Siemens Nitro BTE User manual

Nitro BTE
User Guide

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Content
Content
Your Nitro hearing instrument 4
Intended use 5
General notes on safety 6
Handling batteries 9
Inserting and removing your hearing instrument 12
Turning your hearing instrument on and off 13
Changing the hearing program 15
Changing the volume 16
Audio input 17
Telephoning 19
e2e wireless 2.0 21
Maintenance and care 22
Accessories 23
Troubleshooting tips 25
Technical information 26
Disposal information 28
Your hearing instrument configuration 29

Introduction
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Dear customer,
Congratulations! You have selected a hearing instrument
from Siemens. This hearing instrument was individually
designed for your hearing impairment and is fitted spe-
cially 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 further questions, please contact your Hearing
Care Professional.
Introduction

Your Nitro hearing instrument
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Nitro SP
(battery type: 675)
① Earhook
② Microphone openings
③ Volume control with
on/off function
④ LED
⑤ Cover for program-
ming socket
⑥ Program button with on/off
function
⑦ Audio input
⑧ Battery compartment
⑨ Typeplates
red = right hearing instru-
ment
blue = left hearing instrument
Your Nitro hearing instrument

Intended use
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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 and to protect the hearing instruments from
damage.
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.
Advice and tips on how to handle your device
better.
Instruction. Indicates that something has to be
done.
Indicates an option that not every hearing
instrument has. Ask your Hearing Care Profes-
sional to check off the relevant information.
Intended use

General notes on safety
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NOTICE
Your hearing instruments are sensitive to extreme
heat, high humidity, strong magnetic fields
(> 0.1T), X-rays and mechanical stress.
Do not expose your hearing instruments to
extreme temperature or high humidity.
Do not leave them in direct sunlight.
Do not wear them in the shower or when you
apply make-up, perfume, aftershave, hairspray
or suntan lotion.
Do not wear your hearing instruments when
you are exposed to short-waves, a strong mag-
netic field, a high frequency field or X-rays.
Do not place your hearing instruments in a
microwave oven.
General notes on safety

General notes on safety
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WARNING
Choking hazard posed by small parts.
If infants, small children or mentally disabled
persons need to wear hearing instruments
ensure adequate supervision.
Check the integrity of the hearing instruments
regularly.
Ensure that your child does not detach the hear-
ing instrument from the earmold.
Consult your Hearing Care Professional if the
housing is deformed.
Keep the battery compartment locked. Verify
the proper function of the locking mechanism.
Keep batteries and accessories out of children's
reach.
If swallowed consult a physician or a hospital
immediately.
In some countries restrictions for the usage of
wireless equipment exist.
Refer to local authorities for further informa-
tion.

General notes on safety
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NOTICE
Batteries contain harmful substances that pollute
the environment.
Do not throw used batteries into household
trash.
Dispose batteries according to national regu-
lations or return them to your Hearing Care
Professional.
NOTICE
Leaking batteries damage the hearing instruments.
Turn the hearing instruments off when not in
use to preserve the battery.
Remove batteries when the instruments are not
in use for a prolonged period of time.
WARNING
Hazard of explosion in explosive atmospheres!
Do not use your hearing instruments in areas
where there is a danger of explosions
(e.g. mining area).

Handling batteries
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Always use the right size batteries.
Remove the tab on your batteries
only when you are ready to use
them.
The positive (+) side of the batter-
ies is always the smooth side.
Always keep spare batteries with
you.
original size
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 amplifica-
tion power, replace the battery.
Handling batteries

Handling batteries
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Inserting the battery
Open the battery compartment com-
pletely using your fingernail as shown in
the illustration.
Insert the proper size battery.
Make sure that the "+" symbol on the
battery points up as shown in the
picture.
Close the battery compartment.
Do not force the door shut. If it does not
close easily, check to see if the battery
was inserted properly.
When the battery door is completely closed, your hearing
instrument is ready for use.