Philips TAT1215, 1000 Series - Headphones Manual

Important safety instructions

Hearing safety

• To avoid hearing damage, limit the time you use headphones at high volume and set the volume to a safe level. The louder the volume, the shorter the safe listening time is.

Be sure to observe the following guidelines when using your headphones.

• Listen at reasonable volumes for reasonable periods of time.
• Be careful not to adjust the volume continuously upwards as your hearing adapts.
• Do not turn up the volume so high that you can't hear what's around you.
• You should use caution or temporarily discontinue use in potentially hazardous situations.
• Excessive sound pressure from earpieces and headphones can cause hearing loss.
• Using headphones with both ears covered while driving is not recommended and may be illegal in some areas.
• For your safety, avoid distractions from music or phone calls while in traffic or other potentially dangerous environments.

General information

To avoid damage or malfunction:

• Do not expose headphones to excessive heat.
• Do not drop your headphones.
• Headphones shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing. (Refer to the IP rating of specific product)
• Do not allow your headphones to be submerged in water.
• Do not charge your headphones when the connector or socket is wet.
• Do not use any cleaning agents containing alcohol, ammonia, benzene, or abrasives.
• If cleaning is required, use a soft cloth, if necessary dampened with a minimum amount of water or diluted mild soap, to clean the product.
• The integrated battery shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like.
• Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type.
• To achieve the specific IP rating, the charging slot cover must be closed.
• Disposal of a battery into fire or a hot oven, or mechanically crushing or cutting a battery, can result in an explosion.
• Leaving a battery in an extremely high temperature surrounding environment can result in an explosion or the leakage of flammable liquid or gas.
• A battery subjected to extremely low air pressure may result in an explosion or the leakage of flammable liquid or gas.

Operating and storage temperatures and humidity

• Store in a place where the temperature is between -20°C (-4°F) and 50°C (122°F) with up to 90% relative humidity.
• Operate in a place where the temperature is between 0°C (32°F) and 45°C (113°F) with up to 90% relative humidity.
• Battery life may be shorter in high or low temperature conditions.
• Replacement of a battery with an incorrect type risks severely damaging the headphones and the battery (for example, in the case of some lithium battery types).

Your True wireless earphones

To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your product at www.philips.com/support. With this Philips True wireless earphones, you can:

• enjoy convenient wireless handsfree calls;
• enjoy and control wireless music;
• switch between calls and music.

What's in the box

Other devices

A mobile phone or device (e.g. notebook, tablet, Bluetooth adapters, MP3 players etc) which supports Bluetooth and is compatible to the earphones.

Overview of your True wireless earphones

1. LED indicator (earpieces)
2. Multi-function button
3. LED indicator (charging box)
4. Micro USB charging slot

Get started

Charge the battery

Note

• Before you use your earphones for the first time, place the earpieces in the charging box and charge the battery for 2 hours for optimum battery capacity and lifetime.
• Use only the original USB charging cable to avoid any damage.
• Finish your call before charging the earpieces, as connecting the earpieces for charging will power the earpieces off.

Charging

Connect one end of the USB cable into the charging box, and another end into the power source.
The charging box starts charging.

• Charging process is verified by the LED light. The red light flashes on the front panel.
• When the charging box is fully charged, the red light goes on.

Tip

• The charging box serves as a portable backup battery for charging the earpieces.

Earpieces

Place the earpieces in the charging case.

The earpieces starts charging.

• Charging process is verified by white LED light on the earpieces.
• When the earpieces is fully charged, the white light goes off.

Tip

• Normally, a full charge takes 2 hours (for the earpieces or charging case).

Pair the earphones with your Bluetooth device for the first time

1. Make sure that the earphones are fully charged.
2. Auto power on: open the top cover from charging box, the earpieces discharged and the blue LED indicator flashes for 3 times with "power on" voice prompt;
   Manual power on: on both earpieces press and hold the multi-function buttons for approximately 3s.
   
   The right earpiece LED flashes alternately in white and blue, and the left earpiece LED is off for 10s and the blue LED flashes once.
   Both earpieces are now powered on and are paired with each other.
   The earpieces are now in pairing mode and are ready to pair with a Bluetooth device (e.g. a mobile phone)
   
3. Turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device.
4. Pair the earpieces with your Bluetooth device. Refer to the user manual of your Bluetooth device.
   In right earpiece, it has voice "Connected" and LED goes off on both earpieces and flash once every 10s. You can use your device to play music or make calls.

Note

• After powering on, if the earphones cannot find any previously connected Bluetooth device, it will automatically switch to pairing mode.

The following example shows you how to pair the earphones with your Bluetooth device.

1. Turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device, select Philips TAT1215.
   
2. Enter the earphones password "0000" (4 zeros) if prompted. For those Bluetooth devices featuring Bluetooth 3.0 or higher, no need to enter a password.

Single earpiece (Mono mode)

Take either right or left earpiece out from charging box for mono use. The earpiece will power on automatically. There will be a voice "power on" from earpiece.

Note

• Put both L and R earpieces back into power case and then take the 2 earpieces out to pair and connect Bluetooth again.
• If still not works, try to reset. Put L and R into power case and press the button for 4 seconds until the white LED flashes. Then take L and R out of power case and select BT, connect Bluetooth again.

Pair the earphones with another Bluetooth device

If you have another Bluetooth device that you want to pair with the earphones, make sure the Bluetooth function in any other previously paired or connected devices are turned off. Then follow the steps in "Pair the earpieces with your Bluetooth device at the first time".

Note

• The earphones store 1 device in the memory. If you try to pair more than 2 devices, the earliest paired device is replaced by the new one.

