VE Valley Electronics LADY-COMP Instructions For Use Manual

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE:
THE INTELLIGENT CYCLE

COMPUTERS.

LADY-COMP®.
YOUR ULTRA-PRECISE DAILY COMPANION.

LADY-COMP®
AT A GLANCE

• Cycle compute r

• Measuring sensor

• 2 A AA power accus /

batteries (optional)

• Sl ip cas e

• Instruction manual

• USB cable for re ading out dat a

• Accu ch arger (optional )

Measuring sensor

Sensor with cable

Control button

Display screen

Sensor holder

Thank you for choosing the natural opti on as your way of planning a family in the
future. Wh ether LADY-COMP®, LADY-COMP® basic or LADY-COMP® baby, whet her
controlli ng pregnancy t he natural way or planning for a family – in a ny case
you have ma de a good dec ision. And ten thousands of women have done so before
you. They have all been satisfied wit h this method that is both n atural and safe.
Please re ad these inst ructions carefu lly and completely, fo r your own safety. Fo r
comprehe nsive details about this devi ce, refer to the Tabl e of Contents o r the
Alphabet ical Index. Sh ould you have any more questions about a techni cal term or
two, then go to our L ADYp edia at ww w. lady-comp.de for a comprehensi ve answer.
Now you a re ready to go!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. LADY-CO MP® at a gla nce

Product c ontents 03

2. Befor e you begin

Opening the device 06
Inserti ng the batter y 06
Closing t he device 06

Home scree n 07
Control button 07

Default v alues 07
Menu level s 08

3. Time/date

Setting the time 09
Setting the date 10

4. Alarm

Alarm on /of f 11
Setting the alarm 11

5. Menst ruation

Activatin g «M» / correct ing «M» 12
Menstruation data 12
Post-hoc « M» inputs 12

6. Measu rement

Measurem ent in the mor ning 13
Measurement period 14

Fertilit y indicator 16
Review/preview 16
Fever indic ator 1 7
Skippin g a measuremen t 17
Cancell ing a measurement 17

7. Cycle calen dar

Cycle calen dar 18

8. Planni ng pregnanc y

LA DY-CO MP

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baby displ ay 19

Sexual in tercourse (SI) 19
Gender prognosis

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Pregnancy indicator 21
Concepti on date & birt h date 21
Restart a fter pregnancy 21

9. Cycle & planning st atistics

Cycle stati stics 22
Planning statistics
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baby only) 23

Cycle cur ve 24
Personal inputs 26

10. Setting s

Body Ma ss Index (BMI) 27
Default s ettings 29
Temperature/time unit 30
Personal comments 30
Gender prognosis on/off 31

Erasing dat a 32
Test measurement 33

Informatio n about the dev ice 33
Luminosity 34
Volu me 34
Alarm si gnal 35
Button cl ick tone on/off 35

11. Impo rtant infor mation

Analysing cycle data/reading out data 36
Mini USB ca ble 36

Micro SD card 36
AAA p ower accu charge r 36
Loss of d ata 37
After th e pill 37
Pearl Ind ex 37
Softwar e program 37
Prognosis 37
Travel and time zones 3 7

Summer a nd winter time 37
Nightshifts 37
Restart ing after a pause 37

12. Erro r messages & corrective ac tions

M input: check 38
Charge powe r accus/batteri es 38
Power accus /batteries empt y (112-11) 38
Clock bat tery running out (112-12) 38
Clock bat tery empty (1 12-13) 38
USB: no function (117-1) 39
Storage n early full (111-11) 39
Storage f ull (111-12) 39
Error boot loader (120-1) 39
Technics, m aintenance, safe ty 40
Servic e and support 42
Electromagnetic compatibility 43
Index 48
Addresses 52

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2. BEFORE YOU BEGIN

1. Remove th e measuring
sensor

2. Open the device

Screw the dev ice open in
counter-clockwise fashion.

Home scr een

You will receive your cycle compu ter with
the time, d ate and year, alread y pre-set.

Control button / swit ch on

Keep the con trol button pres sed until you s ee
the time/date come up on screen. All menus
can be acce ssed by pushin g the control bu tton

up/ down or r ig ht / left. To activate
the menus a nd conrm inpu ts click the c entre
of the butto n.

Back to h ome screen

Keep the cen tre button pres sed for 3 secon ds
to return to th e time/date home scre en.

Automati c switch off

The device w ill completely s witch o within
60 seconds if no button is pressed. The
screen wil l then go dark u ntil a button is
pressed or the alarm rin gs.

Default values

Your cycle compu ter comes with d efault
values pre- set before you st art. These

are automatic ally erased as soo n as you do

your rst m easurement or input your own
menstruat ion data. The default values
will reapp ear as soon as your own data is

erased.

3. Inser t the batte ries

Insert th e power accus/bat teries
as require d.

4. Close the device

Put the two p arts togethe r at
the notches and screw the dev ice
closed clockwise.

