Headphones

5000 Series

TAT5505

User manual
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Contents
1 Important safety instructions 2
Hearing Safety 2
General information 2

2 Your True wireless

earphones 3
What's in the box 3
Other devices 3
Overview of your True wireless
earphones 4

3 Get started 5
Charge the battery 5
Pair the earpieces with your
Bluetooth device for the fist time 6

4 Use your headphones 7

Connect the earpieces to your
Bluetooth device 7
Control ANC (active noise
cancelation) 7
Manage your calls and music 8
LED indicator status 8
Voice Assistant 9

5 Reset the earpieces 10

6 Technical data 10

7 Notice 11
Declaration of conformity 11
Disposal of your old product
and battery 11
Remove the integrated battery 11
Compliance with EMF 12
Environmental information 12
Notice of compliance 12

8 Trademarks 14

9 Frequently asked questions 15

1 Important General information
safety To avoid damage or malfunction:

instructions Caution
 Do not expose headphones to excessive heat
 Do not drop your headphones.
Hearing Safety  Headphones shall not be exposed to dripping
, splashing water.
 Do not allow your headphones to be
submerged in water.
 Do not use any cleaning agents containing
alcohol, ammonia, benzene, or abrasives.
 If cleaning is required use a soft doth, if
necessary dampened with a minimum amount
of water or diluted mild soap, to clean the
Danger product.
 The integrated battery shall not be exposed to
 To avoid hearing damage, limit the time you excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the
use headphones at high volume and set the like.
volume to a safe level. The louder the  Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly
volume, the shorter the safe listening time is. replaced. Replace only with the same or
equivalent type.
• Disposal of a battery into fire or a hot oven, or
Be sure to observe the following guide- mechanically crushing or cutting of a battery,
can result in an explosion;
lines when using your headset. • Leaving a battery in an extremely high
• Listen at reasonable volumes for temperature surrounding environment can
reasonable periods of time. result in an explosion or the leakage of
• Be careful not to adjust the volume flammable liquid or gas;
• A battery subjected to extremely low air
continuously upwards as your pressure that may result in an explosion or the
hearing adapts. leakage of flammable liquid or gas.
• Do not turn up the volume so high
that you can't hear what's around
you. About operating and storage temperatures
• You should use caution or tempo- and humidity
rarily discontinue use in potentially • Store in a place where temperature is
hazardous situations. between -20°C (-4°F) and 50°C (122 °F)
• Excessive sound pressure from (up to 90% relative humidity.
earphones and headphones can • Operate in a place where temperature
cause hearing loss. is between 0°C (32°F) and 45°C (113 °F)
• Using headphones with both ears (up to 90% relative humidity.
covered while driving is not recom- • Battery life may be shorter in high or
mended and may be illegal in some low temperature conditions.
areas while driving. • Replacement of a battery with an
• For your safety, avoid distractions incorrect type that can defeat a
from music or phone calls while in safeguard (for example, in the case of
traffic or other potentially dangerous some lithium battery types);
environments.
2 Your True
wireless
earphones
Quick start guide

Congratulations on your purchase, and

welcome to Philips! To fully benefit
from the support that Philips offers,
register your product at
www.philips.com/welcome. Global Warranty
With this Philips True wireless
earphones, you can:
• enjoy convenient wireless
handsfree calls;
• enjoy and control wireless music;
• switch between calls and music.
Safety leaflet

What's in the box

Other devices
A mobile phone or device (e.g. note-
book, PDA, Bluetooth adapters, MP3
players etc) which supports Bluetooth
and is compatible to the headset (see
'Technical data' on page 8).

Philips True wireless earphones

Philips TAT5505

Replaceable rubber ear caps x 3 pairs

USB-C charging cable (for charging only)

Overview of your True
wireless earphones

 Microphone
 Multi-function touch
 LED indicator (Earpieces)
 LED indicator (charging box)
 USB-C charging slot
3 Get started
Charge the battery
Note
 Before you use your earpieces for the first Tip
time, place the earpieces in the charging box
and charge the battery for 3 hours for  Normally, a full charge takes 2 hours (for the
optimum battery capacity and lifetime. earpieces or charging box) by USB cable.
 Use only the original USB-C charging cable to
avoid any damage.
 Finish your call before charging the earpieces,
as connecting the earpieces for charging will
power the earpieces off.

