Beurer BG40: Limitations 7. Settings Setting user data Degrees of activity

Completely dry soles can result in unsatisfactory measurements due to inadequate conductivity.

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Stand still and upright during the measurement.

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Wait a few hours after unaccustomed physical activity.

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Wait approx. 15 minutes after getting up in the morning to allow the water in the body to distribute.

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Remember that only long-term trends are important. Short-term changes in weight within a few days are

usually caused by a loss of fluid. Body water plays an important role towards our general wellbeing.

Limitations

When measuring body fat and other values, deviating and implausible results may occur in:

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children under approx. 10 years,

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competitive athletes and body builders,

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pregnant women,

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persons with fever, undergoing dialysis treatment or with symptoms of edema or osteoporosis,

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persons taking cardiovascular medication (affecting the heart and vascular system),

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persons taking vascular dilating or vascular constricting medication,

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persons with considerable anatomic deviations of the legs in relation to total body size (length of the

legs considerably shortened or lengthened).

7. Settings

Enter your personal information before using the scale.

On delivery, the scale is set to “cm” and “kg”. At the back of the scales is a switch with which you can

switch between “inches”, “pounds” and “stones” (lb, st).

Setting user data

You must enter personal user parameters in order to measure your body fat percentage and other physical data.

The scale has 10 user memory locations which allows, for example, you and your family members to save

personal settings and retrieve them later.

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Switch on the scale. Wait until the display shows “0.0 kg”.

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Start setting with the SET key. The first memory space flashes in the display.

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Select the required memory space with the ▲/▼ key and confirm with the SET key.

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Now you can adjust the following settings:

User data Parameters

Memory position 1 to 10

Body height 100 to 220 cm (3‘ 3.5“ to 7‘ 2.5“)

Age 10 to 100 Jahre

Sex man (

), woman ( )

Degree of activity 1 to 5

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Modifying values: Press ▲ or ▼ or press and hold for more rapid progress.

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Confirming entries: Press the SET button.

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Once the values have been displayed, “0.0 kg” appears in the display.

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Then the scale is ready for measuring. If you do not carry out a measurement, the scale switches off

automatically after several seconds.

Degrees of activity

Selection of the degree of activity must refer to the medium and long term.

Degree of activity Physical activity

1 None.

Low: A small amount of light physical effort (e.g. short walks, light garden work,

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gymnastic exercises).

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.

Very high: Intensive physical effort, intensive training or hard physical work for at

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least one hour daily.

All parameters must be entered before the body fat and other values can be entered.

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