Measuring Weight, Body Fat, Body Water And Muscle Percentage; Setting User Data; Taking Measurements; Tips For Using The Scale - Beurer BF 408 Mode D'emploi

Measuring weight, body fat, body water and muscle percentage

Setting user data

To measure your body fat percentage and other physical data, you must enter your personal user para meters.
The scale includes over 10 memory spaces on which you and other members of your family can save perso-
nal settings.
Switch on the scale (stand shortly on the weighing area). Wait until the display shows "0.0".
Then press "SET". The first memory position will appear flashing on the display. Now you can enter the follow-
ing settings:
Memory position
Body size
Age
Sex/Activity mode
Explanation of the 5 levels of physical activity:
Degree of activity Physical activity
1 None.
2 Low: A small amount of light physical effort (e.g. short walks, light garden work, light
exercise).
3 Medium: Physical effort for 30 minutes at least 2 to 4 times a week.
4 High: Physical effort for 30 minutes at least 4 to 6 times a week.
5 Very high: Intensive physical effort, intensive training or hard physical work for at least
one hour daily.
You can enter the relevant settings with short or long pressure on the "up" button
Confirm the settings in each case by pressing "SET".
Then the scale is ready for measuring. If you do not carry out a measurement, the scale switches off auto-
matically after several seconds.

Taking measurements

After all parameters have been entered, you can now measure your weight, body fat and the other data.
• Select the memory space where you would like to take your personal measurements by pressing the "up"
or "down" button several times. These are then displayed briefly until "0.0" appears.
• Step onto the scale with bare feet and make sure that you are standing still on the electrodes.
• All values determined appear after weighing.
Important: There may be no contact between feet, legs, calves and thighs. Otherwise the measurement will
not be performed correctly.
The following data are automatically displayed consecutively:
1 Weight
2 Body fat with interpretation
3 Body water
4 Muscle percentage
The scale switches itself off automatically.

Tips for using the scale

– Place the scale on a hard, plane level floor (no carpet); a firm floor covering is required for correct measurement.
– If possible, always weigh yourself at the same time of day (preferably in the morning) striving for comparable con-
ditions such as after using the toilet, on an empty stomach and unclothed, in order to achieve comparable results.
– Stand still and upright during the measurement.
– Wait a few hours after unaccustomed physical activity.
– Wait approx. 15 minutes after getting up in the morning to allow the water in the body to distribute.
– Remember that only long-term trends are important. Short-term changes in weight within a few days are usu-
ally caused by a loss of fluid. Body water plays an important role towards our general well-being.
1 to 10
39" – 87" (100 to 220 cm)
10 to 100 years
1 – 5 (see below table)
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or "down" button .