After unpacking the product, remove the stickers covering the charging points on both earbuds, place them into the charging case, and make sure both LEDs show red. Remove both earbuds from the case and a tone will indicate your earbuds have powered ON, a voice prompt will notify you of the earbud battery life, and a voice prompt will then say “Ready to pair” as the earbud LEDs will begin to pulse red/blue. Both earbuds are now in Pairing Mode. Turn on your device’s Bluetooth and look for “Dime 3” in your list of available Bluetooth devices. Select “Dime 3” and accept the “Pair” or “OK” prompt that appears on your screen. When pairing is complete, a voice prompt will say “Connected.”

The Dime 3 supports also pairing with a second device. This feature makes it possible to pair your earbuds with two devices at once. The connection is managed automatically, you won’t need to do anything after pairing the second device. For example, while watching YouTube videos on your laptop, you can take a call on your phone without the hassle of disconnecting from one device to pair with another. To utilize Multipoint Pairing and pair to a 2nd device when you’re already powered on and connected to a device, press and hold the button on either earbud for 3 seconds. This will again enter both earbuds into Pairing Mode. The voice prompt will say “Ready to Pair”, both earbuds' LEDs will pulse red/blue, and you can select “Dime 3” from the new available Bluetooth device list. Accept the prompt that will appear on your screen. Once paired to the 2nd device, you will be able to seamlessly stream from either device as needed. Now that you’ve paired to multiple devices, each time you power on your earbuds they will automatically pair to the 2 most recently paired devices.

With your Dime 3 earbuds, you’re able to play audio from either paired device at any time, but they will not play simultaneously. For example, if you press play on one device while the other is streaming audio, the streaming device will automatically pause and the new device will begin to stream. No need to pause one before starting the other, the connection is managed automatically.

When you remove your earbuds from the case you will hear the power on “ping” tone and the LEDs will turn blue for 2 seconds. This will indicate they have automatically powered on. When your earbuds are placed correctly into the charging case, they will always power off as long as the case battery is charged. The earbud LEDs will show solid RED to indicate they are powered off and charging and will remain RED until fully charged. Once charged the earbud LEDs will turn off. If your earbuds are not automatically powering OFF or charging when placed into the case, or powering ON when removed from the case, please ensure that the case battery isn’t completely drained. If the case battery is dead the earbuds will not register that they have been placed into the case, and your earbuds will not automatically power off and begin to charge. Give that case a charge and you should be good to go.

Users need to remember the following controles

• Manually Power On: Either earbud: Press and hold the button on either/both earbuds for 1 second (1s hold)
• Manually Power Off: Either earbud: Press the button on either/both earbuds twice, and then press for one second (2x press, then 1s hold)
• Play/Pause: Either earbud: To play or pause your audio, press the button on either earbud once (1x press)
• Answer/Hang Up Call: Either earbud: To take or end a call, press the button on either earbud once (1x press)
• Reject incoming Call: Either earbud: To reject an incoming call, press the button on either earbud for one second (1s hold)
• Volume Up: Either earbud: To turn up the volume, press the button on either earbud twice (2x press)
• Volume Down: Either earbud: To turn down the volume, press the button on either earbud three times (3x press)
• Stay-Aware Mode: Either earbud: To turn Stay-Aware Mode on/off, press the button on either earbud once, and then press and hold one second (1x press, then 1s hold)
• Activate Assistant: Either earbud: To activate your device’s local assistant, press the button on either earbud for one second (1s hold)
• EQ Mode Toggle: Either earbud: To toggle between EQ Modes, press the button on either earbud four times (4x press)
• Bluetooth Pairing: Either earbud: To enter into pairing mode on your device, press and hold the button on either earbud for three seconds (3s hold)
• PRESET EQ Modes: To switch between EQ modes, press the button on either earbud 4 times. A voice prompt will notify you each time your EQ mode changes. Your default EQ setting is “Music Mode”, which is great for general listening.  Bass Boost Mode increases the low frequencies for a bass-heavy audio experience. Podcast Mode removes most of the bass response and is great for podcasts or audio books

