Accu-Chek Accu-Chel User Manual page 93

Error message Meaning
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The year, time and date have not been
set.
Set these as described in Chapter 3.
The test strip drum in the meter is empty.
Insert a new test strip drum.
O
The bar code information from the test
strip drum has been lost.
Press the Test button to turn the meter
off. Open and close the drum compart-
ment cover. The meter rotates the
drum and reads the bar code. When
you next turn on the meter to perform
a test, the drum symbol and flashing
bottle symbol are displayed.
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Error message Meaning
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Perform a performance check. You
may use up all the test strips remain-
ing in the drum. The 90-day use-by
period will no longer be calculated for
this drum. The drum symbol will
therefore be displayed each time you
perform a test until you insert a new
test strip drum.
O
The bar code on the test strip drum is
damaged.
You can no longer perform tests with
test strips from this drum. Insert a
new drum.
O
The test strip drum does not rotate.
Press the Test button to turn the meter
off. Open the drum compartment
cover and press the red drum release
button. Close the drum compartment
cover again.
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