During The Stimulation Session; End Of Program; Electricity Consumption And Recharging - Compex vitality Manual De Utilización Y Aplicaciones

6. During the stimulation session

Setting stimulation energy
hen the program starts, the Compex
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prompts you to increase the stimula-
tion energy, a key factor for the effec-
tiveness of the stimulation.
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6b
6a
6c
6e
Fig. 6
6a The Compex "bleeps" and the symbols of the
four channels flash, changing from "+" to "000":
the four channels are at 0 energy. You must
increase the stimulation energy so that the
stimulation can start. To do this, press the "+"
of the keys of the relevant channels, until the
desired setting is reached.
If you want to increase the energy level of all
four channels simultaneously, press the "i"
button, located below the "On/Off" key. You can
also increase the energy level of three first
channels, by pressing the "i" button twice, or
the energy level of two first channels only, by
pressing three times this button.
Once you activate the "i" button, the associated
channels are highlighted in white on a black
background.
6b Remaining time in minutes and seconds.
The animated rising convection symbol
6c
represented the warming-up sequence.
6d Session progression scale. For details on how
it works, see the following section ("Program
progression").
6e By pressing the "On/Off" key, you can return
to the previous screen.
Program progression
timulation does really start when the
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stimulation energy has been increased.
The screens that are displayed during
stimulation allow you to observe the
progression of the session. These
screens may differ from one program
14 to another. The examples reproduced
below are sufficient for you to
understand the general rules.
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7d
7a
7e
7b
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Fig. 7
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8a
8e
8b
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Fig. 8
7a-8a Remaining time (in minutes and
seconds) before the end of the program.
7b-8b A small animated symbol indicating
category to which the program belongs.
7c-8c Session progression scale:
The progression scale is composed of three
distinct parts: the program consists of three
stimulation sequences, i.e., warming up (light
hatching /left), the actual work (black
area/centre) and relaxation at the end of the
program (heavier hatching/right).
The progression scale can be also entirely
hatched: the program then consists of a single
stimulation sequence.
The small cursor located just below the scale
moves horizontally and indicates precisely the
state of progression of the program (here:
start of the first sequence, i.e., the work
sequence).
7d-8d Contraction and active rest time bar:
This bar is displayed at the right of the pro-
gression scale, but only during the work
sequence. It indicates the duration of the
contraction and active rest times.
7d The cursor is located under the black (left)
part of the bar: you are in a muscular contrac-
tion phase.
8d The cursor is located under the hatched
(right) part of the bar: you are in an active rest
phase.
The stimulation energy during the
active rest phase is automatically
set at 50% of the stimulation energy during
the muscular contraction.
7e-8e Bar charts:
The muscular contraction phase is repre-
7e
sented by the bar charts of the stimulation
channels used (which become black during the
contraction phase).
8e The active rest phase is represented by
the bar charts of the stimulation channels
used (which become hatched during the active
rest phase).
7f-8f You can interrupt the program momen-
tarily ( STOP = "PAUSE") ") by pressing the
"On/Off" key. If you wish to restart the session,
simply press the "+"/"–" key of channel 4.
After an interruption, stimulation
restarts at 80% of the stimulation
energy set before the .
STOP
Adjusting stimulation energy
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Fig. 9
During the session, the Compex "bleeps"
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and some + symbols start to flash above
the active channels (over the energy indications):
the Compex is prompting you to increase the
stimulation energy level. If you cannot support
an increase of the energy, just ignore this
message.

End of program

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10b
Fig. 10
10a At the end of the session, you hear a
musical signal and a small flag is displayed.
It is then only necessary to switch off
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the stimulator by pressing the "On/Off" key ( ).
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7. Electricity consumption
and recharging
Never recharge the stimulator with
cables still connected to it.
Never recharge the batteries with
a charger different from the one supplied
by Compex.
he Compex runs on rechargeable
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batteries. The discharge time depends
on the programs and stimulation
energy used.
efore using your stimulator for
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the first time, it is always strongly
recommended that you completely
charge the battery to improve its au-
tonomy and extend its working life.
If you do not use your device for a
long period of time, please regularly
recharge the battery.
Electricity consumption
he symbol of a small battery indicates
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the charge level of the batteries.
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