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Installing the battery
Your TABS
®
monitor is shipped without the battery in place.
To insert the battery:
1. Remove the battery cover (Figure 7).
2. Lift the battery snap gently as you attach the battery to the snap.
Do not pull on the wires.
3. The battery compartment was designed to hold the battery snugly in
place. Replace the battery so that the battery snap wires are out of
sight on the bottom of the compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
5. Test the monitor by applying pressure to (for 3 seconds) and
releasing pressure from the TABS
®
pad in the manner in which you
will use it with your patient or resident. The alarm will sound. See
"Troubleshooting"
if your alarm fails to sound.
Do not pull on the battery snap wires when installing and removing
batteries. Use care when removing and installing your battery to prevent
any damage to the system that may result in injury or death to the
person in your care.
USE 9V ALKALINE BATTERIES ONLY when replacing batteries. Failure
to do so may affect the operation of the low battery alert, which could
result in injury or death to a person in your care.
DO NOT USE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES. THE TABS
®
MONITOR DOES
NOT RECHARGE BATTERIES.
WARNING
Figure 7
