Signia Silk Charger User guide

Silk Charger

User Guide

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Content

Before you art 4

Charging 7

Charging your charger – electrical outlet 7

Checking the battery capacity of your charger 13

Turning the charger on or o 16

How you can use the charger 17

Charging hearing aids 20

Frequently asked queions 24

Further information 27

Maintenance and care 27

Troubleshooting for the charger 28

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Operating, transport and orage conditions 32

Technical data of the power supply 34

Disposal information 35

Explanation of symbols 36

Important safety information 38

Safety information on lithium-ion rechargeable

batteries 38

Safety information for hearing aids 40

Safety information for charger 41

Important information 48

Conformance information for charger 48

Country-specic information 50

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Before you art

This device is intended to charge and ore our specic

cuom hearing aids with built-in power cells (lithium-ion

rechargeable batteries). Your Hearing Care Professional will

advise you on the compatible models.

The charger is only intended for indoor use. Observe

and follow the operating conditions in section

"Operating, transport, and orage conditions".

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CAUTION

Read this user guide thoroughly and completely and

follow the safety information in this document to avoid

damage or injury.

The device may not look exactly like the guiding

illurations in these inructions. We reserve the right

to make any changes we consider necessary.

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➏

➊

➋

➐

➌

➍

➌

➎

➍

➌

➊ Lid

➋ Charging cups

➌ LEDs – hearing aids

➍ LED – charger

➎ Push button

➏ USB power port

➐ USB power cable

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Charging

Charging your charger – electrical outlet

NOTICE

Use of incompatible parts poses a risk of malfunction.

XUse only the power supply and country specic

adapter that is provided with the charger.

XUse only the USB cable that is provided with the

device.

XDo not insert incompatible or foreign objects into

the charger port.

XUse andard USB power adapter which supports

an output voltage of 5 V DC and an output current

of 0.5 to 1 A.

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XEnsure your electrical plug complies with

the requirements. Refer to the section

"Requirements for the electrical plug".

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Connect the USB-C side of the USB power cable to the

USB port of the charger ➊.

XConnect the other side of the USB power cable to a

suitable electrical plug ➋.

The internal battery arts charging. When hearing aids are

inserted, they art charging as well. The charging atus of

the charger is shown permanently.

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Charging your charger – wirelessly

XPlace the charger on

a wireless Qi certied

transmitter pad.

XAfter a few seconds

the internal battery will

art charging indicated

by the pulsing green

LED of the charger.

XWhen hearing aids are inserted, they art charging as

well indicated by the pulsing green LED of the hearing

aids LED. If the LED is o, please re-align the charger to

the center of the Qi transmitter pad.

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XThe charging atus of the charger is shown until it is fully

charged. After that the LEDs are turned o for power

saving reasons.

Charging atus of your charger

The front LED indicates the charging atus of the charger

and its internal battery.

While the internal battery is

being charged, the charging

atus is indicated as follows:

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LED when charger is charging

Pulsing green

Internal battery is being charged.

Green

Charger is fully charged.

LED is o (wireless charging)

Charger is fully charged.

Pulsing orange

Cooling phase. Charging is resumed when the device has

cooled down. Please refer to section "Troubleshooting".

Blinking red

Charger error. Please refer to section "Troubleshooting".

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For an overview of the hearing aids' charging atus, refer to

the section "Charging hearing aids".

Checking the battery capacity of your charger

To check whether the charger's internal battery has enough

capacity to fully charge your hearing aids when you are

mobile:

XDisconnect the charger from the electrical outlet.

XBrieﬂy press the push

button.

The front LED indicates

the atus of the charger's

internal battery for

7 seconds.

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LED when you are mobile

Green

Internal battery has enough capacity to fully charge two

hearing aids.

Orange

Internal battery does not have enough capacity to fully

charge two hearing aids.

Blinking orange

Internal charger battery empty. Charging of hearing aids is

not possible.

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If the atus LED does not light up when you press the

button, check the following:

● The charger is o. Press and hold the button for

5 seconds to turn on the charger.

● The charger's internal battery is too low to display the

atus. Connect the charger to an electrical outlet, wait

several minutes and try again.

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Turning the charger on or o

When the charger is connected to an electrical outlet, it is

automatically turned on and cannot be turned o.

During mobile charging, press and hold the button for

5 seconds to turn the charger on or o.

● When the charger turns on, the atus of the hearing

aids and the atus of the charger's internal battery are

displayed for 7 seconds.

● When the charger turns o, the front LED lights up green

and fades out over a period of approximately 7 seconds.

Shut down is complete after approximately 7 seconds.

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How you can use the charger

You can use your charger in three dierent ways.

Charging via electrical outlet

When the charger is plugged in or placed on a wireless

Qi-charger, it charges the

hearing aids (if they are placed

in the charger) and it charges

the integrated battery at the

same time.

As long as the charger is being charged by an external

power source, charger LED shows the charging atus of the

integrated battery and the LEDs for the hearing aids show

the atus of the hearing aids.

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For wireless charging, the LEDs will turn o once charger

and hearing aids are fully charged.

Mobile charging

When you are mobile with no electrical outlet available, you

can ill charge your hearing aids.

Energy is fed from the charger's

integrated battery into your hearing

aids.The charger mu be turned

on to do so.

The charging atus of charger and hearing aids is shown by

pushing the button or opening the lid.

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Safekeeping

When charging of hearing aids is completed, safely ore

your hearing aids inside the

charger with lid closed.

In case you want to ore the

hearing aids for a longer time,

you can turn o the charger. The

charger can only be turned o when there is no power

source connected into the charger.

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Charging hearing aids

XPlace the right hearing

aid in the charging cup

marked with an "R",

and the left hearing

aid in the charging cup

marked with an "L".

XClose the charger's lid.

XThe hearing aids are automatically turned o and art

charging. The charging atus is shown for 7 seconds.

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