Tefal BodySignal, BodySignal Glass Manual

The various illustrations are given simply to illustrate the features of Bodysignal and Bodysignal glass and are not the strict reflection of reality.

Description

1. Select sex male/female
2. Weight in kg
3. Prompt invites you to step off the scales
4. Body fat kg
5. Position of body fat according to customised limits
6. Low battery indicator
7. User memory number
8. Scroll left and right buttons
9. Confirmation button
10. Button to cancel last entry or to delete the memory
11. Electrodes

A new approach to weight

For better control over your weight and figure, it is important to know your body composition (water, muscle, bone and body fat).
Muscle and body fat, which form the greatest part of your weight, are essential to life, and must be distributed evenly. This distribution varies by sex, age and height.
Having muscles enables physical activity, lifting objects, moving easily. The greater your muscle mass, the more energy it consumes and the better it can help you control your weight.
Body fat provides insulation, protection and energy storage. It is inert and stores the extra calories you have ingested if you eat more than your body burns.
Exercise helps to reduce body fat, whereas inactivity increases it.
In large quantities, body fat is dangerous to health (cardiovascular risk, cholesterol, etc.).

Losing weight permanently

As part of a diet, Bodysignal helps you control fat loss while ensuring the proper maintenance of your muscle mass. An inappropriate diet can lead to muscle wasting. However, muscles are what you need to consume energy.
If you lose muscle, you burn fewer calories and the body stores more fat. There is therefore no sustained loss of body fat without maintenance of muscle mass. Bodysignal lets you control your diet and keep your body in balance over time.

Preventing obesity in childhood

Bodysignal is an effective means of detecting weight problems, right from early childhood.
The growth period is the time in one's life when the parameters of the human body change the most, and it is often difficult to detect a problem. A tendency to obesity, however, can be treated more effectively it if is found early, thus preventing the child from suffering overweight in adulthood.
Bodysignal is designed to monitor body composition from as early as age 6.

Precautions for use

To be fully satisfied with this appliance, measuring and weighing must always be conducted under the same conditions:

• Always weigh yourself in bare feet (direct contact with the skin). Your feet must be dry and properly positioned on the electrodes. Beware that if your feet have too much hard skin the measurement may be affected.
• preferably once a week first thing in the morning (so as not to be affected by the weight fluctuations during the day related to the meals, digestion and physical activity of the individual)
• 1/4 of an hour after waking up, so that the water in your body is distributed in the lower limbs.

It is also important to ensure that there is no contact between the legs (thighs, knees, calves) or between the feet. If necessary, slip a sheet of paper between your legs.

Always weigh yourself on a hard, flat floor. Do not weigh yourself on a carpet or rug.

Measuring principle

the use of this appliance is forbidden for wearers of pacemakers or other electronic medical equipment because of the risk of disruption due to the electric current.

When you step on the scales, barefoot, an electric current of very low intensity is transmitted through the body via the electrodes.
This current, which travels from one foot to the other, encounter difficulties when it has to pass through fat. This resistance of the body, called bioelectrical impedance, varies according to gender, age and height of the user, and makes it possible to determine body fat and its limits.
This device is perfectly safe because it operates with a very low current (4 1.5 V batteries).
However, there are risks of distorted measurements in the following cases:

• users with fever
• children under 6 years (the appliance is uncalibrated below this age)
• pregnant women (but perfectly safe)
• people on dialysis, those with oedema in the legs, people with dysmorphism.

Operation

Using for the first time

when recording your personal data:

• Bodysignal must remain set on the floor,
• use just one finger to press the buttons,
• the scales must not be pressed in any other way than by the fingers on the keys and must not be held.

Step up onto the platform and follow sequence I.

You have stepped down from the platform to save your personal characteristics to memory, follow the following guidelines:

Example of a 34 year old woman who measures 160 cm

1/ Selection of sex:

• If you are a woman, press 2 seconds on .
• If you are a man, press 2 seconds on .
• Confirm your choice by pressing 2 seconds on .

2 / Selection of the height (from 100 to 220 cm):

• If you measure over 165 cm, press 2 seconds on until you reach your height.
• If you measure less than 165 cm, press 2 seconds on until you reach your height.
• Confirm your height by pressing 2 seconds on .

