Operation Manual

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Some advice
1. Remaincalmandpreferablyrestfor5minutesbeforebloodpressuremeasurement.
2. Thecushouldbeplacedontheupperarmatthesamelevelasyourheart.
3. Duringmeasurement,donotspeakormoveyourbodyandarm.
4. Measurethesamearmforeachmeasurement.
5. Relaxaminimumof3to5minutesbetweenmeasurementstoallowthebloodcirculation
 inyourarmtorecover.Prolongedoverinationofthecumaycauseaslightswelling
 (ecchymoma)ofyourarm.
6. Removethebatteriesifthemonitorisnotbeusedforamonthormoretoavoiddamageby
 batteryleakage.
7. Thisbloodpressuremonitorisdesignedforadultsandshouldneverbeusedoninfantsor
 youngchildren.Consultyourphysicianorotherhealthcareprofessionalsbeforeuseon
 olderchildren.
8. Bloodpressuremeasurementsdeterminedbythismonitorareequivalenttothoseobtained
 byatrainedobserverusingthecu/stethoscopeauscultationmethod.Thesearewithinthe
 limitsprescribedbytheAmericanNationalStandard,Electronicorautomated
 sphygmomanometers.
9. Pleaseavoidstrongmagneticinterferencesuchasthatfrommobiletelephones,microwave
 ovens,etc.
10. Ifanirregularheartbeat–IHB(arrhythmias)isdetectedwhilemakingabloodpressure
 measurement,asignalofwillbedisplayed.Thismayaectthefunctionoftheblood
 pressuremonitorandresultsmaynotbetotallyaccurate.It’srecommendedthatyou
 consultwithyourphysicianforasecondopinion.
11. Makesuretostoreandusethemonitorwithinthetemperatureandhumidityrangesspecied.
Operating procedures
BATTERY
• Insert4x“AA1,5V”sizebatteriesinthebatterycompartmentatthebackoftheunit.
 Makesurethatthepolaritiesareplacedcorrectly.
• WhentheLCDshowsthebatterysymbol,replaceallbatterieswithnewones.
• Rechargeablebatteriesarenotsuitableforthismonitor.
• Removethebatteriesifthemonitorisnottobeusedforamonthormoretoavoid
 damagefrombatteryleakage.
Set clock and date
• Onceyouinstallthebatteryorturnothemonitor,itwill
 enterclockmodeandtheLCDalternatesbetweentime
 anddate.Fig.1
• Whilethemonitorisinclockmode,pressboththeSTART
 andMEMbuttonssimultaneouslyandthenumberformonth
 willash.WhilethenumberisashingpresstheMEMbutton
 tochangethenumber.PresstheSTARTbuttontomovetothe
 numberfortheday.Whilethenumberisashingpressthe
 MEMbuttontochangethenumbers.Repeatthisprocedurefor
 thehourandminutes.
• Whiletheminutenumberisblinking,presstheSTARTbutton
 toconrm.
• Onceyouchangethebatteries,youshouldcheckandreadjust
 thetimeanddate.
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