ADVANCE P LI 419 User guide

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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 13

Inserting and removing the hearing inruments 14

Adjuing the volume 18

Changing the hearing program 18

Further adjuments (optional) 19

Special liening situations 20

On the phone 20

Audio reaming with iPhone 21

Airplane mode for hearing inruments 21

Audio induction loops 22

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Maintenance and care 23

Hearing inruments 23

Ear pieces and tubes 25

Important safety information 28

Further information 30

Safety information 30

Accessories 30

Operating, transport, and orage conditions 30

Disposal information 32

Symbols used in this document 32

Troubleshooting 33

Country-specic information 34

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 or the

optional 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.

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➊Ear piece

➋Tube (ThinTube)

➌Microphone openings

➍Rocker switch

(control, on/o switch)

➎Earhook

➏Charging contact

➐Side indicator

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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.

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

You have the choice between two charger options:

The andard charger for charging only or the optional

charger, Charging+ Station.

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.

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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.

Turning on and o

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.

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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.

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.

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■ 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.

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 ➊.

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 ➋.

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CAUTION

Risk of injury!

XInsert the ear piece carefully and not too deeply

into the ear.

■ 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 attach the optional retention

rand:

XAlign the end of the retention rand with the at end of

the receiver.

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XThen press the retention rand towards the receiver

until it clicks into place.

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 ➊.

XHold the tube close to

the ear piece and pull the

ear piece out carefully ➋.

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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