four zeros) and 
press OK. Some devices also ask you to accept 
the connection.
Your Bluetooth device indicates when pairing is 
complete.
The Bose
® SoundLink® Mini speaker indicates pairing 
is complete when the  Bluetooth indicator changes 
from blinking blue to solid white and the speaker 
emits a tone. 
						

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Note: If you are unable to pair your device, reset 
the speaker by pressing and holding Mute  on the 
speaker for 10 seconds until the indicators briefly 
flash. Your Bluetooth device is disconnected and the 
Soundlink
® Mini speaker turns off. Press Power  
to turn the Bose® SoundLink® Mini speaker on again 
and reconnect. 
Note: If the speaker turns off after five minutes, it has 
not discovered your Bluetooth device. To pair additional devices: 
You can pair up to six devices. With your 
Bluetooth 
device and the Bose
® SoundLink® Mini speaker 
both turned on, press the  Bluetooth button  on the 
speaker to make the speaker discoverable again. 
Follow steps 2–4 from “Pairing a device to the 
speaker” on page 13.
Setup 
						

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Operation
Connecting a paired device
To connect a previously paired device, turn on 
the device and press Bluetooth  on the Bose® 
SoundLink® Mini speaker. Until the device  connects, 
the Bluetooth  indicator on the speaker blinks white. 
When the speaker and  Bluetooth device have 
 successfully connected, the  Bluetooth indicator 
remains on.
Note:

 If the speaker is in discoverable mode (blinking 
blue), and you want to go back into connecting mode, 
press the Bluetooth button. The indicator blinks white 
and the Bose
® SoundLink® Mini speaker goes into 
connecting mode.
Speaker memory
The Bose® SoundLink® Mini speaker memory can 
hold up to six paired devices. When the memory 
is full with six devices and an additional device is 
paired, the least recently used device is deleted from 
memory and replaced by the newly paired device.
Clearing memory
To clear the Bose® SoundLink® Mini speaker memory 
of all devices, press and hold the  Bluetooth  
button 
 on the speaker (about 10 seconds) until  
you hear a tone.
All 
 Bluetooth devices are cleared from the Bose® 
SoundLink® Mini speaker, and the Bose® SoundLink® 
Mini speaker becomes discoverable. 
						

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Control buttons
The control buttons are located on the top of the 
speaker.
• Press to turn the speaker on or off.
•
 Press and hold to check the  battery charge 
state. See “Checking the battery” on page 
20.
• Press to mute/unmute sound from  
the speaker.
• Minus (- ) decreases speaker volume. Press 
and hold the button to continuosly decrease 
the volume.
•
 Plus (+

) increases speaker volume. Press 
and hold the button to continuously increase 
the volume.
The source indicator blinks as the volume 
increases or decreases. When the source 
 indicator blinks twice, the maximum or  minimum volume has been reached.
Operation 
						

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• Press to select the Bluetooth  source. The 
speaker attempts to connect to the last paired 
device. If there are no paired devices, the 
speaker goes into discoverable mode.   
See “Pairing a device to the speaker” on   
page 13.
•
 Once Bluetooth

 is selected, press again to set 
the speaker to discoverable mode and allow 
pairing with another  Bluetooth device. Press 
again to go back to connecting mode.
•
 While the Bluetooth

 source is selected,  
and no device connects within five minutes, 
the speaker turns itself off.
• Press to select the source connected to  
the AUX () input. See “Using the AUX 
connector” on page 18. 
System status indicators
The status indicators, located above the buttons on 
the top of the Bose® SoundLink® Mini speaker, 
illuminate to indicate when a source is activated. 
						

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Indicates the battery power level, or the charging 
state. See “Checking the battery” on page 20.
The indicator blinks to indicate that the sound 
is muted.
Indicates the speaker state when the Bluetooth 
source is selected:
•
 Blinking blue light – Discoverable and 
ready to pair or reconnect with a device.
•
 Blinking white light – 

Attempting to connect 
to a paired device.
•
 Solid white light – Connected to a paired 
device.
See “Pairing a device to the speaker” on page 
13.
The speaker is playing the source connected to 
the AUX () input.
Using the AUX connector
You can use your Bose® SoundLink® Mini speaker 
with any device that features headphone or audio 
output, such as a portable digital music player. This 
feature requires using a stereo audio cable with a  
3.5 mm plug on each end to connect the audio output 
of your device to the AUX input on the speaker. This 
type of cable is available for purchase at electronics 
stores. 
						

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To use the AUX connector:
1.
 Plug the cable from the audio device into the  (AUX) connector on the side of the Bose®  SoundLink® Mini speaker.
2. Press Power  on the Bose® SoundLink® Mini 
speaker.
3.
 Press AUX

 on the Bose
® SoundLink® Mini speaker.
4.
 Adjust the volume on the connected device to  near 
maximum, then use the Bose® SoundLink® Mini 
speaker volume buttons to adjust the volume level.
Note: If a connected device stops playing audio for 30 
minutes, the speaker automatically turns off to conserve 
battery power.
Note:The connector on the bottom of the speaker 
is for service only and does not play audio from any 
 connected 

device. 
						

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Operating on battery power
Battery performance varies with the content played 
and loudness at which it is played. In typical usage, 
the Bose
®  SoundLink® Mini speaker battery lasts up 
to 12 hours.
Checking the battery
When the speaker is turned on, the battery indicator 
turns on for ten seconds, then turns off to conserve 
battery power. To check the battery charge level, 
press and hold Power 
 on the speaker and  
observe the battery indicator.
Green: ....................................... 70% or more of full charge
Yellow: ....................................... 20% to 70% of full charge
Red: 
...............................
 less than 20% (charge is needed)
Battery protection mode
When the Bose® SoundLink® Mini speaker is  
unplugged and unused for more than 24 days, it 
enters battery protection mode to preserve battery 
power. To reactivate the speaker, connect it to AC 
power (see “Connecting to AC power” on page 10). 
Charging the battery
The battery status indicator on the  Bose® SoundLink® 
Mini speaker blinks red when the battery needs 
charging. You can use the speaker while charging 
the battery.