PHILIPS TAH5205 Headphones User Manual

Headphones
5000 Series
TAH5205
User manual
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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 guidelines when using your headset.

• Listen to 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 earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss.
• Using headphones with both ears covered while driving is not recommended 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 and charging case to excessive heat.
•  Do not drop your headphones and charging case.
•  Headphones and charging cases shall not be exposed to dripping, splashing water.
• Do not allow your headphones and charging case 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.
•  The danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type.

About operating and storage temperatures and humidity

• Operate or store in a place where the temperature is between -10°C (14°F) and 60°C (140 °F) (up to 90% relative humidity.
• Battery life may be shorter in high or low-temperature conditions.

Your Bluetooth over-ear headphones

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With these Philips over-ear headphones, you can:

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

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What’s in the box

Philips Bluetooth over-ear headphones Philips TAH5205

USB charging cable (for charging only)

Audio cable

Other devices

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

Overview of your Bluetooth wireless headset

Get started

Charge the battery

Note

•  Before you use your headset for the first time, place the headsets in the charging case and charge the battery for 3 hours for optimum battery capacity and lifetime.
•  Use only the original USB charging cable to avoid any damage.
•  Finish your call before charging the headset, as connecting the headset for charging will power the headset off.

Connect the supplied USB charging cable to:

• The Type – C USB charging slot on the headphones and;
• The charger/USB port of a computer.

LED turns white during charging and turns o when the headphones in fully charged.

Tip

• Normally, a full charge takes 2 hours.

Pair the headphones with your mobile phone

Before you use the headphones with your mobile phone for the first time, pair it with a mobile phone. A successful pairing establishes a unique encrypted link between the headphones and the mobile phone. The headphones store the last 8 devices in the memory. If you try to pair more than 8 devices, the earliest paired device is replaced by the
new one.

1. Make sure that the headphones are fully charged and turned off.

2. Press and hold for 6 seconds until the blue and white LED flshes alternately.
   The headphone remains in pairing mode for 5 minutes.

3. Make sure that the mobile phone is turned on and its Bluetooth feature is activated.

4. Pair the headphones with the mobile phone. For detailed information, refer to the user manual of your mobile phone.

The following example shows you how to pair the headphones with your mobile phone.

Activate the Bluetooth feature of your mobile phone, select Philips TAH5205

Philips TAH5205

Use your headset

Connect the headset to your Bluetooth device

1. Turn on your mobile phone/ Bluetooth device.
2. Press and hold the on/off button for 2 seconds to turn the headphones on.
   The white LED will turn on.
   The headphones are reconnected to the last connected mobile phone/ Bluetooth device automatically.

Tip

•  If you turn on the mobile phone/Bluetooth device or activate the Bluetooth feature after turning on the headphones, you have to reconnect the headphones and mobile phone/ Bluetooth device manually.

Note

• If the headphones fail to connect to the last connected Bluetooth device within range in 5 minutes, it will change to pairing mode, then will switch off automatically if it’s still not connected to any Bluetooth device 5 minutes later.
•  If the headphone has no connection history and doesn’t connect to any Bluetooth device with 5 minutes, it will switch off automatically.

Manage your calls and music
On/off

The white LED is on and fades out.

Music control

Call control

Task| Button| Operation
Pick up/ hang up a call.| music/ call control| Press once.
Switch caller during a call.| music/ call control| Press twice.
Reject a call| music/ call control| Press and

hold 2 s

Hold current call and accept an incoming call| music/ call control| Press once
Hold current call and reject an incoming  call| music/ call control| Press and

hold 2 s

Reject current call and accept an incoming call| music/ call control| Press twice
Switch between calls| music/ call control| Press 3 times
Voice assistant
Wake up the default voice assistant| music/ call control| Press twice

Other headphones indicator status

The headphones are connected to a Bluetooth device, while the headphones are in standby mode
or while you are listening to music.| The blue LED will ash every 4s
The headphones are ready for pairing.| The LED ashes are blue and white alternately.
The headphones are on but not connected to a Bluetooth device.| The Blue LED ashes slowly. If no connection

can be made, the headphones will turn themselves off within 5 minutes.

Low battery level.| The white LED flashes until it is out of power
The battery is fully charged.| White LED is off.

5 Technical data

Headset

• Music time: 29 hours (Bass Boost
  off)

• Talk time: 21 hours
  Standby time: 166 hours

• Charging time: 2 hours
  Rechargeable lithium polymer

• battery (250 mAh) Bluetooth version: 5.0 Compatible Bluetooth profiles:
  • HFP (Hands-Free Profile)
  • A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
  •AVRCP (Audio Video Remote

• Control Profile)

• Supported audio codec: SBC

• Frequency range: 2.402-2.480 GHz

• Transmitter power: < 10 dBm Operating range: Up to 10 meters (33 feet)

• Digital echo & noise reduction

• Auto power off

• Type-C USB port for charging

• Low battery warning: available

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 and 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 normal household waste. We strongly advise you to take your product to an official collection point or a Philips service center 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 help 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 headphones.

• Make sure the headset is disconnected from the charging case 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 that 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.

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

1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. 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 protection 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 off 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: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation of the device. CAN ICES-3(B)/NMB-3(B)

IC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with Canada’s 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.

 Trademarks

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

 Frequently asked questions

My Bluetooth headset does not turn on.
The battery level is low. Charge the headset.

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

How to reset pairing.
Let headphone stay in pairing mode (red and blue lights flash alternately), push the power button up to + and hold more than 6 seconds until purple LED light on.

I hear but cannot control music on my Bluetooth device (e.g. play/pause/skip forward/backward).
Make sure the Bluetooth audio source supports AVRCP (see ‘Technical data’).

The volume level of the headset is too low.
Some Bluetooth devices cannot link the volume level with the headset through volume sync. In this case, you have to adjust the volume on your Bluetooth device independently to achieve an appropriate volume level.

The Bluetooth device cannot and the headset.

•  The headset 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 headset has been previously paired with another device. Pair the headset with the Bluetooth device again as described in the user manual. (see ‘Pair the headset with your Bluetooth device for the first time on page 6).

My Bluetooth headset is 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 headset.

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

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

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