Philips HearLink miniRite User manual

User Guide
miniRITE
HearLink
Receiver
in-the-Ear
Hearing Aids
miniRITE
HearLink
Receiver
in-the-Ear
Hearing Aids

Model overview
This booklet is valid for the following hearing aid
families and models:
To be lled out by your hearing care professional.
■HearLink 9010 MNR – HL 9010 MNR (HER9010)
GTIN: 05714464002818
■HearLink 7010 MNR– HL 7010 MNR (HER7010)
GTIN: 05714464002801
■HearLink 5010 MNR– HL 5010 MNR (HER5010)
GTIN: 05714464002795
■HearLink 3010 MNR– HL 3010 MNR (HER3010)
GTIN: 05714464003631
■HearLink 2010 MNR– HL 2010 MNR (HER2010)
GTIN: 05714464003648
with NFMI and 2.4 GHz radio functionality.
The following acoustic options are available for
the above families:
■60-Speaker
■85-Speaker
■100-Speaker (power aid)
■100-Speaker with Power Mold (power aid)
■105-Speaker with Power Mold (power aid)

Your individual hearing aid
settings
Settings overview for your hearing aid
Left Right
nYes nNo Volume Control nYes nNo
nYes nNo Program Button nYes nNo
nYes nNo Mute nYes nNo
Volume Control indicators
nOn nO Beeps at min/max
volume nOn nO
nOn nO Clicks when changing
volume nOn nO
nOn nO Beeps at preferred
volume nOn nO
Battery indicators
nOn nO Low battery warning nOn nO

Warranty certicate
Name of owner:
Hearing care professional:
Hearing care professional address:
Hearing care professional phone:
Purchase date:
Warranty period: Month:
Model right: Serial no.:
Model left: Serial no.:

International warranty
Your hearing aid is covered by an international
limited warranty issued by the manufacturer.
This limited warranty covers manufacturing and
material defects in the hearing aid itself, but
not in accessories such as batteries, tubing,
speakers, earpieces and lters, etc. Problems
arising from improper/incorrect handling or
care, excessive use, accidents, repairs made by
an unauthorized party, exposure to corrosive
conditions, physical changes in your ear, damage
due to foreign objects entering the device or
incorrect adjustments are NOT covered by the
limited warranty and may void it. Under this
warranty, the manufacturer will choose, at its
sole discretion, whether to repair the hearing
aid, or replace it with an equivalent model. The
above warranty does not aect any legal rights
that you might have under applicable national
legislation governing the sale of consumer goods.
Your hearing care professional may have issued
a warranty that goes beyond the clauses of this
limited warranty. Please consult him/her for
further information.
If you need service
Take your hearing aid to your hearing care
professional, who may be able to solve minor
problems and make adjustments immediately.

Introduction to this booklet
This booklet guides you on how to use and
maintain your new hearing aid. Ensure you
read this booklet carefully, including the
Warnings section. This will help you get the
most benet from your hearing aid.
Your hearing care professional has adjusted
the hearing aids to meet your needs. If you
have additional questions, contact your
hearing care professional.
A hearing care professional* (hearing aid
professional, audiologist, ENT (ear, nose and
throat) doctor, and hearing aid dispenser) is a
person who is appropriately educated and has
proven competency in professionally assessing
hearing, selecting, tting, and delivering
hearing instruments and rehabilitation care to
persons with hearing loss.
The education of the hearing care
professional is in accordance with national or
regional regulations.
More information is available on
hearingsolutions.philips.com.
* The job title may vary from country to country.

Intended use
Intended use The hearing aid is intended to
amplify and transmit sound to
the ear.
Indications for use Bilateral or unilateral impaired
hearing of sensorineural,
conductive, or mixed type
ranging from a slight (16 dB HL*)
to profound (95 dB HL*) degree
of hearing loss, with an individual
frequency conguration.
Intended user Person with hearing loss using a
hearing aid and their caregivers.
Hearing care professional
responsible for adjusting the
hearing aid.
Intended user group Adults and children older than
36 months.
Use environment Indoor and outdoor.
Contraindications Not suitable for infants below
36 months. Users of active
implants must pay special
attention when using the hearing
aid. For more information read
the Warnings section.
Clinical benets The hearing aid is designed
to provide better speech
understanding to help ease
communication with the aim of
improving quality of life.
* As specied by the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, asha.org, using pure-tone average of 0.5, 1 and 2 kHz

Important notice
The hearing aid amplication is uniquely
adjusted and optimized to your personal
hearing capabilities during the hearing
aid tting performed by your hearing care
professional.

