Introduction
This Guide will help you replace the battery inside a JBL Xtreme Bluetooth Speaker.
Parts
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Use the metal spudger to gently pry and lift the edge of the seam. The cover is held in place with plastic snaps that will make a popping noise when disengaged. !!Start with the back half, this will expose TWO Screws that need to be removed before lifting the front half.
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For the first part of the case: gently pull back the edges of the case rotating along the hinge opposite the opening seam illustrated in the second photo. Plastic snaps hold the cover in place.
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For the second part of the case: there are 2 screws to be removed at the seam. Once removed, the case will come off completely without forcing.
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Locate the three 9.7mm Phillips head screws inside the zipper compartment and unscrew them.
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Lift the zipper panel out of the speaker.
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Under the zipper panel are eight more 9.75mm Phillips head screws. Unscrew them and carefully lift the battery cover.
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2 small screws hold this part to the cover. For ease of future handling, remove them and gently pull this part out to release the cover.
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Carefully lift the battery free of the device, threading the cable through the hole in the case as you do so.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
43 comments
I couldn't find the battery specification anywhere in the Internet, so I removed it, easily following the well presented instructions above. The battery has two cells. The label on each cell says Greatpower, model no. GSP0931134, 7.4 volts, 5000 mah, 37Wh, made in China. Overall dimensions are 145mm x 32mm x 19mm (145mm includes a small electronic board where cables from the board connect to the plug.) After an Amazon and Google search, I'm no closer to a replacement. At least the reassembled Xtreme works without a battery with external power. JBL is of no help, either. I'll be looking model airplane stores, as they have every LiPo battery imaginable. In summary, the JBL Xtreme is a short lived unsupported product.
This is kinda late but were there any extra steps for running the speaker without a battery? Since the speaker is not working anymore at all, even with power connected, I would be happy to run it like this but am not sure whether it is really enough to just remove the battery.
So what this means is you have two lithium cells in parallel and those two are in series with another set of two, they are 3.7V nominal each. 2500mAh and 9.25Wh each.
I don't think this is a lipo battery (comes in all shapes and sizes, literally every dimension you could think of). The dimensions given are far too similar to 4 lithium ion 18650 (18x65mm) cells. Probably have +8 8 8- thats two cells with one lying on top of the other and nickel strip is going across the + of both cells and across the - of both cells. The next set of cells will be right behind it so it will look like this
+8 8 8- +8 8 8-
Imagine each o of the 8 is a cell, it was the easiest way to represent cells stacked on top of each other horizontally. The second set of cells are connected together with nickel strip exactly like the first set, putting them in parallel too. Pushing them together like in my "drawing" is what puts them in series (positive to negative). The single white wire on the 5 wire connector is the balance wire that
this &&^&^$^ jbl costumer support service is charging me $110 for battery replacement, and a $30 service charge, it cost half of the speaker price,
Same here in Hungary.
I’ve got a battery issue (a full charge lasts only about 3-4 hours of playback on mid volume) after a little more than 1 year of usage…
110 US dollars for replacement. Nonsense!
That’s what these instructions are for. You’ll pay 25 EUR for a new battery and maybe 5 .. 10 EUR for some tools and you can fix it yourself and have a speaker that is as good as new!
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