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SETTING UP YOUR METER
Check the code on the test strip vial before inserting the test strip
Code numbers are used to calibrate your meter with the test strips you are using.
Coding your meter
Your OneTouch® Ultra® 2 Meter allows you to attach optional notes to any blood glucose test result. See
Section 4 Attaching flags or comments
to your results
for the types of meal flags and comments you can attach to a result, and the reasons for using this feature.
This feature can be turned on or off. It needs to be turned on before you can use it to attach meal flags and comments. See below.
If the flags/comments feature is left off, you will not be prompted to enter a meal flag or comment when you get a blood glucose result. Also,
you will only be able to review an average for all results stored in the meter. You will not need to select a type of result average to review.
See Section 5, Reviewing past results and averages for more information about result averages.
To turn the flags/comments feature off or on:
From MAIN MENU, press
or
to select SET UP and press
From the SET UP screen, select FLAGS/COMMENTS and press
Press
or
to highlight your response
Select YES if you wish to change the setting, or NO if you wish to leave it as it is.
Press to confirm your selection and return to MAIN MENU.
If you want to cancel your settings and start the settings process over again, press or to highlight NO and press . You will be
returned to the LANGUAGE screen. Note that none of the settings you entered will be saved.
Turning the flags/comments feature off or on
