Troubleshooting Heart Rate Issues
The following chart may help you understand and troubleshoot erratic heart rate readings.
Note: The following chart does not apply to the 9.23 treadmill where it concerns the chest strap since the chest strap is only available on the 9.27. A heart rate is detectable when the Precor heart rate receiver is properly installed in the display and the unit is turned ON. The
Table 3. Erratic heart rate readings
What appears |
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on the display | Cause | What to Do |
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Nothing | The heart rate | To receive Customer |
| receiver is not | Support, refer to |
| installed or it | Obtaining Service. |
| has been |
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| disconnected. |
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— — — | A signal is being | Begin your workout and |
| detected, but the | your heart rate should |
| transmission | appear if you are wearing |
| requires more time | a chest strap or holding |
| to establish a heart | the |
| rate. |
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What appears |
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on the display | Cause | What to Do |
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| Heart rate is not | Be sure the chest strap is |
| detected when you | moist, centered and in |
| access the Heart | direct program contact |
| Rate Control | with your skin. Stand |
| Programs. | within three feet of the |
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| display and face it. Allow |
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| a few seconds |
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| for the receiver to detect |
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| a signal. |
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| If using the touch- |
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| sensitive handrail grips, |
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| use both hands and make |
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| sure your hands are |
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| moist, not dry. |
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Note: To conduct electrical impulses from a user’s heart, the electrode strips on the chest strap must be in contact with the user’s skin. Usually, the concentration of salts in a person’s perspiration provides enough conductivity to transmit a signal to the receiver in the display console. However, because of body chemistry or erratic heartbeats, some people cannot use the heart rate feature.
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