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  • Page 1 Bring the magic of sound to your ears User Guide & Reference Manual Third Edition...

  • Page 2: Fast Track Guide

    – Communication for life A basic step by step guide to getting started with a new fmGenie system so you can use it straight away. New fmGenie systems come with a separate Fast Track Guide dedicated to the specific system – such as direct Welcome to your new input, neck loop or use with MicroMLxS/MLxS.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Fast Track Guide This Generic Fast Track Guide takes you through the basic steps required to get an fmGenie working – a separate ‘specific use’ fastrack The problem with hearing aids guide is supplied with new systems. The fmGenie radio aid system...
  • Page 4 Connect an aerial or lapel microphone into the fmGenie transmitter external Hearing aid users setting up an fmGenie for themselves should skip microphone socket (Ext mic). this section and move on to Part 3. Check that ‘HI’ audio output...
  • Page 5 9 and set ‘HI’ rather than ‘LO’ Part 3b – Using an fmGenie receiver with a direct input hearing aid PAGE 95 Each type of direct input hearing aid requires a specific The hearing aid user should listen at arm’s length to somebody...
  • Page 6 This generic fast track guide is designed to get you started with aid alone. your new fmGenie quickly and easily. To help achieve this, your fmGenie has been factory set for single channel operation with Tone controls some user features disabled.

  • Page 7: The Problem With Hearing Aids

    enie enie enie enie on the other side of the room. If you did, your voice The problem with hearing aids would sound distant with a lot of background noise. (Why not try it!) Both a hearing aid and a cassette recorder have a microphone to ‘feed in’...

  • Page 8: The Fmgenie Radio Aid System

    The fmGenie provides a high quality sound feed to allow the hearing aids to to a receiver. work to the best of their ability in a wide range of situations. Your fmGenie has also been designed to allow you to gain maximum benefit from future How does the hearing aid ‘hear’...
  • Page 9 ‘listen at a distance’. The fmGenie will help to counteract the problems of distracting sounds outside that quiet room situation. The fmGenie will also help those with a mild or no hearing loss, who will benefit from help with concentration in lectures, by using a pair of headphones .
  • Page 10 External microphones for use with transmitter – see pages 20-22. See also Connevans Catalogue or website for current range of microphones For use with hearing aid ‘T’ input, direct audio input, wire free direct input,...
  • Page 11 ‘Env mic’ ( ) of the fmGenie. head movement is increased. For this reason we do not normally advise The lead needs to be long enough to reach the fmGenie without straining using this type of microphone for which could damage the lead.
  • Page 12 The belt star adaptors are HANGING BELT POUCH special clips designed to hold pouches securely to the An fmGenie belt pouch which hangs securely from the wearer’s own belt. belt and is particularly suitable for ‘more active children’ There are two versions of the and those who wear their belts loose.
  • Page 13 FMGENIE SMALL SYSTEM CARRYING CASE UNIVERSAL SMALL WAIST A small rigid case with a foam lining which has POUCH cut outs to suit the fmGenie. It will hold a Particularly suited to children who transmitter , receiver , 4 batteries and a few don’t need to carry any extra items.
  • Page 14 CRM-220 system with leads still connected Please refer to the Connevans catalogue or websites for specific lengths and the units still in their pouches. and part numbers – direct input shoes are also listed there.
  • Page 15 The fmGenie volume control adjusts the speaker volume and can be fmGENIE HEADPHONES easily set by the user. We advise the use of an ear or headworn Personal stereo style headphones for users microphone with the transmitter to reduce the chance of feedback.
  • Page 16 Ideal for fmGenie & CRM-220 microphones. lectures and meetings. The fmGenie accessories & MLxS etc tester is an The unit records exactly what is heard by the indispensable product for both Teachers of the Deaf radio aid by recording directly from an and carers.

  • Page 17: User Operating Guide

    Transmitter top, back and sides USER OPERATING GUIDE fmGenie Transmitter Integral microphone Transmitter front Alert indicator External microphone Status display Auxiliary socket input Channel down Power on/off Threshold Channel up setting Under flash Default channel Star function...
  • Page 18 (noise) from the receiver when mic’ socket and the full range of available microphones can be found the transmitter is turned off. on page 20-21 and in the Connevans catalogue or websites. STATUS DISPLAY There is a sophisticated automatic gain control (AGC) circuit A typical status display is shown here.
  • Page 19 AUTO POWER OFF – BATTERY SAVING When first turned on a flashing indicates that one In order to conserve battery life, your fmGenie will automatically or more of the channel change features is available. turn themselves off if no sound has passed through the system for 1 hour.
  • Page 20 Conventional radio aid – fmGenie transmitter default settings. fmGenie Diversity soundfield system – transmitter default settings. These are the default settings for fmGenie use with hearing aids. The important features here are that fast AGC is selected together with microphone muting and the 50KHz euro frequency scheme.

