Capacitive Touch Keypad
The VG5 features an advanced capacitive touch keypad
and backlighting technology. User functions are
accessed by a single press or press and hold over the
appropriate button area of the keypad
surface as indicated.
Powering On/Off: The VG5 is turned on and off using
the large button located in the center of the keypad
Turn On: Press and hold the power button for (2)
seconds until the backlights illuminate and then release
within (2) seconds, a confirmation beep will confirm unit
is turned on
Turn Off: Press and hold the power button for (2)
seconds then release within (2) seconds, a confirmation
beep will confirm unit is turning off
Control Panel Keypad
Yellow AUX
Blue and orange LEDs
indicator
indicate current
LED
TWS state
TWS button
Bluetooth
button
Bluetooth
indicator LED
Eleven
LEDs for
volume and
fuel guage
display
Volume
Orange
down
power
button
LED
Connecting and Pairing
*The VG5 power must be turned on before trying to
pair (as well as aux input disconnected)
Bluetooth pairing with NFC
1. Enable Bluetooth and NFC functions on
your mobile device
2. Hold phone near the NFC logo (logo) on VG5 unit
until mobile device connects and Bluetooth
LED blinks slowly
3. Press OK/Connect on your mobile device
to complete pairing
4. Play audio
Standard Bluetooth Pairing
1. Enable Bluetooth on your mobile device
2. Pair a new device: press the VG5 Bluetooth button
(Bluetooth LED will blink slowly)
3. From Bluetooth menu on mobile device settings,
select "VG5 by Soundcast_xxxxxx"
4. Once paired, the Bluetooth LED becomes solid blue
➤ Press & Hold Bluetooth button for (2) seconds and
beep is heard to re-enter pairing mode to pair a new or
additional device.
Mute indicator
➤ To clear all devices from memory, press and hold the
Bluetooth button for (10) seconds until the Bluetooth
LED double blinks and second confirmation beep is
Mute button
heard.
Aux Input Mode
Play/
Pause
Plug external audio source into 3.5mm jack to
button
automatically switch to Aux Input mode as indicated by
Aux LED turns yellow. Remove 3.5mm plug to switch
Power
back to Bluetooth operation.
button
TrueWireless Stereo (TWS) Pairing
Volume
With TWS, two VG5 units may be paired for synchro-
up
nous Bluetooth playback. Power off, volume and TWS
button
mode will by synchronized and may be controlled from
either unit.
1. Both speakers must be powered on in Bluetooth
mode (no Aux input connected)
2. At least one of the speakers must be paired to audio
source (as described above)
Press and hold the TWS (TWS icon) for (2) seconds until
a confirmation beep is heard. The TWS LED will start to
blink slowly. Repeat with the second VG5 unit.
3. When paired, the TWS LED on both units will show
both blue and orange (purple)
➤ When in TWS mode and you turn off one unit, the
other unit will turn off automatically
4. Reconnecting: The TWS-paired units will re-connect
to each other automatically after turning both units on.
A short press of the TWS button on either unit allows
cycling through the TWS modes (stereo, left/right, off)
as indicated below;
• LED blue and orange: left/right
from each speaker
• LED orange only: left from primary speaker,
right from secondary speaker
• LED off: TWS off
➤ To clear all devices from TWS memory and return to
single device operation, press and hold the TWS button
for (10) seconds until third beep is heard and the TWS
LED double blinks, then turn the unit off. When unit is
turned on again, the TWS LED will not be on, indicating
that TWS is disabled.
➤ If you experience any difficulty with either standard
Bluetooth pairing or TWS operation, the VG5 Bluetooth
system can be reset by clearing pairing memory of both
Bluetooth and TWS by using the (10) second press and
hold function (third beep) of each button and then power
cycling the unit.
➤ No music or intermittent dropouts? VG5 primary and
secondary units may be too far away
from each other.
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