Dexcom G5 Mobile System User Guide
238On the Go With G5: Customizing Your Alarm and Alerts
Alarm/Alert Sound Profiles
Icon Profile name Notification description
Vibrate
Vibration only.
Only sound is your receiver vibrating.
Vibrate is not available for the Alarm.
Soft Lower volume beeps.
Normal
Medium volume beeps.
Default Profile.
Attentive
No beeps.
Rising melody for High and Rising Alerts
Dropping melody for Low and Falling Alerts
HypoRepeat
Medium volume beeps.
Urgent Low Glucose Alarm only.
Repeats fixed low alarm every 5 seconds until
sensor glucose reading rises above 55 mg/dL or is
confirmed.
Try It Sample Profile setting before selecting.
After choosing your sound Profile, changing it is just a few steps away! Change your Profile
throughout the day depending on what lies ahead. In a meeting? Select Vibrate. Going to a
ball game after work? Select Attentive.
The next table shows how to change a sound Profile, then sample how it sounds.