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HELPFUL HINTS:

• Remember that your Alerts and Low Glucose ALARM will not work when

the Receiver is shut down.

• Your Sensor session will stop 7 days after you start the Sensor session.

Shutting down the Receiver does not extend Sensor life beyond 7 days.

5.5 TEMPORARY SENSOR SHUT DOWN

There may be times when you want to temporarily shut down your Receiver.

Shutdown will stop all communication between the Transmitter and Receiver,

and will turn the Receiver off. You will not receive glucose readings or any Alerts/

Low Glucose ALARMs while the Receiver is shut down, but your current Sensor

session will remain in progress. Follow these steps to shut down your Receiver:

1. From the Main Menu, scroll to and highlight

“Shutdown”. Press the

SELECT button.

2. Conﬁ rm that you want to shutdown your Receiver.

a. If you want to shutdown, press the

LEFT

TOGGLE

button to highlight “OK” and then press

the

SELECT button.

b. If you want to cancel the shutdown, press the

SELECT button (with “Cancel” highlighted) to

return to the Main Menu.

3. To turn the Receiver back on and resume communication with the Transmitter,

press the

SELECT button. It may take up to 20 seconds for the display to turn

back on.