1 important, Safety, English – Philips AE4800 User Manual
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1 Important
Safety
Hearing safety
Listen at a moderate volume.
Using headphones at a high volume can impair your hearing.
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This product can produce sounds in decibel ranges that may
cause hearing loss for a normal person, even for exposure less
than a minute. The higher decibel ranges are offered for those
that may have already experienced some hearing loss.
Sound can be deceiving. Over time your hearing ‘comfort
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level’ adapts to higher volumes of sound. So after prolonged
listening, what sounds ‘normal’ can actually be loud and
harmful to your hearing. To guard against this, set your volume
to a safe level before your hearing adapts and leave it there.
Set your volume control at a low setting.
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Slowly increase the sound until you can hear it comfortably
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and clearly, without distortion.
Prolonged exposure to sound, even at normally ‘safe’ levels,
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can also cause hearing loss.
Be sure to use your equipment reasonably and take
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appropriate breaks.
Listen at reasonable volumes for reasonable periods of time.
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Be careful not to adjust the volume as your hearing adapts.
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Do not turn up the volume so high that you can’t hear what’s
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around you.