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6.2 CHANGING THE DEVICE SETTINGS
You can view the following settings and indicators on the display screen:
• Measured pressure
• Backlight settings
• Humidifi er, SmartCard and Ramp status
• Patient alarms
• Measured parameters (Leak, Respiratory Rate, Minute Ventilation, Exhaled Tidal Volume)
Additionally, you can view and modify the following settings using the display screens:
• Humidifi er (heat)
• FLEX Setting
• Rise Time
• Ramp start pressure
• LED backlight
NOTE: When changing any setting (except for the Ramp Start Pressure setting), once a maximum setting
is reached, the setting rolls back over to the minimum setting, and likewise, once a minimum setting is
reached, it rolls back over to the maximum setting provided.
For example, the minimum humidifi er setting is 1 and the maximum is 5. Once the humidifi er setting is
increased to 5, if you press the HEAT button again, the setting will go back to 1. Or, once the humidifi er
setting is decreased to 1, if you press the RAMP button again, the setting will go back to 5.
6.2.1 CHANGING THE HUMIDIFIER SETTING
If you are using the REMstar Heated Humidifi er with your device, you can adjust the humidifi er heat
setting by completing the following steps:
1. From either the Standby or Monitoring screen, press and hold the HEAT button for several seconds.
 e Humidifi er Setting screen appears, as shown in Figure 6–6.
HEAT
Figure 6–6 Humidifi er Setting Screen
2. Press the HEAT button to increase the humidifi er setting, or press the RAMP button to decrease the
setting. You can adjust the setting from 1 to 5.  e change takes eff ect immediately as you adjust the setting.