Polar Comprehensive Guide to User Settings on Your Heart Rate Monitor

5.3 USER SETTINGS

In the User Settings menu, you can edit your personal data, weight, height, birthday, gender, and extra user settings.

		Press			Press		Press
Press	Watch			HR Set		User			General
						Press OK
	OK			OK		OK		OK	View
									Extra
	Weight		Height		Birthday		Sex
									User
									Settings

1.Start from the Time of Day display. Press OK. Exercise is displayed.

2.Press the / buttons until Settings is displayed. Press OK.

3.Press the / buttons to select USER. Press OK.

4.Weight: Adjust the weight with the / buttons. Press OK.

5.Height: Adjust the height with the / buttons. Press OK.

6.Birthday: Adjust the month (mm) or day (dd) with the / buttons. Press OK.

Note: You can skip the date of birth date setting and accept it as it is by pressing and holding OK.

7.Adjust the day (dd) or month (mm) with the / buttons. Press OK.

8.Adjust the year (yy) with the / buttons. Press OK.

9.Sex: Select MALE or FEMALE with the / buttons. Press OK.

10.View Extra User Settings: It is recommended that you change the following settings (HRmax, HRsit, VO2max) only if you know your laboratory-measured value. Press OK to enter Extra User Settings. Alternatively, press and hold the Back button to return to the Time of Day display.

11.Maximum heart rate value (HRmax): Press the / buttons to set your maximum heart rate. Press OK.

HRmax is the highest number of heartbeats per minute (bpm) during maximum physical exertion. The most accurate way of determining your individual HRmax is to perform a maximal exercise stress test in a laboratory. HRmax is a useful tool for determining the intensity of exercise. HRmax is used in the estimation of energy expenditure.

12.Heart rate value in a sitting position (HRsit): Press the / buttons to set your heart rate value in a sitting position. Press OK.

HRsit should be your typical heart rate when you are not doing any physical activity (while sitting). HRsit is used in the estimation of energy expenditure. To easily determine your HRsit, sit down and put on your wrist unit and transmitter. Start the measurement to show your heart rate value on the display. Look at your wrist unit after 2 to 3 minutes. This is your HRsit. To more precisely calculate your HRsit, wear your Polar heart rate monitor for one normal day. Occasionally when you sit and do not engage in any physical activity for 2-3 minutes, write down your heart rate value. In the evening, calculate the average value.

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