PHILIPS TAT8505 TWS Bluetooth Headphones User Manual

: June 5, 2024
: Philips

PHILIPS TAT8505 TWS Bluetooth Headphones

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Important safety instructions

Hearing Safety

Danger
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 guide-lines when using your headset.

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 tempo-rarily discontinue use in potentially hazardous situations.
Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss.
Using headphones with both ears covered while driving is not recom-mended and may be illegal in some areas while driving.
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:
Caution

Do not expose headphones to excessive heat
Do not drop your headphones.
Headphones shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing.
Do not allow your headphones to be submerged in water.
Do not use any cleaning agents containing alcohol, ammonia, benzene, or abrasives.
If cleaning is required use a soft doth, 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.

About operating and storage temperatures and humidity

Store in a place where temperature is between -20°C (-4°F) and 50°C (122 °F)(up to 90% relative humidity.
Operate in a place where temperature is between 0°C (32°F) and 45°C (113 °F)(up to 90% relative humidity.
Battery life may be shorter in high or low temperature conditions.
Replacement of a battery with an incorrect tpye that can defeat a safeguard (for example, in the case of some lithium battery types);
Disposal of a battery into fire or a hot oven, or mechanically crushing or cutting of a battery, that can result in an explosion;
Leaving a battery in an extremely high temperature surrounding environment that can result in an explosion or the leakage of flammable liquid or gas;
A battery subjected to extremely low air pressure that may result in an explosion or the leakage of flammable liquid or gas.

Your True wireless earphones

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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

Philips True wireless earphones Philips TAT8505

Replaceable rubber ear caps x 3 pairs

USB-C charging cable (for charging only)

Quick start guide

Other devices

A mobile phone or device (e.g. notebook, PDA, Bluetooth adapters, MP3 players etc) which supports Bluetooth and is compatible to the headset (see ‘Technical data’ on page 8).

Overview of your True wireless earphones

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Microphone
Multi-function touch
LED indicator (Earpieces)
LED indicator (charging box)
Bluetooth pair button
USB-C charging slot

Get started

Charge the battery
Note

Before you use your earpieces for the first time, place the earpieces in the charging box and charge the battery for 3 hours for optimum battery capacity and lifetime.
Use only the original USB-C 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 Box

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 blue LED light next to the USB socket on the case.
- When the charging box is fully charged, the blue light goes on.

The charging box serves as a portable backup battery for charging the earpieces. When the charging box is fully charged, it supports 3 times full recharge cycle for the earpieces.

Earpieces

Place the earpieces in the charging box.

The earpieces start charging.
- Charging process is verified by blue LED light on the earpieces.
- When the earpieces is fully charged, the blue light goes off.

Normally, a full charge takes 2 hours (for the earpieces or charging box) by USB cable.

Wireless charging
The charging box has a built-in wireless charging coil. You can charge the battery by using a wireless charger or another device that functions as a wireless charger.

Caution
Precautions for wireless charging

Do not place the charging case on the wireless charger when conductive materials, such as metal objects and magnets, are placed between the charging case and the wireless charger.
The charging case may not charge properly or may overheat, or the charging case and the cards may be damaged.

Charging the battery with a wireless charger.

Place the earpiece to charging box.
Close the charging box cover.
Place the center of the charging case on the center of the wireless charger.
After fully charging, disconnect the charging case from the wireless charger.

Tip

A full charge takes 4 hours by wireless charging.
Wireless charger is not included.

Pair the earpieces with your Bluetooth device at the first time

Make sure that the headset is fully charged and powered off.
Open the top cover from charging box, press and hold the pairing button from charging box back for approximately 3 seconds
- The LED on both earpieces flash in white & blue alternately.
- The earpieces are now in pairing mode and is ready to pair with a Bluetooth device (e.g. a mobile phone)
Turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device.
Pair the earpieces with your Bluetooth device. Refer to the user manual of your Bluetooth device.

