
Table of contents
What’s in the box 3
Part names
Set up the speaker
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7
Play music
Play music using a Chromecast-enabled app 10
Play music by talking to an Alexa Built-in device 12
Play 360 Reality Audio music 15
Play music via a BLUETOOTH® connection 16
Others
2
18
Help Guide
(Web document for a PC/smartphone)
The “Help Guide” describes the features of the
speaker, how to use the speaker in detail, and
how to troubleshoot.
http://rd1.sony.net/help/ha/srsra5000/h_zz/

What’s in the box
Wireless Speaker (1) AC adapter (1)
Models for Middle East Models for Europe and
Russia
AC power cord (1) AC power cord (2) AC power cord (1)* * The shape of the AC power cord varies depending
Operating Instructions
(this document) (1)
Precautions/Specifications (1)
Models for other countries/regions
on the country or region.
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Part names
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Back
(Power)/
• Touch to turn the power on/off.
• Touch and hold for more than
2 seconds to put the speaker in
BLUETOOTH pairing mode.
(Input) button
Touch to select the input. Each time
you touch the button, the input
changes cyclically as follows:
AUDIO IN
(Music Service)
BLUETOOTH
(Sound Mode)/ CAL (Sound
PAIRING button
Calibration) button
• Touch to turn the Immersive Audio
Enhancement on/off (page19).
• Touch and hold for more than
2seconds to start the Sound
Calibration. To cancel the Sound
Calibration, touch the button again.
Power indicator
(Green): Power on
(Amber): BLUETOOTH/Network
(Turns off): Power off
(Red): The speaker is in
Input LED indicators
(Music Service)
AUDIO IN
(BLUETOOTH)
Standby
protect mode. Refer to
“Troubleshooting” in the
Help Guide.
(White): Wi-Fi network
input is
selected.
(Green): The speaker
connects to a
music service
through input
from the Wi-Fi
network.
(White): Audio input is
selected.
(Blue): BLUETOOTH
input is selected.
(Blue): The speaker is
in BLUETOOTH
pairing mode.

Back
Reaction indicator
(Green):
Flashes in response to the
Pause) button and (Volume-)
button / (Volume+) button
operations.
The indicator rapidly flashes 3 times
when you reach the maximum or
minimum volume.
(Play/Pause) button
• Touch 1 time to play or pause music.
• Touch 2 times to go to the next song.
• Touch 3 times to go back to the
previous song.
• Touch and hold for more than
2 seconds to play back the 360
Reality Audio sample music. To stop
playback, touch the button again.
/ (Volume -/+) buttons
(Play/
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Part names
Back
N-Mark
Hold an NFC-compatible device over
the mark to establish a BLUETOOTH
connection.
AUDIO IN jack
Use an analog audio cable to connect
an audio device.
DC IN jack (page 8)
LINK indicator
(Amber): A Wi-Fi connection is
Sound Mode indicator
(Cyan): 360 Reality Audio is
(White): The Immersive Audio
(Turns off): The Immersive Audio
established.
being played back.
Enhancement is on.
Enhancement is off.
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