[. . . ] Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger (1989), 138, for the comparison of your blood sugar values with values from persons without diabetes Time of day Values from persons without diabetes (mg/dL) / (mmol/L) (70~105) / (3, 9~5, 8) (70~110) / (3, 9~6, 1) less than (160) / (8, 9) less than (120) / (6, 7) more than (70) / (3, 9) Your measured blood sugar values (mg/dL) / (mmol/L) ___________________ (mg/dL) / (mmol/L) ___________________ (mg/dL) / (mmol/L) ___________________ (mg/dL) / (mmol/L) ___________________ (mg/dL) / (mmol/L) ___________________ (mg/dL) / (mmol/L) Before breakfast Before lunch/supper 1 hour after meals 2 hours after meals Between 2 and 4 in the morning Before operating / the blood sugar measuring system / included in delivery /symbols used . checking the system / control solutions / important information about control solutions . Device settings how to set date and time / how to set measurement and temperature units . We are delighted that you have decided to purchase this blood sugar measuring system. [. . . ] If you want to save the following measurement to the memory, however, press the Menu button again and "CTL" will no longer be shown in the display. Turn the end cap in the appropriate direction until the arrow points to the number for the required pricking depth (Fig. How to find a suitable pricking depth for yourself: 1-2 for soft or thin skin 3 for normal skin 4-5 for thick or calloused skin 13) until it engages with a "click". If it does not engage, it was probably tensioned already when inserting the lancet. Place the pricking aid against your fingertip (on the side if possible) and then press the trigger button (Fig. Note: Your system only requires a small drop of blood to carry out a test. Open the pricking aid again by turning the cap anticlockwise and removing it. Remove the used lancet carefully by pulling it out, and then dispose of it carefully in order to avoid injuries to other people. Feed the test strip into the test strip opening with the contacts first and the device display facing you (see Fig. After this, the surrounding temperature, the symbol and the code number are displayed. You should code your device (see Page 11) if the code number shown in the display is not the same as the code number on the test strip container. Use the pricking aid to obtain a rounded blood drop of at least 2 microlitres. When the symbol flashes in the display, apply the blood drop to the absorption window on the test strip at the location where the window and gap meet. Do not press your finger against the test strip, and do not apply smeared samples. The control window in the test strip must be completely filled with blood before the device can start the countdown (Fig. 18) and the device starts the measuring process, do not apply more blood subxxxZie Pull the test strip out to stop the test process. Start again from the beginning by feeding in a new test strip and applying the necessary blood drop. If you cannot manage to fill the test strip with enough blood, please contact our service department. Note: If you do not apply blood to the test strip within three minutes, the device switches itself off automatically. Remove the strip, and then feed it into the device again to start the test procedure once more. After the device has finished the countdown, the measured results are shown in the display. The blood sugar test measured values are automatically stored in the memory. [. . . ] Repeat the test using a new test strip once the device and the test strip have reached the operating temperature (+ 10 °C to + 40 °C). Surrounding, device or test strip temperatures were too high or too low in order to carry out a test. Solution Re-read the instruction manual, and repeat the measurement using a new test strip. Please re-read the instruction manual and repeat the test using a new test strip. [. . . ]