operation manual

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3 Get started
Charge your headphones
Note
• Before you use your headphones for the rst time,
charge the battery for 5 hours for optimum battery
capacity and lifetime.
• Use only the original USB charging cable to avoid any
damage.
• Finish your call before charging the headphones, as
connecting the headphones for charging will power the
headphones off.
• You can operate the headphones normally during
charging.
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 is 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 rst 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 4 devices in the memory. If you try to pair
more than 4 devices, the earliest paired device
is replaced by the new one.
There are two ways to pair your headphones
with your mobile phone:
• Manual pairing
• NFC pairing
Manual pairing
1 Make sure that the headphones are fully
charged and turned off.
2 Press and hold the on/off button until the
blue and white LED ashes alternately.
» The headphones remain 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.
NFC pairing
1 Make sure your headphones are turned on.
2 Make sure you turn on the NFC function
on your phone and your phone’s screen
remains active.
3 Place your phone over the headset so that
the NFC detection area of each device can
touch each other.
4 Pair the headphones with the mobile
phone. For detailed information, refer to
the user manual of your mobile phone.
Note
• Make sure your mobile phone has the NFC feature
available and switched on.
• Make sure your mobile phone is not in standby mode.
• Pairing with NFC is only suitable for Android mobile
operating system 4.2 or above.
• Refer to the user manual of your mobile phone to
identify its NFC detection area.
The following example shows you how to pair
the headphones with your mobile phone.
1 Activate the Bluetooth feature of your
mobile phone, select Philips SHB5900.