Charging Box
Connect one end of the USB cable into
the charging box, and another end into
the power source.
The charging box starts charging.
• Charging process is verified by the
blue LED light on the front panel.
• When the charging box is fully
charged, the blue light goes on.

Tip
 The charging box serves as a portable backup
battery for charging the earpieces. When the
charging box is fully charged, it supports 3
times full recharge cycle for the earpieces.

Earpieces
Place the earpieces in the charging box.
The earpieces start charging.
• Charging process is verified by blue
LED light on the earpieces.
• When the earpieces is fully charged,
the blue light goes off.
 Enter the earpieces password
Pair the earpieces with “0000” (4 zeros) if prompted. For
those Bluetooth devices featuring
your Bluetooth device Bluetooth 3.0 or higher, no need to
for the fist time enter a password.

Make sure that the headset is fully

charged and powered off.
Philips TAT5505
Open the top cover from charging
box.

Single earpiece (Mono mode)

Take either right or Left earpiece out
from charging box for Mono use. The
earpiece will power on automatically.
There will be a voice “Power on” from
earpiece.

Note
The LED on both earpieces flash
 Take the second Earpiece from the charging
in white & blue alternately. box and they will pair each other automatically.
The earpieces are now in
pairing mode and is ready to
pair with a Bluetooth device
(e.g. a mobile phone) Pair the earpieces with
Turn on the Bluetooth function of another Bluetooth device
your Bluetooth device.
If you have another Bluetooth device
Pair the earpieces with your that you want to pair with the earpieces,
Bluetooth device. Refer to the user make sure the Bluetooth function in any
manual of your Bluetooth device. other previously paired or connected
devices are turned off.
Note Long touch over 5 seconds both left &
right side simultaneously with earpiece
 After powering on, if the earpieces cannot find on ear, release when Pairing voice
any previously connected Bluetooth device, it
will automatically switch to pairing mode. prompt is heard.

The following example shows you

how to pair the earpieces with
your Bluetooth device. Note

Turn on the Bluetooth function  The earpieces stores 4 device in the memory. If
you try to pair more than 4 devices, the earliest
of your Bluetooth device, select paired device is replaced by the new one.
Philips TAT5505.
4 Use your Control ANC (active noise
earpieces cancelation)
Enable ANC
Connect the earpieces to Different ANC mode can be toggled via
double tap on the right earpiece.
your Bluetooth device
• ANC function is auto active when
put into the ear.
Turn on the Bluetooth function of • Touch the MFB button twice, it will
your Bluetooth device. change to Awareness mode.
Open the top cover from charging • Touch the MFB button twice again,
box. it will turn the ANC function off.
The blue LED flashes.
The earpieces will search the
last connected Bluetooth device Awareness
ANC Off mode
and reconnect to it automatical-
ly. If the last connected device is
not available, the earpieces will
enter pairing mode.
ANC ON

Tip Tip
 The earpieces cannot connect to more than 1  By removing the earpiece, it will automatically
device at the same time. If you have two paired change to sleep mode. When put earpiece back,
Bluetooth devices, only turn on the Bluetooth it will return to active mode.
function of the device that you want to connect.
 If you turn on the Bluetooth function of your
Bluetooth device after turning on the earpieces,
you have to go to the Bluetooth menu of the Task Multi- Operation
device and connect the earpieces to the device function
manully. button
ANC ON Right Double tap
earpiece
Note
Awareness Right Double tap
 If the earpieces fails to connect to any mode earpiece
Bluetooth device within 5 minutes, it will turn off
automatically to save the battery life. ANC OFF Right Double tap
 In some Bluetooth devices, connection may not earpiece
be automatic. In this case, you have to go to the
Bluetooth menu of your device and connect the Attention Right Tap and
earpieces to the Bluetooth device manually.
mode earpiece hold
ANC LED indicator status Call control

Headphones status Indicator Task Multi- Operation

ANC mode is The blue LED will function
toggled turn on. button
Pick up/ Right Double
Switch caller earpiece taps
during a call
Hang up call Right Tap and
Power on/off /Reject call earpiece hold