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

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

Turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device, select Philips TAT8505.
Enter the earpieces password “0000” (4 zeros) if prompted. For those Bluetooth devices featuring Bluetooth 3.0 or higher, no need to enter a password.

Single earpiece pairing(Mona 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.
Turn on the Bluetooth function on your device. Search for “Philips TAT8505”, tap to connect.
Once the pairing succeed, you will hear a voice “Connected” and the indicator light will be off.

NOTE: Take the second Earpiece from the charging box and they will pair each other automatically.

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

NOTE: The earpieces stores 4 device in the memory. If you try to pair more than 4 devices, the earliest paired device is replaced by the new one.

Use your earpieces

Connect the earpieces to your Bluetooth device

Turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device.
Open the top cover from charging box.
- The blue LED flashes.
- The earpieces will search the last connected Bluetooth device and reconnect to it automatical-ly. If the last connected one is not available, the earpieces will search and reconnect to the second last connected device.

TIPS:

The earpieces 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 earpieces, you have to go to the Bluetooth menu of the device and connect the earpieces to the device manually.

NOTE

If the earpieces fails 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 earpieces to the Bluetooth device manually.

Control ANC (active noise cancelation)

Enable ANC
Different ANC mode can be toggled via single tap on the Left earpiece.

ANC function is auto active when put into the ear.
Touch the MFB button once, it will change to Surround sound mode.
Touch the MFB button again, it will turn the ANC function off.

TIPS: By removing the earpiece, it will automatically change to sleep mode. When put earpiece back, it will return to active mode.

TIPS: ANC LED indicator status Manage your calls and music

Charging Box (3 blue LED)

TIPS: When USB is off, the LED is lit for 30s after case open or closed

LED indicator status

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Battery LED indicator on Bluetooth device
It will show a battery indicator on Bluetooth device after connected to earpieces.

Voice Assistant

How to wear

Reset the earpieces

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

On your Bluetooth device, go to the Bluetooth menu and remove Philips from the device list.
Turn off the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device.
Tap & hold multi-function touch for >25s on each earpiece individually.
To pair the headset with a Bluetooth device, Earpiece put back to charging box to power off. Open the top cover from charging box,press and hold the pairing button from charging box back for approximately 3 seconds. Then, turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth device, select Philips TAT8505.

Technical data

Music time ˙ ANC enabled: 5 hours | ANC dsabled with Bluetooth: 6 hours
Talk time ˙ ANC enabled: 5 hours | ANC dsabled: 6 hours
Standby time ˙ 200 hours
Charging time: 2 hours
Lithium-ion battery 55 mAh on each earpiece, Lithium-ion battery 560 mAh on charging box
Bluetooth version: 5.0
Compatible Bluetooth proÿles:
- HSP (Hands-Free Proÿle-HFP)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distri-bution Proÿle)
- AVRCP (Audio Video Remote Control Proÿle)
Supported audio codec: SBC, AAC
Frequency range: 2.402-2.480 GHz
Transmitter power: < 10 dBm
Operating range: Up to 10 meters (33 feet)
Auto power off
USB-C port for charging
Wireless charging
Supports SBC, AAC
Low battery warning: available

NOTE: Speciÿcations 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 manufac-tured 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 o˜cial 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 environ-ment 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 the headphones.

Make sure the earpieces is discon-nected 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 applica-ble standards and regulations regarding exposure to electromagnetic ÿelds.

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 (bu˝er) and polyethylene (bags, protective foam sheet.) Your system consists of materials which can be recycled and reused if disassem-bled by a specialized company. Please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of packaging materials, exhausted batteries and old equipment.

Notice of compliance

The device complies with the FCC rules, Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC rules
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec-tion against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment ff and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between equipment and receiver
Connect the equipment into an outlet
on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
Caution: The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Canada:
This device contains license-exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s license-exempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

This device may not cause interference.
This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

IC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with Canada radiation exposure limits set forth for uncontrolled environments. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.