Audibel AD6 BTE LI SP 120 User guide

Type
User guide
AD6 BTE LI SP
User Guide
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Content
Welcome    4
Your hearing inruments    5
Inrument type  5
Getting to know your hearing inruments 6
Components and names  7
Controls  9
Hearing programs  10
Features  10
Daily use    11
Charging  11
Turning on and o  12
Switching to andby mode  14
Inserting and removing the hearing inruments  15
Adjuing the volume  16
Changing the hearing program  17
Further adjuments (optional)   17
Special liening situations    18
On the phone  18
Audio reaming with iPhone  19
Airplane mode for hearing inruments  19
Audio induction loops  20
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Maintenance and care    21
Hearing inruments  21
Ear pieces and tubes  23
Professional maintenance  23
Important safety information    24
Further information    27
Safety information  27
Accessories  27
Operating, transport, and orage conditions  27
Disposal information  29
Symbols used in this document  29
Troubleshooting  30
Country-specic information  31
Service and warranty  35
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Welcome
Thank you for choosing our hearing inruments to
accompany you through everyday life. Like anything new,
it may take you a little time to become familiar with them.
This guide, along with support from your Hearing Care
Professional, will help you underand the advantages
and greater quality of life your hearing inruments oer.
To receive the mo benet from your hearing
inruments, it is recommended that you wear them every
day, all day. This will help you get adjued to them.
CAUTION
It is important to read this user guide and the safety
manual thoroughly and completely. Follow the
safety information to avoid damage or injury.
Before using your hearing inruments for the r
time, fully charge them. Follow the inructions in
the charger's user guide.
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Your hearing inruments
This user guide describes optional features that
your hearing inruments may or may not have.
Ask your Hearing Care Professional to indicate the
features that are valid for your hearing inruments.
Inrument type
Your hearing inruments are BTE (Behind-The-Ear)
models. A tube delivers the sound from the hearing
inrument into the ear. The inruments are not intended
for children under the age of 3 years or persons with a
developmental age of under 3 years.
A power cell (lithium-ion rechargeable battery) is
permanently built into your hearing inrument. This
enables easy charging with our andard charger.
The wireless functionality enables advanced audiological
features and synchronization between your two hearing
inruments.
Your hearing inruments feature Bluetooth® low energy*
technology allowing for easy data exchange with your
smartphone, and for seamless audio reaming with your
iPhone**.
* The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any
use of such marks by the legal manufacturer of this product is under licenses. Other
trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
** iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., regiered in the U.S.
and other countries.
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Getting to know your hearing inruments 
It is recommended to familiarize yourself with your new
hearing inruments. With the inruments in your hand
try using the controls and note their location on the
inrument. This will make it easier for you to feel and
press the controls while wearing the hearing inruments.
If you have problems pressing the controls of your
hearing inruments while wearing them, you can
ask your Hearing Care Professional whether a
remote control or a smartphone app to control your
inruments is available.
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Components and names
Your hearing inruments are attached to an earhook and
a cuom-made ear piece.
Earhook
Microphone openings
Rocker switch
(control, on/o switch)
Charging contact
Side indicator
Your Hearing Care Professional will attach an earhook,
tube and a cuom-made ear piece to each hearing
inrument.
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Cuom-made ear pieces
Examples:
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Controls
With the rocker switch you can, for example, switch
hearing programs. The Hearing Care Professional has
programmed your desired functions to the rocker switch.
Rocker switch function L R
Press briey:
Program up/down
Volume up/down
Tinnitus therapy signal level up/down
TV ream on/o
Press for about 2 seconds:
Program up/down
Volume up/down
Tinnitus therapy signal level up/down
TV ream on/o
Press for more than 3 seconds:
Turn on/o
L = Left, R = Right
You can also use a remote control to change
hearing programs and adju the volume of your
hearing inruments. With our smartphone app you
have even more control options.
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Hearing programs
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Read more in section "Changing the hearing program".
Features
The tinnitus therapy feature generates a sound to
diract you from your tinnitus.
A telecoil is built into the inrument, so it can
connect with audio induction loops.
Read more in section "Audio induction loops".
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Daily use
To assure comfortable and easy use of your hearing
inruments they are equipped with an onbard control
element. In addition we oer an app for Android as well
as iPhones which makes handling your devices even
easier. Contact your Hearing Care Professional for
downloading and inalling the smartphone app.
Charging
Place your hearing inruments
in the charger.
XFollow the inructions in
the charger's user guide.
You can also nd useful tips
for charging in the charger's
user guide.
Low power indication
You will hear an alert signal
to indicate the power cell is running low. The signal will
be repeated every 20 minutes. Depending on the usage
of your hearing inruments, you have approximately
1.5 hours to charge your hearing inruments before they
op working.
Note that the power cell runtime is reduced if too many
features are used simultaneously.
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Turning on and off
You have the following options to turn your hearing
inruments on or o.
Via charger:
XTurning on: Take the inruments out of the charger.
The artup melody is played in your hearing
inruments. The default volume and hearing program
are set.
