Panasonic RZ-B210W Manual

Accessories

Please check and identify the supplied accessories.

1x USB-C Charging Cable
1x Earpieces set (2 each of sizes S,M,L) (M size fitted to the earphones)

Safety precautions

Unit

• Avoid using or placing this unit near sources of heat.
• Do not listen with this unit at high volume in places where you need to hear sounds from the surrounding environment for safety, such as at railroad crossings, and construction sites.
• Keep this unit away from something susceptible to the magnetism. Such devices as a clock may not operate correctly.
• Be aware that this unit (earphones) may get warm while charging or immediately after charging. Depending on your constitution and health status, putting the earphones on may trigger adverse reactions such as skin redness, itching, and rash if the earphones have just been taken out of the charging cradle and are still warm.

To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or product damage,

• Do not install or place this unit in a bookcase, built-in cabinet or in another confined space. Ensure this unit is well ventilated.
• Do not obstruct this unit's ventilation openings with newspapers, tablecloths, curtains, and similar items.
• Do not place sources of naked flames, such as lighted candles, on this unit.

Batteries

• Do not heat or expose to flame.
• Do not leave the battery(ies) in a car exposed to direct sunlight for a long period of time with doors and windows closed.

Earphones/Earpieces

• Keep the earphones and the earpieces out of reach of children and pets to prevent swallowing. After use, put them in the charging cradle and close the lid for storage.
• Securely attach the earpieces. If they are left in the ears after coming off, injury or sickness may be caused.

Allergies

• Discontinue use if you experience discomfort with the earphones or any other parts that directly contact your skin.
• Continued use may cause rashes or other allergic reactions.

Precautions for listening with the Earphones

• Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss.
• Do not use your earphones at a high volume. Hearing experts advise against continuous extended play.
• If you experience a ringing in your ears, reduce volume or discontinue use.
• Do not use while operating a motorised vehicle. It may create a traffic hazard and is illegal in many areas.
• You should use extreme caution or temporarily discontinue use in potentially hazardous situations.

This unit may receive radio interference caused by mobile telephones during use. If such interference occurs, please increase separation between this unit and the mobile telephone.

Use only the supplied USB charging cord when connecting to a computer.

The symbols on this product (including the accessories) represent the following: DC

Troubleshooting

Before requesting service, make the following checks. If you are in doubt about some of the check points, or if the remedies indicated do not solve the problem, consult your dealer for instructions.

Does not connect with the Bluetooth^® device.

• Delete the registration information for this unit from the Bluetooth menu, etc., of the Bluetooth device, then pair again.
• If you want to connect to the other device, you have to disconnect the connected device.
• Please restore factory setting, if you can not disconnect the present connected device.

The left and right batteries deplete at different rates.

• There may be some difference between left and right due to signal and usage conditions.

Cannot charge the unit.

• Make sure to charge in a room temperature between 10°C and 35°C.
• Is the unit already fully charged? The charging cradle LEDs will tum off immediately if the unit is fully charged.
• Have the earphones been put into the charging cradle correctly? (→ )
• If the earphone LEDs do not light white even after putting the earphones into the charging cradle, then there is no charge remaining in the charging cradle battery. First charge the charging cradle.
• Is the USB charging cord connected firmly to the USB terminal of the computer? (→ )

Cannot operate the earphones.

• Try turning the power off and on. (→ )

The earphones do not turn on.

• Touch and hold touch sensor for 2 sec, earphones turn on manually.

Charger LED at battery low

• If charger cradle lid open at battery low, a left LED of charger is blink for 5 sec.

Charging stop by temperature error

• When charging stop by that error, charger LED blink quickly until unplugged or recover the appropriate temperature.
• In case charger is unplugged USB cable, if charger case lid open/close or press button on charger, the charger LED blink quickly for 5 seconds.

How to fit the earphones

1. Check the orientation (up, down) and L (left) and R (right) of the earphones.
2. Fit firmly by turning the earphones a small amount at a time.

• Confirm that the earphones will not fall from your ears after you have fitted them.
• The left earphone has a raised dot indicating the L side.

To remove/attach the earpieces

If the earphones fall out easily, replace with earpieces (supplied) of a different size.

Remove the earpieces

• Hold the earpiece with your fingertips and twist slightly to pull it out.

Attach the earpieces

• Make sure the earpieces are fitted firmly to the earphones and confirm that they are not at an angle.
  

Part names

Main unit (earphones)
(Earphones hereafter in the instructions)

1. Multifunction Touch Control
2. LED Indicator
3. Earpieces
4. Microphone
5. Charging Contacts
6. Reset Button
7. Charging Slot
8. Charging Indicator
9. Charging Cradle
10. Charging terminal
11. Raised dot indicating the L side

Charging

The chargeable battery (installed in the unit) is not charged initially. Charge the battery before using the unit.

1. Use the USB charging cord (supplied) to connect the charging cradle to a computer
   • Charging cradle starts charging. The charging cradle shows white blinking LED's depending on the amount of the battery charge left. Charging is complete when they turn off.
2. Put the earphones into the charging cradle.
   • Confirm the L side and R side of the earphones, then insert in charging cradle.
3. Confirm that the earphone LEDs (white) have illuminated (charging starts).
   • The earphone LEDs light (white) while the earphones are charging. Charging is complete when they turn off.
   • Proper charging is not possible if there is dust or droplets of water on the terminal sections of the earphones or charging cradle. Remove the dust or water droplets before charging.
   • Make sure the computer is turned on and is not on standby or sleep mode.
   • Do not use any other USB charging cords except the supplied one. Doing so may cause malfunction.

