Philips TAH4205BK/00 User Manual

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TAH4205

User manual

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Contents

1 Important safety instructions 2

Hearing Safety 2
General information 2

2 Your Bluetooth over-ear
headphones 3

What's in the box 3
Other devices 3
Overview of your Bluetooth
wireless headset 4

3 Get started 5

Charge the battery 5
Pair the headphones with your
mobile phone 5

4 Use your headphones 6

Connect the headphones to a
Bluetooth device 6
Manage your calls and music 6

5 Technical data 8

6 Notice 9

Declaration of conformity 9
Disposal of your old product
and battery 9
Remove the integrated battery 9
Compliance with EMF 9
Environmental information 10
Notice of compliance 10

7 Trademarks 11

7 Frequently asked questions 12

1 Important

General information

safety

instructions

Hearing Safety

Danger

 To avoid hearing damage, limit the time you use

headphones at high volume and set the volume to
a safe level. The louder the volume, the shorter the
safe listening time is.

Be sure to observe the following guidelines
when using your headset.

• Listen at reasonable volumes for

reasonable periods of time.

• Be careful not to adjust the volume

continuously upwards as your hearing
adapts.

• Do not turn up the volume so high that

you can't hear what's around you.

• You should use caution or temporarily

discontinue use in potentially hazardous
situations.

• Excessive sound pressure from earphones

and headphones can cause hearing loss.

• Using headphones with both ears

covered while driving is not recommend­ed and may be illegal in some areas while
driving.

• For your safety, avoid distractions from

music or phone calls while in traffic or
other potentially dangerous environ­ments.

To avoid damage or malfunction:

Caution

 Do not expose headphones to excessive heat
 Do not drop your headphones.
 Headphones shall not be exposed to dripping or

splashing.

 Do not allow your headphones to be submerged in

water.

 Do not use any cleaning agents containing alcohol,

ammonia, benzene, or abrasives.

 If cleaning is required use a soft doth, if necessary

dampened with a minimum amount of water or
diluted mild soap, to clean the product.

 The integrated battery shall not be exposed to

excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like.

 Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.

Replace only with the same or equivalent type.

About operating and storage
temperatures and humidity

• Operate or store in a place where

temperature is between -10°C (14°F) and

60°C (140 °F) (up to 90% relative

humidity.

• Battery life may be shorter in high or

low temperature conditions.

2 Your Bluetooth

over-ear
headphones

Congratulations on your purchase, and
welcome to Philips! To fully benefit from the
support that Philips offers, register your
product at www.philips.com/welcome.
With this Philips over-ear headphones, you
can:

• enjoy convenient wireless

handsfree calls;

• enjoy and control wireless music;

• switch between calls and music.

What's in the box

Quick start guide

Other devices

A mobile phone or device (e.g. notebook,
PAD, Bluetooth adapters, MP3 players etc)
which supports Bluetooth and is compatible
to the headset (see 'Technical data' ).

Philips Bluetooth over-ear headphones Philips
TAH4205

USB charging cable (for charging only)

Overview of your Bluetooth
wireless headset

1

2

3

4

Microphone

Bass boost

Music/call/Track control button/volume

LED indicator

USB Type C charging slot

(Power on / off / Pairing)

6

6

5

3 Get started

Charge the battery

Note

 Before you use your headset for the first time, place

the headsets in the charging case and charge the
battery for 3 hours for optimum battery capacity and
lifetime.

 Use only the original USB charging cable to avoid

any damage.

 Finish your call before charging the headset, as

connecting the headset for charging will power the
headset off.

Pair the headphones with
your mobile phone

Before you use the headphones with your
mobile phone for the first time, pair it with a
mobile phone. A successful pairing establishes
a unique encrypted link between the
headphones and mobile phone. The
headphones store the last 8 devices in the
memory. If you try to pair more than 8 devices,
the earliest paired device is replaced by the
new one.

Make sure that the headphones are fully
charged and turned off.

Press and hold for 6 seconds until the

blue and white LED flashes alternately.

Connect the supplied USB charging cable to:

• The Type - C USB charging slot on the

headphones and;

• The charger/USB port of a computer.

LED turns white during charging and

turns off when the headphones in
fully charged.

Tip

 Normally, a full charge takes 2 hours.

