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How to Connect Skullcandy Headphones & Speakers to Bluetooth

by Josh Kirschner on July 27, 2023

Updated on 7/27/2023 with new model information and multipoint pairing instructions.

Follow these steps to get your Skullcandy headphones or speaker connected to Bluetooth.

  1. Turn on pairing mode for your Skullcandy headphones or speaker
  2. Find your Skullcandy headphones or speaker on your phone or laptop and pair them
  3. Confirm successful pairing

This will work with most Skullcandy wireless headphones (Crusher ANC 2, Crusher Evo, Hesh ANC, Hesh Evo, Riff Wireless 2), Skullcandy earbuds (Rail ANC True Wireless,  Rail True Wireless, Sesh ANC True Wireless, Grind True Wireless, 420 Grind True Wireless, Push Active True Wireless,  Mod True Wireless, Smokin' Buds True Wireless, Dime 2 True Wireless, Jib True 2 Wireless), and Skullcandy wireless speakers (Terrain XL, Terrain, Terrain Mini, Kilo, and Ounce).

1. Turn on pairing mode for your Skullcandy headphones or speaker

Most Skullcandy wireless earbuds touch controls will automatically go into pairing mode when unpair or "forget" them using your phone, tablet or laptop. For most Skullcandy wireless earbuds with button controls work, press and hold to power off both earbuds (a few seconds). When they're off press and hold again until they power on again and you hear "Pairing."

Wireless over-ear headphones typically share the same button for Power On/Off and Bluetooth pairing. Press and hold the pairing button for 4-5 seconds (varies by device) until you see the LED light start flashing — this indicates the headphones are now in pairing mode. If this doesn't work, try clearing the pairing history by pressing and holding the "+" and "-" buttons. You'll hear "disconnected" and then "pairing." 

Skullcandy wireless speakers may or may not have separate Power and Bluetooth Pairing buttons, depending on the model. Press and hold the pairing button for 4-5 seconds (varies by device) until you see the LED light start flashing — this indicates the speaker is now in pairing mode.

2. Find your Skullcandy headphones or speaker on your phone or laptop and pair them

Android. Go to Settings and turn on Bluetooth. In Bluetooth, select “Pair new device.” When you see your Skullcandy device come up in the list, tap it, and it should be paired with your phone.

iPhone. Go to Settings and then Bluetooth. Turn on Bluetooth. Look for your Skullcandy device under “OTHER DEVICES” and tap on it to connect.

MacOS. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Bluetooth. Select your Skullcandy device from the list, then click Connect. If asked, click Accept.

Windows 11. Open “Bluetooth & other devices” in the System Settings by clicking on your Bluetooth button in the toolbar and selecting “Add a Bluetooth Device.” If the Bluetooth button is hidden, you'll find it under the upward arrow on the taskbar at the bottom of your display.

Windows 11 Bluetooth Settings menu with Add a Bluetooth Device

When the "Bluetooth & devices" window comes up, click “Add device.” In the "Add a device window, select "Bluetooth." Look for your Skullcandy device in the list and tap on it to connect. 

3. Confirm successful pairing

When you have successfully paired your Skullcandy headphones or speaker to your phone or laptop, the LED on your Skullcandy device will stop blinking, and you should hear an audio confirmation that your device is paired (either a tone or voice confirmation).

How to use multipoint to connect headphones to a second device

Some Skullcandy headphones support multipoint (including Crusher ANC 2, Riff Wireless 2, Rail, Rail ANC, or Mod), which lets you connect your headphones to two devices simultaneously. To pair to a second device while already connected to one device, press either earbud one time and then press and hold for one second. You'll hear "Ready to Pair," and both buds will blink red and blue. Then follow the steps above to pair your headphones. Once you've paired your headphones with two devices, they will automatically connect with both.

If you are already connected to two devices and want to add a new device, enter pairing mode by pressing and holding on one bud for 3 seconds until you hear "Ready to Pair."  Then follow the steps above to pair your headphones. You will then be connected with the two most recently paired devices. 

Troubleshooting your Bluetooth connection

If you have followed the steps above and your device still isn’t pairing, try resetting your Skullcandy headphones or speaker. For headphones, press the volume up and down buttons at the same time and hold until you hear two short beeps (about 4 seconds). For speakers, hold the center pairing button and the volume up button until you hear two short beeps. This will clear out any old Bluetooth connections and allow you to start the pairing process fresh again.

