Troubleshooting Heart Rate Issues
The following chart may help you understand and troubleshoot erratic heart rate readings.
Note: A heart rate can only be detected when the Precor heart rate receiver is properly installed in the display and the unit is turned ON. You must also wear the chest strap during a workout.
Table 3. Erratic heart rate readings
What |
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appears on |
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the display | Cause | What to Do |
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Nothing | The heart rate | Turn the unit ON. Be |
| receiver is not | sure the heart rate |
| installed or it | receiver is installed |
| has been | properly. Be sure the |
| disconnected. | chest strap is moist, |
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| centered, and in direct |
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| contact with your skin. |
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HR | Setup phase, heart | Begin your workout and |
| rate detected. | your heart rate should |
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| appear. |
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What |
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appears on |
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the display | Cause | What to Do |
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| Heart rate is not | Be sure the chest strap |
| detected when you | is moist, centered and in |
| access the Heart | direct program contact |
| Rate Control | with your skin. Stand |
| Program. | within three feet of the |
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| display and face it. |
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| Allow a few seconds |
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| for the receiver to |
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| detect a signal. |
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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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