The headphone remain in
pairing mode for 5 minutes.

Make sure that the mobile phone is
turned on and its Bluetooth feature is
activated.

Pair the headphones with the mobile
phone. For detailed information, refer to
the user manual of your mobile phone.

The following example shows you how to pair
the headphones with your mobile phone.

Activate the Bluetooth feature of your
mobile phone, select Philips TAH4205

Philips TAH4205

4 Use your

headset

Manage your calls and music

On/off

Connect the headset to your
Bluetooth device

Turn on your mobile phone/ Bluetooth
device.

Press and hold the on/off button for 2
seconds to turn heaphones on.

The white LED will turn on .

The headphones are reconnected to
the last connected mobile phone/
Bluetooth device automatically.

Tip

 If you turn on the mobile phone/Bluetooth device or

activate the Bluetooth feature after turning on the
headphones, you have to reconnect the headphones
and mobile phone/ Bluetooth device manually.

Note

 If the headphones fail to connect to last connected

Bluetooth device within range in 5 minutes, it will
change to pairing mode, then will switch off
automatically if it’s still not connected to any
Bluetooth device 5 minutes later.

 If the headphone has no any connection history and

doesn’t connect any Bluetooth device whith 5
minutes, it will switch off automatically.

Task
Turn the

headphones
on.

Turn the
headphones
off.

Music control

Task
Play or pause
music.

Adjust volume.

Next track.

Previous track.

Call control

Task
Pick up/ hang

up a call.

Button

On/off

On/off

Button
music/call
control

Button

music/
call control

Operation
Press and hold for

2 seconds.

Press and hold for
3 seconds.

The white

LED is on

and fades
out.

Operation
Press once.

Press to +/­Press to +

twice.

Press to -

twice.

Operation
Press once.

Switch caller
during a call.

music/­call
control

Press and
hold for 2
seconds.

Other headphones indicator status

Headphones status
The headphones are

connected
to a Bluetooth
device, while the
headphones in
standby mode
or while you are
listening to music.
The headphones are
ready for pairing.

The headphones are
on but not connected
to a Bluetooth device.

Low battery level. The white LED flash 4

Battery is fully
charged.

Indicator

The blue LED will

flash every 7.5s .

The LED flashes blue

and white alternately.

The Blue LED flashes

slowly.
If no connection
can be made, the
headphones will turn
itself off within 5
minutes.

times per second
until it is out of power

White LED is off.

5 Technical data

Headset

Music time: 29 hours (Bass Boost off)
Talk time: 21hours
Standby time: 166 hours
Charging time: 2 hours
Rechargeable lithium polymer battery
(250 mAh)
Bluetooth version: 5.0
Compatible Bluetooth profiles:

• HFP (Hands-Free Profile)

• A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution

Profile)

• AVRCP (Audio Video Remote Control

Profile)
Supported audio codec: SBC
Frequency range: 2.402-2.480 GHz
Transmitter power: < 10 dBm
Operating range: Up to 10 meters (33
feet)
Digital echo & noise reduction
Auto power off
Type-C USB port for charging
Supports SBC

Low battery warning: available

Note

 Specifications are subject to change without notice.

6 Notice

Declaration of conformity

Hereby, MMD Hong Kong Holding Limited

declares that this product is in compliance with
the essential requirements and other relevant
provisions of Directive 2014/53/EU. You can find
the Declaration of Conformity on
www.p4c.philips.com.

Disposal of your old product
and battery

Your product is designed and manufactured
with high quality materials and components,
which can be recycled and reused.

This symbol on a product means that the
product is covered by European Directive
2012/19/EU.

This symbol means that the product contains
a built-in rechargeable battery covered by
European Directive 2013/56/EU which cannot
be disposed of with normal household waste.
We strongly advise you to take your product
to an official collection point or a Philips
service centre to have a professional remove
the rechargeable battery.
Inform yourself about the local separate
collection system for electrical and electronic
products and rechargeable batteries. Follow
local rules and never dispose of the product
and rechargeable batteries with normal
household waste. Correct disposal of old
products and rechargeable batteries helps
prevent negative consequences for the
environment and human health.

Remove the integrated battery

If there is no collection/recycling system for
electronic products in your country, you can
protect the environment by removing and
recycling the battery before disposing the
headphones.

