JBL LIVE 400BT / LIVE 500BT - Headphones Quick Start Guide

Table of Contents

Contents

1 What's in the box
2 Overview
3 Bluetooth Pairing
4 Controlling music
5 Managing phone calls
6 Voice Assistant
7 Download My JBL Headphones APP
8 The Google Assistant
9 Amazon Alexa
10 Factory reset
11 Ambient Aware & TalkThru
12 Wired listening mode
13 Seamlessly switch between devices
14 LED behaviour
15 Specifications
16 Documents / Resources
- 16.1 References
- 16.2 Download manual

What's in the box

Overview

Buttons & LEDs
Connections

Bluetooth Pairing

Turn on the headphones
If connecting for the first time, the headphone will enter the pairing mode automatically after it is powered on
Connect to bluetooth device

Controlling music

Managing phone calls

Voice Assistant

Download My JBL Headphones APP

Get even more control and personalization of your listening experience with this free App.

The Google Assistant

To set up the Google Assistant
1. Connect your headphones to your mobile device
2. Set up your Google Assistant using your mobile device:
  On your Android device, press and hold the home button to open the Google Assistant and follow the on-screen instructions.
  On your iOS devices, open or download the Google Assistant app and follow the app instructions.

Note: The Google Assistant is available on eligible Android 6.0 devices* or later.
For iOS devices, the Google Assistant app needs to be downloaded. Works on Lollipop, Marshmallow and Nougat Android Phones with Google Play Services, >1.5GB of memory and 720p or higher screen resolution.
For more information on what your Google Assistant can do, visit:
assistant.google.com/platforms/headphones

To use your Google Assistant

Function	What to do
Talk to your Google Assistant	Press and hold the Action button to begin. Requires pairing with eligible phone and internet connection. For examples of questions and things you can do, visit: https://assistant.google.com/platforms/headphones
Get your notifications	Touch the Action button.
Stop your Google Assistant	Double tap Action button.
Reply to a message (where available)	After receiving a message notification, touch and hold the Action button to respond. When you're done, release the button.

Note:

The Google Assistant isn't available in certain languages and countries.
If you want to turn on or off the Google Assistant, please download our JBL APP. You can select under Settings > Voice assistant > Google Assistant.

For countries without the Google Assistant, you can double tap the left ear cup to activate voice assistant.

Amazon Alexa

Connect your headphones to your mobile device.
Download JBL APP and follow the app instructions, select Settings > Voice assistant > Amazon Alexa
On your mobile device, open or download the Amazon Alexa app and follow the app instructions.
In the Amazon Alexa App, navigate to the Device Page.
Click the Plus (+) button on the top right of the screen and select 'Add Device'.
Select Headphones from the list and then choose your Live Series Headphones in the Available Devices section. Follow the rest of the instructions in the Alexa App to complete set up.
Alexa is now enabled on your device. Touch the action button and try one of the below utterances:

Things to try	Example of what to say
Talk to Alexa	"What's the weather?"
Play audio	"Play Niall Horan." Note: Amazon Music is set as the default music service, To change the default music service, use the Alexa app
Play audio from a specific music service	"Play NPR on IheratRadio."
Set a timer	"Set a timer for 5 minutes."
Discover more skills	"What new skills do you have?"
Stop Alexa	While Alexa is talking, press and release the Action button then say "Stop"

Note:

For more information and things to try with Alexa, visit: www.amazon.com/alexadevices and select 'Use Alexa'.
If you want to turn on or off the Amazon Alexa, please download our JBL APP. You can select under Settings > Voice assistant > Amazon Alexa.
Alexa is not available in all languages and countries.

Factory reset

Ambient Aware & TalkThru

Short press once to activate TalkThru, which allows you to clearly hear others for quick conversations, without removing your headphones. You will hear your music volume level lower when TalkThru Technology is engaged.
Press once more to activate Ambient Aware, which allows you to hear your surroundings.
Press again to turn off TalkThru Technology.

Note: You can also turn on or off the Ambient Aware & TalkThru with our JBL APP.

Wired listening mode

Seamlessly switch between devices

Pair and connect the headphone with the 1^st bluetooth device (see Bluetooth pairing)
Pair and connect the headphone with the 2^nd bluetooth device
Connect to bluetooth device
Go back to the bluetooth device list on the 1^st device and select the headphone* to connect

Note: *JBL LIVE400BT or JBL LIVE500BT

Items to note:

Maximum 2 devices can be connected simultaneously
To switch music source, pause the music on the current device and select play on the 2nd device.
Phone call will always take priority.
If one device goes out of bluetooth range or powers off, you may need to manually reconnect the remaining device.