Arenar iBand Plus User manual

CONTENTS
IN THE BOX
IBAND+ FEATURES
Sleep Improvement
Lucid Dreaming & Sleep Meditation
Smart Alarm
GETTING STARTED
iBand+ Components
Connecting your iBand+ for the first time
Connecting to a new phone
Synchronizing your sleep data
Turning OFF Battery Optimization for iBand+ app (for Android only)
Pillow Speaker Components
Connecting the pillow speakers for the first time
EVERYDAYUSE
KNOW THE APP
TROUBLESHOOTING
SPECIFICATIONS
ATTENTION
IMPORTANT!
We strongly advise you to watch the explainer videos to get a better insight
on the iBand+ features.
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IN THE BOX
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Wireless pillow speakers
iBand+ headband
EVA hard case
Microfiber cloth
USB charging cable Free app download

iBand+ is a smart AI powered EEG brain-sensing headband. With its unique
solutions for Sleep Improvement, Lucid Dreaming and Smart Alarm, it’s a perfect
addition to improve the quality of your life.
iBand+ comes with a pair of stereo pillow speakers that go underneath your pillow
to play the application specific audio.
SLEEP IMPROVEMENT
A productive day starts with a great night’s sleep. Soothing music is one of
the oldest techniques used for meditation and relaxation. The pillow
speakers play the sounds and music to calm your mind and induce sleep
naturally. With its smart machine-learning algorithm, iBand+ tracks your
brainwaves and head movement, and intelligently adjusts the music and
the volume as you fall asleep. iBand+ detects your sleep stages and turns off
the music once you enter from the light to the deep stage of your sleep. It
then gently introduces white noise that masks distractions ensuring a
sound sleep enabling you to get optimal deep sleep.
So, in fact, you don’t need to sleep longer because you will sleep better!
And, improved sleep greatly improves the quality of your life.
Before you go to sleep, select your preferred audio from the pre-loaded
instrumental, nature, and water tones included in the iBand+ app.
You can also track your daily sleep statistics and long-term sleep trends
when you awake.
IBAND+
FEATURES
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We all sleep differently. Many factors such as age, the amount of recent
sleep or wakefulness, stress, etc. influence the brainwave characteristics
that define our sleep stages.
It is important to note that with time iBand+ will become smarter and its
sleep detection will get better and better as we continue training the
artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning algorithm with varied sleep data.

Lucid Dreams are an incredible and the most authentic VR experience, a
world unrestrained by the laws of physics!
BUT WHAT IS A LUCID DREAM?
A lucid dream is any dream in which you become aware that you are
dreaming without waking up. This self-awareness in dreams is the key to
lucid dreaming, and iBand+ is your perfect guide to achieve it!
The Sleep Meditation feature with the brainwave entrainment technique is an
excellent way to train your brain for lucid dreaming.
Brainwave entrainment is the ability of the brain to naturally synchronize
brainwaves with a steady rhythmic external stimulus like light and sound.
iBand+ sleep meditation with brainwave entrainment conditions your brain to
associate these rhythmic audio-visual stimuli with your dreams.
HOW DOES EVERYTHING WORK?
YOU WILL PROBABLY FALL ASLEEP DURING SLEEP MEDITATION, AND
THAT’S OKAY.
LUCID DREAMING & SLEEP MEDITATION
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Before you start sleep meditation, you can set the desired audio-visual
options from the iBand+ app settings. The audio list is specifically
created to include the pulsing sound embedded with the soothing
background music. The visual triggers include the selection from
rhythmic flickering of light patterns.
Lie in your bed comfortably, ready to sleep, and then start iBand+ sleep
meditation. The iBand+ will begin to play your selected audio-visual
options.
Soothing music calms your mind.
Now, visualize your recent dream or think about what you want to
dream.
Try to remember and consciously associate the pulsing sound and
flickering light with this dream. These stimuli get implanted into your
subconscious mind as the “Dream Sign”.
After about a minute or two into sleep meditation, next time when you
see or hear the “Dream Sign”, do a reality check by asking yourself “Is
this a dream?”, by either holding your breathe or trying to push your
finger into your opposite palm. If you can still breathe or your finger
goes through your palm, then you are dreaming! Don’t get too excited.
Stay calm. You are lucid dreaming!
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TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF LUCID DREAMING:
Get a restful sleep with the iBand+ “sleep improvement” feature. As the
quality of your sleep increases so does the duration of your REM sleep in the
later part of your sleep cycle. REM is where you get most dreams.
Keep a dream diary. Spend 5-10 minutes as soon as you wake up to
remember and write down your dream details in the present tense. It’s
recommended to read your dream diary before starting sleep meditation.
This will further help enhance the clarity of your dreams.
Once asleep, iBand+ senses your dream phase by monitoring variations in
your brainwaves and head movement. It then plays the “Dream Sign” that
appear as anomaly in your dream. You do a reality check and…voila, you
realize you’re in a lucid dream!
Remember, everyone is different and will learn the art of lucid
dreaming at a different pace. The iBand+ is an expert tutor - and with
your proper engagement, the iBand+ will make this process simple and
fun!

