A:Answeryes all you do is turn the speaker on and then turn on your blue tooth on your phone and choose the speaker. Very fast and very easy. I am not a tech savy person and I can do it. Even helped someone else use mine.
A:AnswerI recently got one of these and had no trouble connecting it to my TV via Bluetooth
Also connected it to my phone and used google play with it since it's not supported yet by the Polk app.
Hope this helps!