RESMED HELP

[DANIELORTEGA]

I AM NEW TO SLEEP APNEA AND HAD TO PURCHASE A USED MACHINE AS MY INSURANCE WOULD NOT COVER IT
I TOOK IT TO THE DR TO HAVE THE PRESSURE SET AND HE SAYS ITS BROKE GETS MESSAGE CHECK HOSE..ANYONE
GOT THIS MESSAGE BEFORE OR KNOW WHERE I CAN SEND FOR REPAIR..I PURCHASED IT OFF CRAIGSLIST AND AM STUCK
WITH IT...ITS A RESMED S7 ELITE
THANKS

[KengEsq]

Have you plugged it in at home, connected a hose and mask to it and tried it to see if it is providing a flow of pressurized air? If so, it might work and you may be able to adjust the pressure yourself by accessing the Clinical menu (press and hold the far right button and the down arrow button togther for at least 3 seconds and then follow the prompts to enter the clinical menu and go to settings, etc.

[rested gal]

Daniel, Ken mentioned a good point to consider...just in case the doctor is wrong about the machine being broken.

I'd try going into the clinical menu and setting the pressure myself. Perhaps this will give enough info that you can go through the setup menu on your machine, even if it might not be exactly the same model:

ResMed S7 Lightweight

1) Turn on your machine and wait for the "Welcome "message to appear.

2) Press the right button (with the red line on it - it will also have the word EXIT above it in the display window)

3) Now the display should show "S7 Lightweight " or "S7 Elite" or "S7 Spirit" and the word MENU should show above the left button.

4) Press both the right button and the down-arrow button at the same time and hold down for at least 3 seconds.

5) "CLINICAL MENU - WELCOME" should show in the display. Continue holding down the two buttons for several more seconds until the words in the display window say....

6) "CLINICAL - MENU exit" (Release the two buttons now.)

7) Press the left button with the word MENU above it

Next you should see "SETTINGS - ENTER exit" (if SETTINGS doesn't show it may be "RESULTS" or "OPTIONS" or "SERVICING" if it is any of these other words then use the middle up/down toggle button to navigate to "SETTINGS"

9) When you see "SETTINGS" in the display, press the left button with the word "ENTER" above it (this now takes you into the SETTINGS menu)

10) Use the up/down toggle button in the middle of the top of machine, to navigate to the settings you want to change - when you have the setting you want to change, press the left button with the word "CHANGE" above it.

11) Use the up/down toggle button to vary the settings.

12) When the setting change you want is showing, press the left button under the word "APPLY."

A change is not saved until you press the "APPLY" button, so it's safe to hit the Change button and look at the various changes that can be made to a setting. No change is actually made unless you hit "APPLY."

To get out of the "Apply" and "Change" areas and go back to simply walking through the menu items, press the righthand button under the word "Exit." Exit acts like the backarrow button of a browser.

To exit completely out of the clinical menu just keep pressing the right button. It will have either "cancel" or "exit" written above it. Press it repeatedly (3 or 4 times) until you're out of the clinical menu.

[Slinky]

Contact A.W.A.K.E They may be able to work out a trade for a refurbished CPAP or provide you w/a working CPAP if the above suggestions don't work. Good luck and God bless.

[KengEsq]

If you do not have one, you can get a user's manual at http://www.myresmed.com/Shared/StaticFi ... um-usa.pdf

The user's manual does not tell you how to access the clinical menu (follow Rested Gal's directions for that) but it will explain the operation of the machine.

According to the manual - the check tube alert is:

Display error message:
Check tube!!
Key if done
The air tubing is loose. Check that the air tubing is
connected securely to your mask
and the air outlet on the front of
the ResMed S7 Elite.
When you have checked the air
tubing, press the Front key to
restart the machine.
If this does not clear the message,
turn the power switch off and then
turn it back on to restart the
machine.

[DANIELORTEGA]

THNAKS TO ALL....I GOT HOME AND THE MACHINE WORKED FINE...THE DR JUST HAD ME SCARED

[mm6mm6]

I recently found this post via google for a similar problem.

I use my CPAP in the mid-west US. I recently received the same error message and my CPAP would turn off within 3 seconds of turning it on when the mask was not on my face. It would shut off while I was sleeping with just a minor leak.

I realized that maybe it wasn't working because I was in Arizona, much higher above sea level than what my CPAP was set for by my doctor.

Sure enough, when I got home, my machine was working as normal. Weird, but now I know that if you're traveling, be sure to tighten your straps if you're going to be higher than normal.

[dlanbro]

THNAKS TO ALL....I GOT HOME AND THE MACHINE WORKED FINE...THE DR JUST HAD ME SCARED

Yeah....doctors are good at that. Glad you got it working.

[chunkyfrog]

"paging Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard . . . "
Sadly, this is not unusual; technology changes so rapidly, most doctors have their hands full with what's current
in medicine. Specialists are needed because anyone who tries to know it all would be so busy studying,
they'd never have time to see patients. The educated, involved patient is his own best provider.

[tooter]

THNAKS TO ALL....I GOT HOME AND THE MACHINE WORKED FINE...THE DR JUST HAD ME SCARED

Yeah....doctors are good at that. Glad you got it working.

DanialOrtega's post is 4 years old

[chunkyfrog]

And I'm fairly certain that this could happen again, luckily, medicine isn't rocket science.

[StuUnderPressure]

Daniel Ortega?

Does that name sound familiar?

Couldn't be the same person - could it?