When fully charged, there will be up to 8+ hours of playtime in the earbuds and you will get 12+ hours in the charging case, reaching up to 20+ total hours of play time. To charge your earbuds, place them in the charging case and the LEDs will turn solid red for 5 seconds to indicate they are now charging. You can close the case lid at any time. When placing your earbuds back into the case, if their LEDs show BLUE for 5 seconds, this lets you know that your earbuds still have a full charge. 10 minutes of charging will provide 2+ hours of playtime. You will hear the “Battery Low” voice prompt with about 40 minutes of playtime remaining, and again every 10 minutes until the battery will automatically power off once depleted. Once you hear this “Battery Low” voice prompt, the LEDs on both earbuds will also show RED for 4 seconds every 10 minutes to provide a low battery visual indicator as well. If your earbuds are not automatically powering OFF and charging when placed into the case, or automatically powering ON when removed from the case, please ensure that the case battery isn’t completely drained. If the case battery is dead the earbuds will not register that they have been placed into or removed from the case. Give that case a charge and you should be good to go.

The Dime 3 case can be independently charged whether the earbuds are in it or not. Plug in the USB-C Rapid Charge cable and connect to a computer, wall charger, power bank, or 12-volt adapter in a car. A 10-minute charge of the charging case via your USB-C cable will provide 2+ hours of battery playtime. To check the charge case battery life, plug in the charging cable. The single LED located next to the USB-C charging port will turn on to indicate the current case battery level: Solid Red = 0%-25%, Solid Yellow = 26%-75%, and Solid Green = 76%-100%.

other features include:

Stay-Aware Mode makes it easier to hear what’s going on around you without having to remove an earbud, so you can enjoy your audio and stay in touch with your surroundings. This is especially nice at the airport when you want to hear announcements, or at the gym when you want to keep track of what’s going on around you. Simply press the button on either earbud 1 time, and then press and hold the button for 1 second to toggle between Stay-Aware Mode ON or OFF.

Clear Voice Smart mic utilizes an advance microphone and artificial intelligence software to isolate the speaker’s voice and reduce background noise. This is especially effective at eliminating discontinuous noise — the kind of background chatter you’d find in a crowded coffee shop or airport. This means that whoever you’re speaking with, whether you’re on the move or sitting at your computer, will be able to clearly hear your voice in nearly any situation.

Activate Voice assistant can be used to activate Siri/ Bixby or Google Assistant, just press and hold the button on either earbud for 1 second to activate your device’s local assistant.

Tile App: To make sure you never lose your earbuds, users can use Tile technology. First, you’ll need to download the Tile app for this feature to work. Once you’ve downloaded the Tile app follow the on-screen instructions to connect each earbud individually so they are both trackable. When searching for missing earbuds, you can also use the Tile™ app to sound a tone from your earbuds to help you locate them. You can sound a tone from one earbud or both.

Solo mode: Sometimes you want to be able to hear your music, but still hear what’s going on around you. When you want to do that, you can use just one earbud. This is Solo Mode. Both the left and right earbud of Dime 3 can be used in solo mode. To use Solo Mode when you’ve previously paired your earbuds to your device, simply remove either earbud from the charge case and it will function with both phone calls and music. If you are pairing to a device for the first time with only one earbud, simply follow the same initial pairing steps above and you’ll be good to go. To use both earbuds again, simply remove the other earbud from the case at any time. You will hear the power on “ping” tone, and your audio will begin to seamlessly stream back in Stereo mode.

The Skullcandy Dime 3 has no support for apps either under Android or iOS. The only app this product supports is the Tile app that can be used to find the product if it's in the BT 5.3 range (10+ meters). Since this is a BT device, it can also connect to a phone, tablet, MP3 player, laptop, etc. You can also connect to Switch but not to Xbox or PS4/PS5 (unless you have a separate BT transmitter dongle)