Hi all, I’m waiting for my Vigo Connect RITE to arrive.
Based on another post I saw here, I think about Phonak aids, I wonder what everyone is using for their 3 or 4 settings on the Vigo, or other Oticon aids.
I saw there is a Mute function, why would I want to have that turned on?
Thanks!
Right now I just have my day to day setting.
Then i have the manual telecoil setting where my right ear is for the phone and the left ear has the volume reduced significantly to block out background noise.
Mute is good for times when on a motorcycle, mowing lawn, snowblowing for us unfortunate ones, etc. I thought it was a bad idea too, but then i thought about all the times it would be nice.
@willie1280, Good point about mute!
Even though I have only one HA, that’s still a good idea. I’m going to ask the audie to leave that option on.
Does anyone have a special setting for music?
I’m due back for my second adjustment… good questions what do to with all those programs?
Right now I have the t-mode which places both into t-coil and that’s it. Mute would be good for when the kids are screaming or lawnmower. I will say my everyday setting/noise suppression really made my snowblower not bad…ie…regular setting is saving my hearing.
My audi was also suggesting volume control. The music program sounds interesting (although I’m getting used to how music sounds… it may be good for the movies/TV ??). One thing for sure…its all one toggle switch…I can see how it could get confusing…ie 2 beeps is volume, one beep is t-coil…but you have to go thru both to get back to regular…
Oticon Epoq XWs
I have the following settings:
Left HA Sw Controls 4 Programs (Up & Down) plus long press Mutes the Mics
Right HA Sw controls Volume (Up & Down) plus long press Mutes the mics
Program 1 = Primary General Listening Program
Program 2 = Directional on Demand (for noisy places I use this alot as a sort of “Voice Zoom”)
Program 3 = Same as Prog 1 but Volume lowered to maximum (for when I am on the motorcycle but cannot reach the buttons due to my helmet. I can get a quasi-mute using the Streamer, not very effective tho)
Program 4 = Music (Almost never used but sometimes for TV, I use the Streamer for music.)
I do use the Sw on the HAs to mute the mics on a regular basis if I am assaulted with noise in a mall or Best Buy, when I walk into our manufacturing floor or if a fire truck is going by. While none of the program or volume switches happen fast enough, going to mute is faster than multiple presses of the volume button. Also, it is a complete turn-off of the mics and not just a reduction of the volume. (Important in a machine shop or on the motorcycle.)
I forgot to mention this one…
Put the mics on mute before you go into a Thruway Bathroom on a holiday/“big travel” weekend! That was the noisiest most overwhelming &funny experience after getting my aids.
Power Flush toilets, Blowing Hand dryers and busfulls of teenagers in an all tile environment!!!
I saw there is a Mute function, why would I want to have that turned on?
If there’s a facility offered, there is probably a reason for it.
In this case, it allows you to get some peace & quite, for example, in an extremely noisy place like a London Tube underground train.
It could save you 30 minutes of acoustic hell, and is easier to use than fiddling with a volume adjuster or removing the aids.
If you own a streamer you can use the mute option. I had bad ex. with the mute
switch, I had heard some people switch to the t program when they want to mute the instrument
The trouble with using T as MUTE is that you can pick up stray magnetic noise.
In my Tube train example the T mode would deafen you with clicks, bangs and pops from the electric rails!
OK, got my Vigo Connect Pro RITE late this afternoon so I am still going through the first several hours with it.
So far, I am liking it a whole lot more than the Vigo Connect Pro BTE I had before. Noise filtering is better, I’m hearing more bass, I can hear my wife while watching TV. Tomorrow will be a better test as I go through my workday.
So far though, I’m liking it and this is coming from a person who has worn Starkey ITE HAs since roughly 1980.
I am still getting used to the Streamer beeping and causing the sound to go “blank” for a second while picking up and ending a cell phone call (Apple iPhone 3Gs).
I am using the power dome on the RITE so it is a lot more occluding than the open dome so I’m getting used to that as well.
There are currently only two programs: General and Manual T Coil. The mute option is supposedly turned on and I am not sure if I am in T Coil or Mute, or as the Vigo Connect manual calls it, Standby.
I really wish the Streamer had a small LCD panel to show which program is turned on, if mute is on, volume setting, etc. Maybe we’ll see that in a future version of the streamer.
After I’ve road tested the HA a little bit, I’ll go back to the audie to fine tune the programs. @Squeezer53 has given me a couple of good ideas.
Thanks all!
Learning to use the RITE with phone handsets is turning into the biggest pain for me. It has nothing to do with the auto-telecoil or manual telecoil but getting used to how to position the handset next to the aid. This was so much easier when I wore ITE HAs.
Yes, using the ConnectLine phone adapter will be easier but then I’d have to drag the thing between work and home.
