“Patient Message” and “User Message” on a CPAP machine
Some machines can show a short message that your equipment provider or healthcare provider sends to it, for example with a settings change. The words are the provider’s, not the maker’s, so Semiatic cannot explain a particular message: this page only tells you what the pop-up is and how to clear it.
Therapy settings: This page explains what a CPAP machine’s screen or light is telling you, in the maker’s words. It is not medical advice: ask your equipment provider or clinician about your therapy settings, and do not change your pressure or any prescribed setting because of anything here.
Philips Respironics
Philips Respironics DreamStation (first generation) Words on the screen
Patient Message
A message from your provider. It is a Notification: the pop-up comes with a blinking Power LED.
What Philips Respironics says to do
- Read it, then press the control dial to acknowledge and clear it. Questions about what it says go to your provider.
Source: DreamStation CPAP, CPAP Pro, Auto CPAP user manual (Philips Respironics, 1152070 R00, 08/27/2021), checked 2026-09-29.
Philips Respironics DreamStation Go Words on the screen
User Message
A message from your healthcare provider.
What Philips Respironics says to do
- Read it, then tap the screen to acknowledge and clear it. Questions about what it says go to your provider.
Source: DreamStation Go Auto CPAP / CPAP user manual (Philips Respironics, 1152853 R01, 06/14/2022), checked 2026-09-29.
Everything else Philips Respironics’s machines show: Philips Respironics CPAP icons and messages.
Other things a CPAP machine shows
Sources
Each maker’s own user guide only, read on the date shown. Nothing here comes from third-party CPAP forums or “error code” sites.
- Philips Respironics: DreamStation CPAP, CPAP Pro, Auto CPAP user manual — 1152070 R00, 08/27/2021. www.philips.com Checked 2026-09-29.
- Philips Respironics: DreamStation Go Auto CPAP / CPAP user manual — 1152853 R01, 06/14/2022. www.philips.com Checked 2026-09-29.