Turning the earphones on and off

To Turn the earphones on

Open the charger cradle lid.

• The earphones turn on. A beep will sound and the earphone LEDs lit white* and blue alternately.
  * The batteries are charging when they lit in white.

To turn the earphones off

Put the earphones into the charging cradle and close lid.

• If something with a magnet in it is brought close to the earphones while they are being used, the earphones may turn off. Move the item with the magnet in it away if this occurs.

To manual power on/off

• Power On: Touch and hold touch sensor for 2 sec.
• Power Off: Touch and hold touch sensor for 5 sec.

Auto power off

• If the earphones have not connected the device for 10 mins continually, earphones power off automatically.

Connecting to a Bluetooth^® device

Connecting by pairing (registering) your earphones with a Bluetooth^® device

1. Take both earphones (L and R) out of the charging cradle.
   • When pairing with a device for the first time:
     This unit will start to search for a Bluetooth^® device to connect to, and the earphone LEDs will light alternately in blue and white.
   • Earphones disconnect from paired device, then the earphone LEDs will light alternately in blue and white.
2. Turn on the Bluetooth^® device and enable the Bluetooth^® function.
3. From the Bluetooth^® menu of the Bluetooth^® device, select device name "RZ-B210W"
   • When the Earphones LEDs blink dim (blue)* at approximately 10 seconds intervals, pairing has been completed and connection has been established.
     * The batteries are low when they are blinking white every 3 seconds.
4. Confirm that the earphones and the Bluetooth^® device are connected.
   • If the connection with the device does not complete within 10 minutes, the pairing mode on the earphones cancels and they power off. Perform pairing again.

Connecting with a paired Bluetooth^® device

1. Take the earphones out of the charging cradle. (→ )
2. Do Steps 2 to 4 of "Connecting by pairing (registering) your earphones with a Bluetooth® device".
   • This unit remembers the device lastly connected. Connection may be automatically established after step 1 (→ above)

Using the earphones

Listening to music

1. Connect the Bluetooth device and the earphones. (→ )
2. Select the music or video on the Bluetooth^® device and start playback.
   • The earphones will output the music or the audio of the video being played back

List of operations available with the touch sensors

• A beep sounds to indicate that you have touched to reach either the maximum or minimum volume level.
• You can also use just one side of the earphones independently. In this case, it is only possible to perform operations available on the side you are using.
• Depending on the Bluetooth^® device or the app, even if you operate the touch sensors on the earphones, some functions may not respond or may operate differently from the descriptions above.

Restoring to the factory settings

Charge the earphones before restoring the earphones to their factory settings.

1. Open the charging cradle firstly.
2. Press and hold the Reset Button of charging cradle for about 5 seconds
   • The charging cradle LED will light alternately in white and red while the earphone white LED blinks rapidly, the earphone returns to the factory settings.

Manufactured by:
Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH
Hangenauer Straße 43, D-65203 Wiesbaden

Authorized Representative in Europe:
Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH
Panasonic Testing Centre
Winsbergring 15, 22525 Hamburg, Germany

Sales and Support Information
Customer Communications Centre

• For customers within the UK: 0344 844 3899
• For customers within Ireland: 01 289 8333
• Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Excluding public holidays).
• For further support on your product, please visit our website: www.panasonic.co.uk

Declaration of Conformity (DoC)

Hereby, "Panasonic Maketing Europe GmbH" declares that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2014/53/EU.

Customers can download a copy of the original DoC to our RE products from our DoC server: http://www.ptc.panasonic.eu

Contact to Authorized Representative: Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH, Panasonic Testing Centre, Winsbergring 15, 22525 Hamburg, Germany

Specifications

General

Bluetooth^® section

Charging cradle section

Water resistant

*1 It may be shorter depending on the operating conditions.

*2 The time required to charge the batteries from empty to full.

• Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Copyright, etc.

The Bluetooth^® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Panasonic Holdings Corporation is under license.

Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.

QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.

Other system names and product names appearing in this document are in general the registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective developer companies.

Note that the ^TM mark and ^® mark do not appear in this document.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE
This product uses open source software based on the Free Software Foundation's GPL and other conditions. The relevant conditions apply to the software. The license information for the GPL shown on this product and information about open source software are published on our website. The source code licensed under the conditions of the GPL is available publicly. Please note that these types of software are not covered by warranty. At least 3 years from sale of this product, Panasonic Maketing Europe GmbH will give to any individual or group who contacts us, for a charge of no more than the cost of physically distributing source code, a complete machine-readable copy of the source code and the list of copyright notices corresponding to the GPL software covered under the conditions of the GPL usage agreement. Refer to the following URL to make enquiries regarding the above mentioned content and for information on how to obtain the relevant source code: https://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/audio/download/index.html

When disposing of the product

The built-in batteries are a valuable recyclable resource. When disposing of this product, recycle in accordance with local environmental laws and regulations.

Refer to the specifications in this document for information about the batteries.