Settings; Taking Measurements - Beurer BG 40 Instrucciones Para El Uso

Limitations
When measuring body fat and other values, deviating and implausible results may occur in:
• children under approx. 10 years,
• competitive athletes and body builders,
• pregnant women,
• persons with fever, undergoing dialysis treatment or with symptoms of edema or osteoporosis,
• persons taking cardiovascular medication (affecting the heart and vascular system),
• persons taking vascular dilating or vascular constricting medication,
• persons with considerable anatomic deviations of the legs in relation to total body size (length of the
legs considerably shortened or lengthened).

7. Settings

Enter your personal information before using the scale.
On delivery, the scale is set to "cm" and "kg". At the back of the scales is a switch with which you can
switch between "inches", "pounds" and "stones" (lb, st).
Setting user data
You must enter personal user parameters in order to measure your body fat percentage and other physical
data.
The scale has 10 user memory locations which allows, for example, you and your family members to save
personal settings and retrieve them later.
• Switch on the scale. Wait until the display shows "0.0 kg".
• Start setting with the SET key. The first memory space flashes in the display.
• Select the required memory space with the
• Now you can adjust the following settings:
User data
Memory position
Body height
Age
Sex
Degree of activity
• Modifying values: Press
• Confirming entries: Press the SET button.
• Once the values have been displayed, "0.0 kg" appears in the display.
• Then the scale is ready for measuring. If you do not carry out a measurement, the scale switches off
automatically after several seconds.
Degrees of activity
Selection of the degree of activity must refer to the medium and long term.
Degree of activity
1
2
3
4
5
All parameters must be entered before the body fat and other values can be entered.

8. Taking measurements

Place the scale on a firm level floor (no carpet); a firm floor covering is required for correct measure-
ment.
Parameters
1 to 10
100 to 220 cm (3' 3.5" to 7' 2.5")
10 to 100 Jahre
man ( ), woman ( )
1 to 5
or or press and hold for more rapid progress.
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Physical activity
None.
Low: A small amount of light physical effort (e.g. short walks, light garden work,
gymnastic exercises).
Medium: Physical effort for 30 minutes at least 2 to 4 times a week.
High: Physical effort for 30 minutes at least 4 to 6 times a week.
Very high: Intensive physical effort, intensive training or hard physical work for at
least one hour daily.
/ key and confirm with the SET key.
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