PHILIPS Sports Bluetooth in-ear headphones User Manual

: June 7, 2024
: Philips

PHILIPS

Sports Bluetooth in-ear headphones
User Manual

Model: TASN503

headphones

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1. Important safety instructions

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 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 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 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.

Operate in a place where temperature is between 0ºC (32ºF) and 45ºC(113ºF) (up to 90% relative humidity).
store in a place where temperature is between -25ºC (-13ºF) and 55ºC(131ºF) (up to 50% relative humidity).
Battery life may be shorter in high or low temperature conditions.

2. Your Bluetooth in-ear headphones

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With this Philips in-ear headphones, you can:

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

What’s in the box

Philips Bluetooth in-ear headphones Philips SN503

Replaceable rubber ear caps x 2 pairs

USB charging cable

USB 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 Bluetooth wireless headset

Overview

– Volume control button
Multi-function buttons
+ Volume control button
Heart rate button
LED indicator
Micro USB charging slot
Microphone

3. Get started

Charge the battery

Note

Before you use your headset for the fist time 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 micro USB charging slot on the headphones and;
The charger/USB port of a computer.

→ LED turns white during charging and turns off 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 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.

Make sure that the headphones are fully charged and turned off.
Press and hold for 6 seconds until the blue and white LED flashes alternately. → The headphones remain in pairing mode for 5 minutes.
Make sure that the mobile phone is turned on and its Bluetooth feature is activated.
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
Enter the headset password .0000. (4 zeros) If prompted. For those mobile phones featuring Bluetooth ao or higher, no need to enter a password.

4. Use your headset

Connect the headset to your Bluetooth device

Turn on your mobile phone/ Bluetooth device.
Press and hold the on/off button to turn the headphones on.
→ The blue LED flashes.
→ The headphones are reconnected to the last connected mobile phone/ Bluetooth device automatically. If the last one is not available, the headphones try to reconnect to the second last connected device.

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 any Bluetooth device within range in 5 minutes, it will switch off automatically to save the battery life.

Manage your calls and music

Music control

Other headphones indicator status

5. Technical data

Headset

Music time: 6 hours Talk time 8 hours
Standby time:160 hours Charging time 2 hours
Rechargeable lithium polymer battery (120 mAh)
Bluetooth version: 5.0
Compatible Bluetooth profiles.
• HSP (Hands-Free Profile-HFP)
• A2DP (Advanced Audio Distri-bution Profile) AVRCP (Audio Video Remote Control Profile)
Frequency range: 2.402-2A80 GHz
Transmitter power <10 dBm (Only for EU)
Operating range Up to 10 meters (33 feet)
Digital echo & noise reduction
Auto power off

Note: Specifications are subject to changes with out any notice.

6. Notice

Declaration of conformity

Hereby, M MD Hong Kong Holding Limited declares that this product is in compli-ance 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 pint or 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 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 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 polystyrene (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.

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 and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between equipment and receiver
Connect the equipment into an outlet 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.

Canada:

This device contains licence-exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s licence-exempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

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

IC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with IC RSS-102 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.

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 device.
The Bluetooth is disabled. Enable the Bluetooth feature on your Bluetooth device and turn on the Bluetooth device before you turn on the headset.

Pairing does not work.

Make sure the headset are in pairing mode.
Follow the steps described in this user manual (see “Pair the headset with your mobile phone” on page 5 ).
Make sure that the LED light flashes blue and white alternately.

How to reset pairing.

In Power OFF state, Press & Hold MFB button until the LED indicator turns blue and white flashes alternately. You will hear “Connected” , as pairing successful

The Heartrate monitoring function does not work

Make sure a health App in connected device
Headset connected to health App properly
It compatible with most leading health App

The Bluetooth device can not find the headset.

The headset may be connected to a connected device or move it out of previously paired device. Turn off the 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 at the firs time’ on page 8).

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.

The audio quality is poor when streaming from the mobile phone is very slow, or audio streaming does not work at all.

Make sure your mobile phone not only supports (mono) HSP/HFP but alos supports A2DP and is BT4.0x (or higher) compatible (see ‘Technical data’ on page 8).

Philips and the Philips Shield Emblem are registered trademarks of Koninklijke Philips N.V. and are used under license. This product has been manufactured by and is sold under the responsibility of MMD Hong Kong.