User's Manual

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Attention:
For the sake of the environment: Used batter
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ies belong in the hazardous waste!
2.2 Switching on
Switch on your blood glucose meter by press
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ing the On/Off button.
Every time you turn it on, all display elements
appear for about two seconds as a function
test. Please make sure that the display
elements can really be seen completely, as
shown in the figure on page 5. A defective
display can show false values in later meas
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urements.
Note:
– If no test strip is inserted into the meter or
if no button is pushed within 2 minutes,
the blood glucose meter switches off auto
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matically.
– If a test strip is inserted without any blood
or control solution on the application field,
Please follow the following steps for
inserting/exchanging the battery:
Step 1:
Please always switch off the device before
exchanging the battery.
Step 2:
Pull the battery compartment cover (on the
back side of the device) in the direction of
the arrow and remove.
Step 3:
Remove any used battery.
Step 4:
Insert the 3V lithium cell with the writing
facing up.
Step 5:
Replace the battery compartment cover and
push it over the compartment until you hear
the cover click into place.
Step 6:
Afterwards, check whether the battery has been
correctly inserted by briefly pressing the On/Off
button. In this case, all elements of the display ap
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pear for about two seconds as a function check.
Note:
– Please make sure that you always have a
replacement battery on hand.
– A new battery (3V lithium cell) has a life
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time of about three months (BGM105) or
for around 800 measurements (BGM205).
– When the batteries are exchanged and
when the meter is stored without batter
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ies, the contents of the measured value
memory are retained.
– When battery is removed, the internal
clock of the measuring device doesn’t
continue to run, so when the device is
used again after exchanging the batteries
or after storing the device without batter
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ies, the date and time may have to be reset
(see Section 2.4).
the meter switches off automatically after
about six minutes.
2.3 Configuring the device
Before the blood glucose meter is used for
the first time or when adapting the meter to
your needs, you must make a few settings
in the settings menu. To do this, you will
press the SET, MEM and On/Off buttons,
as described in the following sections.
The SET button can be found underneath
the On/Off and MEM buttons. It is covered
by these two buttons to avoid pressing it by
mistake. It’s easiest to press the SET button
with a small, flat object (e.g. paperclip)
(see figure on page 14).
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