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Read and follow instructions included with the electrodes.
1.
Check the patient cable for damage or wear. Replace if necessary. Use Silver Chloride
disposable electrodes designed for 24 hour monitoring.
2. Place the electrodes onto the ECG leads.
3. Remove the backing from the pre-gelled disposable electrode.
4. Firmly place an electrode on each of the prepared skin surface sites. Dispose of any
electrode that does not properly adhere to the skin.
Section 3: Recording an HRV ECG
Data File Check
Once the battery is inserted, you will hear a “beep”, and the Splash screen will appear. The
Splash screen displays the revision of the firmware for the recorder. Depending on the version
of recorder, a Data File Check screen may appear. This is a warning indicating the previously
recorded ECG data file has not been played back in a HRV system. Either remove the SD card
and download the file into the HRV system or press the enter key to erase the file and continue
to the Setup screen
The Setup screen is the next screen displayed. Follow the instructions in Section 2 to modify
settings or press the right arrow key to proceed to the ECG display screen.
Note: Unless modified, Sample Rate, Recording Length, Date Format and Time Format settings
will default to the previous session’s settings.
The ECG display screen can be used to evaluate the patient hook-up. Pressing the enter key will
cycle the ECG display between three channels of ECG and each of the three channels of ECG
individually. The recorder will enter recording mode automatically in approximately eight minutes.
Press and hold the enter key for four seconds to immediately enter record mode from the ECG
display screen
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Event Button
All keys on the recorder will function as a patient event button during recording. Pressing the
event button while recording will store a time stamp reference on the flash card.
