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Chapter 1: Understanding Your New System ACCU-CHEK Customer Care Service Center 1-800-858-8072
Coding the Meter
Change the code key every time you open a new box of test strips
.
Be sure the code key matches the code on the test strip container
.
If they don’t match
,
you could get inaccurate results
.
1
.
W
ith the
m
eter off, slide the orange code key into the code key slot.
It should eas ily snap into place.
2
.
W
hen you insert a test strip
(
see Chapter 3, “
R
unning a Blood
S
ugar
Test”
)
,
m
ake sure the cod e on the
m
eter
m
atches the code on the
test str ip container.
3
.
Thro w away the old code key.
N
otes:
• If “code---” appears on the display, re
m
ove the test strip to
turn off the
m
eter,
m
ake sure the code key is all the way in,
then turn on the
m
eter again.
•
D
on’t force the code key into the
m
eter; it only goes in one
way.
• If the code nu
m
ber on the display does not
m
atch the code
nu
m
ber on the test strip conta iner, call th e ACC
U
-C
H
EK
Custo
m
er Care
S
ervice Center at 1-800-858-8072
.
Code Key
(
included with
test strips
)