-Alarm time which is the time you wish to wake up, and
-Smart wake window which is the time frame of either 15, 20, 30, or 40
minutes before your alarm time.
iBand+ tracks your brainwaves and head movement throughout the night
and always knows exactly what part of sleep you’re in. It will trigger the
smart alarm at the optimal light sleep period during the smart wake
window.
Say Goodbye to groggy mornings with iBand+!
SMART ALARM
iBand+ has the most advanced smart alarm feature that wakes you gradually
with simulated sunlight and sounds at the most optimal period of your sleep
cycle, so you wake up refreshed every morning.
What’s the optimal period of sleep cycle for waking up and why is it
important?
A normal sleep cycle occurs in 3 broad stages: Light sleep, deep sleep
(together called as non-REM or NREM sleep), and rapid eye movement (REM)
sleep. Ideally, the body will pass between these stages several times a night.
Waking up in the lightest stage of your sleep cycle is the best!
Fixed-time alarm clock goes off at the time you set it to without considering
your sleep stage. Waking to a traditional alarm while in deep sleep may lead
to the feeling of incomplete sleep or abrupt awakening and grogginess
called as sleep inertia. This can affect your ability to perform even the
simplest daily tasks.
YOU CAN SET THE SMART ALARM FROM THE IBAND+ APP IN JUST TWO
SIMPLE STEPS:
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GETTING STARTED
IBAND+ COMPONENTS

ONLY FOR THE ANDROID USERS:
Please read this box carefully before you connect your iBand+.
While you sleep, the iBand+ app needs to stay awake to make sure
iBand+ plays the application specific triggers whenever you enter from
one sleep stage to another. Turn OFF battery optimization on your
phone for the iBand+ app. Follow the steps on pages 12 and 13.
CONNECTING YOUR IBAND+ FOR THE FIRST TIME
Turn on the Bluetooth on your phone
Download the iBand+ app from the App/Play store
Light Indicators for iBand+
When iBand+ is plugged in:
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SOLID RED LIGHT
Remains ON iBand+ is charging
Turns OFF within 15 secs iBand+ already fully charged
Turns OFF eventually iBand+ fully charged
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The headband and the pillow speakers should be fully charged
before using for the first time. Use the provided micro USB cable.

