When you receive your Audeara headphones, you should first plug them in to charge for a few hours. The red LED light will turn blue when the headphones are fully charged.
While you wait, download the Audeara app on your phone. It’s available in the App Store on iPhones and the Google Play store on Android phones. To run the Audeara app, your phone must be running on at least iOS 9.3 or Android 4.4, with a minimum version of 4.2 for Bluetooth.
When your headphones are charged and ready, unplug them and turn them on using the switch on the left cup. Press the middle button on the left cup down for 3 seconds to trigger pairing mode and go to the Bluetooth settings on your phone.
You should see ‘Audeara A-01’ on the list of new devices – tap on this to connect the headphones to your smartphone. You can now stream audio to your headphones via Bluetooth.
Before you start using your headphones to listen to music or audiobooks or to watch television, take the hearing profile test first. This will analyse your hearing needs so you can adjust the settings accordingly.
How to take the Audeara hearing test
There are 3 levels of testing, all of which involve listening to a series of beeps and moving a slider to answer how well you can hear each tone.
When you tap ‘finish now’ at the end of the analysis, it will apply the appropriate personalisation to your headphone settings. You can adjust the level of personalisation between 0 and 100% to find what’s most comfortable for your ears.
Your hearing profile is safely stored in the Audeara app and will tailor your hearing to these levels until you go back into the app and change them. You can re-take the hearing profile test as frequently as you like to monitor any changes in your hearing.
You’ll need a mobile data or Wi-Fi connection on your phone to take the hearing test and update settings in the app. You must switch on Bluetooth connectivity on your headphones when you want to use them with the tailored settings.