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You are signed in and the home screen is displayed.
See “Parts of the home screen” on page 24 .
Sign in with facial authentication
For information on indicators for facial authentication, see “Indicators for facial authentication” on
page 23 .
For lighting guidelines, see “Light guidelines” on page 191 .
Create an instrument profile before signing into the instrument (see “Create a new local instrument
profile”
on page 127 or “Link the instrument to your Connect account” on page 126 ). The instrument
profile must be set up with facial authentication (see “Add facial authentication to an existing instrument
profile”
on page 132 ).
The instrument must accept facial authentication (see “Configure the instrument for the hands-free
features”
on page 185 ).
The instrument must have the sign-in screen displayed. Sign out the current user to return to the sign-in
screen (see “Sign out”
on page 46 ).
1.
Stand in front of the instrument.
Center yourself in front of the instrument. The ideal position is approximately 27 inches (69 cm)
from the camera.
Note: You do not need to position yourself as closely to the instrument to sign in as when you
took the photos to set up facial authentication.
2.
Wait while the instrument searches for a match with the photos associated with profiles.
3.
(Optional) Reposition yourself if the instrument indicates that the face is out of position.
Ensure that you are centered in front of the instrument. Move away from the instrument and
towards the instrument to find the correct position.
The user is signed into the instrument and the home screen is displayed.
Enable or disable the microphone
The microphone can be disabled if the voice command function is available. A blue microphone icon
indicates that the voice command function is available.
The microphone cannot be manually disabled if the voice command function is already not available.
A gray microphone icon indicates that the voice command function is unavailable. To enable or disable
the voice command function for the instrument, see “Configure the instrument for the hands-free
features”
on page 185 .
For a description of the indicators, see “Indicators for voice commands” on page 23 .
Tap (Microphone) .
The microphone icon will change to red with a bar to indicate that it is disabled ( ).
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