You will see a SOLID BLUE LIGHT followed by the RGB LEDs flashing,
indicating that the calibration is complete.
iBand+ is now ready to connect to the app.
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When iBand+ is turned ON:
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Open the iBand+ app on your phone. Follow the instructions on the
app and you are ready to go.
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Once iBand+ is connected to the app you will be redirected to the app
home screen.

iBand+ will automatically connect to the previously connected phone when
turned on. Before connecting your iBand+ to a new phone, remember to
first “Forget Device” on your old phone (if applicable).
CONNECTING TO A NEW PHONE
After you wake up, the first thing to do is SLIDE LEFT TO WAKE UP. This will
enable the iBand+ to synchronize your sleep data for the previous night with
the app. While doing so make sure that iBand+ is NOT turned off. You can
easily track this data in the Daily Statistics.
SYNCHRONIZING YOUR SLEEP DATA
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Whenever iBand+ is turned on the next time and you
SLIDE RIGHT TO SLEEP & DREAM you will be asked to
synchronize the “unsynced” data from the previous sleep.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY TURN OFF IBAND+ BEFORE
SYNCHRONIZING?
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE UNSYNCED DATA IS AVAILABLE ONLY
FOR THE PREVIOUS SLEEP AND NOT THE SLEEPS BEFORE
THAT. WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO SYNCHRONIZE YOUR
SLEEP DATA AS SOON AS YOU WAKE UP.
You will get a “ble connection failed” error but the data
doesn’t get lost.

FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW:
TURNING OFF BATTERY OPTIMIZATION FOR IBAND+ APP
**FOR ANDROID ONLY**
1. Go to your phone Settings -> Battery -> Battery Optimization
2. Select the iBand+ app from the All Apps list and select “Don’t optimize”.
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4. Turn Off the options in the Advanced Optimization.
3. Tap back to the Battery Optimization -> Advanced Optimization
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PILLOW SPEAKER COMPONENTS
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CONNECTING THE PILLOW SPEAKERS FOR THE FIRST TIME
Before you start, connect the wireless module to the iBand+ pillow
speakers using the AUX port.
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LED INDICATORS:
PILLOW SPEAKER WIRELESS MODULE
Hold the power button for 3 seconds to enter the pairing mode. The LED
indicator will flash blue and red.
Turn on Bluetooth on your phone. Select “iBand+ Pillow Speakers” in your
Bluetooth settings. The LED will stop flashing blue and red.
AUTOCONNECT:
The iBand+ pillow speakers will automatically connect to the previously
connected phone when turned on the next time.
Please turn on the Bluetooth function of your phone before turning on
the pillow speakers.
AUTO POWER OFF:
The pillow speakers will power off automatically within 5 minutes if not
paired with any device.
Power OFF
Ready for pairing
Paired
Low Battery
If LED is a SOLID LIGHT:
If the LED FLASHES:
Pillow speakers turned ON
Charging
Fully charged
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The headband and the pillow speakers should be fully charged
before using for the first time. Use the provided micro USB cable.

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WE ADVISE YOU TO WATCH THE “EXPLAINER VIDEOS” FOR THE
BEST USER EXPERIENCE .
Turn ON your iBand+. It will automatically connect to the paired mobile
phone.
Ensure that your iBand+ is fitted securely. Adjust the headband such that
the sensors are making contact with your skin, without being too tight.
Turn ON the pillow speakers. They will automatically connect to the
paired mobile phone. Place the pillow speakers under the pillow. Adjust
the volume that suits you the best.
Open the iBand+ app. Slide right to sleep or start with the Sleep
Meditation (auto mode) and that’s it.
Once awake don’t forget to synchronize your sleep data before turning
OFF iBand+.
LIKE ANY CHANGE IN HABITS, SLEEPING WITH IBAND+ MAY
TAKE SOME TIME TO GET USED TO. WE RECOMMEND GIVING
YOURSELF AT LEAST 10 DAYS TO GET USED TO YOUR IBAND+.
EVERYDAY
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WASHING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE HEADBAND STRAP
PROPER CARE OF IBAND+
DO NOT EXPOSE THE IBAND+ HEADBAND TO EXTREMELY
HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY.
DO NOT OPEN, DISASSEMBLE, OR ATTEMPT REPAIR.
Hand-washable in
luke warm water.
Do not tumble dry.
Do not bleach.
Do not iron.
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Once on the home page, simply tap the icons to activate/deactivate the
desired applications.
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KNOW THE
APP
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