XTurning o: Place the hearing inruments in the
charger.
Note that the charger mu be connected to the power
supply. For details refer to the charger's user guide.
Via rocker switch:
XTurning on: Press and hold the lower
part of the rocker switch until the
artup melody arts to play. Release
the rocker switch while the melody is
playing.
The default volume and hearing
program are set.
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XTurning o: Press and hold upper
or lower part of the rocker switch
for several seconds. A power down
melody is played.
See also the tips for charging in the charger's user guide.
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Switching to andby mode
Via remote control or smartphone app, you can switch
your hearing inruments to andby mode. This mutes
the hearing inruments. When you leave andby mode,
the previously used volume and hearing program are
set.
Note:
In andby mode, the hearing inruments are not
turned o completely. They draw some power.
Therefore we recommend to use andby mode only
for a short period of time.
If you want to leave andby mode, but the remote
control or app is not at hand: Turn your hearing
inruments o and on again (via rocker switch or by
shortly placing them in the charger until one or more
green LEDs light up). In this case, the default volume
and hearing program are set.
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Inserting and removing the hearing inruments
Your hearing inruments have been ne-tuned for your
right and left ear. Colored markers indicate
the side:
red marker = right ear
blue marker = left ear
Inserting a hearing inrument:
XHold the tube close to the ear piece.
XCarefully push the ear piece
into the ear canal .
XTwi it slightly until it sits
well.
Open and close your mouth
to avoid accumulation of air
in the ear canal.
XLift the hearing inrument
and slide it over the top of
your ear .
CAUTION
Risk of injury!
XInsert the ear piece carefully and not too deeply
into the ear.
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It may be helpful to insert the right hearing
inrument with the right hand and the left
hearing inrument with the left hand.
If you have problems inserting the ear piece,
use the other hand to gently pull your earlobe
downwards. This opens the ear canal and eases
insertion of the ear piece.
Removing a hearing inrument:
XLift the hearing inrument
and slide it over the top of
your ear .
XHold the tube close to
the ear piece and pull the
ear piece out carefully .
Clean and dry your hearing inruments after usage.
Read more in section "Maintenance and care".
Adjuing the volume
Your hearing inruments automatically adju the volume
to the liening situation.
XIf you prefer manual volume adjument, press the
upper part of the rocker switch to increase the volume
or press the lower part to decrease the volume.
Refer to section "Controls" for the setting of your
rocker switch.
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An optional signal can indicate the volume change. Once
the maximum or minimum volume has been reached, you
may hear an optional signal tone.
Changing the hearing program
Depending on the liening situation, your hearing
inruments automatically adju their sound.
Your hearing inruments may also have several hearing
programs which allow you to change the sound, if
needed. An optional signal tone can indicate the program
change.
XTo change the hearing program, press the rocker
switch briey.
Refer to section "Controls" for the setting of the rocker
switch. Refer to section "Hearing programs" for a li of
your hearing programs.
The default volume is applied.
Further adjuments (optional) 
You can also use the hearing inrument controls to
change other features, for example, the level of the
tinnitus therapy signal.
Refer to section "Controls" for the setting of your controls.
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Special liening situations
On the phone
When you are on the phone, hold
the telephone receiver slightly above
your ear. The hearing inrument and
telephone receiver have to be aligned.
Turn the receiver slightly so that the ear is
not completely covered.
Telephone program
You may prefer a certain volume when using the phone.
Ask your Hearing Care Professional to congure a
telephone program.
XSwitch to the telephone program whenever you are on
the phone.
If a telephone program is congured for your hearing
inruments, it is lied in section "Hearing programs".
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Audio reaming with iPhone
Your hearing inruments are Made for iPhone hearing
inruments. This means you can get phone calls and
lien to music from your iPhone directly into your hearing
inruments.
For more information about compatible iOS devices,
pairing, audio reaming and other useful functions,
contact your Hearing Care Professional.
Airplane mode for hearing inruments
Airplane mode is when Bluetooth of your hearing
inruments is turned o. In areas where the use of
Bluetooth technology is not allowed (e.g. on some
airplanes), you can deactivate Bluetooth mode. This turns
Bluetooth in your hearing inruments o temporarily. The
hearing inruments ill work without Bluetooth, however
direct audio reaming will not be possible and other
functions will not be available.
XTo deactivate or activate the Bluetooth mode, use the
smartphone app.
An alert tone indicates when Bluetooth mode is
deactivated or activated.
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Audio induction loops
Some telephones and public places like theatres oer the
audio signal (music and speech) via an audio induction
loop. With this syem, your hearing inruments can
directly receive the desired signal – without diracting
noise in the environment.
You can usually recognize audio induction
loop syems by certain signs.
Whenever you are in a place with an audio induction
loop:
XSwitch to the telecoil program.
If a telecoil program is congured for your hearing
inruments, it is lied in section "Hearing programs".
Telecoil program and remote control
NOTICE
For inruments with wireless connectivity:
When the telecoil program is active, the remote
control may cause a pulsing noise.
XUse the remote control with a diance greater
than 10 cm (4 inches).
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