Changing Receiver Alarm And Alerts - Dexcom G5 MOBILE User Manual

12.4 Changing Receiver Alarm and Alerts

Any changes to the app will not carry over to the receiver. If using both, make the same
changes in the receiver that you made in your smart device. If you don't, you may miss an
Alarm or Alert.
You'll notice a difference in flow between the app and the receiver when personalizing your
Alarm/Alerts. With the app, all Alert adjustments are made from one screen, whereas in the
receiver, you make changes in different screens.
Unlike the app, you change your receiver's tones (known as Profiles) through a number of
different screens in the Profiles menu.
Profiles
Profiles determine the sound and volume of your Alarm and Alerts.
As mentioned in the previous chapter, the receiver uses a series of beeps/vibrations for an
Alarm or Alert. The receiver doesn't have the same variety of tones as the app; however, you
can adjust the volume. While the receiver doesn't have a silent mode, selecting Vibrate will
replace audible beeps with quiet vibrations. The only exception is the Alarm: the Urgent Low
Glucose Alarm can't be turned off.
Changes made in Profiles are applied to all of the receiver's Alarm/Alerts. If you choose Soft
(see next table), all Alerts are in Soft mode. In Chapter 10, you learned how many beeps each
Alarm/Alert has.
Normal is the default setting for your receiver sound Profiles.
Attentive uses a rising or falling melody instead of beeps.
The receiver first vibrates when sending you an Alarm or Alert. If you confirm the alert at
the first vibration by pressing the select button on your navigation wheel, you won't get any
Alarm/Alert tones. If you would like to continue to get your Alarm or Alert after confirming,
later in this chapter you'll learn about setting up Repeat Alerts.
HypoRepeat is very similar to the Normal Profile, but keeps repeating the fixed Urgent Low
Glucose Alarm every 5 seconds until your sensor glucose value rises above 55 mg/dL or you
confirm by pressing the select button.
The next table lists the different sound Profiles, starting with the quietest, working its way up
to the loudest.
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