Siemens Pure 500 - User Manual

General notes on safety 7 NOTICE Your hearing instruments are sensitive to extreme heat, high humidity, strong magnetic fi elds (> 0.1T), X-rays and mechanical stress. Do not expose your hearing instruments to extreme temperature or high humidity. Do not leave them in direct sunlight. Do not wear ...

General notes on safety 8 WARNING Hazard of explosion! Do not use your hearing instruments in areas where there is a danger of explosions (e.g. min-ing). NOTICE Leaking batteries damage the hearing instruments. Turn the hearing instruments off when not in use to preserve the battery. Remove batterie...

Handling of standard and rechargeable batteries 9 original size Always use the right size of batteries. Charge the rechargeable batteries before fi rst use. Remove the tab on standard batteries only when you are ready to use them. The positive (+) side of the batteries is always the smooth side. Alwa...

Handling of standard and rechargeable batteries 10 Inserting the battery Open the battery compartment com-pletely using your fi ngernail as shown in the illustration. Insert the proper size battery.Make sure that the "+" symbol on the battery points up as shown in the picture Close the batter...

Handling of standard and rechargeable batteries 11 Removing the battery 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 remo...

Inserting and removing your hearing instrument 12 For side recognition ask your Hearing Care Professional to apply colored markers in the bat-tery compartment. If the marker in the battery compartment is in red, the hearing instrument is intended for the right ear. If the marker is in blue, the hear...

Turning your hearing instrument on and off 14 Power-on delay Your hearing instrument is equipped with a "power-on delay" feature which can be activated by your Hearing Care Professional. This allows you to turn the hearing instrument on with an automatic delay of 6, 12 or 18 seconds, so that...

Changing the hearing program 15 Via push button Press the push button.The hearing instrument changes to the next program. Via remote control Refer to the remote control user guide. Changing the hearing program

Changing the volume 16 The volume of your hearing instruments is controlled automatically and there is no need to manually adjust it. Should you prefer manual volume control, your Hearing Care Professional can program the hearing instrument for manual adjustment. Automatic The volume is adjusted aut...

Functionalities 17 Your Hearing Care Professional can activate the following functionalities. e2e wireless function ■ Allows the use of a remote control. ■ Automatically adjusts both hearing instruments simultaneously to change the instrument set-tings, e.g. volume or program. The performance of the...

Maintenance and care 18 Your hearing instruments are highly sensitive systems. Proper care and handling will ensure the best possible performance. Clean instruments regularly to prevent damage to the hearing instruments and to avoid health problems. NOTICE Do not put the hearing instruments in water...

Maintenance and care 19 Domes and receiver molds CAUTION Risk of injury caused by incorrect use of receiver unit and domes/receiver molds. Always wear the receiver unit with a dome or receiver mold. Make sure that the dome/receiver mold is com-pletely attached to the receiver unit. If the dome/recei...

Maintenance and care 20 Your hearing instruments have one of the following ear pieces: Single dome Double dome Receiver mold Cleaning domes and receiver molds Cerumen (ear wax) on the dome/ receiver mold affects sound quality. Clean domes/ receiver molds right after taking the hearing instruments of...

Maintenance and care 21 Exchanging domes The packaging of your dome has a slot on one side to remove the dome from the receiver. Insert the receiver into the slot of the dome packaging. Hold the dome tight while tilting the receiver towards the packag-ing (refer to the picture). Click the tip of the...

Maintenance and care 22 Exchanging double domes Remove the used double dome from the receiver. Tilt the double dome to get it off the receiver. Click the tip of the receiver unit into a new double dome. Exchanging receiver molds Ask your Hearing Care Professional for assistance. Wax guards A wax gua...

Maintenance and care 23 Exchanging the receiver unit The receiver unit can be changed as needed by your Hearing Care Professional. If you need to replace the receiver unit by yourself follow these directions carefully. Turn receiver unit 45° counterclock-wise. Remove receiver unit. Join hearing inst...

Accessories 24 Charger (not for all hearing instrument types) Your hearing instruments work with standard or rechargeable bat-teries. With the easy-to-use charger you can charge the rechargeable batteries for one or two hearing instruments. After just 6 hours of charging, the charger shuts itself of...

Troubleshooting 27 Problem Possible solution Sound is weak Replace empty battery.Clean dome/ receiver mold.Exchange microphone cover.Increase volume. Hearing instrument emits whistling sounds Reinsert dome/receiver mold until it fi ts securely.Decrease volume.Clean dome/receiver mold. Sound is distor...

Technical information 28 Siemens Pure 700, Pure 500, Pure 300Siemens Pure 701, Pure 501, Pure 301Siemens Pure SE 701, Pure SE 501FCC ID: SGI-WL002BTEIC: 267AB-WL002Operating frequencies: F c =3.28 MHz N14203 This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Changes or modifi cations not...

Disposal information 30 Within the European Union, the marked equip-ment is covered by "Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Paliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronical equipment." Amended by "Directive 2003/108/EC" (WEEE). Recycle hearing ins...