User manual SIEMENS MUSIC PRO BEHIND-THE-EAR INSTRUMENTS

[. . . ] MUSIC Pro User Guide Behind-the-Ear Instruments s Siemens Hearing Solutions A friendly guide to your new Siemens hearing instruments Congratulations!You have decided in favour of hearing instruments from Siemens. You have taken an important step towards being able to hear better. From now on, your new hearing instruments will be your constant companions. [. . . ] Hearing program 1 2 3 4 audio shoe beeps your MUSIC Pro SP 28 Telecoil The telecoil is intended for telephone conversations and for using induction loops, e. g. In order to be able to use the telephone coil, your telephone also must be suitable for hearing instruments and emit an adequate magnetic field. It is mostly older telephones which meet these requirements. Unfortunately, modern phones, particularly cordless telephones and mobile phones, do NOT all emit a magnetic field. In these cases we recommend that you use the normal hearing programs for telephone conversations (see also pages 53/54). Pro SP Audio input program Your hearing instruments are equipped with an audio input. This enables the connection between hearing instrument and accessories. It helps you to understand better in certain hearing situations. Your hearing instrument recognises immediately when an audio shoe is fitted and diverts then automatically to pro. gram "4" You can notice this by the four beep tones . Fitting an audio shoe Open the battery compartment up to the first stop, open the flap under the push button, hook the audio shoe in from the front and press it to the rear into the detent on the inner curved piece. 29 Switching off instrument with audio shoe Press the audio shoe to the rear, up to the first stop. Removing the audio shoe Press the audio shoe to the front, unhook the audio shoe and close the flap again. Safety instructions for hearing instruments with audio input The audio input may be connected to line-operated equipment only if this fulfils at least the safety requirements of IEC 65 / DIN VDE 0860. Battery compartment lock Your instruments are equipped with a battery compartment lock. This is intended to prevent the unintentional removal of batteries from their compartment, such as by small children. To lock the battery compartment open the battery compartment up to the first stop. Push the slide in the battery compartment to the right with a suitable tool. To unlock the battery compartment again, open the battery compartment up to the first stop. Push the slide in the battery compartment to the left with a suitable tool. If you feel you cannot do this yourself, your hearing instrument specialist will be pleased to help you. 30 MUSIC Pro Dir Description of the MUSIC Pro Dir hearing instrument Battery changing Safety notes for batteries How to switch your instrument on/off Setting the loudness Program button Telecoil Audio input program Battery compartment lock Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 ProDir Page 35/36 Applicable to all MUSIC Pro Dir instruments How to insert your ear mould Handling batteries Notes for cleaning and care How to solve some failures yourself Hearing training made easy Page Page Page Page Page 42 44 45 47 48 51 31 The best way to handle your hearing instruments Page Description of the MUSIC Pro Dir hearing instrument Microphone openings Volume Control Programming socket Program button with on/off function Battery compartment with on/off function and lock For your instrument you will need Battery Type 13. 32 Battery changing You should always pull off the protective foil only if you actually use the battery. ProDir Open the battery compartment Insert the battery Close the battery compartment When inserting the battery please pay attention to the plus side on the battery. The plus (+) side of the battery is always the smooth side. You can recognise the minus (­) side by the coloured ring. You should always keep spare batteries at hand. If you feel you cannot change the battery yourself, ask someone to help you: a family member, friend or your hearing instrument specialist. 33 The batteries last from a few days up to several weeks according to the way they are used. You can recognise when a change of batteries becomes necessary, because your hearing instruments become noticeably quieter towards the end of the battery's life. Two warning tones sound once per minute indicating that you must insert a new battery. 1 min. Your hearing instrument specialist can switch off the warning tones if required. Safety notes for batteries WARNING Keep batteries away from children! [. . . ] You've become much more familiar with the sounds in your daily environment. As an exercise read out aloud and concentrate on your own voice. 4th step Learn to understand the voices of others Wear the instrument when you speak with someone in your family. Explain your new situation and ask the person you're talking to to speak at a normal conversational level. Exercise: Have sentences read out to you and repeat these sentences. 5th step Get used to conversations in a group Conversation in a group of people speaking among themselves is one of the most difficult hearing situations. [. . . ]