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About The Kanso® Sound Processor User Guide is your main source of information about your sound processor. It includes information about intended purpose, indications, contraindications, warnings and troubleshooting related to your sound processor. Use this quick reference after you have read the User Guide to remember how to do common tasks related to your sound processor.
Sound processor This way up Indicator light Control button Microphone ports Top cover Battery cover Air slots Quick Reference...
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Lock and unlock battery cover To lock, turn the screw clockwise until it is horizontal. Locked To unlock, turn the screw anticlockwise until it is vertical. Unlocked Kanso Sound Processor...
Change batteries 1. Turn the screw 2. Slide to open. anticlockwise to Use your fingers on unlock the battery the sides to pull off cover (clockwise to the cover. lock). Quick Reference...
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3. Insert two new p675 4. Replace battery cover. high power zinc air Turn the screw disposable batteries, clockwise to lock. flat side facing up. Kanso Sound Processor...
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Attach your sound processor Button/light facing up Battery compartment facing down Caution • Take care to position your sound processor correctly. This is important to get the best performance, and so it does not fall off your implant. Quick Reference...
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If you have a CI600 Series implant, avoid sliding your processor sideways onto your implant. This could cause the processor magnet to misalign with your implant. Always place the processor down onto your implant. To place the processor on your head: 1.
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3. When you feel a strong pull, place the processor on the implant. 4. Rotate the processor so that the microphones are facing Indicator lights What it means Processor is off your head (or connected to the wrong Flash of orange every second implant).
For users with two implants Ask your clinician to give you coloured stickers (red for right, blue for left) to make identifying left and right processors easier. Caution If you have two implants, you must use the correct sound processor for each implant. Note Your sound processor will recognise the implant’s ID, so it will not work on the wrong implant.
Attach a SoftWear pad If you experience discomfort, attach an adhesive Cochlear SoftWear pad to back of sound processor. ™ Quick Reference...
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Secure your sound processor You can attach a Safety Line to reduce the risk of losing your sound processor. Kanso Sound Processor...
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Pinch the loop, and pass it through an attachment hole from front to back, pass the clip through the loop, and pull tight. For more details on how to attach a Safety Line, see the Kanso Sound Processor User Guide. Quick Reference...
Turn on and off Press button to turn on. Press button To turn off, press and hold button until the light is a steady orange. Note Sound processor turns off automatically when it has been off your implant for two minutes. Kanso Sound Processor...
Change program Press button to change program. Press button Number of beeps or green flashes (if set up by your clinician) indicates the program number. Quick Reference...
Stream audio Press and hold button (2 seconds) to stream audio sources. Press and release again to cycle to next audio source. Blue: streaming audio. Tap button to stop streaming. Kanso Sound Processor...
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Each time you press the sound processor button, you cycle through the available audio sources in order: Press Telecoil enabled No Telecoil Telecoil Wireless accessory 1 Wireless accessory 1 Wireless accessory 2 Wireless accessory 2 Wireless accessory 3 4... Telecoil... Wireless accessory 1...
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Lights Everyday use Light What it means Sound processor flashes while receiving … sound from microphones (Child mode only). Turning on and changing programs. Number of flashes indicates the number of the current program. Sound processor flashes while receiving … sound from audio source (Child mode only).
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Alerts Light What it means Sound processor is off your head … (or connected to the wrong implant). Sound processor batteries are low. Change batteries. Fault. Contact your clinician. Stays on until the issue is resolved. Quick Reference...
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