User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- M-Turbo Ultrasound System User Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 2: System Setup
- Displaying the setup pages
- Restoring default settings
- A & B Key, Footswitch setup
- Administration setup
- Annotations setup
- Audio, Battery setup
- Cardiac Calculations setup
- Connectivity setup
- Date and Time setup
- Display Information setup
- IMT Calculations setup
- Network Status setup
- OB Calculations setup
- OB Custom Measurements setup
- OB Custom Tables setup
- Presets setup
- System Information setup
- USB Devices setup
- Chapter 3: Imaging
- Chapter 4: Measurements and Calculations
- Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Chapter 6: Safety
- Ergonomic safety
- Electrical safety classification
- Electrical safety
- Equipment safety
- Battery safety
- Clinical safety
- Hazardous materials
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- ALARA principle
- Acoustic artifacts
- Guidelines for reducing MI and TI
- Output display
- Transducer surface temperature rise
- Acoustic output measurement
- Acoustic output tables
- Labeling symbols
- Chapter 7: References
- Chapter 8: Specifications
- Glossary
- Index
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and Maintenance 71
Troubleshooting
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Thischaptercontainsinformationtohelpcorrect
problemswithsystemoperation,toentera
softwarelicense,andtotakepropercareofthe
system,transducer,andaccessories.
Troubleshooting
Ifyouencounterdifficultywiththesystem,use
thefollowinglisttohelptroubleshootthe
problem.Iftheproblempersists,contactSonoSite
TechnicalSupport.(See“SonoSiteTechnical
Support”onpage vii.)
System does not turn on.Checkallpower
connections.
RemovetheDCinpu tconnectorandbattery,wait
10seconds,andthenreinstallthem.
Ensurethatthebattery
ischarged.
System image quality is poor.Adjustthedisplay
toimproveviewingangle.
Adjustthebrightness.
Adjustthegain.
No CPD image.Adjustthegain.
No Color image.AdjustthegainorthePRFscale.
NoOBmeasurementselections.
SelecttheOBexamtype.
Print does not work.Selecttheprinteronthe
Connectivitysetuppage.See“Toconfigurethe
systemforaprinter”
onpage 19.
Checktheprinterconnections.
Ensurethattheprinteristurnedonandsetup
properly.Seetheprintermanufacturer’s
instructions,ifnecessary.
DVD recorder does not record.ChecktheDVD
recorderconnections.
EnsurethattheDVDrecorderisturnedonand
setupproperly.SeetheapplicableSonoSite
accessoryuserguideandthemanufacturers’
instructions.
Externalmonitordoesnotwork.
Checkthemonitorconnections.
Checkthemonitortoensurethatitisturnedon
andsetupproperly.Seethemonitor
manufacturers’instructions,ifnecessary.
System does not recognize the transducer.
Disconnectandreconnectthetransducer.
A maintenance icon appears on the system
screen.Systemmaintenancemayberequired.
RecordthenumberinparenthesesontheC:line
and
contactSonoSiteoryourSonoSite
representative.
Software licensing
SonoSitesoftwareiscontrolledbyalicensekey.
Afteryouinstallnewsoftware,thesystem
promptsyouforalicensekey.Youmustobtain
onekeyforeachsystemortransducerthatuses
thesoftware.
Thesoftwarewilloperateforashorttime(the
graceperiod)withoutalicensekey.During
the
graceperiod,allsystemfunctionsareavailable.
Afterthegraceperiod,thesystemisnotusable
untilyouenteravalidlicensekey.Graceperiod
timeisnotusedwhilethesystemisofforasleep.
Graceperiodtimeremainingappearsonthe
licenseupdatescreen.
Caution:
After the grace period expires, all
system functions except licensing
are unavailable until a valid license
key is entered.