Siemens BTE 32 User Manual

Nitro BTE

User Guide

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Introduction

Dear customer,

Congratulations! You have selected a hearing instrument

from Siemens. This hearing instrument was individually

designed for your hearing impairment and is fitted

specially 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 any further questions, please contact your

Hearing Care Professional.

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Contents

Your Nitro hearing instrument 6

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Intended use 7

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General notes on safety 8

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Handling batteries 10

Low battery indicato

- r

Inserting the batter

- y

Removing the batter

- y

Inserting and removing your hearing instrument 13

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Inserting your hearing instrumen

- t

Removing your hearing instrumen

- t

Turning your hearing instrument on and off 14

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Via push butto

- n

Via volume contro

- l

Via remote contro

- l

Power-on dela

- y

Checking the hearing instrument's performance

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Changing the hearing program 16

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Via push butto

- n

Via remote contro

- l

Changing the volume 17

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Via volume contro

- l

Via remote contro

- l

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Audio input 18

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Attaching the audio sho

- e

Removing the audio sho

- e

Telephoning 20

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AutoPhone

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Manual telephone progra

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e2e wireless 2.0 22

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Maintenance and care 23

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Accessories 24

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SafeFit Ki

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Remote contro

- l

Tek wireless enhancemen

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Troubleshooting tips 27

Technical information 29

Disposal information 31

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function

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Your hearing instrument configuration 32

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Your Nitro hearing instrument

Nitro SP

(battery type: 675)

③

①

⑤

⑨

① Earhook
② Battery compartment
③ Microphone openings
④ Audio input
⑤ Volume control with

on/off function
⑥ Program button with
on/off function

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⑦
⑧

⑥
④

②

⑦ LED
⑧ Cover for program-

ming socket
⑨ Typeplates

red = right hearing
instrument
blue = left hearing
instrument

Intended use

Hearing instruments are intended to improve the hearing
of hearing impaired persons. Diagnosis and prescription
of a hearing instrument must be performed by hearing
health specialists, e.g. ENT doctors, audiologists or acou­sticians.

Read and follow the instructions of this user guide to
avoid injuries or damage to the hearing instruments.

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.

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Advice and tips on how to handle your
hearing instruments better.

Instruction. Indicates that something has
to be done.

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General notes on safety

NOTICE

Your hearing instruments are sensitive to extreme heat,
high humidity, strong magnetic fields (> 0.1T), X-rays and
mechanical stress.

X

Do not expose your hearing instruments to extreme
temperature or high humidity.

X

Do not leave them in direct sunlight.
Do not wear your hearing instruments in the shower or X
when you apply make-up, perfume, aftershave, hair­spray or suntan lotion.

X

Do not wear your hearing instruments when you are
exposed to short-waves, a strong magnetic field, a high
frequency field or X-rays.

X

Do not place your hearing instruments in a microwave
oven.

WARNING

Choking hazard posed by small parts.

X

Keep hearing instruments, batteries and accessories
out of children‘s reach.

X

If swallowed consult a physician or hospital immedi­ately.

X

If small children or mentally disabled persons need to
wear hearing instruments ensure adequate
supervision.

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General notes on safety

In some countries restrictions for the usage of wireless
equipment exist.

X

Refer to local authorities for further information.

NOTICE for batteries

Leaking batteries damage the hearing instruments.

X

Remove batteries when the hearing instruments are
not in use for a prolonged period of time.

X

Turn your hearing instruments off when not in use to
preserve the battery.

WARNING

Risk in explosive environments, e.g. mining areas!

X

Don't use your hearing instruments (and remote con­trol) in areas where there is a danger of explosions.

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Handling batteries

Use standard batteries in your hearing in- X
struments.

X

Always use the right size batteries.

original size

Remove the tab on your X
batteries only when you
are ready to use them.

X

The positive (+) side of the batteries is always the
smooth side.

X

Always keep spare batteries with you.

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 amplifica­tion power, replace the battery.

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Handling batteries

Inserting the battery

Open the battery compartment X
completely using your fingernail as
shown in the illustration.

Insert the proper size battery so that

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the "+" symbol on the battery aligns
with the "+" marked on the battery
compartment.

X

Close the battery compartment by
gently pressing the bottom of the door
upward with your finger tip.
Do not force the door shut. If it does
not close easily, check to see if the bat­tery was inserted properly.

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When the battery door is completely
closed, your hearing instrument is ready
for use.

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