TAKING WEIGHT AND BODY FAT READINGS

After programming your personal data you are ready to take a reading.

Select Personal Key and Step On

Using your toe, tap your preprogrammed Personal Key. (Release the key within 3 seconds or the display will show “Err”.) The unit will beep and the display will show the programmed data. The unit will beep again and the display will show “0.0”. Now step onto the platform.

Note: If you step onto the platform before “0.0” appears, you will not obtain a reading. Furthermore, if you do not step onto the measuring platform within about 60 seconds after “0.0” appears, the power is shut-off automatically.

Get Your Readings

Your weight will be shown first. Continue to stand erect on the platform. "54321" will appear on the display and disappear one by one. Your body fat percentage and Body Fat Range will appear on the display screen. The display will then flash your weight, body fat percentage, and DCI alternately five times.

Note: Even if you step off the platform after all the results are displayed, the alternating display of body weight, body fat percentage, and DCI will be repeated five times. The unit will then shut down automatically.

Step on platform

Weight reading

Calculating body

Weight and body

Body fat range

Body fat range

Daily Calorie

 

 

fat percentage

fat percentage

animation

indicatior bar

Intake reading

Getting Accurate Readings

To get the most accurate, absolute values, readings should be taken without clothing and under consistent conditions of hydration. If you do not undress, always remove your socks or stockings, and be sure the soles of your feet are clean before stepping on the measuring platform. Stand erect on the platform.

Be sure that your heels are correctly aligned with the electrodes on the measuring platform. Don’t worry if your feet appear too large for the unit —accurate readings can still be obtained if your toes overhang the platform.

It is best to take readings at the same time of day. Try to wait about three hours after rising, eating, or hard exercise before taking measurements. While readings taken under other conditions may not have the same absolute values, they are accurate for determining the percentage of change as long as the readings are taken in a consistent manner. To monitor progress, compare weight and body fat percentage taken under the same conditions over a period of time.

Note: An accurate reading will not be possible if the soles of your feet are not clean, or if your knees are bent or you are in a sitting position.

Heels centered

Toes may overhang

on electrodes

measuring platform

UNDERSTANDING YOUR READINGS

Healthy Range Indicator Bar (Standard Adults Only)

Your Scale plus Body Fat Monitor automatically compares your body fat reading to the Healthy Body Fat Range chart.

Following your body fat percentage reading, four black squares will appear along the bottom of the display indentifying where you fall within the Body Fat Ranges for your age and gender, as well as telling you where in that range your percentage falls (i.e. low, middle or high end). For example, if you are a female, age 20–39 and your reading is 22.5%, the squares will appear above the “0” or Healthy Range area, and the square second from the left end (or middle) will appear highlighted. For more about the Healthy Range, see p.2.

Note: If you select Athlete mode on the BF-556, the unit will not display the Healthy Range Indicator Bar. The Healthy Body Fat Ranges are based on Standard (sedentary to moderately active) Adults and therefore do not apply to athletic adults.

Note: Athletes may have a lower body fat range based on their particular sport or activity.

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