Microlife IR 1DE1 - Changing Fahrenheit to Celsius

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Replacetheprobecoveraftereachmeasurement.Todothis,please
followtheinstructioninpoint6«HowtoReloadaNewProbeCover».
• 10shortbeepsandaredLCDbacklightalertthepatientthathe/
shemayhaveatemperatureequaltoorhigherthan37.5°C.
• Foraninfant,itisbesttohavethechildlyingflatwithhis/herhead
sidewayssotheearisfacingupwards.Foranolderchildoradult,
itisbesttostandbehindandslightlytothesideofthepatient.
• Alwaystakethetemperatureinthesameear,sincethetempera-
turereadingsmaybedifferentfromeartoear.
• Inthefollowingsituationsitisrecommendedthatthreetempera-
turesinthesameearbetakenandthehighestonetakenasthe
reading:
1) Newborninfantsinthefirst100days.
2) Childrenunderthreeyearsofage withacompromisedimmune
systemandforwhomthepresenceorabsenceoffeveriscritical.
3) Whenthe userislearninghowtousethethermometerforthe
firsttimeuntil he/she hasfamiliarizedhimself/herself withthe
instrumentandobtainsconsistentreadings.
4) Ifthemeasurementissurprisinglylow.
8. Changing from Fahrenheit to Celsius and vice-versa
Thethermometercandisplaytemperaturemeasurementsineither
FahrenheitorCelsius.Toswitchthedisplaybetween°Cand°F,simp-
lyturnOFFtheunit,press and holdtheSTARTbuttonfor5seconds
until«---»andtheflashing«°C»or«°F»iconisshownontheLCD.
Switchthemeasurementscalebetween°Cand°Fbypressingthe
STARTbuttonagain.Whenthemeasurementscalehasbeenchosen,
waitfor5secondsandtheunitwillenterthereadyformeasuring
modeautomatically.