  • Page 21: Fmgenie Receiver

    Battery level strength WFM/WDI Mute level setting socket Battery Sound symbol Low/high symbol audio output Aerial symbol Wire free mode Low level output High level output for fmGenie WDI for direct input for neck loop or hearing aids headphones...
  • Page 22 Many hearing aids have a ‘direct input’ facility. A ‘direct input’ facility is simply Most fmGenie radio aid systems are used to provide an some form of socket or connecting plate which improved sound input into hearing aids. In this situation allows a direct connection to feed an audio it is the hearing aids that provide the ‘power’...
  • Page 23 USING AN fmGENIE WITH A HEARING AID USING AN fmGENIE AND A NECK LOOP WITH VIA A DIRECT INPUT CONNECTION A HEARING AID ON ‘T’ OR HEADPHONES What is connected to what? The output of the receiver...
  • Page 24 Place in belt pouch and attach to fixing strap on the end of the case. An fm compatible direct input hearing aid is required to use the fmGenie WDI unit. Plug speakers from the personal soundfield into the ‘Audio out’ socket on the fmGenie A silver (uncoated) paperclip is the ideal tool for removing a link plug.
  • Page 25 Conventional radio aid – fmGenie receiver default settings. A screwdriver is supplied with each These are the default settings for fmGenie use with a neck loop and Only 1 or 2 full turns are required. Do NOT hearing aid(s) or with a pair of headphones.
  • Page 26 In the The fmGenie dual channel (dc) facility is referred to by some people as a absence of audiological support please follow the procedure in section 5.
  • Page 27 FM only programme – if in doubt ask your hearing aid provider. In "dc" mode: – If the fmGenie was on the default channel prior to the activation of dc mode (inc. previous operation on default channel, new batteries Manual muting...

  • Page 28: Batteries & Charging

    Our usual advice is to use the The aim is to give preference to the sound but if the speaker were to ask fmGenie like a mobile phone with rechargeable batteries and in-situ a question of someone beside you the reply would be heard. charging.
  • Page 29 Other types of charger may plug in but will damage your fmGenie. Note that when the display is reset after an interrupted charge, the fmGenie will be ‘fooled’ into thinking that it has a full charge when it has not and will run down more quickly than usual.

  • Page 30: Routine Testing & Fault Finding

    Connevans recommend that you recharge your fmGenie when 1 battery bar is showing. The fmGenie will in future automatically take either a full or top “Can I afford a short time to check the equipment or can I afford a long time up charge as required.
  • Page 31 It is not necessary to break up the fmGenie system and use the test headphones for a routine test – if the overall system is OK then all the parts...
  • Page 32 Batteries If you still cannot get the fmGenie working on its own, try swapping the A dead unit, or a unit which shows a low battery indication sooner than with another user to identify which unit is faulty, otherwise you will expected, can be caused by faulty batteries –...

  • Page 33: Experienced User Information Fitting And Balancing A Radio Aid

    If you are using an fmGenie WDI then the Tx volume should be locked at 6 and It is, however, not unusual for the equipment to be set up by an experienced you should use the screwdriver adjust on the WDI unit itself.

  • Page 34: Connecting An Fmgenie Transmitter To External Equipment

    ‘Aux in’ socket and the double end into the two audio The fmGenie transmitter input adaptor will accept a wide range of inputs input sockets on the SCART adaptor. Check that the SCART adaptor is set to ranging from low level auxiliary outputs, headphone outputs, line level outputs ‘OUTPUT’...

  • Page 35: Fmgenie Conference Microphone

    Part no. FMG22PK1 and using a lapel microphone or aerial). Many users of fmGenie radio aids use their system in group or seminar Connect the transmitter input adaptor into the fmGenie ‘Ext mic’ socket. situations. Whilst it is not possible to replicate the same...

  • Page 36: Fmgenie Accessories Tester

    The FMG750 accessories tester drives a standard input leads or ear The suitability of an fmGenie conference microphone is very much a question of level receivers pair of headphones (or neckloop/DPV direct input personal choice for the user – so in practice there is no substitute for trying it! lead for hearing aid users) and allows the user to A –...

  • Page 37: Output Level Setter

    When taking fmGenie readings with an OLS it is always necessary for the audio broken sound. If there is no sound, then either the ear output ‘LO / HI’ switch to be set in the ‘HI’ position. If the fmGenie is being level receiver is broken or the is not working.

