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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    6
Controls    8
Hearing programs    9
Features    9
Daily use    10
Charging    10
Turning on and o    11
Switching to andby mode    12
Inserting and removing the hearing inruments    13
Adjuing the volume    16
Changing the hearing program    16
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
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Maintenance and care    20
Hearing inruments    20
Ear pieces and tubes    22
Professional maintenance    24
Important safety information    25
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 inductive 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 either attached to an 
earhook and a cuom-made ear piece or to a andard 
tube (ThinTube) and a andard ear piece.
Ear piece
Tube (ThinTube)
Microphone openings
Rocker switch
(control, on/o switch)
Earhook
Side indication
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You can use andard ear pieces together with a 
andard tube or cuom-made ear pieces together with 
an earhook and tube.
You can easily exchange the andard ear pieces 
and clean the andard tube. Read more in section 
"Maintenance and care".
Standard ear pieces / tubes Size
Inant Open
Inant Tulip
ThinTube
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 Function level up/down
TV ream on/o
Press for about 2 seconds:
Program up/down
Volume up/down
Tinnitus Function 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 Function generates a sound to
diract you from your tinnitus.
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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. 
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 orange 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.
The optional retention rand helps to securely retain the 
ear piece in your ear. To position the retention rand:
XBend the retention rand and 
position it carefully into the 
bottom of the bowl of your ear 
(refer to the picture).
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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 .
CAUTION
Risk of injury!
XIn very rare cases the ear piece could remain in 
your ear when removing the hearing inrument. 
If this happens, have the ear piece removed by 
a medical professional.
Clean and dry your hearing inruments after usage. 
Read more in section "Maintenance and care".
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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.
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.
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Further adjuments (optional)
You can also use the hearing inrument controls to 
change other features, for example, the level of the 
Tinnitus Function.
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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