Polar s720i/s710i Care Maintenance, Taking care of your Polar heart rate monitor, Wrist receiver

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G. CARE AND

MAINTENANCE

Your Polar heart rate monitor is a high-tech instrument of superior design and workmanship and should be treated with care. The suggestions below will help you fulfill the warranty obligations and enjoy this product for many years to come.

Taking care of your Polar heart rate monitor

Wash the transmitter regularly after use with a mild soap and water solution. Dry it carefully after washing with soft towel.

Never store the transmitter wet. Sweat and moisture can keep its electrodes wet and the transmitter activated, which shortens the battery life.

Store your Polar heart rate monitor in a cool and dry place. Do not store it in any kind of non-breathing material, such as a plastic bag or a sports bag if it is wet.

Do not bend or stretch the transmitter. This may damage the electrodes.

Do not dry the transmitter in any other way than with a towel. Hard- handed handling may damage the electrodes.

Keep your Polar heart rate monitor out of extreme cold and heat. The operating temperature is -10 ºC to 50 ºC/ 14 ºF to 122 ºF.

Do not expose the Polar heart rate monitor to direct sunlight for extended periods, such as by leaving it in a car.

Keep the air pressure channels (three openings on the wrist receiver backcover) clean to make sure that the altitude and temperature measurements work. Do not insert any objects into the openings.

Do not immerse the speed sensor in water.

Avoid hard hits to the speed sensor as these may cause damage.

Batteries

Transmitter

The estimated average battery life of the transmitter is 2500 hours of use. Contact your distributor/ dealer for a transmitter replacement. Polar recycles used transmitters. See your Customer Care Charter for detailed instructions.

Wrist receiver

The estimated average battery life of the wrist receiver is 2 years in normal use (2h/ day, 7 days a week). Note also that excessive use of the backlight and the alarm signals will use the battery more rapidly. Do not open the Polar wrist receiver yourself. To ensure the water resistance properties and the use of qualified components, the wrist receiver battery should be replaced only by an authorised Polar Service Centre. At the same time a full periodic check of the Polar heart rate monitor will be done.

Battery Replacement for Speed Sensor

The estimated average battery life of the speed sensor is 2500 hours of use. We highly recommend you send the speed sensor to an authorised Polar Service Centre for battery replacement, where the unit is water- resistant tested after the battery has been replaced. However, if you prefer changing the battery yourself, please follow these instructions carefully:

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Contents Signal/Light Stop DownDear Customer Page Contents Getting Going Connection to computerPolar Fitness Test Heart rate monitor Parts and their FunctionsButtons and their functions Useful tipsEasy start You only need to install one of them How to put the transmitter onHow to start measuring your heart rate How to stop measuring your heart rate Modes and their functionsAfter exercising File Options HOW to Enter Settings User information settingsUnits Date of birth Birthday SexActivity level Activity Maximum heart rate value HRmaxExercise settings Setting timers Setting heart rate limitsTurning heart rate limits on/off Setting interval type Setting recovery calculation Naming exercise setsSetting recording rate Rec. Rate 60sTurning functions on/off OwnCal calorie counter on/offFitness test on/off Predicted maximum heart rate on/off HRmax-pBicycle feature settings Adjusting the wheel size WheelPower* on/off Cadence* on/offAutostart on/off AutoStrt Monitor settings Naming bike 1 and bikeTurning activity/button sound on/off Selecting measuring unitsWatch settings Setting alarmTurning Help on/off Setting time of day Setting dateTurning reminders on/off Setting tips Measure modeExercise Page Exercise recording mode Autostart for recording a cycling exerciseTurning the heart rate zone alarm on/off Pausing the exercise Swapping the heart rate limitsIlluminating the display Storing lap and split timeSwapping the displayed exercise information Select the middle row informationSelect the upper row information Starting an exercise set Exercising with Interval Training Set Int On, E1-E5Warm-up phase Interval sessionRecovery calculation Recovery duration Recovery distanceCool-down phase Exercising with BasicSet Int OFF, E1-E5 Stopping the exerciseTips during the exercise Swap the bike setting b0, b1 or b2 Resetting the trip distanceRestarting the interval or recovery calculation Interrupting an interval or recovery calculationHOW to Recall Training Information Exercise fileRecovery information of BasicSet exercise Reco Exercise time Exe. TimeExercise distance Exe. Dist Speed information Spd. Avg/ MaxCalorie expenditure KCal Cumulative calorie count Tot. KCalCumulative exercise time count Tot. Time Cumulative riding time Rid. TimeRecovery information Interval informationLap information Laps Best Lap LapsRecorded samples Resetting your cumulative counts to zero Records fileDeleting a file Deleting all filesConnection to Computer Downloading training data to a computerReturning to your previous maximum value Uploading settings from computer Polar Fitness Test OwnIndexFitness test settings Predicted maximum heart rate HRmax-pCarrying out the test Update OwnIndex and HRmax-p Turn the Fitness test sound signal on/offStart the test Interrupt the testFitness classes AgeCare Maintenance Battery Replacement for Speed SensorTaking care of your Polar heart rate monitor Batteries TransmitterPrecautions ServiceUsing the Polar heart rate monitor in a water environment Polar heart rate monitor and interference Electromagnetic interferenceExercise equipment Frequently Asked Questions Cannot find the previous exercise’s file?Cannot find the expended calories from my exercise file? Cannot turn my HRmax-p on?Heart symbol flashes irregularly? Battery of the wrist receiver must be replaced?Heart rate reading becomes erratic or extremely high? Display is blank or fading?Technical Specifications Inaccurate altitude readings?Data transfer from receiver to computer was unsuccessful? Elastic strapDefault Settings Speed sensorLimit Values Limited Polar Warranty Polar DisclaimerDisplay symbols Polar GlossaryDisplay texts RecoTime, time-based recovery RecoDist, distance-basedRecoHr, heart-rate-based Index 46, 52