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■ Select New Patient to exit the standby mode and admit a new patient.
If the monitor automatically enters the standby mode after a patient is discharged, choose any of the following 
ways to exit the standby mode:
■ Select New Patient to exit the standby mode and admit a new patient.
■ Select Pre-admit to enter the patient information for preparing to admit a new patient.
3.8 Configuring Your Monitor
Configure your monitor before putting it in use.
3.8.1 Setting the Screen Orientation (for N22 and N19)
Both the primary display and the secondary display can be installed vertically or horizontally. Set the screen 
orientation accordingly. To do so, follow this procedure:
1. Access Display in either of the following ways:
◆ Select the Screen Setup quick key → select the Display tab.
◆  Select the Main Menu quick key → from the Display column select Display.
2. From the Primary Screen block select Screen Orientation to set the screen orientation of the primary 
display. 
3. If you are using the secondary display, from the Secondary Screen block, select Screen Orientation to set 
the screen orientation of the secondary display.
◆ Portrait: if your display is vertically installed, set Screen Orientation to Portrait.
◆ Landscape: if your display is horizontally installed, set Screen Orientation to Landscape.
You can select the Rotate Screen quick key to quickly switch the screen orientation.
3.8.2 Setting the Date and Time
To set the system time, follow this procedure: 
1. Select the Main Menu quick key → from the System column select Time.
2. Set Date and Time.
3. Set Date Format.
4. If you want to use the 12-hour mode, switch off 24 Hour Time.
5. If you want to use daylight saving time, switch on Daylight Saving Time. You can manually switch on or off 
the daylight saving time only when the auto daylight saving time function is disabled. For more 
information, see 39.11The Time Settings for details.
If your monitor is connected to a central monitoring system (CMS) or hospital clinical system (HIS), the date and 
time are automatically taken from the CMS. In this case, you cannot change the date and time from your 
monitor.
• Changing the date and time affects the storage of trends and events and may result in loss of data.
3.8.3 Adjusting the Screen Brightness
To adjust the screen brightness, follow this procedure: 
1. Access Display in either of the following ways:
◆ Select the Screen Setup quick key → select the Display tab.
◆  Select the Main Menu quick key → from the Display column select Display.
2. If you are using the AC power, set Brightness. If you are using the battery to run the monitor, set 
Brightness On Battery.