Life Fitness M051-00K39-A196 operation manual Malfunction Probable Cause Corrective Action

6.3TROUBLESHOOTING THE OPTIONAL POLAR® TELEMETRY HEART RATE CHEST STRAP

Malfunction	Probable Cause	Corrective Action
	Use of personal electronic
	devices, such as cell phones
	and portable MP3 players,
	causes external noise
Heart rate reading is initially	interference.	Remove the source of noise
detected and functioning	Equipment is in close proximity	or reposition the exercise
normally but then is lost.	to other sources of noise such	equipment.
	as audio/ video equipment,
	fans, two way radios, and high
	voltage/high current power
	lines.
	Television sets and/or
	antennas generate electro-
	magnetic interference.
	Cell phones generate
	electromagnetic interference.
	Computers generate
	electromagnetic interference.	Move the Bike 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 Bike,
		until the heart rate readings are
		accurate.
	High voltage power lines
	generate electromagnetic
	interference.
	Motor driven exercise
	equipment generates electro-
	magnetic interference.
	Another heart rate transmitter
	within 3 feet (1 meter)
	generates electromagnetic
	interference.

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