Questions & Answers for Parrot Zik Wireless Headphones by Starck

I get about 6 hours out of mine. When I was recently on a long haul flight I managed to extend the battery life by plugging in the USB cable into the plane seat whilst still using them. It didn't charge the battery (I think they have to be off for this) but it did stop them going flat.

• Answered by Jeremy S
• Jan 7, 2013
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Yes, you can use wireless bluetooth headphones with the mini just the same as you can with the iPhone and regular iPad.

• Answered by Amit T from San Francisco
• Feb 1, 2013
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Yes the Zik is compatible with iP5 - once you do the firmware update for new iOS.
My use of Zik with my iPhone 5 is the following:

Once you tie the Zik to iPhone 5 via Bluetooth,
* You can control the Zik with Parrot's controller app (noise cancellation, equalizer, concert hall effects, and set whether noise cancellation is active during phone call by default).
* You can use the (Apple) phone and music player with Zik by choosing the Zik as the audio device in those apps; phone offers on-screen audio option, music player uses the same interface you use for AirPlay to choose output).
* if you listening, incoming phone call can be answered with tap or refused. (My experience is that callers prefer me to raise the volume somewhat in order to hear me well).
* Many other apps will also use the Zik for audio output, even those that may not offer a GUI interface to switch the audio output (that is, they will rely on your having set the audio output in phone, music, Pandora, or some other app).

• Answered by David B from Fairbanks
• Feb 11, 2013
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Dan,

Yes, you can instruct Siri to play music, in my case from IPad3. If you are listening to music already and want a new song, you can instruct Siri accordingly and you will hear your new selection on the Ziks.

However, Siri went into my contacts to search for the artist in one instance. No harm though after I restated the request. The Ziks and the iPad are a phenomenal combo!

Roger

• Answered by Roger P A from Avon
• Feb 5, 2013
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I'm not sure if it's all headsets in this weight class or all over the ear headphones but even walking around the house in these without the music blasting sounds like an earthquake echoing around inside your head.

Also, wouldn't over the ear headsets get kind of sweaty?

• Answered by Guy R from Brooklyn
• Dec 3, 2012
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Multiple published on-line reviewers have indicated the noise cancellation is quite good: better than many other noise-canceling earphones, but perhaps not quite as effective at noise cancelation as the Bose QC. The reviews I've seen that peg the Zik just below the Bose QC for noise cancellation have preferred Zik overall for additional features and better sound quality.

Whether others hear what you are listening to is not dependent on noise cancelation. "Closed" headphones like Zik leak very little sound; "open" headphones that are not acoustically sealed (sound radiates both 'in' to your ears and 'out' to the world) are audible to others. "Open" design seems to facilitate the very best musical reproduction on high end audiophile 'phones designed for critical listening.

All noise canceling earphones introduce some artifacts - some people describe an "echo-y' addition to music played with noise cancelation on or a soft background hiss. Both noise cancelation and headphones themselves seem to isolate more effectively at higher frequencies than lower.

• Answered by David B from Fairbanks
• Nov 27, 2012
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You can use ANY charger that is rated at 5V. That means absolutely any USB charger is ok, even your usb charger.
What the other person said about the 10W damaging it is incorrect. The device takes only as many Watts as it needs, the 10W means it can supply upto 10 W. Beware of the Voltage though, if its above 5V, then it will damage your headphones.

• Answered by Tomas B from Praha
• Nov 19, 2012
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