The journey begins

My Respironics PR-1 Auto w/heated humidifier and Resmed Swift FX and I spent our first night together last night. I was somewhat apprehensive that it was going to be a long troublesome first night but to my surprise it went pretty well. I had used a Swift original pillow mask for my sleep study so the feel was not totally new. My AHI was 61 in the no mask part of the study and 6 after the mask was put on so it is hard to argue with the process.

I have spent a LOT of time here reading (thank you all!!) the last couple of weeks and it surely saved me from making some mistakes when going through the process. I TOLD the sleep DR what machine I wanted and after brief resistance he agreed. He asked where I wanted my RX to be sent after suggesting that they could supply the equipment -Not- and I said hand it to me and I will take care of it. He did. I took the RX to Optioncare here in Bellingham, WA that was recommended to me by several on RV.Net that I frequent. They were very good and I would recommend them to anyone. That said they first came out with a PR-1 with a October 2010 Mfg date. I politely said please look again for one with a 2011 Mfg date as I wanted the latest version with the backlight screen. Big smile from the tech as she said "You have really done your homework haven't you?" She came back with a March 2011 Mfg date one-no problem. She said there are other upgrades to it besides the backlight.

I have a lot to learn about this system but I like learning about how things work and what they can do. I would sure appreciate it if someone could give me a link to the software I can use to explore what is being recorded.

Thank you all for being here. I will be hanging around to learn from you all.

Jim

You can go to cpap.com and order the EncorePro 2.0

Jaug, welcome abroad. It's awesome you did your homework!!! Yes, you learn lots on the forum and plenty of great folks to rally around you for support.

Starlette

Congratulations on your research and results.