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The murky consensus seems to be that standard CS44 cables may not work?? You may need the purple cables?? Let us know if you find something that works??
>>Picture of purple Starkey cable32<<
When/if you do get cables that work you should test the continuity of all four pins. If the continuity test is the same as this CS44 pinout, then you have standard CS44 cables.
13 refers to a Receiver In Canal Hearing Aid/ that uses a size 13 battery.
RIC 312 refers to a Receiver In Canal Hearing Aid/HA that uses a size 312 battery.
You do know there is no such thing as a size 12 hearing aid battery, right?
No, actually not. But no matter. I just checked my battery package, yup, 312.
OK, as mentioned I’m collecting the information and writing it I’ll keep adding to this and hopefully, if this is not a Fools Errand, I’ll be able to post the successful programming of these aids.
By the way, thanks for those cable ads. about 5 minutes late. I already bought them on Ebay and bid on the orange flex tabs there as well.
Self Programming Starkey Hearing Aids
I currently have Wi series Hearing Aids from Starkey. I bought them used and have had them replaced 2 times over the years. I verified the serial numbers when I bought them to make sure they were not stolen. Now the warrantees are direct to me, but programming them costs me $200 or more each time and that’s only for 1 programming. Thus my foray into self-programming. Out of necessity.
Get the Inspire software from the Starkey Pro site.
Figure out what cables and flex strip you need to attached to the Hi-Pro.
You can test continuity on pins 1 through 4 with a paper clip and a multi-meter from Harbor Freight which only cost $2 on sale, or free with promo coupon. Whoops, sorry the paper clip will be too large for the tiny end of a CS44 cable. You will need a smaller probe. Maybe a very tiny wire clipped to the end of the multi-meter probe. Here’s the multi-meter settings…
You can test continuity on pins 1 through 4 with a paper clip and a multi-meter from Harbor Freight which only cost $2 on sale, or free with promo coupon. Whoops, sorry the paper clip will be too large for the tiny end of a CS44 cable. You will need a smaller probe. Maybe a very tiny wire clipped to the end of the multi-meter probe. Here’s the multi-meter settings…
I actually have one of those. A yard sale purchase. Invaluable for testing batteries.
Hmmmm; I am wondering about the access space on your hearing aids to allow for different style cables Straight vs Curved. Maybe the pinout of the >>cs44 cable3<< and the >>Purple Starkey cable6<< will both be the same. But one is straight and one is curved. Maybe your doesn’t have enough space to accommodate a curved cable and requires a straight cable because of limited space??
Thanks for the concern. I did see curved vs straight cables mentioned in one of the documents. It calls for straight cables and orange flex strips in the Inspire Cabling document. I just hope it’s all OK when I get it all together.
I didn’t want to belabor this thread, but what the hell…
I bought these (then) top of the line Starkeys used 4 or 5 years ago. I took a chance and lucked out on Craig’s list. The local dispensers gave me a hard time tuning them and charging me $200 for a 1-time adjustment.
I sent them for in for repairs which actually turned out to be replacement 2 times. Thanks to Starkey for standing behind their products. I believe Starkey charges the dispensers $150 or so for a repair/replace, but the dispensers asked me for anywhere from $200 - $350/aid. If only Starkey would deal direct.
This last time I sent it in to an advertised on-line place for their $139 repair any . Ended up costing me $200/HA plus shipping which is still $50 cheaper/HA than the lowest cost dispenser in my area.
Over the past 5 years I’ve replaced the tubes myself 3 or 4 times buying them on-line I increased the DB thing from 40 to 50, but never had them re-programmed. This last repair came back missing the ability to use my remote to manage the volume and modes.
This whole adventure is not for the faint of heart.
I’m not sure what’s going on in the industry now, but it seems that the dispensers are allowed to sell the used aids and so I wonder if that’s affecting the used market. Perhaps they are allowed to sell used if they replace the tubes or the ear plugs?
Horrible industry. I was just seen by Beltone. I wanted to try their latest HA. Imagine they ask $10,000 for a pair and then discount to $5,000. I thought their dispenser was top notch. Seems they really push the service end and so try to make happy customers, but what a price. By the way, I didn’t think the latest were that much of an improvement over these old Wi series.
If I can get to the point where I can program my own HA’s, that would address a lot of my issues with uses HA’s.
Hmmmm; I am wondering about the access space on your hearing aids to allow for different style cables Straight vs Curved. Maybe the pinout of the >>cs44 cable<< and the >>Purple Starkey cable<< will both be the same. But one is straight and one is curved. Maybe your HAs doesn’t have enough space to accommodate a curved cable and requires a straight cable because of limited space??
I did see curved vs straight cables mentioned in one of the documents. -<snip>-
No, I meant (simply) look at your and look at the pictures of curved and straight cables. Does it look like you have enough room to plug in a curved cable? Or does it look like you only have enough room to plug in a straight cable?
These $200 ’s bought 5 years ago have worked out well for the past 5 years. The only issue with them has been obtaining support from vendors. I’m trying to free myself from vendors by self-programming. That’s part of what is all about, eh?
Prior to buying my Starkey’s on Craig’s I went to more than a few dispensers and also educated myself on-line. It took months of effort to try to understand what was going on in the market, what types of ’s were being recommended and what was best for my kind of loss. I got exactly what the dispensers were suggesting at the time. I did very well except I got no support because I didn’t buy from the shop. Hearingaidforums has been invaluable by way of obtaining information.
Every time I see someone with HA’s I ask them about what they have in their ears. Rarely do I get any answer other than… what the audi or dispenser gave me. It’s taken me a while to get here and now I’m stepping into self-programming. It wasn’t easy to come back to this forum where one should be encouraged to rather than knocked about. I’m doing very well to have gotten this far. Not bad for someone who’s not part of the HA business.
