User guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- The basics
- Entering your settings
- Basic steps
- Setting the time and date
- Selecting the language
- Setting your Alarm/Alert Type
- Entering your glucose monitoring settings
- Turning on the sensor
- Selecting the BG units
- Turning on the Glucose Alerts
- Setting the Glucose Limits
- Setting the Glucose Limits start time
- Setting the High Snooze
- Setting the Low Snooze
- Setting the Predictive glucose alert
- Setting the Rate Alerts
- AUC calculation
- Setting the Alarm Snooze
- Setting the Cal Reminder
- Entering the transmitter identification number
- Setting up the Missed Data option
- Setting the sensor glucose graph timeout
- Reviewing your settings
- Setting up your transmitter and sensor
- Meter option
- Using your system
- Utilities
- Therapy management software
- Troubleshooting and alarms/alerts
- About alarms and alerts
- What to do when you get an alarm/alert
- Sensor alerts
- Viewing your sensor alert history
- System alarms
- Viewing your system alarm history
- Understanding your transmitter, tester, and charger
- Troubleshooting the transmitter
- Troubleshooting the monitor
- My monitor will not display my BG measurement from my meter
- Reconnect old sensor
- Find lost sensor
- What happens if I leave the monitor battery out for more than ten minutes?
- Why doesn't my monitor battery last very long?
- What is a CHECK SETTINGS alarm?
- My screen looks distorted
- I dropped my monitor
- I submerged my monitor in water
- I cannot get to the User Settings screen
- System maintenance
- System specifications
- Alarm/alert types
- Alarm/alert messages and codes
- Alarm/alert history
- Backlight
- Screen and menu timeout
- Sensor glucose graph timeout
- High and low Glucose Limits (CSS7100)
- High and low Glucose Limits (CSS7100K)
- Daily totals
- Default screen
- Default settings
- ENTER BG meter values
- Meter ID entries
- Power supply
- System safety checks
- Radio frequency (RF) communication specifications
- Quality of service
- Data security
- Monitor size
- Monitor weight
- TIME/DATE SET screen
- STATUS screen
- Guidance and manufacturer's declaration
- MiniLink specifications
- Warranty
- Icon table
- Sensor accuracy
- Performance results in adults
- Accuracy of Guardian RT readings
- Precision of Guardian RT readings
- Low and High Alerts in adults
- Guardian RT Sensor Performance and Calibration Stability As a Function of Time
- Effects of calibration frequency
- Performance results in children and adolescents
- Low and High alerts in children and adolescents
- Glossary
- Index
6 If the HOME screen appears, then go to the next step. If the HOME screen does not appear:
a. Make sure that the battery is inserted correctly. If not, remove the battery and install it properly
as described in the previous steps.
b. If the monitor still does not turn on, or if you receive a FAILED BATT TEST alarm, then remove the
battery and replace it with a new one.
c. If the monitor still does not turn on, then call the HelpLine.
7 Make sure that the time showing on the HOME screen is correct. If more than 10 minutes have passed
since you removed the battery, you will be prompted to check the time and date.
8 Press ESC until the STATUS screen appears. Make sure that no alarms or alerts are active. If an alarm
or alert is active, then follow the instructions on the screen to clear the alarm or alert.
The monitor buttons
This section describes how to use the buttons on your monitor.
Button Description
• Scroll up through menus when selecting menu items.
• Increase the value of a setting when entering or changing settings.
• Select different graphs when viewing the sensor glucose graphs.
• Move the cursor to the right in the graph when viewing the sensor glucose graphs.
• Scroll down through menus when selecting menu items.
• Decrease the value of a setting when entering or changing settings.
• Move the cursor to the left in the graph when viewing the sensor glucose graphs.
• Turn the backlight on when the HOME screen is showing.
• Turn the backlight on when viewing screens other than the HOME screen (hold down SHIFT and
press DOWN).
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