Zoom the Display, View Settings Menu, Pause Exercise

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alarm function is on). Unlock the sport zone by pressing and holding OK again: Sport zone3 Unlocked is displayed.

Using the software, you can also base ZoneLock on your speed/pace*. For further information, see software help.

Zoom the Display

Press and hold UP to zoom into the upper row, and DOWN to zoom into the middle row. Return to the normal display by pressing and holding the buttons again.

Illuminate the Display (Night mode on)

To illuminate your display, press LIGHT during the exercise. Night mode is turned on, and the display illuminates automatically when any button is pressed or exercise phase is changed.

View Settings Menu

Press and hold LIGHT > Settings

The Settings menu is displayed when pressing and holding LIGHT. In the settings menu you can change certain settings without pausing the exercise recording. The contents of this menu vary according to the exercise type. For further information, see ???.

•Prev. phase: View summary information of the previous phase or repetition (displayed when an exercise with phases is created in the software).

•Keylock: Lock/unlock buttons to prevent accidental button presses.

•TZ Alarm: Turn target zone alarm sound on/off.

•Change zone: Switch target zones (displayed when you have defined multiple target zones, except when an exercise with phases is created with the software).

•HR view: Select how to view your heart rate.

•HeartTouch: Select the HeartTouch function to view data during exercise without pressing buttons, by bringing the running computer near the Polar logo on the transmitter.

•Calibrate: Calibrate foot pod* (not displayed if footpod* is off).

•A.Lap*: Activate/deactivate automatic lap.

Once you have changed the settings, the running computer will return to exercise mode.

Pause Exercise

Pause exercise recording by pressing STOP.

In pause mode you can:

•Continue: Continue exercise recording.

•Exit: Stop exercise recording (or press STOP).

•Summary: View a summary of the exercise so far. The following summary information is displayed: calories, distance*, exercise time, maximum heart rate, minimum heart rate, average heart rate, maximum speed/pace* and average speed/pace*.

•Settings: You can change the same settings in pause mode as during exercise except display personalization which can only be done in pause mode with the running computer.

•Reset: Delete recorded exercise information. Confirm with OK and press OK again to restart recording.

•Free mode: Change your exercise profile to free exercise type. This does not delete the exercise you have performed, but will continue the exercise without settings. If you switch to Free mode, you can restart the original exercise by pausing the exercise again, and choosing Restart P1.

*Optional S1 foot pod required.

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RS400 specifications

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