Table of contents
Identify your hearing aid, speaker, and
earpiece 13
Your hearing aid – What it is 15
What it does 16
Identify left and right hearing aid 17
Battery (size 312) 18
MultiTool for handling batteries
and cleaning 19
Turn the hearing aid ON and OFF 20
When to replace a battery 21
Replace the battery 22
Put on the hearing aid 24
Caring for your hearing aid 25
Standard earpieces:
dome or Grip Tip 27
Replace dome or Grip Tip 28
ProWax miniFit lter 29
Replace ProWax miniFit lter 30

Customized earpieces: Micro Mold,
Lite Tip, or Power Mold 31
Clean Micro Mold, Lite Tip,
or Power Mold 32
Replace ProWax lter 33
Flight mode 34
Optional features and accessories 35
Change volume (optional) 36
Change program (optional) 37
Mute the hearing aid (optional) 39
Quick reset 40
Using hearing aid with iPhone, iPad,
and iPod touch 41
Pairing hearing aid
with iPhone 42
Re-connect your hearing aid(s)
to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch 45
Philips HearLink app 46
Wireless accessories (optional) 48
General Warnings 50

Troubleshooting guide 58
Water & dust resistance 60
Conditions of use 61
Technical information 62

13
Identify your hearing aid,
speaker, and earpiece
Speakers
miniRITE hearing aid comes with three
dierent speakers:
Ear grip
(optional)
Speaker
(60-Speaker shown)
■60-Speaker ■85-Speaker ■100-Speaker

14
Earpieces
The speaker uses one of the following
earpieces:
Power Mold speakers
■Dome (Open Dome shown)*
■Grip Tip*
■VarioTherm®Micro Mold or Lite Tip
■Micro Mold or Lite Tip
■100-Speaker
■105-Speaker
* Please see details for replacing the dome or Grip Tip
in section: “Replace dome or Grip Tip”.
VarioTherm®is a registered trademark of Dreve.

15
Your hearing aid – What it is
Ear grip
(optional)
Battery drawer
Speaker
(60-Speaker shown)
Microphone openings
Program Button
Wax lter

16
What it does
Change program and
volume, and mute
the hearing aid
Contains the battery.
Battery drawer
is also the on/o
switch.
Holds the
speaker in place
Sound in
Sound out
Wax
protection
of speaker

17
Identify left and right
hearing aid
It is important to distinguish between the left
and the right hearing aid as they might be
programmed dierently. You can nd left/right
color indicators in the battery drawer, on 60-
and 85-Speakers. Indicators can also be found
on 100-Speakers and some earpieces.
A RED indicator marks the
RIGHT hearing aid
A BLUE indicator marks the
LEFT hearing aid

18
Battery (size 312)
Your hearing aid is a miniature electronic
device that runs on special batteries. To
activate the hearing aid, you must insert a
new battery in the battery drawer. See how in
the “Replace the battery” section.
Battery
drawer
Pull out to open
Make sure the plus
is visible

19
Brush
Wire loop
Magnet
MultiTool for handling
batteries and cleaning
The MultiTool contains a magnet which makes
it easier to replace the battery in the hearing
aid. It also contains a brush and a wire loop
for cleaning and removing ear wax from your
earpiece. If you need a new MultiTool, please
contact your hearing care professional.
Important notice
The MultiTool has a built-in magnet.
Keep the MultiTool at least 30 centimeters
(1 foot) away from credit cards and other
magnetically sensitive devices.

20
Turn ON
Close the battery drawer
with the battery in place.
Turn the hearing aid
ON and OFF
The battery drawer is used to switch the
hearing aid on and o. To save battery life,
make sure your hearing aid is switched o
when you are not wearing it.
Turn OFF
Open the battery drawer.