Beurer BF 100: 10. Operation

4 Menu

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Press the [SET] button or wait 3 seconds. The meas-

Overview of current measurement

urement screen is shown on the display.

Trend

Detailed display of body fat, muscle percent-

age of upper/lower body

Mem

Saved measurements 1 – 30

Average values

If you activate the “guest” user, you must re-en-

Kcal

Calorie consumption

ter the user data before each measurement. User data

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Indicator for the current menu item

and measurement values are not saved in guest mode.

10. Operation

You have the option of switching guest mode on or off,

see page 18.

Measuring weight

1. Switching on the scale

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Now step barefoot onto the scale and hold the con-

trol unit firmly in your hands. (If you hold the control

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Press the [ ] button on the control unit.

unit in your hands, its weight (300 grammes) is au-

0.0 kg appears on the dis-

tomatically deducted.)

play. The scale is now ready

for measurement.

2. Weighing (without diagnosis)

Set up the scale on a level and solid surface. A sol-

id surface is a prerequisite for a correct measurement.

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Now step onto the scale. The indicator [3] on the

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Hold the control unit with the lower part of your

scale lights up green.

thumb pressed firmly on the front electrodes and

Stand still with your weight distribut-

your fingers pressed firmly on the rear electrodes.

ed evenly on both legs. Stand with

your feet as far apart as possible with-

out tipping the scales.

If you hold the control unit in your hands, its weight

(300 grammes) is automatically deducted.

Following the weight measurement, impedance is

Once the measurement has been taken, the result will

measured for the analysis. The upper body is

be displayed for approximately 10 seconds.

measured by the 4 electrodes on the control

unit, the lower body by the 4 electrodes on the

scale. This is indicated by the symbol of the cur-

rent flowing through the body.

When you step off the scale, the scale will switch off

Important:

after a few seconds. The indicator [3] goes out. The

Stand still with your weight distributed evenly on both

measurement is not saved.

legs. Please note that there must be no skin contact

between feet, legs, calves and thighs. Otherwise the

Carrying out an analysis

measurement will not be performed correctly. To pre-

1. Switching on the scale

vent skin contact, you can wear, for example, a light-

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Press the [ ] button on the control unit.

weight pair of trousers.

0.0 kg appears on the dis-

3. Result

play.

The overview is displayed.

2. Diagnostics

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Switch the device on and select your user number

from 1 to 10 by pressing the right-hand button [

].

To do so, press the button repeatedly if necessary.

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For the analysis, see “Analysing results” on page 21.

Muscle

When the unit is switched off, the measurement is

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Use the [ , ] buttons to switch to the detailed

saved automatically.

view of muscle mass.

If several measurements are taken on one day, only

the last measurement is saved.

Analysis of the measured values following

a measurement

Graph

Weight

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Press the [ ] menu button on the control unit to

Only the current measurement results can be dis-

switch to individual submenus or memories.

played, not the old saved measurement values.

The progression of your body weight is shown from

measurement to measurement. Newer measurements

Mem

Displaying saved values

are added on the right. The reference line represents

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Press the [ ] button on the control unit to switch to

your target weight.

the Memory screen.

The overview is displayed. The date of the measure-

ment is shown at the top, together with the memory

location number (03-03) e.g. the third (= last) memory

location of a total of 3 occupied memories.

You must define a target weight in order to be

able to display the progression of your body weight,see

page 18. You can change the target weight at any

time.

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Use the [ , ] buttons to scroll through the memo-

Body fat

ries.

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Use the [ , ] buttons to switch to the body fat

graph. The progression of your body fat is shown

Averages

from measurement to measurement.

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Press the [ ] button on the control unit to switch to

The reference line represents the average value of all

the Average screen.

body fat measurements, the bars indicate whether the

All the averages from the saved measurements are

values have moved up or down.

shown.

Upper body, lower body

The dates of the first and last mea surements are

Body fat

shown at the top.

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Press the [ ] button on the control unit to switch to

the detailed view for the upper/lower body.

The current body fat measurement is shown both as

the entire body and divided into upper/lower body.

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