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Content

Content

Your Nitro hearing instrument

Intended use

General notes on safety

Handling batteries

Inserting and removing your hearing instrument

Turning your hearing instrument on and off

Changing the hearing program

Changing the volume

Audio input

Telephoning

e2e wireless 2.0

Maintenance and care

Accessories

Troubleshooting tips

Technical information

Disposal information

Your hearing instrument conﬁguration

Summary of Contents for Nitro BTE

Page 1: ...Nitro BTE User Guide ...

Page 2: ...ing your hearing instrument 12 Turning your hearing instrument on and off 13 Changing the hearing program 15 Changing the volume 16 Audio input 17 Telephoning 19 e2e wireless 2 0 21 Maintenance and care 22 Accessories 23 Troubleshooting tips 25 Technical information 26 Disposal information 28 Your hearing instrument conﬁguration 29 ...

Page 3: ...ividually designed for your hearing impairment and is ﬁtted spe cially to your personal hearing proﬁle These instructions together with guidance from your Hearing Care Professional will help you understand how your new hearing instrument works If you have further questions please contact your Hearing Care Professional Introduction ...

Page 4: ...hook Microphone openings Volume control with on off function LED Cover for program ming socket Program button with on off function Audio input Battery compartment Typeplates red right hearing instru ment blue left hearing instrument Your Nitro hearing instrument ...

Page 5: ...uments from damage Symbols Be aware of information marked with the warning symbol WARNING CAUTION or NOTICE WARNING points out a situation that could lead to serious injuries CAUTION indicates a situation that could lead to minor and moderate injuries NOTICE NOTICE indicates possible property damage Advice and tips on how to handle your device better Instruction Indicates that something has to be ...

Page 6: ...nts to extreme temperature or high humidity Do not leave them in direct sunlight Do not wear them in the shower or when you apply make up perfume aftershave hairspray or suntan lotion Do not wear your hearing instruments when you are exposed to short waves a strong mag netic ﬁeld a high frequency ﬁeld or X rays Do not place your hearing instruments in a microwave oven General notes on safety ...

Page 7: ...your child does not detach the hear ing instrument from the earmold Consult your Hearing Care Professional if the housing is deformed Keep the battery compartment locked Verify the proper function of the locking mechanism Keep batteries and accessories out of children s reach If swallowed consult a physician or a hospital immediately In some countries restrictions for the usage of wireless equipme...

Page 8: ...turn them to your Hearing Care Professional NOTICE Leaking batteries damage the hearing instruments Turn the hearing instruments off when not in use to preserve the battery Remove batteries when the instruments are not in use for a prolonged period of time WARNING Hazard of explosion in explosive atmospheres Do not use your hearing instruments in areas where there is a danger of explosions e g min...

Page 9: ...e side of the batter ies is always the smooth side Always keep spare batteries with you original size Low battery indicator Your Hearing Care Professional can activate an acoustic signal to inform you when the battery is nearly empty If you hear an acoustic signal or experience low ampliﬁca tion power replace the battery Handling batteries ...

Page 10: ...ation Insert the proper size battery Make sure that the symbol on the battery points up as shown in the picture Close the battery compartment Do not force the door shut If it does not close easily check to see if the battery was inserted properly When the battery door is completely closed your hearing instrument is ready for use ...

Page 11: ...ery Open the battery compartment com pletely Normally the battery drops out when the compartment is completely open If the battery does not come out lightly tap the instrument or use the magnet stick available as accessory to remove the battery ...

Page 12: ...g your hearing instrument Turn your hearing instrument off Hold the earmold between your thumb and index ﬁnger and insert it carefully into the ear canal You may ﬁnd it helpful to pull your ear slightly upward or to the back Place your hearing instrument behind your ear Turn your hearing instrument on Removing your hearing instrument Hold the earmold between your thumb and index ﬁnger and carefull...

Page 13: ...ment back on Via volume control Rotate the volume control upwards to turn the hearing instrument on Rotate the volume control completely down to turn the hearing instrument off Via remote control Refer to the remote control user guide Power on delay Your hearing instrument is equipped with a power on de lay feature which can be activated by your Hearing Care Professional This allows you to turn th...

Page 14: ...is available The LED ist off The hearing instruments are switched off or the battery must be replaced To check if sufﬁcient battery power is available use a battery tester or place the switched on hearing instruments in your closed hand and listen if it responds with feedback whistling Check the instrument sound regularly with a stethoclip particularly if your child is not able to express verbally...