Select the me nus via the control b utton
left, right , up, down

Forward/backward
Select left, right

Select yes, n o
Date/time set ahead/set back
Select up, down

Conrm
Conrm inpu t

Keep button pre ssed for 3 seco nds

= back to home

+

«Return» = on (bl ue square) and

«OK button« (co nrm)

= return to prior m enu level

AAA

AAA

COMP-N-MB RK.500

Power accus/batteries

Before you st art using the device, you will have to insert t he batteries.
2 (AAA type) power accus are included w ith your LADY-COMP®
computer. You may al so use normal AAA batter ies that are avail able
anywhere ( 1.5V). The two ( AAA type) power accus must be charged
for 12 hour s before inser ting them. The serial numbe r of the device i s
written in t he battery co mpartment.

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THE MAIN MENUS OF THE DIFFERENT LADY-COMP

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MODELS AND THEIR SYMBOLS

3. TIME/DATE

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Time/ da te

Alarm

Menstruation

Measurement

Return

Settings

Cycle calendar

Pregnancy planning

Cycle & planning statistics

The availab le menu levels may vary depen ding
on which L ADY-COMP® model you use.

LADY- COMP® basic LADY-CO MP

®

LADY- COMP® baby

«Return» is on

Click Set the hour Go to minutes S et the minutes

Press
«Return»

Setting the time

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4. AL ARM

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«Return» is on

Click Set the hour Go to minutes Set the minutes

Press
«Return»

«Return» is on

Click

Alarm on

Alarm o

Conrm

Press
«Return»

«Return» is on

Click Se t the day Click

Press
«Return»

Alarm on/off

Setting the alarm

Setting the date

Please no te:

Once your de vice has stored one

measureme nt or more, you may set

back the dat e by only one day. If
you set the d ate back, no me asure­ment can be recorded the n ext day.
You can also s et the date ahea d
by only one day. I t is thus impos sib­le to enter a f alse date. Thi s enables
you to correc t the date when
travelling t o other time zon es. Make
sure, thoug h, to skip the m easure­ment on the travelling day.

Please no te:

To enter any previo us menstruat ion
data, make s ure you do this t he
day before you r rst measure ment
(before 11 pm , see page 12 ).

Good to know:

An alarm in dicator appe ars on
the home sc reen once the a larm
has been a ctivated.

Before you be gin with your r st measureme nt,
you should s et and activate t he alarm.

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5. MENSTRUATION 6. MEASURING YOUR TEMPERATURE

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Measurement symbol

is on, alarm ri ngs

Measurement symbol
blinking

Audible signal marks the
end of the measurement

Is switched o  automati­cally or «Return » is on

Click button to

switch o ala rm

Click button to
start measurement

Place sensor under tongue

Measurement value and
fertility are displayed

Click
«Return»

«Return» is on

Select the dat e

«M» yes
«M» no

Press
«Return»

Activati ng «M» or co rrecting « M» Measuri ng your temp erature in the mornin g

Menstruation data:

If you have prev iously recorde d your «M»= men struation dat a, please
enter them before your first measurement. Activate «M » as describe d
above.

Inputti ng «M» post hoc:

If you have not taken a measure ment for quite s ome time (e.g. b ecause
you forgot to) a nd you have meanwh ile had your per iod, you may inp ut
«M» retrosp ectively. Please d o this with ca re since errone ous inputs
may only be co rrected 3 days ba ck. Start wit h the most remot e mens-

truation date.

Please no te:

«M» input: check (?M) If you r device
has not rece ived any measu rement
or «M» inpu t for some time (4 days)
and a new cycl e was expected
to begin du ring this time period, this
warning wi ll remind you to c atch
up with your inputs. To do: acti vate
«M» post h oc.

In the event o f such a retrospe ctive
menstruat ion input, on ly the rst
«M» day nee ds to be activate d per
cycle. The dev ice will automa tically
save three «M » days. Begin w ith
the most re mote menstruat ion date.

«M» input a fter disconti nuing the
pill: the  rst period af ter discontin u­ing the pil l is a pill-indu ced with­drawal blee ding, not a real period.
Do not input «M» in this ca se.

Our system ultimately relie s on the daily

measurement of your basal body temperature.

The basal body temperatu re is the tempe ­rature you have immediately af ter waking up,

i.e. before get ting up and before bei ng

active in wh atever form. The m ore regularly
you measure your temperatu re – especially
in the rst months gettin g started – th e quicker
your device w ill become fa miliar with you r
personal c ycle. Place the measuring se nsor
left or rig ht under your to ngue and close
your mouth. The sensor sh ould not be moved
during the measurement p rocess.

*LA DY-CO MP

®

, LADY-COMP® baby only

**LAD Y-COM P® baby

Boy/girl indicator**

Fertility indicator

Measurement icon

Cycle day

Sensitivities*

Intercourse

Measurement
unit

Measurement
value

Menstruation

Date

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«M» blinks wh en «M»

is expected

«Return» is on «Return» is on

«M» yes
«M» no

Display
«M» no

Display
«M» yes

«M» inp ut after mea surement

Tips for measuring your temper ature

LAD Y-COM P® will wake yo u up with a tone. To switch o the tone,
click the c ontrol button. To measure your temp erature, just p ress any
button on th e home screen . LADY-COMP® will be rea dy to measure
when the “ Measurement” symbol star ts to blink.

