Life Fitness B098 operation manual Malfunction Probable Cause Corrective action

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Malfunction	Probable Cause	Corrective action
	Use of personal electronic
	devices, such as cell phones
	and portable MP3 players,
	causes external noise interfer-
Heart rate reading is initially	ence.	Remove the source of noise or
detected and functioning	Equipment is in close proximity	reposition the exercise
normally but then is lost.		equipment.
	to other sources of noise such
	as audio/ video equipment, fans,
	two way radios, and high volt-
	age/high current power lines.
	Television sets and/or antennas
	generate electromagnetic
	interference.
	Cell phones generate
	electromagnetic interference.
	Computers generate electro-
	magnetic interference.	Move the treadmill a few inches
		away from the probable cause,
Heart rate readings are	Cars generate electromagnetic	or move the probable cause a
abnormally elevated.	interference.	few inches away from the tread-
		mill, until the heart rate readings
	High voltage power lines	are accurate.
	generate electromagnetic
	interference.
	Motor driven exercise equip-
	ment generates electromagnetic
	interference.
	Another heart rate transmitter
	within 3 feet (1 meter)
	generates electromagnetic
	interference.

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