User's Manual

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How does it work?
Your Personal Meter
Your Personal Meter is just for you. Your name will appear when you
put your Personal Meter into its Recharger. Please make sure you are
the only one using your Personal Meter.
Your Personal Meter picks up what you watch on TV and listen to on
the radio. It automatically identifies the radio station or TV program by picking up
special “encoded” signals sent by TV and radio stations. It can also pick up encoded
signals that are played over the Internet or at places such as stores, amusement parks,
and movie theaters that participate with us in this research. These signals are silent to
the human ear. However, if you can hear sound from your TV or radio or other encoded
source, the Personal Meter will pick up the signal. Your Personal Meter doesn’t “hear”
or record your conversations or any other sounds.
Your Personal Meter has a green light on the side to show you the Meter is working.
The green light is attached to a special sensor that knows if you are carrying the Meter
with you. All you have to do is wear your Personal Meter to keep the green light on. You
simply wear your Personal Meter and it receives station signals wherever you are.
It’s important that you always wear your Personal Meter so it will report all your TV
viewing and radio listening. We ask that you wear it from the time you first wake up and
during all your daily activities—at home, in the car, or at work.
Your Personal Meter picks
up TV and radio station
codes wherever you go.