Operation Manual

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1 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR INSTRUMENT
Instrument functions
These digital diet kitchen scales are used to
weigh food and monitor diet. Weight is dis-
played in 1 g graduations. The scales are
designed for private use. The following func-
tions can thus be performed quickly and
easily:
• measuring the weight of foodstuffs up to
5000 g (weighing mode).
• determining various nutritional values
(protein content, fat content, cholesterol,
carbohydrate content) of 1000 foodstuffs.
• determining the energy value of 1000
foodstuffs in kilocalories (kcal) or kilojoules
(kJ).
• calculating the carbohydrate content in
bread units (BE)
• storing foodstuffs which have been
weighed over a specific period and dis-
playing the totals (storage mode).
The diet kitchen scales also have the follow-
ing functions:
• Additional weighing function (tare function)
for weighing foodstuffs directly one after
the other in one bowl
• Possibility to switch between grams and
ounces
• Automatic switch-off function after 90
seconds
• Automatic warning function when the up-
per weighing range limit of 5000 g is ex-
ceeded
• 'Change battery' display when batteries
are low