Preparing The Measurement; Measuring Blood Pressure - Beurer BM 47 Mode D'emploi

4. Preparing the measurement

Insert the batteries
• Open the battery compart-
ment lid.
• Insert four 1.5 V AA (alka-
line type LR6) batteries.
Make sure that the batter-
ies are inserted with the
correct polarity, according to the label. Do
not use rechargeable batteries.
• Close the battery compartment lid again carefully.
• With inserted batteries, the unit permanently displays the
time, date and selected user memory.
If the low battery indicator
you can no longer perform any measurements and must re-
place the batteries. Once the batteries have been removed
from the unit, the time must be set again.
Used batteries should not be disposed of in normal
household waste. Dispose of them via your electronics
retailer or your local recycling point. You are legally
obligated to do so.
Battery disposal
• The empty, completely flat batteries must be disposed of
through specially designated collection boxes, recycling
4 x AA (LR6) 1,5 V
is permanently displayed,
points or electronics retailers. You are legally required to
dispose of the batteries.
• The codes below are printed on batteries
containing harmful substances:
Pb = Battery contains lead,
Cd = Battery contains cadmium,
Hg = Battery contains mercury
Setting the date and time
It is essential to set the date and time. Otherwise, you will
not be able to save your measured values correctly with a
date and time and to access them again later.
The time is displayed in the 24-hour format.
To set the date and time, proceed as follows:
• Press the memory button M for at least three seconds.
• The year display will start to flash. Set the year with the func-
tion buttons -/+ and confirm with the memory button M.
• Set the month, day, hour and minutes and confirm each
setting with the memory button M.

5. Measuring blood pressure

Ensure the device is at room temperature before measuring.
The measurement can be performed on the left or right arm.
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