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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE – Wells, Buttons, & DisplayInterpretation
Please familiarize yourself with the face of the 3M™Attest™ Auto-reader390:
Wells
1.  Incubation/Reader Wells – The 3M™Attest™ Auto-reader390has ten 
incubationwells.
Buttons
2.  Information / Up ArrowButton 
3.  Temperature / Down ArrowButton 
4.  Buzzer Alarm OFF / EnterButton 
InformationDisplay
5.  LCD Display – Display isbacklit.
6.  LCD Display – Example of Error Message for well#6
7.  LCD Display – Example of Remaining Incubation Time, in minutes, for well#10
8.  LCD Display – Example of Negative ( - ) BI result for well#9
9.  LCD Display – Example of Positive ( + ) BI result for well#8
10. LCD Display – Alarm EnabledIndicator
Color-Coded ConfigurationIndicator
11. Color-coded incubation well configurationsticker
BICrusher
12. BI CrusherWell
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE – 
3M™Attest™Auto-reader390Configuration
Note: Ideally, the 3M™Attest™ Auto-reader390should be empty (i.e., have no 
incubating BIs) when it isreconfigured.
Press the   and   buttons on the front of the 3M™Attest™ 
Auto-reader390simultaneously for 3seconds to enter configuration mode. Once in 
configuration mode, use the Up   and Down   buttons to set the 3M™Attest™ 
Auto-reader390clock, audible alarm, and incubation well configuration as desired. 
The button   acts as an “Enter” key and moves the flashing cursor to the next 
changeablesetting.
Setting the 3M™Attest™ Auto-reader390Clock
The 3M™Attest™ Auto-reader390date and time are displayed in this format: 
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM, with the time displayed using a 24hour clock. To change the 
year, if necessary, push the up or down buttons to set desired year, then press   to 
advance to the month, adjust as necessary and press 
 to advance to the day. Use the
button to move to the time and set the hours andminutes.
Setting the Audible AlarmFunction
Move across the top row of text by pushing the   button. The flashing “B” in Buzzer 
indicates this is a changeable setting. It is recommended this be set at “Buzzer Enabled” 
to audibly alert the operator to a positive BI but it may be set to “Buzzer Disabled” by 
using either the up or down button. Note: If Buzzer Disabled is selected, and the changes 
accepted, the speaker icon ( 
 ) will disappear from the LCD panel and the alarm will be 
disabled for all positive 3M™Attest™ Rapid Readout Biological Indicators, error codes, 
and caution code alarm warnings. Note: The 3M™Attest™ Auto-reader390display 
backlight flashes whenever an audible alarm sounds. Disabling the audible alarm does 
NOT disable the LCD display backlightflashing.
Press 
 to select the desired option and advance to the bottom row oftext.
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