First Time Use
1. Remove display plastic decal. Remove 98.6 °F label from display.
2. Pull plastic strip from under battery door on the back side of the
thermometer. No need to open the battery door. This will activate
the battery.
How to Take a Temperature
1. Press the Power Button.
2. Wait for OK.
3. Place the yellow ring of the product on the neck behind the ear lobe.
HINT:
You can locate this perfect spot by touch: the soft hollow sits between
the base of the ear and the bone just behind the ear lobe. When taking a
temperature, you want to make sure to position the thermometer in this spot.
You may want to lift your child’s ear lobe slightly to ensure you are in the
right location.
4. While holding thermometer in that spot, press and hold the Start Button.
When the unit beeps, release Start Button (Takes about
one second.)
5. Temperature displays.
6. Wait 10 seconds for the count-down to take additional temperatures.
7. Thermometer will shut off automatically after 60 seconds.
M
1
M
2
Beep
4
M
5
M
6
3
Temperature Taking Hints
• External factors may influence accuracy, including when an individual has:
– been recently swimming or bathing.
– been lying on the side where the temperature is taken from. Never
take temperature from the side on which the patient was laying.
Use the opposite side.
– been recently exposed to hot or cold air temperatures. Wait at least
20 minutes after the patient was moved to a room with normal
operating conditions.
• Readings from the right side of the patient’s head may differ from
readings taken on the left side of the head. Therefore, preferably take
all temperatures on the same side of the head.
Memory Mode
The Vicks Behind Ear Gentle Touch Thermometer stores the last 8
temperature readings. After turning power on, the last temperature is
always briefly displayed.
• To retrieve the last 8 readings, press the “M” Button.
The Display will show the most recent temperature with
the corresponding reading number. Pressing the “M”
Button will show additional readings.
• The Memory Mode is exited either automatically if the “M” Button is no
longer pushed or by pressing the Power Button.
Fever InSight
®
Feature
Fever InSight helps you to better understand the meaning of your child’s
temperature with the color indicated on the display. The screen displays
Green
if no fever,
Yellow
when the temperature is slightly elevated and
a
Red
alert for fever.
• For readings between 97.0-98.8, the LCD will display green as the
backlight color indicating that the measurement is within an
acceptable range.
