User`s guide

22 | Dexcom G4 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
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More information on main menu options can be found in the sections listed
below:
See Appendix I, Receiver Alerts, Alarm and Prompts, for a list of screens that
may appear on the receiver during use.
Menu Purpose User’s Guide
Reference
Trend
Graph
To display the trend graphs.
• The 3-hour trend graph is the default screen
displayed whenever you turn the receiver on.
Chapter 5
Start
Sensor
To start a new sensor session.
• This option only appears if a transmitter ID has been
entered and you are not in the middle of a sensor
session.
Chapter 3
Enter BG To enter your blood glucose values for calibration. Chapter 4
Proles Proles allow you to customize the sound pattern and
volume level of alerts and alarms to meet your needs.
Chapter 6
Events To enter personal information about meals, insulin,
exercise, and health status.
Chapter 7
Alerts,
High/Low
To change the settings for notications of high and low
alerts from your receiver.
Chapter 6
Settings To change the time, date and transmitter ID, to look
up your Dexcom G4 System hardware and software
version numbers, to view transmitter battery status,
last calibration value, sensor insertion time.
Chapter 2
Shutdown To temporarily turn off all communications between
your sensor, transmitter and receiver during an active
sensor session. You will not receive sensor glucose
readings, and it will not extend the life of your sensor.
Chapter 3
Stop
Sensor
To end a sensor session early.
• This option only appears when you are in the middle
of a sensor session. You will not receive sensor
glucose readings. It will not extend the life of your
sensor.
Chapter 9