Philips TAH8856 8000 Series Headphone User Manual
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 guide-lines when using your headphones.
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General information
To avoid damage or malfunction:
Caution
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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 40°C (104°F) (up to 90% relative humidity.
- Battery life may be shorter in high or low temperature conditions.
- Replacement of a battery with an incorrect type that can defeat a safeguard (for example, in the case of some lithium battery types);
Your blue tooth over-ear headphone
Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to Philips! To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your product at www.philips.com/support. With this Philips over-ear headphones, you can:
- enjoy convenient wireless handsfree calls;
- enjoy and control wireless music;
- switch between calls and music;
- enjoy noise cancelation.
What’s in the box
Philips Bluetooth headphones Philips TAH8856 & POUCH
USB charging cable
Audio cable
Quick start guide
Global Warranty
Safety leaflet
Other devices
A mobile phone or device (e.g. notebook, tablet, Bluetooth adapters, MP3 players etc) which supports Bluetooth and is compatible to the headphones (see ‘Technical data’ on page 8).
Overview of your Bluetooth wireless headphones
- Volume Button
- Multi Function Button
- NC/AMB Button
- Audio Jack
- USB-C O Indicator LED O Power Button
Get started
Charge the battery
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Connect the supplied USB charging cable to:
- The USB type C 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 5 hours 30 minutes. |
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.
1 Make sure that the headphones are fully charged and turned off.
2 Press and hold 0 for 5 seconds until the blue and white LED flashes 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 infor-mation, 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 TAH8856
Philips TAH8856
Use your headphones
Connect the headphones to your Bluetooth device
1 Turn on your mobile phone/ Bluetooth device.
2 Press and hold the on/off button to turn the headphones on.
The white LED will turn on in 2s.
The headphones are reconnected to the last connected mobile phone/Bluetooth device automatically.
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Wired connection
You can also use the headphones with the audio cable provided. Connect the supplied audio cable to the headphones and external audio device.
Multi-point connection
Pairing
- Pairing the headphones to two devices, e.g. mobile phone and notebook.
Switch between devices
- Music can only be played from one device at a time. Your second device will be reserved for phone calls.
- Pause the audio from one device to start playing audio from your other device.
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Manage your calls and music
On/off
Task |
Button | Operation |
Turn the headphones on |
Power button |
Press and hold for 2 seconds |
Turn the headphones off |
Power button |
Press and hold for 2 seconds |
Music control
Task | Button | Operation |
Play or pause music
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Multi Function button |
Press once |
Volume up | Volume + | Press once |
Volume down | Volume – | Press once |
Next track | Volume + | Press and hold for 2 seconds |
Previous track | Volume – | Press and hold for 2 seconds |
Call control
Task |
Button | Operation |
Pick up a call | Multi Function button |
Press once |
hang up a call | Multi Function button |
Press once |
Reject a call | Multi Function button |
Press and hold for 2 seconds
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Answer new call during a call | Multi Function button |
Press once |
Reject new call during a call | Multi Function button |
Press and hold for 2 seconds
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Switch call when answered two calls | Multi Function button |
Press once |
ANC control
Task | Button | Operation |
ANC ON/ Ambient mode/ ANC OFF |
NC/AMB button |
Press once |
Quick ambient Mode
Task | Button | Operation |
Quick ambient on | NC/AMB button |
Press(lsec) & hold
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Quick ambient off | NC/AMB button |
Release |
Smartphone voice assist function (e.g. Google app, Siri)
Task | Button | Operation |
Wake up smartphone voice assist function | Multi Function button |
Press and hold for 2 seconds |
Note
• Please refer to the operating instructions of the smartphone. |
Other headphones indicator status
Headphones status |
Indicator |
The headphones are connected to a Bluetooth device, while the headphones in standby mode or while you are listening to music | Blue LED blinks every 5 seconds |
The headphones are ready for pairing | The LED flashes blue and white alternately. |
The headphones are on but not connected to a Bluetooth device | White LED blinks every 2 seconds
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Low battery level | White LED blinks every 5 seconds |
Battery is fully charged | White LED is off |
APP DOWNLOAD
Scan the QR code/press ‘Download’ button or search ‘Philips Headphones’ in Apple App Store or Google Play to download App.
Technical data
Headphones
- Music play time (ANC off): up to 60 hours
- Music play time (ANC on): up to 55 hours
- Charging time: 5 hours 30 minutes
- Rechargeable lithium ion battery (1,000 mAh)
- Bluetooth version: 5.0
- Compatible Bluetooth profiles:
- H FP (Hands-Free Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distri-bution Profile)
- AVRCP (Audio Video Remote Control Profile)
- Frequency range: 2.402-2.480GHz
- Transmitter power: < 4 dBm
- Operating range: Up to 10 meters (33 feet)
- Digital echo & noise reduction
- Auto power off
- Type -C-USB port for charging
- Supports AAC and SBC
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Notice
Declaration of conformity
Hereby, MMD 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 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 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 headphones 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 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 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 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 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)/N MB-3(B)
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.
Trademarks
Bluetooth
The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIC Inc. and any use of such marks by Top Victory Investment Limited is under license. Other trade-marks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
Siri
Siri is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Google is a trademark of Google LLC. The Google Assistant is not availabel in certain languages and countries.
Frequently asked questions
My Bluetooth headphones do not turn on.
The battery level is low. Charge the headphones.
I cannot pair my Bluetooth headphones 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 headphones.
How to reset pairing.
Press and hold both Power + NC/AMB button for 3s, the LED lights up blue 4 times.
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 on page 8).
The volume level of the headphones are too low.
Some Bluetooth devices cannot link the volume level with the headphones 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 find the headphones.
- The headphones 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 headphones have been previously paired with another device. Pair the headphones with the Bluetooth device again as described in the user manual. (see ‘Pair the headphones with your Bluetooth device at the first time’ on page 5).
My Bluetooth headphones are 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 headphones.
The audio quality is poor and crackling noise can be heard.
- The Bluetooth device is out of range. Reduce the distance between your headphones and Bluetooth device, or remove obstacles between them.
- Charge your headphones.
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