Starfrit Balance User Manual

Body Fat Scale

Instructions for use

The scale is specially designed to test your body weight, body fat, hydration,
muscle and bone percentages and to help you keep a close eye on the daily
changes of your body fat, hydration, muscle, bone and weight. Based on
the analysis of your height, weight, age, etc., it calculates your daily energy
requirement, and can be used as a helpful tool to control your weight. Please
read this instruction manual carefully before use.

Features / Specifications

1. Size of LCD screen: 92 x 51 mm / 3.6 x 2 inches

2. Uses high precision strain gauge sensor: 0.2 lb / 100 g

3. Multifunction: test body fat %, body hydration %, body muscle %,
body bone % and suggest daily calorie intake requirement

4. Daily calorie intake: the data reading indicates the energy you need to
sustain the daily metabolism and ordinary activities required for your
weight, height, age and sex.

5. Five activity levels

6. Built-in memory for 12 different users

7. Regular weighing mode. Auto step on weighing and consecutive add-on
weighings

8. Low battery and overload indicators

9. Last immediate memory recall

10. Compare current result to the last record

Tips / Recommandations

A. The device is designed to allow auto step on. The first time you use the

scale please ignore the initial reading as this may reflect the factory

settings. The scale will be accurate as of the second use.
B. For better results, always remove your shoes and socks.
C.

It is advisable to always take measurement at the same time of the day.

D. Readings can be misleading after intensive exercise, excessive dieting

or under extreme dehydration.
E. Always weigh/use the scale on a hard and flat surface.

F.

For children under 10 or adults over 100, the scale can only be used in
regular weighing mode.
G. For adults over 70, body builders or people with extreme fitness

levels, there may be deviations in the measured data.

1

Warning

The body analysis weighing mode, called Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
(BIA), which is used by this scale, determines your body fat proportion by
transferring a harmless signal all the way through your body.

A. This scale provides body analysis measures for a majority of people,
but people with the following condition should never use this scale
under this weighing mode:

• Pregnant women

• Those with symptoms of edema

• Those on dialysis treatment

• Those who use heart pacemakers or other implanted medical devices

These people should only use a scale under the regular weighing mode,
which will indicate only your body weight.

B. The fat and hydration percentages content evaluated by this body fat

scale is only for reference (not for medical purpose). If your fat and
hydration percentages content is over/below normal level, please

consult your doctor for more advice.
C. Keep away from strong electro-magnetic fields when using the scale.
D. It could be slippery if you weigh on a wet surface. Moreover,

the weighing platform surface is glazed, never step on the edge

of the scale and do keep balance during your weighing.

Performance index

Item

Index

Index
Range

Division

Weighing

Capacity
150 kg

330 lb

0.1 kg

0.2 lb

Fat %

4.0%

60.0%

0.1%

Hydration %

27.5%

66.0%

0.1%

Muscle % Bone % Calorie

20.0%

56.0%

0.1%

2.0%

20.0%

0.1%

1KCAL

2

To install / Replace battery

1. Open battery case cover at the back of the
scale.

2. Install new battery by putting one side of
the battery beneath the battery holder and
then pressing down the other side.

Battery baffle

Setting weight unit

This scale is available in kg or lb. You can set
to the one you prefer by pressing the unit
conversion button on the back of the scale
(picture shown on the left). Press the unit
conversion button when scale is powered off.
LCD shows current weight unit. Press the
button again to convert to another weight unit.

3

Press

Press

st:lb

kg

lb

After selecting the prefered unit, the scale
will auto-off after 3 seconds. The selected

Press

weight unit will be activated the next time
you turn on the scale.

. When setting lb as weight unit, the

default height unit is feet/inch.

.

When setting kg as weight unit, the
default height unit is cm.