Opticon epoq cic, epoq mic, epoq itc, epoq ite Instruction Manual
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
CIC, MIC, ITC, ITE
Thank you
Thank you for choosing our product as your means to better hearing.
To support your efforts, we have put great care and attention into making sure that your
new hearing instruments are of the highest quality and that they are easy to use and
maintain.
We recommend that you read this manual carefully to achieve the maximum benefit of
your new hearing instruments.
Congratulations on your decision to actively improve your hearing with today’s most
advanced hearing technology in the market.
Contents
Instrument View CIC/MIC 5
Instrument View ITC 7
Instrument View ITE 9
Turning your instruments ON and OFF 11
Inserting your hearing instruments 12
Programs (Optional) 13
Standby 16
Volume Control (Optional for ITE only) 17
Changing batteries 20
Telecoil (Optional) 23
Auto Phone (Optional) 24
Daily care of your hearing instruments 26
Using your hearing instrument 32
Common problems and their solutions 39
Warranty Certificate 42
Warnings Yellow Pages
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Please familiarise yourself with the entire contents of this booklet before using your
hearing instru ments. It contains instructions and important informa tion about the use
and handling of your hearing instru ments and batteries.
Instrument View CIC/MIC
Microphone opening
Battery door
Ventilation opening
Sound outlet + wax
protection system
Ventilation opening
Battery size: 10
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Instrument View ITC
Battery size: 312
Microphone
openings
Battery door Ventilation opening
Ventilation opening
Sound outlet + wax
protection system
Push-button
(Optional)
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Open the battery compartment fully to allow air to circulate whenever you are not
using your hearing instrument, especially at night!
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Open the battery compartment fully to allow air to circulate whenever you are not
using your hearing instrument, especially at night!
Battery size: 312
Instrument View ITE
Microphone
openings
Push-button
(Optional)
Volume Control Wheel
(Optional)
Battery door
Ventilation opening
Sound outlet + wax
protection system
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Turning your instruments ON and OFF
Turn ON your hearing instrument by closing the battery door
completely with the battery in place.
When the battery door is closed the instrument will start up
by playing a jingle. This indicates that the battery is working
and the instrument is operating.
Turn OFF your hearing instrument by opening the battery
door with your finger nail.
To preserve the battery, make sure your hearing instrument
is switched off when you are not wearing it.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Open the battery compartment fully to allow air to circulate whenever you are not
using your hearing instrument, especially at night!
OFF
ON
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Inserting your hearing instruments
Place the tip of the hearing instrument in your ear canal.
Gently pull down your earlobe and push the hearing
instrument into the ear canal, twisting slightly if necessary, following the natural contour of the ear canal.
DO NOT use the battery door as a handle to insert or
remove your instruments. It is not designed for this
purpose.
Programs (Optional)
Your hearing instruments may have a push-button for switching between different
programs.
Push briefly on the button to switch to the next programme.
A push will go forwards in the programme cycle e.g from
P1->P2. When the highest numbered programme is reached,
the cycle starts from programme one again.
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Your hearing instrument can have up to 4 different programs.
When switching between the different programs, your hearing instrument will beep.
The number of beeps will indicate which program you are using.
One beep, when you switch to programme 1
Two beeps, when you switch to programme 2
Three beeps, when you switch to programme 3
Four beeps, when you switch to programme 4
Below you can see a description of the programs available in your hearing instrument.
Prg. 1: __________________________________
Prg. 2: __________________________________
Prg. 3: __________________________________
Prg. 4: __________________________________
Using 2 instruments
For ease of use, the push button can be programmed to change to the equivalent
program in the other instrument also, by using the wireless communication between the
instruments. This is referred as binaural interchange.
Binaural Interchange enabled.
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Standby
If your hearing instrument has a push-button, push the button for a minimum of 3 seconds
to set the instrument in standby mode.
To reactivate the instrument, push the button brieftly again.
Use the standby function if you need to silence the instrument.
Volume Control (Optional for ITE only)
Your ITE instrument may have a Volume Control wheel. The Volume Control wheel can be
turned with the tip of a finger and can be rotated infinitely both ways.
PUSH
3 sec
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Do not use the stand-by function as a switch off as the
hearing aid still draws current from the battery in this mode.
Volume
Control Wheel
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