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Prodigy Talking Meter Owner’s Manual
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Prodigy Talking Meter Owner’s Manual
About Prodigy
®
Control Solution
Prodigy
®
ControlSolutionisaredliquidthatcontainsglucose
that will react with test strips and produce a test result.
Prodigy
®
systems use a high or low control solution.
vFirst, check your contents to see if you have a high
or low control solution in your meter kit.

vThen, after completing a control solution test, compare
  resultswiththecorrectrange(highorlow)located 
on the back of the test strip vial.
Why perform a control solution test?
•Toensurethatyourmeterandteststripsareworking 
properly together.
•Topracticetestingwithoutusingyourownblood.
It is recommended to do a control solution test:
•Onceaweek(tomakesurethatyoucontinuetoget
 accurateresults).
•Whenyoubeginusinganewvialofteststrips.
•Whenteststripsareexposedtoextremeenvironmental
conditions.
•Ifyoudropthemeter.
•Ifyouchangethebatteries.
Control Solution Testing
STEP 9: Select Unit of Measure
Press and release the “M” button until
the unit of measurement you are choosing
appears on the display. Press the “SET”
button and the memory segment will start
flashing. See Figures 14 and 15.
Yourmetercandisplaytestresultsin
milligramsperdeciliter(mg/dL)or
millimolesperliter(mmoL/L.)
•Themg/dLunitisstandardinthe
 UnitedStates.
•Themmol/LunitisstandardinCanada.
STEP 10: Delete Memory
When the “dEL” symbol and the flashing
“M” symbol appear on the display, you can
choose to clear the memory. If you do not
want to clear the memory, press the “SET”
button again to skip this step. If you want
to clear ALL memory, press the “M”
buttonfor(4)foursecondsandboth“dEL”
and “M” will flash. Press the “M” button
again to delete ALL memory. The “- - -” will
appear to indicate all memory has been
deleted. See Figure 16.
Set-upisnowcompleted.Pressthe“SET”
button to turn off the meter. “OFF” is
displayed before shut down. See Figure 17.
Figure 16
Figure 17
Figure 14
Figure 15