Adapt and adjust…adapt and adjust…
You might try a speaker phone at home. That’s what we do…
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Been lurking around here for a couple of weeks since getting My Vigo Pro Connect Powers. For your house, get a bluetooth phone such as the one I bought (Vtech DS6321-3) which works pretty much flawlessly with the Streamer. Pair it once, then never have to pair it again, its automatic and very slick. Your bluetooth cell also will pair with the V-tech and you can use the home handsets to make and receive cell calls too. The thing comes with 3 handsets for your house and you don’t need but one phone jack. I paid just over $80 shipped for this phone. To answer incoming calls, all you hae to do is hit the Streamer’s phone button. To make calls, you dial on the handset, then hit the menu button twice to transfer the call to your Streamer. Very easy.
Then for the office, I got a Jabra JX-10 headset with Jabra A7010 bluetooth hub bundle for $110. Didn’t need the headset so I sold it for $40. So for $70 this took care of my issues at work. The reason I got the Jabra bundle instead of a A7010 hub by itself is because the A7010 is discontinued and getting very hard to find. Anyway, at work, you have to lift the handset and set it down on the desk, press the phone button on the streamer, then dial the phone. To answer the phone, you have to pick up the handset and hit the button on the streamer and begin talking. This part is a bit awkward at first (due to the pause from the time you lift the handset to the time you press the streamer button and it initializes), but overall works well. I usually answer on speaker phone, and if I want privacy I ask the caller to hold for a second while I press the Streamer button and turn off the speakerphone.
So for $150 and change I have my phone issues taken care of. Cheaper than the $200 my audi quoted for the Connectline phone setup…and I don’t have to carry it back and forth.
Regarding the Vigos. I am fairly happy with mine. I need some tweaking. Whenever I am driving in the car with the radio on, the aids seem to hunt for a program. Sound goes up and down and up and down continuously. I need a “music in the car” program that shuts off the noise compression entirely. I can manage the sound so as not to damage my hearing. So far my programs include a phone program (loud in right ear muted in left), and T-Coil program. My audi set the “individual” setting on “Dynamic” and I don’t think I like it. I would rather the aids react more slowly to changes in noise levels, or not at all in some situations (like the car).
Also demo’d a set of Epoq’s. I did like them better. More low tones and crisper highs. But my wallet will not allow the $2200 price difference for the XW’s.
Unfortunately, we bought a Panasonic DECT 6 expandable phone system back in January. If I was to buy a cordless phone today, I’d definitely try out one of the setups that work with Bluetooth. That would certainly be a whole lot better than using the ConnectLine phone adapter.
@mde8965, interesting that you mention the Epoq offering more low tones. The Vigo was recommended to me because I only need one aid and, as I was told, the Epoq and Dual require two aids. Can anyone elaborate on how true that is?
A “music in the car” setting with no compression sounds interesting.
kloda - I was never told anything about Epoqs “must” be sold in pairs. They do communicate with each other, which is cool. But I don’t think 2 are required by any means…
And too bad you already bought non-bluetooth cordless. Buteven if you just replaced one of them with the bluetooth base (you would need to plug it into a phone jack) you would have what you need for $~80…
the offering low tone- you must be referring as multiband directionality.
Only Vigo pro upgrads have this option - where low freq. are kept in omni
and higher freq. have directionality (adaptative).
Having the low frq. in omni gives the percetion of better lows
Since the start of my road test of the Vigo Connect Pro RITE last week, I have made a couple of observations:
While at a restaurant, I am hearing a lot of stuff and it’s difficult to focus on the person speaking to me or the other folks talking at the table. While I recognize that I am still adapting to this HA, I’ve worn HAs all my life so I don’t know if it is an issue of still needing to adapt versus needing to tweak the settings with the audiologist.
I’ve worn ITE HAs since roughly 1980. Even so, my ear feels pretty well plugged up with the RITE. Is this normal? Will I get used to that?
I’m not sure how far in the receiver should go but regardless, it eventually slides out, but still remains in the ear. Is that because the dome I’m using is too big?
Any input would be appreciated!
Directionality may need some tweaking to suit your listening expectations - moving the user setting to ‘gradual’ may stop it switching about more than you like.
Possible occlusion - depends on both the seal of the tip and the amount of low frequency amplification. You can get both modified to alter the effect and degree of seal.
The receiver should go in as far as the elbow in the wire - you can get the sport lock fitted if it won’t stay in place.
the only way to obj. know if there is occlusion is to mapp him
The first night that I got my new Vigo Pro’s we ate at a fancy restraunt that was all hardwood flooring and nothing on the walls and ceilings to help absorb sounds. I found it very difficult to focus as well. But since then (approx 3 weeks), i have found it much easier now. So i would say to give it sometime.
As for the plugged feeling, that was the first thing i noticed when i put mine in. I however have the molded RITE which looks like a ITC HA. The plug-iness has gone away for the most part and/or I have just gotten use to the feel and sound, mainly of my own voice. The moldings on mine actually have a clear little “arm” if you will that helps retain the RITE in the canal. Odd and slightly uncomfortable feature at first, but now that I am used to it i actually like it…makes for a good grab handle when taking the aids out.
Or just put the aid in with the power off and make an ‘eeeeeeeeee’ sound.
If he is acutely aware of his own voice, it’s physical occlusion - if he’s not it’s amplification. (I’m sorry, I can’t stand the Amplclusion term).