Bluetooth connections between Phonak & Oticon

Hearing Aids
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Just thought I’d post my experience of Bluetooth connections between LE Bluetooth and Classic Bluetooth.

I have

  • Phonak Sky M70 SP - bought myself.
  • Phonak Naida P70 UP - free issue - NHS.
  • Oticon Xceed 1 UP - free issue - NHS.

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  • Phonak seem to have a massive Bluetooth range compared to Oticon. :+1:

  • Oticon Xceed Bluetooth range is quite short. :-1:

  • Phonak M70 easily connect between iPad and iPhone. :+1:

  • Phonak P70 easily connect between iPad, iPhone and laptop. I prefer to turn Bluetooth off, on all devices I’m not using so I don’t get distracted. :+1:

  • Oticon Xceed, I find it’s only really good for connecting to one device. Turning Bluetooth off, on one device, doesn’t allow it to connect to the other device. I find I have to turn the device fully off, for the Xceed to connect to the device I want to use. I just leave it connected to one device now, to save messing around. :-1:

  • Phonak, have an ear infection in your right ear, you can’t use Bluetooth if you need to keep the HA out. :-1:

  • Oticon Xceed, you can choose to stream to left OR right OR both. That’s very useful. :+1:

  • Phonak, Bluetooth is always in both ears. :-1:

  • Oticon doesn’t always connect in the mornings. :-1:

  • Phonak always connects without fail. :+1:

This is just things that I thought I would share. :blush:

Others may have different opinions.

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I don’t have experience with oticon. Does xceed connect to android?

I’ve found myphonak app a bit slow to connect.
Phonak bluetooth range is impressive. I can hear phone notifications 20-25 feet away at work with thin walls .It depends on wall thickness.

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Oticon Xceed 1 is louder than More 1 in streaming music/voice from iPhone for my hearing loss. Both HA’s connect to iphone easily but one aids at a time. I do not connect HA to computer or ipad. Iphone is the main device for connectivity.

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Ditto! I get the notifications on my Phonak Lumity Life aids upstairs when my phone is downstairs - live in a concrete bunker here. Even the phone rings from a different floor, and I can ANSWER it and start talking as I stroll downstairs to actually get the phone, LOL!

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This is quite interesting as I can swop between iPhone and iPad by just turning Bluetooth off on the other but if I want to connect to my spare iPhone, it gets super confused.

I take a spare iPhone with me when I travel.

Oticon always connect these days. Phonak never connects on its own since iOS 17.

I’m really thinking about selling my Phonak P30 as I just prefer Oticon over all.

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I guess Iphone and phonak are like quarrelsome couples

I bought a Samsung tv and my phonak Up P30s connect flawlessly .
Good news is that I dont need a third device as in the past like tv connect. No input lag issue.

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Good that your TV works with your P30.

I don’t have any extra technology at home. Just an iPhone and iPad. Wouldn’t have an iPad if I had it my way but I got it as a present so I have one.

Means I only have to connect to my iPhone and my iPad when I do use my iPad, which is rare.

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Not selling my P30. Keeping them as spares in case my Xceed stop working with future iOS or I get the dreaded 8 beep mic failure in my ears.

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The funny thing is that although my hearing aids can connect to the tv I usually watch tv shows and movies with subtitles and no sounds. I just remove my aids at night and watch tv with subtitles. I got used to watch tv like a charlie chaplin movie.

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I realize these observations were from your post in July '23, but having trialed the Oticon Intent last spring, I GONGED it for these same reasons.

I could not get the Intents to stay connected in any reliable way with my Android Samsung Flip-4 phone. Every single day I’d have to go through the rigamarole of pair + connect throughout the day. It was just too unreliable to trust with calls coming in and me never knowing if I’d be streaming unless I went through this yada yada before even answering my phone.

I wondered if it was the Oticon’s LE_audio? But I have LE_R-Precious Pink for my Phonak 312s, and (I hope I don’t jinx it) I NEVER EVER have an issue with BT on my Android phone.

On a different topic: how was the JUNGLE! Hope all that waterproof gear held up and you had the experience of a lifetime! :slight_smile:

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Thank you. I enjoyed it but I had to come home early due to a situation outside of my control.

I still think I can improve my waterproof system tho.

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