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Troubleshooting Heart Rate

Table 5 may help you understand and troubleshoot erratic heart rate readings.

Important: A heart rate can only be detected when the EFX is turned On and you wear the chest strap or hold on to both touch-sensitive handrail grips.

To conduct electrical impulses from a user’s heart, both touch-sensitive handrail grips must be grasped firmly for five to ten seconds. 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. A chest strap may provide better results. Refer to the QuickStart Card for proper placement of the chest strap.

Table 5. Erratic heart rate readings

What appears on
the display	Cause	What to Do

Nothing	The heart rate	To receive Customer
	receiver is not	Support, refer to
	installed or it has	Obtaining Service.
	been disconnected.

— — —	A signal is being	Be sure the chest strap
	detected, but the	is in direct contact with
	transmission requires	your skin.
	more time to establish
	a heart rate.

Hr	A signal is being	If using the touch-
	detected, but the	sensitive handrail grips,
	transmission requires	use both hands and
	more time to establish	make sure your hands
	a heart rate.	are moist, not dry.

Pulsing HEART	The LED heart blinks	If the LED is pulsating,
	when a heart beat is	it indicates that the
	detected.	heart rate equipment is
		working properly.

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