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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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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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