  • Page 38: Using The Fmgenie With The Telephone

    There are two ways to use the fmGenie with a telephone; with a telephone hearing aid users. listening adaptor (FMG9PK04B) or with a high quality hands free headset pack This add-on pack provides (FMG9PK05).

  • Page 39: Fmgenie Questions And Answers

    It is possible that the auto power off shoes which also did this. Check that the sound “Does the fmGenie system work shows which shoe “What do I do if my fmGenie has a symbol shows on the transmitter fits which hearing well with digital hearing aids?”...
  • Page 40 “I get funny noises when near to “Should a radio system be tested in “Who would ever permit manual You need to turn an fmGenie OFF a computer/ light fitting/ a hearing aid test box with the channel changing in a transmitter?”...
  • Page 41 “What is the life of rechargeable less, plan to recharge overnight. we recommend the type which we batteries?” An fmGenie radio aid is usually used supply (some of the alternative “Does the volume of the fmGenie in conjunction with a hearing aid; it Between 1 to 2 years.
  • Page 42 All products that Connevans supply have a warranty, but these types of This is quite normal, it is the “I can hear through the fmGenie but items should normally be regarded software version number. there is distortion and its volume as consumables.

  • Page 43: Technical Appendices

    ‘E1’ message is shown when the channel frequency scheme is changed and the default channel has not also been changed. Transmitter – battery compartment default settings If you find the numbers difficult to see, turn the fmGenie on, look at the display Switch 1 Always UP...
  • Page 44 If the button is also pressed within the channel select period To activate new switch settings it is usually necessary to turn the fmGenie off (i.e. flashing ), the scans through all channels and attempts to lock on to and then on again.
  • Page 45 This is a very useful facility for talkover use with TV’s or when holding aside conversations. During a session, muting the microphone is easier As with all settings for the fmGenie, consider one setting at a time. and preferable to turning off the when the user is temporarily not These settings rarely need changing once set.
  • Page 46 Fully clockwise is the most sensitive. The fmGenie has an auto power-off facility – if no sound passes through the system for an hour the fmGenie will turn itself off to save wasting If you get in a muddle –...
  • Page 47 Please note that this facility will not operate with some direct input hearing aids. RECEIVER BATTERY COMPARTMENT – USER SETTINGS As with all settings for the fmGenie, consider one setting at a time. These settings rarely need changing once set. Under flash switch 3 Battery compartment switch 1 Switch 3 permits channel selection.
  • Page 48 If you don’t know that you require the fast AGC leave slow selected Factory setting RIGHT= ‘HI’. i.e. switched UP! The fmGenie is supplied from the factory set to HI level so that you can UP is slow AGC. initially get your fmGenie system working using a test headset.
  • Page 49 ‘standard’ response microphone capsules. When connected to a radio aid, the hearing aid microphone is effectively replaced by the microphone in the radio aid. A tone adjustment facility is provided on the fmGenie to enable better matching of the frequency response for the other 20% of capsules.

  • Page 50: Appendix 4: Status Display Information

    Substitute items and check again. + No aerial bars ‘In situ’ charging rejected because batteries do not 1. Transmitter set to normal range. require charging. (If the fmGenie is on, the alert light Output power 1 00 μ W. will also flash). Unplug charger.

  • Page 51: Appendix 5: Important Warnings And Cautions

    Sudden changes of temperature, such as when entering or leaving a heated If you are using an in-situ charger, be sure it is unplugged from the building on a very cold day, can cause condensation inside the fmGenie. To fmGenie before removing or replacing batteries.

  • Page 52: Appendix 6: Connevans Fmgenie After Sales Service And Support

    25 mm (1 '' ) of packing material around light items with more around The Declaration of Conformity for the fmGenie radio aid system is published on the heavier items such as chargers. If you would be worried about dropping the website: http//www.connevans.com/ce...

  • Page 53: Appendix 7: Record Of Your Fmgenie Settings

    Appendix 8: Frequency channel coding comparisons between different radio systems Appendix 7: Record of your fmGenie settings Euro fmGenie & Make a record of your fmGenie settings on these pages so you can refer fmGenie CRM-220 Code Solaris Amigo Lexis...

  • Page 54: Batteries

    Technical appendices 84-105 Flashes 19, 37 Telephone use 31, 74- fmAdvantage fmGenie accessories tester 71-72 Test headphones 7, 29 fmGenie radio aid system 14-17 Testing 7, 59- Frequency channels Frequently asked questions 76-83 Tone controls 11, 49-50, 97 Guarantee Transmitter...
  • Page 55 Bring the magic of sound to your ears Electronics by Gareth, words by David, illustrations by Rosi and support from the rest of Connevans Third Edition – MAY 2007 © 2007 Connevans Limited...

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