ACK!!! I tried to “game” the system … and FAILED.
I was reading the Roger ON V2 User Manual, and it looked like a simple matter to pair + connect my duplicate pair of Lumity Life aids to the stick. NOWHERE in this manual does it say: “STEP ONE - First, have your audiologist transfer the legitimate software license to the aid by using a secret little PIN device that’s pushed into the stick while holding the aids on top of the stick.”
Instead, the manual had FOUR steps for how to pair + connect aids to the Roger ON V2 stick:
I just did these 4 steps in the order shown for my duplicate pair of Lumity Life aids. I got the GONG! symbol (icon depicting the connect button with a line drawn through it).
Interestingly, I got ALL 3 displays on the Roger stick: first came the question mark, then the check mark!, finally the GONG - no connection.
I made sure the pair of aids which has the legitimate license on them was turned OFF, so there’d be no confusion as to which pair of aids I’m trying to pair + connect with the Roger stick. I was trying to pair + connect my duplicate pair - the pair that has NO legitimate license transferred to it yet.
I’ve seen similar pins used to access cell phones, and even wonder if a paper clip may do the trick? I mean, this is ridiculous! I don’t have to jump through hoops to get my old Phonak TV Connector paired + connected to umpteen pairs of Phonak aids.
Why all the folderol with these Roger devices? Is it all about the MONEY? So Phonak realizes they were giving away the store with the old TV Connector, and now they want to charge PER PAIR of aids for the Roger streamer?
Pretty soon they’ll be be charging PER USE. Like a buck per hour of streaming. That is yet one more reason why I don’t like phone apps that control simple devices. They’re the gateway to controlling that device as well as gathering data on what we’re watching and where we’re located.
Luckily, I was able to stream as usual with the pair of aids that DO have the legitimate license on them. Whew. I didn’t want to mess that up.