Philips Dreamstation turn off ramp

I've been using cpap and apap machines for over ten years, without a ramp. The NHS has just given me a Dreamstation to replace my Respironics System One. The technicians told me it would adapt the pressure to my sleeping position etc. They seemed to think the System One was a fixed-pressure machine, but I can't see it will be very different. I asked them to remove the 15-minute ramp but they said they were not authorized to do that and that it would be good for me. But I don't like the ramp, even when I had a fixed-pressure machine it made it hard for me to sleep, knowing that the right pressure wouldn't be reached for 15 minutes.

I have worked out how to access the Provider menu, and I was actually given the Provider Manual instead of the User Manual... I have managed to switch the ramp time down to 0.00 but I can't find out how to turn it off. Is there an Off switch? Many thanks to anyone who can help me.

I think zero is the same as off;
Why have redundant features when you are cutting every possible corner?

When I had the DreamStation 1 the ramp was disabled when the setting was set to '0.00'. At 0.00 no time is spent in ramp and the minimum set pressure is immediate.

OK, thanks very much to both of you. I just feel insecure when I'm using the settings I'm not supposed to. The guide starts with the words "IMPORTANT: Remove this guide before giving the device to the patient."

So it'll be OK now, logically. I have only used it once and I feel a bit as though I'm suffocating and have to wait 15 minutes before I can relax, and of course it annoys me too, which doesn't help me sleep.

zirbel77 wrote: ↑

Sat May 20, 2023 10:36 am

they were not authorized to do that

Pitiful.