Abbott FreeStyle Freedom Lite Owner's Booklet

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25www.AbbottDiabetesCare.com 26ENGLISHENGLISHMeter MaintenanceBatteryYour FreeStyle Freedom Lite meter comes with one preinstalled,no. 2032, 3 volt, lithium battery. The battery provides enough powerfor the meter to perform about 1000 tests. If your battery runs low,the battery symbol ( ) appears on every display screen until youchange the battery.Important: When this symbol appears, you should replace the batteryimmediately.• To avoid losing the time and date settings, replace the batterywithin one minute of removing the old battery.• If you take more than one minute to replace the battery, you mayneed to reset the time and date to get the correct 7-, 14- and 30-dayaverages. If the time and date settings are lost, the time and datedisplays flash 00:00 and 00-00 until they are reset.• Removing the battery does not affect the meter’s memory log orpreviously-stored user settings (such as date and time formats).• If the time and date settings are not reset, test results will be storedin memory with a time of 00:00 and a date of 00-00.• Even if you lose your time and date settings – you can perform ablood glucose test, and results will not be affected.Replacing the BatteryTurn the meter over. Slide the battery door tothe right to open.To remove the battery, pull the plastic tab upto release the battery.1Data DownloadThe “PC” symbol displays when a data cableis inserted in the meter data port. You cannotperform a test while the data cable is in the meterdata port.The meter will display “PC” until the data cable isremoved from the data port.Requires a compatible data management system. For more information,please go to our website or call Customer Care.