• Make sure the headset is disconnected

from the charging case before removing
the battery.

Compliance with EMF

This product complies with all applicable
standards and regulations regarding
exposure to electromagnetic fields.

Environmental information

All unnecessary packaging has been omitted.
We have tried to make the packaging easy to
separate into three materials: cardboard (box),
polystyrene foam (buffer) and polyethylene
(bags, protective foam sheet.)
Your system consists of materials which can
be recycled and reused if disassembled by a
specialized company. Please observe the local
regulations regarding the disposal of
packaging materials, exhausted batteries and
old equipment.

Notice of compliance

The device complies with the FCC rules, Part

15. Operation is subject to the following two

conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful
interference, and

2. This device must accept any
interference received, including
interference that may cause
undesired operation.

FCC rules

This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reason­able protection against harmful interference
in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instruction
manual, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or

television reception, 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 equipment
and receiver
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a
circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced

radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation
exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled
environment.
This transmitter must not be co-located or

operating in conjunction with any other

antenna or transmitter.

Caution:

modifications not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void
the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Canada:

This device contains licence-exempt transmit­ter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation,
Science and Economic Development Canada’s

licence- exempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to

the following two conditions: (1) this device
may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
This device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation of the device.
CAN ICES-3(B)/NMB-3(B)

IC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with Canada
radiation exposure limits set forth for
uncontrolled environments.
This transmitter must not be co-located or

operating in conjunction with any other

antenna or transmitter.

The user is cautioned that changes or

7 Trademarks

Bluetooth

The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are
registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth
SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Top

Victory Investment Limited is under license.

Other trademarks and trade names are those
of their respective owners.

8 Frequently

asked questions

My Bluetooth headset does not turn on.

The battery level is low. Charge the headset.

I cannot pair my Bluetooth headset with my
Bluetooth device.

The Bluetooth is disabled. Enable the Bluetooth
feature on your Bluetooth device and turn on
the Bluetooth device before you turn on the
headset.

How to reset pairing.

Let headphone stay in pairing mode (red and

blue lights flash alternately), push the power
button up to + and hold more than 6 seconds

until purple LED light on.

I hear but cannot control music on my Bluetooth
device (e.g. play/pause/skip forward/backward).

Make sure the Bluetooth audio source supports

AVRCP (see ‘Technical data’).

The volume level of the headset is too low.

Some Bluetooth devices cannot link the volume
level with the headset through volume sync. In

this case, you have to adjust the volume on your

Bluetooth device independently to achieve an
appropriate volume level.

The Bluetooth device cannot find the headset.

• The headset may be connected to a

previously paired device. Turn off the
connected device or move it out of
range.

• Pairing may have been reset or the

headset has been previously paired
with another device. Pair the headset
with the Bluetooth device again as
described in the user manual. (see

‘Pair the headset with your Bluetooth

device at the first time’ on page 6).

My Bluetooth headset is connected to a
Bluetooth stereo enabled mobile phone, but
music only plays on the mobile phone speaker.

Refer to the user manual of your mobile phone.
Select to listen to music through the headset.

The audio quality is poor and crackling noise can
be heard.

• The Bluetooth device is out of range.

Reduce the distance between your
headset and Bluetooth device, or
remove obstacles between them.

• Charge your headset.

The audio quality is poor when streaming from
the mobile phone is very slow, or audio streaming
does not work at all.

Make sure your mobile phone not only supports
(mono) HFP but alos supports A2DP and is

BT4.0x (or higher) compatible (see ‘Technical

data’ ).

For further support, visit www.philips.com/support.

Este equipamento não tem direito à proteção contra interferência prejudicial e
não pode causar interferência em sistemas devidamente autorizados.
Este produto está homologado pela ANATEL, de acordo com os procedimentos
regulamentados pela Resolução 242/2000, e atende aos requisitos técnicas
aplicados. Para maiores informações, consulte a site da ANATEL:
www.anatel.gov.br

Philips and the Philips Shield Emblem are registered trademarks of Koninklijke
Philips N.V. and are used under license. This product has been manufactured by and
is sold under the responsibility of MMD Hong Kong Holding Limited or one of its
affiliates, and MMD Hong Kong Holding Limited is the warrantor in relation to this

product.

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