3/ Selection of age:

• If you are less than 30, press 2 seconds on until you reach your age.
• If you are over 30, press 2 seconds on until reach your age.
• Confirm your age by pressing 2 seconds on .

Your data are automatically recorded in the first available memory. 3 beeps and a reminder of your data confirm that the save has been successful and the memory number assigned to you is displayed.

Subsequent uses

Bodysignal has an automatic user recognition system.
When weighing for the first time, you should save your personal characteristics in memory (see previous paragraph).
On subsequent occasions, you are automatically recognised by Bodysignal.

Step up onto the platform and follow sequences I and II.

Special case

Attention, when the batteries are changed, the information stored in the memory is lost.

In the case where 2 users have similar weights or if your weight differential is unusually great, Bodysignal asks you to reconfirm your memory number.

In this case, after stepping off the platform,

• if there are free memories: press 2 seconds on , then on or until your memory is displayed. Then press on to confirm your selection.
• if all the memories are used: press 2 seconds on or until your memory is displayed. Then press on to confirm your selection.

Interpreting your results

Bodysignal provides personalised monitoring: It measures and displays:

• your weight in kg
• your body fat in kg
• the change in your body composition, by means of a light, compared to the previous weighing.

Graph showing the position of your body fat and customised limits

Your body fat is also positioned on a chart that represents your personalised "healthy" limits (based on your gender, your age and your height).
The goal is to provide an accurate and customised vision of where your body fat is in relation to your minimum and maximum limits.

Your body fat is below your minimum limit.
It would probably be wise to increase your body fat, because it is an important reserve of energy for your body.

Your body fat and muscle mass are well balanced, keep watching your weight.

You are overweight in terms of body fat. Change your eating habits and/or exercise more.

Your body fat has exceeded the maximum measurement level.
You need to quickly change your habits, you are putting your health in danger.

Bodysignal is designed for the whole family (4 different users), including children from the age of 6 years.

VISIO CONTROL^®

A loss or gain of weight may be seen as positive or negative, depending on whether it goes along with a loss or gain in body fat or muscle. Interpreting changes in body composition is very important, if you want to know whether a change in dietary practices or physical exercise is proving effective.
VISIO CONTROL^® is a light display which provides a simple and quick means of keeping a check on changes in your body composition, compared to the previous weighing.
These are the various changes that VISIO CONTROL^® can highlight for you:

Weight loss

Weight gain

Stability

Your weight undergoes natural changes arising from your daily activities (hydration, lifestyle, etc.). These "insignificant" changes have no impact on your body composition.
Bodysignal is designed to indicate the most significant changes in your body composition. If your body composition varies only very slightly, it is not necessary to let you know. In this case, VISIO CONTROL^® lights orange.

Special Messages

Messages/situations	Actions/Solutions
	The load exceeds the maximum capacity of 160 kg. → Do not exceed the maximum capacity.
	The appliance needs you to step off the platform to continue the sequence. → Steep off the platform.
	All the memories are used → Follow sequence I, then III: To clear your memory: When your personal characteristics are displayed, press for 10 seconds on . The message "---" appears and 3 beeps will sound. Step back on the platform to record your details. To clear a memory other than your own: When your personal characteristics are displayed, press for 2 seconds on or to reach the memory to be deleted, then press for 10 seconds on . The message "---" appears and 3 beeps will sound. To change the settings of your memory (change in age or size): When your personal characteristics are displayed, press for 2 seconds on to reach the characteristics in memory. Proceed as in the paragraph "OPERATION – Using for the first time".
	See Precautions for use.
	Incorrect measurement of body fat. → Check you are bare feet. → Step back up onto the scales, positioning your feet properly on the electrodes.
	You press a button to save your data and Bodysignal does not react. OR You stop pressing a button and the information in the screen continues to scroll. Bodysignal detects something other than your finger pressing. → Ensure: that you are pressing with just one finger, that you are not leaning on the platform. that are not holding it, that Bodysignal is placed on the ground. or You have pressed the button too briefly. → Keep your finger pressing 2 seconds on the button.