Polar S520 Precautions, Polar Heart Rate Monitor and Interference, Electromagnetic Interference

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H. PRECAUTIONS

Using the Heart Rate Monitor in a Water Environment

Your heart rate monitor is water resistant to 60 feet/ 20 meters.

Users measuring heart rate in a water environment may experience interference for the following reasons:

Pool water with a high chlorine content and seawater are very conductive. The electrodes of a Polar transmitter may become short circuited which prevents EKG signals from detection by the transmitter unit.

Jumping into the water or strenuous muscle movement during competitive swimming may cause water resistance that shifts the transmitter on the body to a location where it is not possible to pick up EKG signal.

The EKG signal strength varies depending on the individual’s tissue composition and the percentage of people who have problems in heart rate measuring is considerably higher in a water environment than in other use.

Polar Heart Rate Monitor and Interference

Electromagnetic Interference

Disturbances may occur near high voltage power lines, traffic lights, overhead lines of electric railways, electric bus lines or trams, televisions, car motors, bike computers, some motor driven exercise equipment, cellular phones or when you walk through electric security gates.

Exercise Equipment

Several pieces of exercise equipment with electronic or electrical components such as LED displays, motors and electrical brakes may cause interfering stray signals. To try to tackle these problems, relocate the Polar wrist receiver as follows:

1.Remove the transmitter from your chest and use the exercise equipment as you would normally.

2.Move the wrist receiver around until you find an area in which it displays no stray reading or flashing of the heart symbol. Interference is often worst right in front of the display panel of the equipment, while the left or right side of the display is relatively free of disturbance.

3.Put the transmitter back on the chest and keep the wrist receiver in this interference-free area as far as it is possible.

4.If the Polar heart rate monitor still does not work with the exercise equipment, this piece of equipment may be electrically too noisy for wireless heart rate measurement.

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Contents Signal/Light Stop DownRoad Map Page Contents Getting Going Stop Buttons and Their FunctionsUseful Tips Installing the Polar Speed Sensor How to Prepare the Wrist ReceiverInstalling the Polar Bike Mount Easy StartHow to Put the Transmitter On You only need to install oneHow to Start Measuring Your Heart Rate Modes and Their Functions How to Stop Measuring Your Heart RateAfter Exercising File Options HOW to Enter Settings Date of birth Birthday User Information SettingsUnits SexMaximal Oxygen Uptake Value VO2max Exercise SettingsMaximum Heart Rate Value HRmax Selecting Exercise Type BasicUse E0Interval Training Set Setting Exercise SetsBasicSet Setting Interval Type Setting TimersSetting Heart Rate Limits Turning Heart Rate Limits on/offSetting Recovery Calculation Setting the Number of Intervals and RecoveriesNaming Exercise Sets Turning Functions on/offOwnCal Calorie Counter on/off Fitness Test on/off Bicycle Feature SettingsPredicted Maximum Heart Rate on/off HRmax-p Adjusting the Wheel Size Wheel MethodAutostart on/off AutoStrt Cadence* on/off CadenceNaming Bike 1 and Bike Selecting Measuring Units Monitor SettingsTurning the Activity/Button Sound on/off Turning Help on/offSetting Alarm Watch SettingsSetting Time of Day Setting DateMeasure Mode Setting TipsExercise Exercise set in use E1-E5 Exercise Recording Mode Autostart for Recording a Cycling ExerciseTurning the Heart Rate Zone Alarm on/off Illuminating the Display Pausing the ExerciseSwapping the Heart Rate Limits Storing Lap and Split TimeSelect the Middle Row Information Resetting the Stopwatch to ZeroSwapping the Displayed Exercise Information Select the Upper Row InformationStarting an Exercise Set Warm-up PhaseExercising with Interval Training Set Int On, E1-E5 Recovery Calculation Interval PhaseInterval Session Starting the Timers Recovery durationCool-down Phase Exercising with BasicSet Int OFF, E1-E5Stopping the Exercise Tips During the ExerciseHOW to Recall Training Information Exercise Distance Exe. Dist Recovery Information of BasicSet Exercise RecoExercise Time Exe. Time Speed Information Spd. Avg/ MaxCumulatice Calorie Count Tot. KCal Cadence Information* Cad. Avg/ MaxCalorie Expenditure KCal Cumulative Exercise Time Count Tot. TimeLap Information Laps Recovery informationInterval information Best LapDownloading Training Data to a Computer Resetting Your Cumulative Counts to ZeroConnection to Computer LapsUploading Settings from Computer Polar Fitness Test OwnIndexPredicted Maximum Heart rate HRmax-p Carrying Out the Test Fitness Test SettingsTurn the Fitness Test Sound Signal on/off Start the TestFitness Classes Update OwnIndex and HRmax-pInterrupt the Test Care MaintenanceTaking care of your Polar heart rate monitor Batteries Transmitter Battery Replacement for Polar Speed SensorService Wrist ReceiverPolar Heart Rate Monitor and Interference PrecautionsUsing the Heart Rate Monitor in a Water Environment Electromagnetic InterferenceIf you are allergic to any substance that comes into contact Frequently Asked Questions Display is blank or fading? Battery of the wrist receiver must be replaced?Heart rate reading becomes erratic or extremely high? There are no reactions to any buttons?Technical Specification Elastic StrapSpeed Sensor Default SettingsLimit Values Limited Polar Warranty DisclaimerPolar Glossary Maximal oxygen uptake maximal aerobic power, VO2maxCoded heart rate transmission Display Symbols Display TextsRecoDist, distance-based RecoHr, Heart-rate-basedIndex 102Page Page
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