If that doesn't fix your Skullcandy connection problem, try our more detailed guide for fixing Bluetooth pairing problems.

[Image credits: Skullcandy, Techlicious]

Josh Kirschner is the co-founder of Techlicious and has been covering consumer tech for more than a decade. Josh started his first company while still in college, a consumer electronics retailer focused on students. His writing has been featured in Today.com, NBC News and Time.


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From Joe B on September 09, 2020 :: 9:43 pm


I tried everything noted and it’s still not working

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From Kyle Kornrumpf on October 18, 2020 :: 3:47 pm


My skull candy headphone would not show up on my computer blue tooth devices. The four second push on the volume up and down at the same time worked. THANK YOU.

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From Vetriselvan on October 24, 2020 :: 10:35 pm


My Skullcandy headset only connected for media files, not working for call audio function..

When you go, ink’d+wireless setting
*call audio
*media audio
*contact share,

The call audio function not get enabled, it shows disabled condition.

Kindly help me for enable call audio function.

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From Drey on November 02, 2020 :: 8:44 pm


How do I reset my bluetooth if my phone is broken?

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From Naturally on November 24, 2020 :: 12:58 pm


My ink’d neckband bluetooth headset won’t connect to multiple devices. I can’t get them to connect to my laptop and phone?

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From waheedullah on December 03, 2020 :: 3:17 pm


Dear sir,

I have been trying to connect my skullcandy headphone to my laptop windows 7, 64 bite. but I cannot. There is option saying ” you can not installed peripheral Bluetooth device.
Can you share the set up of the peripheral Bluetooth device.
Thank you

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From Josh Kirschner on December 03, 2020 :: 6:23 pm


That’s hard to troubleshoot directly, but it sounds like it could be a Bluetooth driver issue. Try updating your driver on your laptop and see if that fixes the issue.

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From Big Popa on January 02, 2021 :: 3:42 am


My headphones blasted away because of this process. Please dont do this, kind of terrorist attack and stuff

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From Akshit Singh on January 28, 2021 :: 9:03 pm


i bought a module for bluetooth on my pc. connected it to my earphones (skullcandy ink’d wireless). All was fine. I opened ms teams and audio stopped coming. i checke default speaker output and all but no luck. later on when I got it to work, the mic was not working. now I bought it back to my phone and the mic was not working here too. i tried everything but no. it was working earlier pretty well. I am glad to see how many people y’all have helped. Pls help me…

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From Paula Montgomery on February 19, 2021 :: 6:40 pm


This headphone does not connect to my cell phone (S20 Ultra) or my LG SMART TV… what’s up this that! and why can’t I call you for help, what
s going on!!!!

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From Jonathan Moineau on February 24, 2021 :: 8:42 pm


My PC doesn’t even see the bluetooth Wireless Riff, I have no problem with my phone ...

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From CHRISTIAN Jean Baptiste on April 12, 2021 :: 9:52 pm


I can’t connect my Skullcandy Indy ANC noise cancellation to my mackbook air m1.

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From Doug Miner on April 19, 2021 :: 9:59 pm


I have Indy ANC ear buds. I’ve had everything from very expensive to bottom of the line and nothing even comes close to how weak and horrible Skullcandy Bluetooth is. Just totally flakey. Yes, I r followed all instructions. They sound great until they just fizz out, often just between songs on the same device. Very poorly engineered. A firmware fix is badly needed, but they say none us on the way.

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From Ebony States on July 31, 2021 :: 9:22 am


I got a pair of headphones last night and I took them from the display table and I think the Bluetooth is turned off or something because I can’t get them to work for me please help me

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From Dennis on August 14, 2021 :: 5:24 pm


When I do a search for available devices only the sesh-Evo LE appears. I have the sesh Evo.

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From Travis Yantis on August 15, 2021 :: 2:46 pm


They don’t pay with my iPad and only one works with my phone

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From Marika on November 30, 2021 :: 12:44 pm


I had a bunch of trouble pairing my headphones with a new phone and couldn’t find anything specific to the model/problem, so just wanted to share how to fix it in case others have the same issue (took me like 10min of troubleshooting). To put Skullcandy JIB+ headphones into pairing mode, you have to keep holding down the power button after they’ve turned on until the little voice says “pairing”. Should show up on the list of available devices immediately after that.

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