
USER MANUAL
ALCOHOL TESTER
PCE-ALC 30
ENGLISH
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SPECIFICATIONCAUTIONS
Model PCE-ALC 30
» To have accurate indication of blood alcohol concentration, please test at least 15 minutes
later after drinking. Make sure to attach a mouthpiece during testing, otherwise, the result
is not accurate.
» Not recommend to use it beyond -10°C-50°C. The reading may not be accurate.
» To keep accuracy of alcohol tester, it’s highly recommended to be recalibrated in every 6
months. Please calibrate the sensor once the tester is due for recalibration.
» Do not block breath sample inlet, otherwise, the sample could be stay inside of tester,
which will impact following tests.
» Do not clean surface by Ethanol. Recommend to use soft wet cloth and neutral detergent.
» Do not let smoke go into the mouthpiece and tester, which may damage the sensor.
» Avoid any fall or strong shock which may damage the tester.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Sensor Fuel Cell
Test Range 0 ... 2.00 mg/L
0 ... 0.40 % BAC
0 ... 4.00 g/L
0 ... 440 mg/100mL
Resolution 0.001%BAC
Accuracy ±0.010 %BAC at 0.050%BAC
Warm Up Time Less than 5s
Operation Condition Temperature: -10°C ... 50°C
Humidity: ≤95 %
Display OLED
Battery 1 × 1.5V AAA
PCE-ALC 30 is a key chain breathalyzer which is convenient to carry and use at all times.
It adopts fuel cell sensor which provides superb accuracy and repeatability; OLED shows
results with 3 decimals; Preset alarm threshold; Low voltage indication, etc.
Dimension 66mm×47mm×19mm
Weight 35g
Automatically power o time Testing mode: 30s
Menu mode: 600s

APPEARANCE
MEANING OF DISPLAY CONTENTS
0.0 5 5 Breath Test Result
1. Breath Sample Outlet
2.Display
3.Button
4.Keychain
5.Indicative Light
6.Breath Sample inlet
7. Battery Cover
4 digits after starting
on, e.g.1988
WARM Warming Up
CALIB Calibration
BLOW Please Blow
CALC Calculation
LOW POWER Battery Low
LOW POWER
Auto Power O
Residual Testing Times Before
Next Recalibration
Battery Low and Power o
MENU
Press and hold power button until there’s “CALIB”, then click the button once at each time, there will be
displaying “UNIT”, ”ALM”, ”MODE”, and ”EXIT”.
“CALIB” is for calibration.
“UNIT” is for measurement unit change. Long press button under interface “UNIT”, it will enable to select
unit from %BAC, ‰BAC, g/L, mg/L, mg/100mL by clicking once at each time, then long press to store.
”ALM” is for alarm threshold change. Long press button under interface “ALM”, it will enable to change
alarm point by stopping at “+” and “-”, click once at each time to modify the value, and long press to store.
”MODE” is for switchable among three working mode, “STANDARD” for normal working mode, “ECO” for
battery save mode, and “DEMO” for demonstration only. Long press to store one of three working mode.
DISPLAY
1.Battery Capacity
2.Measurement Unit
3.Test Result
”EXIT” is for back to original interface.
OPERATION
1) Take o battery cover, install 1 piece AAA 1.5V battery. Please be aware of the polarity.
2) Insert Mouthpiece.
3) Press and hold power button until starting on, the following signs will turn up in sequence, an imme
diate beeping, display lights up, indicator lights take turns with red, green and blue, display shows
residual blow times before next recalibration, and warming up counting down.
4) When warm up ends, there will be prompting BLOW. Please blow smoothly until you hear “di”, results
will be coming up in seconds. If there’s failure, it will indicate by red light.
5) When the result is below pre-set alarming threshold, the light will indicate by green, if above, it will be
red light with beeping alarm.
Press and hold power button more than 3 seconds, it will turn o. If there’s no any operation within a
period of time, it will turn o automatically.

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