Sennheiser PXC550 - Pairing the Headphones

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Getting started
Pairing the headphones
CAUTION
Danger of malfunction!
The transmitted radio waves of mobile phones can impair the
operation of sensitive and unprotected devices.
X Only make calls with the headphones in locations where Bluetooth
wireless transmission is permitted.
To pair your headphones with a Bluetooth device, you can either use the Near
Field Communication (NFC) or the Bluetooth search function. In order for a con-
nection between the headphones and a Bluetooth device can be established,
Bluetooth must be activated, whether you use Bluet ooth or NFC pairing.
The PXC 550 headphones comply with the Bluetooth 4.2 standard. In order for
that data can be transmitted wirelessly using Bluetooth technology, you have
to pair your headphones with compatible Bluetooth devices that support the
following profiles:
X Hands Free Profile (HFP)
X Headset Profile (HSP)
X Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP)
X Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
X Device ID Profile (DIP)
When you switch the headphones on for the first time or if you restored the
headphones back to its default factory settings, they automatically go to the
pairing mode, see page 16 to pair the headphones to the device.
When you switch on the headphones that were previously paired to devices,
they automatically try to connect to the last two connected Bluetooth devices.
The headphones can save the connection profiles of up to eight Bluetooth de-
vices with which they have been paired.
If you pair the headphones to a ninth Bluetooth device,
the saved connection
profile of the least used Bluetooth device will be overwritten.
If you want to
re-establish a connection with the overwritten Bluetooth device, you have to
pair that device to the headphones again.
You can easily pair and connect your wireless headphones with your smartphone
if the device supports the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. NFC is a
short-range wireless technology that enables connection and communication
between NFC-capable electronic devices by placing them near one another or
with a single touch.
paired
paired +
connected
The following sections describe, using a smartphone as an example, how to pair
your PXC 550 headphones with an NFC or Bluetooth device. If the instructions
provided do not work on your smartphone, proceed as described in the instruc-
tion manual of your device.