ComPilot and AB myPilot Flashcards
Benefits from using ComPilot
Stream audio (listening to music) Stream FM/DM Stream Bluetooth phone (talking on phone) Stream TV, movies, YouTube Stream speech
Connect with world around you!
Phonak RemoteMic
Takes strain out of 1-on-1 conversations in noisy places by streaming speech directly to both ears up to 20 meters away (~65 feet)
Can clip to speaker’s clothes
Streams from RemoteMic to ComPilot
Can also place close to TV loudspeaker for SNR improvement (if don’t have TVLink)
ComPilot
Remote control functions
Wireless streaming and connectivity, using HIBAN technology. Can use bimodally
Only accessory with VoiceAlerts
ComPilot remote functionality
Adjust volume
Change programs (main button)
Go to startup program (home button)
Phonak RemoteMic duration
8 hours of streaming time
Required setup for ComPilot
Use out of the box
Stream bimodally
VoiceAlerts set up to English
Required setup for Phonak RemoteMic
Use right out of the box
AB myPilot use
User-friendly
remote control (change programs, volume, and sensitivity) status reader (view battery status)
AB myPilot modes
Standard
• Remote control and status reader
Direct control
• Much more simplistic
• Program and volume changes only
ComPilot compatibility
Naída CI Q70
Phonak Quest, Spice+, and Spice hearing instruments
Phonak accessories: TVLink and RemoteMic
AB myPilot bidirectional remote operating range
Remote control= 60 cm (~2 feet)
Status readout= 30 cm (~1 foot)
AB myPilot pairing window
The time the Naída CI will allow pairing to AB myPilot
Occurs 1st 5 minutes after Naída CI powered on
Pairing window doesn’t cause significant battery drain as doesn’t enter into higher power mode
AB myPilot pairing identification
Left Naída CI- 4 green blinks
Right Naída CI- 5 red blinks
AB myPilot device pairing options
- Dynamic Pairing
- Use the AB myPilot to pair
(During pairing window, select Pairing from main menu to scan for devices.)
- One AB myPilot for multiple recipients - Hardwire Pairing
- Use SW 2.2 software to pair
- Update to AB myPilot software
- Select language
- Pair to specific patient with patient file open.
AB myPilot Program Adjustments
Volume and Sensitivity
Volume and sensitivity can be changed
- for both processors
- for only one side
Volume and Sensitivity can also be reset to the original level
AB myPilot ZoomControl Adjustments
Requires audiologist to set ZoomControl program on recipient’s processors
- Default direction set in programming software
- Can adjust direction of ZoomControl
Listening Check with AB myPilot
Listen to each sound source independently:
- Microphones (front, rear, HP, and T-Mic 2)
- FM receiver
- T-Coil
- Internal alarms
- UltraZoom
- Input from ComPilot
How to activate Listening Check with AB myPilot
When listening check attached to Naída CI and CI communicates with AB myPilot, AB myPilot enters listening check mode.
If doesn’t automatically engage, perform status readout by pushing on/off button.
AB myPilot Status Information
Supports bidirectional communication with sound processor to read out the system status info
- device status
- battery check
AB myPilot Device Status
Reads from closest-paired Naída CI. If bilateral, move one further away for readout.
- battery status
- program
- volume level
- sensitivity level
- pairing id
- ear for which Naída formatted
- locked status
- current lock count (how many times HP falls off head and is put back on)(doesn’t carry info over if change program or replace battery)
AB myPilot Battery Status
Make take up to 15 minutes to receive accurate battery info when using zinc air battery
Battery status of AB myPilot and of Naída CI(s)
ComPilot and T-Coil
Copilot has no t-coil antenna so can’t receive or transmit t-coil signal
Uses HIBAN signal (Hearing Instrument Body Area Network)
ComPilot for Bimodal Streaming
- Can stream to Spice+, Spice, CORE, and Quest HAs
* Must not be paired to stream bimodally.
ComPilot battery life
~5 hrs of active use time (per Phonak)
AB myPilot and SPs
Customized by AB for EXCLUSIVE use with Naída CI Q70/90