Page 15: ...ge to program 2 Press the program button once You hear the acoustic signal for program 2 You are now in program 2 Press the program button shortly to change the program Pressing the program button too long will switch off the hearing instruments Via remote control Refer to the remote control user guide Your Hearing Care Professional can write down the per sonal program conﬁguration of your hearing...

Page 16: ...adjustment Via volume control louder softer Rotate the volume control with your index ﬁnger to select the de sired listening volume For easier handling your Hearing Care Professional may have activated the volume control only on one side With e2e wireless the second hearing instrument is auto matically adjusted Via remote control Refer to the remote control user guide When using a remote control t...

Page 17: ...fﬁcult listening situations and for children in classrooms NOTICE Use only the M5 audio shoe labelled inside the audio shoe They are designed exclusively for your hearing instruments With the audio shoe M5 attached the battery compart ment switch is disabled and the hearing system can only be switched off via program button or remote control WARNING Risk of injuries caused by electric shock Connec...

Page 18: ...nstrument Slide the audio shoe over the hearing instrument until it snaps into the end position Your Hearing Care Professional can program your hearing instruments so that they switch automatically to the audio shoe program if an audio shoe has been attached Removing the audio shoe Slide the audio shoe in the oppo site direction to that for attach ment and take it off Close the audio shoe cover ...

Page 19: ...ating the hearing instrument in telecoil mode the wireless function may cause a pulsing noise This is due to the pick up of the transmis sion signal When your hearing instrument is in telecoil mode please use the remote control only with a distance greater than 10 cm 4 inches AutoPhone magnet accessory Not all telephones produce a magnetic ﬁeld strong enough to activate the AutoPhone function In t...

Page 20: ...the operation of life supporting systems e g pacemakers magnetic valves Use a magnet only if not in doubt about the safe distance The safe distance between pace maker and magnet should be at least 10 cm 4 inches NOTICE Magnets can disturb electrical devices and delete stored data Keep magnets away from computers color monitors television sets ﬂoppy discs video and audio discs and other electronic ...

Page 21: ...ience difﬁculty Advantages of the wireless functionality Automatically adjusts both hearing instruments simul taneously to different listening situations Allows use of accessories e g a remote control Provides synchronization of the settings in the system If you change the volume or program on one hearing instrument the other hearing instrument is automati cally adjusted Your Hearing Care Professi...

Page 22: ...ments and to avoid health problems NOTICE Do not put your hearing instruments in water Clean your hearing instruments with a soft dry tissue as necessary Place your hearing instruments in a dry aid kit with a special moisture attracting capsule overnight Ask your Hearing Care Professional for special care sets and further information on how to keep your hearing instruments in good condition Mainte...

Page 23: ...of The child proof version of the hearing instrument does not have a program button has a typeplate that can not be detached by a child has a battery compartment lock that can only be opened with a special tool All these precautions help to prevent the child from de taching and swallowing small parts Accessories ...

Page 24: ...an be controlled by another person s remote control return hearing instruments and remote control to your Hearing Care Professional Tek wireless enhancement Your hearing instruments together with the Tek Connect remote control will allow you to connect your hearing instruments to the growing world of technology Via a special Bluetooth connection it is possible to receive audio signals from your mo...

Page 25: ...l it ﬁts securely Decrease volume Clean earmold Sound is dis torted Decrease volume Replace empty battery Clean earmold Hearing instru ment emits signal tones Gently close battery compartment completely Replace empty battery Hearing instru ment does not work Check if the hearing instrument is turned on Gently close battery compartment completely Replace empty battery Make sure battery is inserted ...

Page 26: ...ance This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and with RSS 210 of Industry Canada Operation is subject to the following conditions this device may not cause harmful interference and this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired opera tion This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pur...

Page 27: ...ent does cause harmful interference to radio or television recep tion which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit differ ent from that ...

Page 28: ...Directive 2003 108 EC WEEE Recycle hearing instruments batteries and ac cessories according to national regulations With the CE marking Siemens conﬁrms compliance with the European Directive 93 42 EEC concerning medical devices For the products with e2e wireless 2 0 Siemens addition ally conﬁrms compliance with the European Directive 99 5 EC R TTE concerning radio and telecommunica tions terminal ...

Page 29: ...er on delay yes no yes no Volume control yes no yes no Program button yes no Signal tones on off Low battery warning on off on off Volume control limit on off on off Volume control change on off Program Description of the program 1 2 3 4 5 Remote control Model Serial number Your hearing instrument conﬁgu ration ...

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Page 32: ...s com hearing Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH Gebbertstrasse 125 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone 49 9131 308 0 Siemens AG 12 2011 ANR Document No A91SAT 00944 99T3 7600 Order Item No 105 970 12 Printed in Germany ...

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