Embracing Airpods is a no-brainer these days as you do not want to deal with bending, shaky wires or breaking sounds.
But, most Earbuds out there like the Apple Airpods are usually on the high side.
However, there are other nice alternatives and one of them is the “Onn Airpods”. The Onn Airpods is a Bluetooth-enabled earbud that has recently gained waves among AirPods users.
A handful of users love the product due to its battery power, the noise cancellation property and its bass.
Coupled with all that, it is not as expensive as the Apple AirPods so it sells for around $24.
However, that doesn’t mean you might not face one or two issues with it as this particular with all electronic devices.
But today, I will be walking you through how to pair Onn wireless earbuds and the different alternative ways to troubleshoot your Onn earbuds if it is not coming ON.
How to Pair Onn wireless Earbuds
Depending on whatever device you want to connect your onn earbuds to, we will be walking you through all of it
But first, you have to put your onn AirPods into a pairing mode for any of these to work notwithstanding the device or PC you want to connect the Airpods to.
Now, let’s look at how you can do that for various devices
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How to pair Onn wireless earbuds for Andriod
Now that you’ve just gotten your Onn Airpods, you need to ensure it is charged if you haven’t done so.
Before I go into details on how to pair it, you might have heard some sites telling you to simply press a button on the earbuds and it will come on. Well, that is not right cause the Onn Earbuds don’t come with any button.
If you want to get them paired, you only have to open the casing
Anyway, let’s get into how you can do that for each device
Enter pairing mode
To get the Onn AirPods paired you have to enter a pairing mode so that your android device will be able to see the Onn AirPods.
Here is how you do that.
Lift the Airpods casing
Open the Airpods case and wait till you see a white light at the front of the case. This light indicates that it has entered a pairing mode. This could take anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds.
Turn on the Bluetooth.
You can simply locate the Bluetooth by tapping the Bluetooth icon twice or simply navigate to “settings” > Network & Internet/ Connected device. Now turn on Bluetooth.
Pair your android device with the onn Airpods
All you have to do here is to search for a new device and tap on the “Onn AirPods to pair them together.
Once they are paired, the blinking will stop, and now you can simply play any music and put the AirPods on your ears to enjoy the impressive bass coming from the Earbuds
NB: If you are facing any connectivity issues with it first, ensure the earbuds are close enough to your Andriod device, Also if it asks for a pairing code, check the manual that comes with it as it might be slightly different for your Onn AirPods.
How to pair Onn wireless earbuds for Samsung
As you know Samsung interface is slightly different to most Andriod devices, but it uses the Andriod OS.
That said, it doesn’t hurt to get a more specific procedure on how to connect your onn Airpods to your Samsung device.
Anyway, here is how to go about it
Enter pairing mode
To get the Onn AirPods paired, you have to enter a pairing mode so that your android device will be able to see the Onn AirPods.
Here is how you do that,
Lift the Airpods casing
Open the Airpods case and wait till you see a white light at the front of the case. This light indicates that it has entered a pairing mode. This could take anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds.
Turn on the Bluetooth
You can simply locate the Bluetooth by navigating to settings > Connections.
Toggle Bluetooth on to gain access to the settings. Over here you will see a couple of available devices you’ve connected to.
NB: Also if it asks for a pairing code, check the manual that comes with it as it might be slightly different for your Onn AirPods.
Pair your Android device with the Onn Airpods
All you have to do here is to scan for a new device and tap on the “Onn Airpods to pair them together.
Once they are paired, the blinking light will stop and now, you can simply play any music and put the AirPods on your ears to enjoy the impressive bass coming from the Earbuds
NB: Ensure that your phone visibility is turned on. In addition to that, if it asks for a pairing code, check the manual that comes with it as it might be slightly different for your Onn AirPods.
How to pair Onn wireless earbuds for iPhone
If you own an iPhone instead, the process might take a bit longer since iPhone has its own AirPods and it tends to take longer connecting with any third-party phone accessories.
Anyway, here is how to go about it
Enter pairing mode
To get the Onn AirPods paired you have to enter a pairing mode so that your android device will be able to see the Onn AirPods.
Here is how you do that,
Lift the Airpods casing
Open the Airpods case and wait till you see a white light at the front of the case. This light indicates that it has entered a pairing mode. This could take anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds.
Turn ON the Bluetooth and pair
On your device, navigate to Settings > Bluetooth and turn on Bluetooth.
Ensure you are on this screen till you’ve completed the pairing process.
While waiting you should see the “Onn Airpods” in your “other devices section” once it appears on the screen
Simply tap on it and it will be connected.
If it asks for a pairing code, check the manual that comes with it as it might be slightly different for your Onn AirPods.
Once it is connected the white blinking light will stop
How to Pair Onn Wireless Earbuds with Windows PC
If you have a Laptop or PC with Windows OS installed on it all you have to do is turn on your Bluetooth and pair it with the Onn AirPods
Here is how to do all that
- Enter “Bluetooth in the windows search box if it is not on the taskbar
- Click on “Bluetooth” and turn it on
- While doing this ensure that you have removed the ONN earbuds from the case
- After doing that, click on ‘Add Bluetooth or Other Device‘. you will see a new window with all available Bluetooth devices on the screen
- Simply select your “ONN earbuds” from the list and pair them.
How to pair Onn Wireless Earbuds Mac PC
If you own a MAC PC, The procedure is pretty straightforward. Here is how you can pair it with your ONN Airpods
- To enable Bluetooth, navigate to ‘System Preferences. in the Apple menu
- Now turn on Bluetooth on your device.
- You will see a list of available Bluetooth devices.
NB: But before this ensure that you have removed the “Onn Airpods” from the casing so that it would be in a pairing mode.
- Now, wait for your “Onn Bluetooth Airpods” to show up on the list of available devices.
- Once it shows up in the list click on them to pair both devices together
Onn wireless earbuds not pairing
If your Onn earbuds are not pairing there are a series of things you can do to bring them back to life.
Check if they are in pairing mode
The first thing you should do is to check if the Airpods are in pairing mode.
Normally the Onn AirPods come on when the case is open but it might take a few seconds.
once you see a white light on the casing you should see a red/blue light on each earbud flashing.
If they are it means they are in pairing mode. if they arent then you need to place them back inside the casing and check if the battery isn’t low
Check if your ONN Airpods are well charged.
Well, the “Onn Airpods” indeed has a decent battery which can last for 7 hours plus, but when it is brand new, you can’t easily decide that it has ample battery. So you might need to charge it for at least 20 minutes before trying to pair again.
Ensure that the AirPods are not too far from your device.
Since you are trying to pair it for the first time you have to bring it to a close due to interference and obstruction which can sometimes be an issue
contact the retailer for returns
After trying out all these troubleshooting steps. And you are still stuck trying to figure out How to pair Onn wireless earbuds. Then you need to contact the retailer or store that sold it to you as ONN doesn’t have any official support website for now
Onn Bluetooth headphones’ pairing code
You can find the pairing code in the user manual for some it is usually around 1829A or 1837A or any number around that.
That said, there is little pairing code issue that comes up with these Airpods.
If you’ve paired it with another Airpods and you want to pair it with another device. In this case, you have to first forget the AirPods on the other device before you can pair it with a new device
How do you reset Onn wireless earbuds?
All you have to do here is to Navigate your device Bluetooth and forget the “Onn Airpods” now try pairing it back to get to reset it.
Conclusion
By now you should be able to figure out how to pair your Onn wireless earbuds to your smartphone or PC. If you have any challenges with it you should return it to the store you purchased, it from.