•After you put on the chest strap, face the display console for a minimum of 15 seconds. This allows the receiver in the console to recognize the signal from the chest strap.
•If you prefer to use the hand-held heart rate feature, grasp both touch-sensitive handrail grips and wait five to ten seconds. Your heart rate appears in the Heart Rate display.
•If three dashes (— — —) appear on the display, the treadmill cannot detect a heart rate. Make sure the chest strap is positioned properly around your chest and against your skin. If you are using the touch-sensitive handrail grips, make sure your hands are moist (not dry) and you use both hands.
•Always face forward on the treadmill and use the handrail for balance.
Using the Heart Rate
Touch-Sensitive Grips
While exercising, you must grasp both touch-sensitive handrail grips for a minimum of five to ten seconds to transmit your heart rate to the display. Refer to Diagram 6.
Diagram 6: Touch-sensitive handrail grips
Usually, the concentration of salts in a person’s perspiration provides enough conductivity to transmit a signal to the receiver inside the display console. However, some people, because of body chemistry or erratic heart beats cannot use the touch-sensitive handrail grips on the treadmill. A chest strap may provide better results.
Important: While exercising, do not wear a chest strap and grasp the touch-sensitive handrail grips at the same time. Although the chest strap transmitter overrides signals from the touch-sensitive handrail grips, using both features may cause erratic heart rate readings.
