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Sd Codefree Bg Meter Problems

Quirkybee

Quirkybee

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
I received my new machine a couple of days ago and am able to test without any problem.
However, I must have accidentally set an alarm, which went off yesterday morning 2 hrs after my breakfast.
It hasn't done this since and I've tried and tried to set it again, but with no luck.
I have to say that the instructions aren't particularly user friendly, but there you go.
Please would anyone be able to offer help?

Thanks in advance....
 
I have a sd codefree meter and never realised there was an alarm on it. Hopefully someone can help
 
I admit that I just use my meter to test. Never realise there were other options on it
 
I was intreged so I got out the booklet and did what it said, to press the on off button for 3 seconds. All that happened was to indicate to enter a test strip. I did this on a few occasions, and not once did it show anything apart from being ready to enter a test strip to test
 
ally1 said:
I was intreged so I got out the booklet and did what it said, to press the on off button for 3 seconds. All that happened was to indicate to enter a test strip. I did this on a few occasions, and not once did it show anything apart from being ready to enter a test strip to test
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@ally1 Press the button for three seconds and it goes into strip standby mode. Press the button again for three seconds.
 
ally1 said:
I was intreged so I got out the booklet and did what it said, to press the on off button for 3 seconds. All that happened was to indicate to enter a test strip. I did this on a few occasions, and not once did it show anything apart from being ready to enter a test strip to test
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If you don't enter that test strip, it will go into the count down for self destruct!! :eek:;)
 
Thank you for helping me. I hang my head in shame, I read the booklet and was even more confused, I can never read instructions and follow what they mean. Eventually I worked it out. I realised that once I pressed the monitor on as if to test, then I tried pressing again for 3 seconds and hey presto it worked. Before I was pressing the button for 3 seconds before the monitor was switched and could not understand why I was getting nowhere. I have managed to change the date and time. I did, t go any further because I would have been even more confused
 
ally1 said:
Thank you for helping me. I hang my head in shame, I read the booklet and was even more confused, I can never read instructions and follow what they mean. Eventually I worked it out. I realised that once I pressed the monitor on as if to test, then I tried pressing again for 3 seconds and hey presto it worked. Before I was pressing the button for 3 seconds before the monitor was switched and could not understand why I was getting nowhere. I have managed to change the date and time. I did, t go any further because I would have been even more confused
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No need to feel the "shame". These things come with 3 buttons (two of which with just an arrow?) that are not always intuitive..
Like me, I'm sure @Squire Fulwood as another guy can "occaisionaly" guilty of not reading the owner's manual.... ;)
 
As a matter of principle, I refused to be told what to do by my meter.

I think I might be getting bossier as I get older. ;) I bet everyone's glad about that last bit?
 
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