Task Multi- Operation

function
button LED indicator status
Turn the Earpiece
earpieces take out Headphones Indicator
from status
on. charging
box to The earpieces are White LED blink
power on connected to a every 5s
Bluetooth device.
Turn the Earpiece
put back to The earpieces are The blue & white
earpieces
charging ready for pairing LED flash
off.
box to alternately
power off The earpieces are White LED blink
on but not every 1s
connected to a (auto turn off after
Bluetooth device 3min)
Low battery level Blue LED blink 2x
Manage your calls and (earpieces) every 5s
music Battery is fully Refer to Case
charged LED
Music control (charging box).
Task Multi- Operation
function
button
Play or Right Single tap
pause music earpiece
Skip forward Right Triple taps
earpiece
Adjust Via mobile
volume +/- phone
control
Charging Box (4 blue Battery LED indicator on
LED) Bluetooth device

Charging Box Indicator It will show a battery indicator on

LED (USB on) Bluetooth device after connected to
earpieces.

Voice Assistant
Continue to lit as
long as USB is on Task Button Operation
Trigger voice Left Tap and
(Siri/Google) earpiece hold 2
assistant seconds
Charging Box Indicator
LED (USB off)

How to wear

Tip
 When USB is off, the LED is lit for 30s after case open
or closed
5 Reset the 6 Technical data
earpieces
Music time — ANC enabled: 4.5
hours | ANC disabled with Bluetooth:
5 hours
Talk time — ANC enabled: 4.5 hours |
ANC disabled: 5 hours
Standby time — 200 hours
Charging time: 2 hours
TAT5505
Lithium-ion battery 50 mAh on each
earpiece, Lithium-ion battery 410
mAh on charging box
Bluetooth version: 5.1
Tap & hold multi-function touch for Compatible Bluetooth profiles:
>25s on each earpiece individually. • HSP (Hands-Free Profile-HFP)
• A2DP (Advanced Audio Distri-
Return earpieces to charging box & bution Profile)
close the lid. • AVRCP (Audio Video Remote
Control Profile)
5 Follow steps in “Use your earpiec-
Supported audio codec: SBC
es-Connect the earpieces to your
Bluetooth device.” Frequency range: 2.402-2.480 GHz
Transmitter power: < 5 dBm
6 Pair the earpieces with your Operating range: Up to 10 meters (33
Bluetooth device, select Philips feet)
TAT5505. Auto power off
USB-C port for charging
Low battery warning: available

Note
 Specifications are subject to change without
notice.
7 Notice Remove the integrated battery
If there is no collection/recycling system
Declaration of conformity for electronic products in your country,
Hereby, MMD Hong Kong Holding Limited you can protect the environment by
declares that this product is in compli- removing and recycling the battery
ance with the essential requirements and before disposing the headphones.
other relevant provisions of Directive • Make sure the earpieces is discon-
2014/53/EU. You can find the Declaration nected from the charging box
of Conformity on www.p4c.philips.com. before removing the battery.

Disposal of your old

product and battery

Your product is designed and manufac-

tured with high quality materials and
components, which can be recycled and
reused.

This symbol on a product means that • Make sure the charging box is
the product is covered by European disconnected from the USB
Directive 2012/19/EU. charging cable before removing the
battery.

This symbol means that the product

contains a built-in rechargeable battery
covered by European Directive
2013/56/EU which cannot be disposed
of with normal household waste. We
strongly advise you to take your product
to an official collection point or a Philips
service centre to have a professional
remove the rechargeable battery.
Inform yourself about the local separate
collection system for electrical and
electronic products and rechargeable
batteries. Follow local rules and never
dispose of the product and rechargeable
batteries with normal household waste.
Correct disposal of old products and
rechargeable batteries helps prevent
negative consequences for the environ-
ment and human health.
 frequency energy and, if not installed
Compliance with EMF and used in accordance with the
This product complies with all applica- instruction manual, may cause harmful
ble standards and regulations regarding interference to radio communications.
exposure to electromagnetic fields. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or
Environmental information television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment
All unnecessary packaging has been
off and on, the user is encouraged to try
omitted. We have tried to make the
to correct the interference by one or
packaging easy to separate into three
more of the following measures:
materials: cardboard (box), polystyrene
foam (buffer) and polyethylene (bags, Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
protective foam sheet.) Increase the separation between
Your system consists of materials which equipment and receiver
can be recycled and reused if disassem- Connect the equipment into an outlet
bled by a specialized company. Please on a circuit different from that to which
observe the local regulations regarding the receiver is connected.
the disposal of packaging materials, Consult the dealer or an experienced
exhausted batteries and old equipment. radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC
Notice of compliance radiation exposure limits set forth for an
uncontrolled environment.
The device complies with the FCC rules, This transmitter must not be co-located
Part 15. Operation is subject to the or operating in conjunction with any
following two conditions: other antenna or transmitter.
1. This device may not cause harmful
interference, and Caution: The user is cautioned that
2. This device must accept any changes or modifications not expressly
interference received, including approved by the party responsible for
interference that may cause compliance could void the user's
undesired operation. authority to operate the equipment.