Use your earphones

Connect the earphones to your Bluetooth device

1. Turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device.
2. Take both earpieces from charging box.
   If no device is connected, the earpieces will automatically turn off after 5 mins.
   Both earpieces are now powered on and are paired with each other automatically.
   The earphones will search the last connected Bluetooth device and reconnect to it automatically. If the last connected device is not available, the earphones will enter pairing mode.

Tip

• The earphones cannot connect to more than 1 device at the same time. If you have two paired Bluetooth devices, only turn on the Bluetooth function of the device that you want to connect.
• If you turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device after turning on the earphones, you have to go to the Bluetooth menu of the device and connect the earphones to the device manually.

Note

• If the earphones fail to connect to any Bluetooth device within 5 minutes, it will turn off automatically to save the battery life.
• In some Bluetooth devices, connection may not be automatic. In this case, you have to go to the Bluetooth menu of your device and connect the earphones to the Bluetooth device manually.

Power on/off

Manage your calls and music

Music control

Call control

Voice control

LED indicator status

Battery LED indicator on Bluetooth device

A battery indicator will be shown on the screen when connected to headphones or another Bluetooth device (refer to mobile phone's operation manual).

How to wear

Reset the earphones

If you encounter any pairing or connection issue, you can follow the following procedure to reset your earpieces.

1. On your Bluetooth device, go to the Bluetooth menu and remove Philips TAT1215 from the device list.
2. Turn off the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device.
3. Put both earpieces back to charging case. Both earpieces flash white LED. Press and hold both earpieces function button for 4s until earpieces flash twice white LED.
4. To pair the earphones with your Bluetooth device, turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device, select Philips TAT1215.

Technical data

Earpieces

• Music time: 6 hours
• Talk time: 4 hours
• Standby time — 50 hours
• Charging time: 1.5 hours
• Rechargeable lithium ion battery 55 mAh on each earpiece
• Bluetooth version: 5.1
• Compatible Bluetooth profiles:
  • HFP (Hands-Free Profile)
  • A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
  • AVRCP (Audio Video Remote Control Profile)
• Supported audio codec: SBC
• Frequency range: 2.402-2.480GHz
• Transmitter power: < 9 dBm Operating range: Up to 10 meters (33 feet)
• Auto power off
• USB-C port for charging
• Low battery warning: available

Charging case

• Charging time: 2 hours
• Rechargeable lithium ion battery: 320 mAh

Note

• Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Notice

Declaration of conformity

Hereby, MMD Hong Kong Holding Limited declares that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2014/53/EU. You can find the Declaration of Conformity on www.p4c.philips.com.

Disposal of your old product and battery

Your product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components which can be recycled and reused.

This symbol on a product means that the product is covered by European Directive 2012/19/EU.

This symbol means that the product contains a built-in rechargeable battery covered by European Directive 2013/56/EU which cannot be disposed of with normal household waste. We strongly advise you to take your product to an official collection point or a Philips service centre to have a professional remove the rechargeable battery. Inform yourself about the local separate collection system for electrical and electronic products and rechargeable batteries. Follow local rules and never dispose of the product and rechargeable batteries with normal household waste. Correct disposal of old products and rechargeable batteries helps prevent negative consequences for the environment and human health.

Remove the integrated battery

If there is no collection/recycling system for electronic products in your country, you can protect the environment by removing and recycling the battery before disposing of the earpieces.

• Make sure the earpieces are disconnected from the charging box before removing the battery.
  
• Make sure the charging box is disconnected from the USB charging cable before removing the battery.
  

Compliance with EMF

This product complies with all applicable standards and regulations regarding exposure to electromagnetic fields.

Environmental information

All unnecessary packaging has been omitted. We have tried to make the packaging easy to separate into three materials: cardboard (box), polystyrene foam (buffer) and polyethylene (bags, protective foam sheet.)
Your system consists of materials which can be recycled and reused if disassembled by a specialized company.
Please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of packaging materials, exhausted batteries and old equipment.

Trademarks

Bluetooth

The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by MMD Hong Kong Holding Limited is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.

Siri

Siri is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Google

Google and Google Play are trademarks of Google LLC.

Frequently asked questions

My Bluetooth earpieces do not turn on.
The battery level is low. Charge the earpieces.

I cannot pair my Bluetooth earpieces with my Bluetooth device.
The Bluetooth is disabled. Enable the Bluetooth feature on your Bluetooth device and turn on the Bluetooth device before you turn on the earpieces.

Pairing does not work.

• Put both earpieces into charging box.
• Make sure you have disabled the Bluetooth function of any previously connected Bluetooth devices.
• On your Bluetooth device, delete "Philips TAT8506" from the Bluetooth list.
• Pair your earpieces (see 'Pair the earpieces with your Bluetooth device for the first time').

The Bluetooth device cannot find the earpieces.

• The earpieces may be connected to a previously paired device. Turn off the connected device or move it out of range.
• Pairing may have been reset or the earpieces have been previously paired with another device. Pair the earpieces with the Bluetooth device again as described in the user manual. (see 'Pair the earpieces with your Bluetooth device for the first time').

My Bluetooth earpieces are connected to a Bluetooth stereo-enabled mobile phone, but music only plays on the mobile phone speaker.
Refer to the user manual of your mobile phone. Select to listen to music through the earpieces.

The audio quality is poor and a crackling noise can be heard.

• The Bluetooth device is out of range. Reduce the distance between your earpieces and Bluetooth device, or remove obstacles between them.
• Charge your earpieces.

The audio quality is poor when streaming from a mobile phone, is very slow or streaming does not work at all.
Make sure your mobile phone not only supports (mono) HSP/HFP but also supports A2DP and is BT4.0x (or higher) compatible (see 'Technical data').

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