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Nitro BTE
User Guide
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Introduction 1 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. 3
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Contents 2 Your Nitro hearing instrument 6 3 Intended use 7 4 General notes on safety 8 5 6 Handling batteries 10 - Low battery indicator - Inserting the battery - Removing the battery Inserting and removing your hearing instrument 13 7 - Inserting your hearing instrument - Removing your hearing instrument Turning your hearing instrument on and off 14 8 - Via push button - Via volume control - Via remote control - Power-on delay - Checking the hearing instrument's performance Changing the heari
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2 Audio input 18 11 - Attaching the audio shoe - Removing the audio shoe Telephoning 20 12 TM - AutoPhone function - Manual telephone program e2e wireless 2.0 22 13 Maintenance and care 23 14 Accessories 24 15 - SafeFit Kit - Remote control - Tek wireless enhancement Troubleshooting tips 27 16 Technical information 29 17 Disposal information 31 18 Your hearing instrument configuration 32 19 5
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Your Nitro hearing instrument 3 Nitro SP (battery type: 675) ③ ① ⑤ ⑦ ⑨ ⑧ ⑥ ④ ② ⑦ LED ① Earhook ② Battery compartment ⑧ Cover for program- ③ Microphone openings ming socket ⑨ Typeplates ④ Audio input ⑤ Volume control with red = right hearing on/off function instrument blue = left hearing ⑥ Program button with on/off function instrument 6
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Intended use 4 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 acou- sticians. 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 sym- bol WARNING, CAUTION or NOTICE! WARNING points out a situation that could le
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General notes on safety 5 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 your hearing instruments in the shower or when you apply make-up, perfume, aftershave, hair- spray or suntan lotion. Do not wear your hearing instruments when you are exposed to short-waves, a
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General notes on safety 5 In some countries restrictions for the usage of wireless equipment exist. Refer to local authorities for further information. NOTICE for batteries Leaking batteries damage the hearing instruments. Remove batteries when the hearing instruments are not in use for a prolonged period of time. Turn your hearing instruments off when not in use to preserve the battery. WARNING Risk in explosive environments, e.g. mining areas! Don't use your hearing instruments (and re
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Handling batteries 6 Use standard batteries in your hearing in- struments. Always use the right size batteries. original size Remove the tab on your batteries only when you are ready to use them. The positive (+) side of the batteries is always the smooth side. 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 amplifi
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Handling batteries 6 Inserting the battery Open the battery compartment completely using your fingernail as shown in the illustration. Insert the proper size battery so that the "+" symbol on the battery aligns with the "+" marked on the battery compartment. 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 bat- tery was inserted properly. When the battery door
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Handling batteries 6 Removing the battery Open the battery compartment com- pletely. Normally the battery drops out when the compartment is completely open. If the battery does not come out, lightly tap the instrument or push the battery out with a pencil as shown. Batteries contain harmful substances that pollute the environment. Do not throw used batteries into household trash. Return them to your Hearing Care Professional for environmentally correct disposal. 12
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Inserting and removing your hearing instrument 7 Inserting your hearing instrument Turn your hearing instrument off. Hold the earmold between your thumb and index finger and insert it carefully into the ear canal. You may find it helpful to pull your ear slightly upward or to the back. Place your hearing instrument behind your ear. Turn your hearing instrument on. Ask your Hearing Care Professional to apply colored typeplates for side recognition. If the typeplate of your hearing instru
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Turning your hearing instrument on and off 8 Via battery compartment: Fully close the battery compartment to turn the hearing instrument on. Press the battery compartment downward to the first stop to turn the hearing instru- ment off. Via push button Press the push button for about 2 seconds to turn the hearing instrument to stand-by. Press the push button for about 2 seconds to turn the hearing instrument back on. Via volume control Rotate the volume control upwards to turn the hear
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Turning your hearing instrument on and off 8 Checking the hearing instrument's performance The LED shows whether the hearing instru- ments work properly. The LED shines continuously. The hearing instruments are switched on and sufficient battery power is available. The LED is off. The hearing instruments are switched off or the battery must be replaced. To check if sufficient battery power is available use a battery tester or place the switched-on hearing instruments in your closed h
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Changing the hearing program 9 Via push button Your hearing instruments offer up to 5 hear- ing programs for specific listening environ- ments. Each time you press the program button, your hearing instruments switch to the next program, confirming each change with an acoustic signal. Example Turn your hearing instruments on. It is automatically in program 1. You want to change to program 2. Press the program button once. You hear the acoustic signal for program 2. You are now in progra
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Changing the volume 10 The volume of your hearing instruments is controlled au- tomatically and there is no need to manually adjust it. Via volume control Should you prefer manual vol- ume control, your Hearing Care louder Professional can program the hearing instrument for manual adjustment. Rotate the volume control with softer your index finger to select the desired listening volume. For easier handling your Hearing Care Professional may have activated the volume control only on one
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Audio input 11 Your hearing instrument is equipped with an audio input. Together with an audio shoe it enables the connection between the hearing instrument and e.g. an FM system, tape recorder, television or an infrared device. This way the sound is coming directly from the sound source. That can be useful for adults in difficult listening situations and for children in classrooms. NOTICE Use only the M5 audio shoe (labelled inside the audio shoe). They are de signed exclusively for the
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Audio input 11 Attaching the audio shoe 1 Open the batt ery compartment . Open the audio shoe cover 2 . Close the battery compartment. 2 1 Align the cont acts of the audio shoe with the contacts of the hearing in- strument. Slide the audio shoe o ver the hearing instrument until it snaps into the end position. Your Hearing Care Professional can program your hearing systems so that they switch automatically to the audio shoe program if an audio shoe has been attached. Removing t
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Telephoning 12 TM AutoPhone function With the AutoPhone function, your hearing instrument will automatically switch to the telephone program when you hold a telephone handset near your hearing instru- ment (*). It will return to the previously used hearing program after you have finished speaking and have moved the handset away from the hearing instrument. (*) AutoPhone magnet accessory Not all telephones produce a magnetic field strong en- ough to activate the AutoPhone function. In this c