FCC rules Canada:

This equipment has been tested and This device contains licence-exempt
transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with
found to comply with the limits for a
Innovation, Science and Economic Develop-
Class B digital device, pursuant to part ment Canada’s licence-exempt RSS(s).
15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are Operation is subject to the following two
designed to provide reasonable protec- conditions: (1)This device may not cause
tion against harmful interference in a interference. (2)This device must accept any
residential installation. This equipment interference, including interference that may
generates, uses and can radiate radio cause undesired operation of the device.
L’émetteur/récepteur exempt de licence
contenu dans le présent appareil est
conforme aux CNR d’Innovation, Sciences et
Développement économique Canada
applicables aux appareils radio exempts de
licence.
L’exploitation est autorisée aux deux
conditions suivantes : (1) L’appareil ne doit
pas produire de brouillage; (2) L’appareil doit
accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi,
même si le brouillage est susceptible d’en
compromettre le fonctionnement.
CAN ICES-3(B)/NMB-3(B)

IC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with Canada
radiation exposure limits set forth for
uncontrolled environments.
This transmitter must not be co-located
or operating in conjunction with any
other antenna or transmitter.
8 Trademarks

Bluetooth
The Bluetooth® word mark and logos
are registered trademarks owned by
Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such
marks by MMD Hong Kong Holding
Limited is under license. Other trade-
marks and trade names are those of
their respective owners.

Siri
Siri is a trademark of Apple Inc., regis-
tered in the U.S. and other countries.

Google
Google and Google Play are trademarks
of Google LLC.
9 Frequently My Bluetooth headset is connected to a
Bluetooth stereo enabled mobile phone,
asked but music only plays on the mobile phone
speaker.
questions Refer to the user manual of your mobile
phone. Select to listen to music through
the headset.

My Bluetooth headset does not turn on. The audio quality is poor and crackling
The battery level is low. Charge the noise can be heard.
headset. • The Bluetooth device is out of range.
Reduce the distance between your
I cannot pair my Bluetooth headset with headset and Bluetooth device, or
my Bluetooth device. remove obstacles between them.
The Bluetooth is disabled. Enable the • Charge your headset.
Bluetooth feature on your Bluetooth
device and turn on the Bluetooth device The audio quality is poor when streaming
before you turn on the headset. from the mobile phone is very slow, or
audio streaming does not work at all.
Pairing does not work. Make sure your mobile phone not only
• Put both earpieces into charging box. supports (mono) HSP/HFP but alos
• Make sure you have disabled the supports A2DP and is BT4.0x (or higher)
Bluetooth function of any previously compatible (see ‘Technical data’ on page
connected Bluetooth devices. 10).
• On your Bluetooth device, delete
“Philips TAT5505” from the Bluetooth
list.
• Pair your headset (see ‘Pair the
headset with your Bluetooth device
at the first time’ on page 6).

The Bluetooth device cannot find the

headset.
• The headset may be connected to a
previously paired device. Turn off the
connected device or move it out of
range.
• Pairing may have been reset or the
headset has been previously paired
with another device. Pair the headset
with the Bluetoot device again as APP DOWNLOAD
described in the user manual. (see Scan the QR code/press 'Download'
‘Pair the headset with your Bluetooth button or search 'Philips Headphones' in
device at the fist time’ on page 6). Apple App Store or Google Play to
download App.
Philips and the Philips Shield Emblem are registered trademarks of
Koninklijke Philips N.V. and are used under license. This product has been
manufactured by and is sold under the responsibility of MMD Hong Kong
Holding Limited or one of its affiliates, and MMD Hong Kong Holding
Limited is the warrantor in relation to this product.

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