Plantronics Blacktop 500 User manual

Blacktop 500

User Guide

Contents

What's in the box 3

Headset overview 4

Pairing 5

Get paired 5

Charge Your Headset 6

Battery Status 6

Fit 7

The Basics 8

Power on or off 8

Make/Take/End Calls 8

Mute the headset 8

Adjust the volume 8

Use Sensors 8

More Features 10

Computer calls 10

Specifications 11

Headset with quick release USB charging cable

Car charger/VPC (vehicle power charger)

What's in the box

Quick release USB charging cable

Power and call button

Volume button

Mute button

Optional clothing clip

Headset overview

The first time you put on your headset and turn it on, it begins voice-guided pairing instructions.

1Wearing your headset, press the Call button until it flashes red and blue and you hear

"pairing."

2Activate Bluetooth®on your phone and set it to search for new devices.

•iPhone Settings > General > Bluetooth On

•Android™Smartphones Settings > Wireless & Networks > Bluetooth: On > Scan for devices

NOTE Menus may vary by device.

3Select “PLT_B500.” If necessary, enter four zeros (0000) for the passcode or accept the

connection.

Once successfully paired, the Call button stops flashing red and blue and you hear “pairing

successful.”

Pairing

Get paired

Your new headset has enough power to pair and make a few calls. It will take four hours to

fully charge.

While the headset is charging, the Call button is solid red and turns off when charging is done.

It takes four hours to fully charge the headset.

NOTE Your auto may need to be running for the car charger/vehicle power charger (VPC) to charge

your headset.

You will hear a reoccurring alert when you have less than 30 minutes of talk time left.

iPhone users can view a battery status icon displayed in the status bar at the top of the iPhone

screen.

Charge Your Headset

Battery Status

1Lengthen or shorten the headband until the ear cushions fit comfortably over your ears.

2Position the stabilizer T-bar above your ear.

3To wear the microphone on the other side, rotate the boom up and over. Adjust the boom so it

points to the corner of your mouth.

4The boom can be shaped to follow the curve of your cheek.

Fit

Press the Call button for 4 seconds until you hear “power on/off” to power the headset on or

off.

Answer a call

Choose:

• Put on the headset to answer call, or

•Tap the Call button

Answer a second call

First, tap the Call button to end current call, then tap the Call button again to answer new

call.

End a call

Tap the Call button to end current call.

Decline a call

Choose:

•Press the Call button for 2 seconds

Use call back

Double tap the Call button to dial the last connected phone number.

Activate voice dial (phone feature)

Press the Call button for 2 seconds, wait for the phone prompt and then tell the phone to dial

the name of a stored contact.

During a conversation, press the Mute button until you hear “mute on” or “mute off.” While the

microphone is muted, the Mute button is solid red and an alert repeats every 15 minutes.

Toggle the Volume button up or down during a call or while streaming audio.

The Smart Sensors™in your headset react when you put on or take off your headset.

Putting on your headset will:

• Answer an incoming call

• Transfer an active call from your phone

• Resume streaming media

The Basics

Power on or off

Make/Take/End Calls

Mute the headset

Adjust the volume

Use Sensors

Taking off your headset will:

• Transfer an active call to your phone

• Pause streaming media

Reset Sensors

The Smart Sensors™are located in the headset ear cushion. Handling the ear cushion may

activate the Smart Sensors and cause them to work unexpectedly.

To reset the sensors, charge your headset and place it on a flat, non-metallic surface for more

than 10 seconds.

You can also use your headset to make calls from your computer.

1Connect your headset to your computer.

2Make, take, and end calls from a softphone application such as Skype.

More Features

Computer calls

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