User Guide

2. Set Up
12 Setting Up
CHECKING BATTERY POWER
When your monitor is in the base, touch the battery
symbol on the screen and the unit will tell you if the
battery is fully charged. If the battery is not fully charged,
leave the monitor in the base for a full recharge, which
takes four hours.
STAYING IN RANGE
The monitor’s rechargeable battery provides between 12
and 16 hours of use for each four hours of recharging. If
your battery indicator is low and it is still early in the day,
we recommend you place the monitor in the base for
recharging. When you are at home, leave the monitor in
the base, unless you go to a part of the house where the
sensor and monitor would be out of communications
range. Whenever you begin to go out of communications
range, the sensor will beep to alert you – reminding you
either return within range or take your monitor with you.
LIMITATIONS OF CELL PHONE COVERAGE
When your CardioNet monitor is in the base station, it
uses the regular telephone system for communications
with the CardioNet center. When you are away from
home – or whenever your CardioNet monitor is out of the
base station – the monitor uses cell phone technology to
contact the CardioNet center and transmit ECG data.
As with consumer cell phones, calls can sometimes be
delayed or blocked by coverage problems, heavy traffic
on cell phone networks, or physical obstructions such as
buildings or mountains.
See Page 20 for
more details about
checking battery
power.
At home, leave the
monitor in the base
whenever possible.