WOW! So much information here - as always, you da MAN! I am going to have to smoke a bubble pipe as I ponder all this.
Yes, you nailed it. Audi was SUPER rushed! She gave me an hour, but who would send someone out the door without even a manual? It’s almost like she couldn’t be bothered to make the investment in me as a future patient. Does not portend well.
I’m VERY glad to know I could have up to 4 dedicated programs. I’d definitely go for MyMusic next. In the meantime, I’ve re-set my equalizer with more bass and a smidge in the high end. Today I checked the app: it’s still set like that. I don’t think I need the Comfort program cuz honestly, these aids are NOT the “open sound paradigm” my OPNs were years ago (YAY!).
TV Streaming isn’t going to happen till our home automation closet is up and running again. Dang TVs are mounted flat on the wall with no way to plug anything into the back of them. Stoopid. My previous workaround was to plug a cable into a Marantz receiver; we’ll do something similar with the upgrade.
As for the right aid/left aid discrepancy in volume, you’re probably right: audi fixed the setting asymetrically by mistake. And she shaved “3 Mississippi lollipop thousand” off the time spent with me doing so. I just jack the volume up to equal the LEFT aid now.
Turns out my MacBook Pro has the Apple M2 Max chip. So probably won’t be connecting to its BT unless I can do it with the ConnectClip OR EduMic. As far as plugging that in to the Roger, YES, it comes with a cable with USB-A port on one end. According to MisTrae in this thread it can be done. In theory. I greatly appreciate that tip about pairing with the TV Adapter 3.0 - should be easy to scroll to that setting on the phone app once it’s set up.
BUMMER if there is no AutoPhone stereophonic option. I guess I’d hobble along trying to hear with the 63% comprehension in my ONE ear only. Sub-optimal.
So I was thinking a Custom program/setting could be created using the app. I’d go to “General”, tinker with the equalizer, perhaps volume even, and then there’d be a “Save” button somewhere on that screen. (Like I do with my home irrigation system using HydraWise.) That way I’d have an option to name the program, and it would forever more appear in the top menu bar with “General” and “Speech in Noise”. Maybe the audi needs to create these for me? Yeah, she’ll give me to a count of TEN to spell it all out.
I DO find it intriguing that the phone app has the “Hearing aid updates” menu. So does that mean when a firmware update is needed I’ll get notified? You nailed all the other great options with the Companion app - again, I’ve never used myPhonak, so no way for me to compare the two.
As for battery life: OWIE I AM LOVING IT!!! These aids have been in since 8:30am, and 3 hours later, my battery life says I have 21 more hours. I feel like a “Woman in Chains” - so FREEEEEE her! The world and travel. FREEEEEE her! Explore and nature. FREEEE HER! (sung to the tune of Tears for Fears “Woman in Chains”) It’s liberating, and a great improvement over appx 17 hrs (when my batteries aren’t DYIN’) in the Phonaks.
I seriously spent an hour looking for Oticon dispenser or AuD in my area, but didn’t find anything “better” (credentialed, proximity) than the gal who gave me an hour of her time. That’s a concern, cuz I look at my audi as a partner for life.
Thanks for all your advice and information. I’ll keep posting the updates as my Cinderella slipper ticks off the days.