Preparing The Measurement; Measuring Blood Pressure - Medel CONTROL Mode D'emploi

4. Preparing the measurement

Inserting the batteries
• Open the battery compartment lid.
• Insert four 1.5V AA (alkaline type LR6) batteries. Make
sure that the batteries are inserted the correct way round.
Do not use rechargeable batteries.
• Close the battery compartment lid
again carefully.
• All display elements are briefly dis-
played, 24 h flashes in the display.
Now set the date and time as de-
scribed below.
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 device, the time must be set again.
Battery disposal
• The empty, completely flat batteries must be disposed
of through specially designated collection
boxes, recycling points or electronics retail-
ers. You are legally required to dispose of the
batteries.
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is permanently displayed,
• The codes below are printed on batteries containing
harmful substances:
Pb = Battery contains lead,
Cd = Battery contains cadmium,
Hg = Battery contains mercury
Setting the hour format, 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 access them again later.
To set the date and time, proceed as follows:
• Insert the batteries, or press and hold the setting button
SET for at least 5 seconds if the batteries have already
been inserted.
• Select 12h or 24h mode using the function buttons -/+.
Press SET to confirm. The year display will start to flash.
Set the year with the function buttons -/+ and confirm with
SET.
• Set the month, day, hour and minute and confirm each
with the setting button SET.
• The blood pressure monitor switches itself off automatically.

5. Measuring blood pressure

Ensure the device is at room temperature before measuring.
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