– Now place t he sensor und er your tongue a nd close your mo uth.
– Me asurement wil l take approx. 6 0 seconds. If no measureme nt

value can b e determined af ter 3 minutes, the measurem ent will be

cancelled automatically.

– The displ ay shows measur ement values fro m 34.5 to 41.0°C.
– From 37.8°C upwards, the mea surement value will alternate

with F for feve r.

– On ce the measur ement is comple ted, you will h ear a tone and

your current temperature wi ll appear on th e screen. It w ill also
show your fer tility statu s for that day.

Measurement period

The measu rement period is the time spa n in which
you may proceed t o measure your basa l body tempe­rature every day. This time spa n is monitored b y the
LAD Y-COM P® device. Th e measurement period is inde ­pendent of the alarm and i s calculated b ased on the
time you too k your measurem ent on the previ ous day
(-3/+3 hours). The measu rement period extends over
6 hours and begins/ends three hours before an d after
the last m easurement ti me, if this poi nt in time does
not coinci de with the time you wake up the n ext day.

Tips for the measure ment perio d:

- The measu rement perio d is displayed i n form of
a measurem ent symbol on t he home scree n.

- Within th e measurement period, pres sing any button
on the home screen will st art the meas uring process .

- We recommen d using the L ADY-COMP® alarm
to wake you.

- Should you wake up any time w ithin the mea surement
period, e .g. because yo u have to nurse you r child, star t

to measure your temperature.

- Should you get up after th e measurement period is
over, skip that m easurement.

- You may redene the measurem ent period at a ny time
by resetting the alarm (e.g. on weekends or i n case of
working nightshifts).

After measurement, you will possibly see
«M» = menstruation blinking.

– In case of «M» yes, conr m «M» with «up » yes.
– In case of «M» no, reject «M» with «down» no.

As soon as LADY-CO MP

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knows everything about your cycle, the

device will pr ompt you for «M» on days tha t «M» is expected.

– The prompt ing for «M» («M» b linking) sta rts two days pr ior to «M».
– Once «M» is over, LADY-COMP® will stop p rompting for «M ».

After th ree measure ment-free d ays, the mea surement p eriod will b e cleared a gain and

measure ment will on ly be possib le the day af ter, in conj unction wit h an activat ed alarm.

The measu rement per iod will th en again de pend on the wake-up ti me (-3/+3 hours).

Please no te:

Conrm «M» on at least thr ee
successive days. If you have «M »
without be ing prompted by yo ur
device, act ivate «M» as des cribed.
Should you h ave erroneously
input «M», yo u may correct «M »
on the sam e day and three day s
backwards.

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«green» is on
= not fertile

«yellow» is on
= computer learning phase

«red» is on
= fertile

«red» blinking
= ovulation day

«red» «yellow» «g reen»
blinking
= probable pregnancy

«red» «yellow»
«green» on constantly
= pregnancy

«Return» is on

Go back
= Prognosis

Go forward
= Prognosis

Press
«Return»

Review / Previe w - Fertilit y indicator / Prognose s

Fertility indicator

The device s hows your measu rement value an d fertility fo r that day,
these rema in valid for 24 ho urs and are safe f rom day 1 onwards .
The number of «green» days w ill increase s lowly though syst ematically.
«Red» days wi ll be increasi ngly narrowed down . The Pearl Ind ex is

To display all p revious measu rement values, press the butto n
«left» several times. You may also call u p a six-day progno sis by
pressing t he button «right» severa l times.

Fever indicator

From 37.8°C upward, the measurement v alue will alter nate with «F» for
fever. Fever will t hen be stored a s measurement value and als o shown
in the review. Th e fever values wil l, however, not be u sed for analysis .

No measu rement take n

The device c alculates the e xpected cycle cu rve and your fer tility
status, ba sed on existi ng values. Tempera ture increases due to the u,
a lack of sle ep, excessive alc ohol consumpt ion and/or the use o f
medicinal drugs with a th ermal eect are «misleading» and are identi ­ed by the de vice. It is gen erally recomme nded to interru pt your daily
measureme nts in case of a cold with fever, th e use of medici ne, or a late
night to avoid the input of «mi sleading» val ues.

Cancel t he measurem ent proces s

You may cancel t he measureme nt process by hol ding the «OK»
button down fo r 3 seconds; t his will take you back to the mai n
menu. You may th en repeat the m easurement at any time within
the measurement period.

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Measurement symbol

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Measurement symbol
blinking

«Fever» alternates with
the temperature value

«Return» is on

Press button to

switch o ala rm +

start measurement

Place the sens or under
your tongue

To cancel a measu­ring process, keep
button pressed for

3 sec.

Press
«Return»

Please no te:

LAD Y-COM P® is not intende d for
controllin g the body temp erature
as part of a self-health che ck,
this shoul d be done with a ther-

mometer.

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0.7 (99.3pc) from d ay 1 onward. If th e device receive s no input or rec ei­ves informati on that cannot be evaluated, t he number of «ye llow» days
will increa se.

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