How To Wear The SLEEPTRACKER®
Wear the SLEEPTRACKER® with the face on top of your wrist, and with the band tight enough to maintain contact with your wrist. Set the SLEEPTRACKER®'s alarm for the normal time you start your day, then adjust the alarm window to allow the SLEEPTRACKER® to wake you at your body's optimum time, if the SLEEPTRACKER® detects an almost-awake moment within the window before your alarm. |
Overview of Buttons
The SLEEPTRACKER®'s four simple, easy-to-read buttons allow you to read the SLEEPTRACKER® in the dark, to set it to wake you at the best time, to record your sleeping cycles, and to tell the time, day, and date.
NOTE: If no button is pushed for 60 seconds, the SLEEPTRACKER® will default to the time/day/date screen.
Shown below is a diagram of the SLEEPTRACKER®'s buttons with descriptions of each button's function(s).
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Setting the "To Bed" Time
Setting the "To Bed" feature on your SLEEPTRACKER® lets the SLEEPTRACKER® record your sleep data during the night so you can learn about your unique sleep patterns. To accurately record your data, set "To Bed" at 30 minutes after you anticipate being asleep. If you stay awake later than the time set in "To Bed", the data recorded will not be accurate until you are fully asleep. The SLEEPTRACKER® can collect data for a maximum of 8 hours. Going to sleep after your anticipated "To Bed" time will not affect the SLEEPTRACKER®'s ability to find your optimal waking moments within the alarm window.
Setting the "To Bed" Mode
Press MODE until it reaches the "To Bed" mode. Then press and hold SET until the hour digit blinks. Press the top or bottom buttons on the left to reach the desired hour. Then press SET to go to minutes, then AM/PM/24-hour, and adjust accordingly. To store your new settings, press MODE until the screen stops blinking. |
Tracking Sleep Data
To review your sleep data, press MODE to go to DATA REVIEW.
Use the left buttons to review your almost-awake moments. the SLEEPTRACKER® records and stores your almost-awake moments for one day, so in the DATA REVIEW mode you can discover how many times you were almost awake during a night and the average time between those moments. Each almost-awake moment is displayed in chronological order as "Data 1," "Data 2," etc. At the end of this series of times, the SLEEPTRACKER® displays "Data A," the average time between your almost-awake moments.
Data A can help you know how soundly you're sleeping. If the average time between your almost-awake moments is relatively long compared to other nights, you've probably slept more restfully than usual. If you go to bed and get up at the same times most days, your sleep patterns are likely to be consistent - and Data A will remain fairly consistent, too.
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Remember that everyone's sleep patterns are different, and everyone's Data A is different. Almost-awake moments may be frequent or occasional, sporadic or regular. A 20- to 30-minute Data A is not uncommon.
Moreover, multiple almost-awake moments can occur within one sleep cycle. To best assess your sleep, look to see whether your Data A lengthens as you continue to use the SLEEPTRACKER®. An increasing Data A means you're getting more onsistent sleep.
Also, look at your sleep data to make sure you have extended periods of sleep without almost-awake moments. If that's the case, a short Data A is no cause for worry, since you're getting sufficient periods of deep sleep.
To establish your personal baseline, keep track of Data A for 7-10 nights so you can find out how restless each night's sleep was relative to the others. The more almost-awake moments you have (based on your individual norm), the less restful your night's sleep.
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If your sleep is consistent, Data A will probably only vary by a few minutes from one night to the next. If Data A deviates significantly from your normal baseline one night, think about what you did before going to sleep that might have affected your sleep cycle. Factors like alcohol, cigarettes, late evening exercise, eating late, and spicy foods can all affect your Data A. After the SLEEPTRACKER® records an almost awake-moment, it will not record another one for 8 minutes.
This is to keep the SLEEPTRACKER® from recording multiple almost-awake moments because you get up in the middle of the night. If you stay up for more than 8 minutes, the SLEEPTRACKER® will record an awake moment every 8 minutes until you go back to sleep. Within the ALARM WINDOW, however, the SLEEPTRACKER® triggers the alarm at your first almost-awake moment.
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