Daily Use - Respironics REMstar Instruction Manual

1. Rinse the chamber with water. Fill the chamber to the fill line
with water (approx. 1-2/3 cups or 400 ml). Distilled water is
recommended. Do not overfill the water chamber.
CAUTION! Always remove the chamber from the humidifier
before filling with water.
CAUTION! Do not allow the water chamber to sit for any length of time after it
has been filled with water. Immediately install the chamber into the
humidifier (step 2). Allowing water to sit in the chamber (when it is
not connected to the humidifier) may cause the chamber to separate
from the bottom plate and water leakage.
2. Press down the spring loaded heater plate with the water
chamber and slide the chamber into place. Make sure the
rubber connector on the inlet port fits securely over the
CPAP device's air outlet.
3. Connect the flexible tubing to the outlet port on the
water chamber. If pressure tubing is used with your
CPAP device, connect the pressure tubing to the
pressure outlet on the front of the CPAP device.
CAUTION! Avoid moving or tilting the humidifier when
the water chamber has water in it.
4. Preheat the water before turning on the air flow and before going to
bed. Press the humidifier button on the CPAP device. The humidifier
symbol will appear on the display screen and the green indicator light
on the platform will turn on.
IMPORTANT! The preheat mode will end after 20 minutes if the air flow is not
5. The ideal humidity setting depends on room temperature and
humidity. Initially, a setting of 2 is recommended. You can adjust this
setting at any time. Press and hold the humidifier button on the CPAP
device until the humidifier screen appears. Press the humidifier or
ramp buttons to change the setting.
IMPORTANT! The humidifier is turned on whenever the settings menu is entered.
It will turn off in 20 minutes if the air flow is not turned on.
IMPORTANT! When the air flow is turned off, the humidifier will automatically
shut off. If you restart the air flow, and heated humidification is
desired, you must press the humidifier button to reactivate the
humidifier.
turned on. If you do not wish to preheat the water, you can press
the humidifier button after the air flow is turned on.

DAILY USE

Fill
Line
Rubber
Connector
Pressure
Tubing
Flexible
Tubing
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