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Adjusting The Percent Body Fat Reading
The FUTREX-5500A/WL has been carefully calibrated to provide body fat estimations. The calibration is traceable to the generally
accepted hydrostatic procedure.
However, some users may desire to have the FUTREX-5500A/ZL estimations traceable to their own laboratory. For those users the
following adjustment procedure is provided:
1)
Turn unit on.
2)
During countdown press
CLEAR, SELECT PROGRAM, RISKS
.
3)
The Digital display will read “A1”
Press
ENTER
4)
The digital display will show the value of the optical standard.
5)
If no change to the calibration is desired - press
CLEAR
.
6)
If you wish to change the calibration:
Press
SELECT PROGRAM
, then press
RISKS
. The display will show “0.0” (if no calibration adjustment has been made)
or the previously entered adjustment value.
7)
To adjust the calibration:
Press the numbered key to enter the amount of adjustment. For example, if you want to decrease the instrument’s
estimates by 1.0% - press
1
, press
0
, then the minus sign, and then
ENTER
. All future body fat estimates will now read 1.0% lower.
8)
Once the correct offset has been entered into the unit, press
ENTER
. The adjusted optical standard value will be displayed.
9)
To exit this mode: Press
CLEAR
.
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