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1.How to Put Your Heart Rate Monitor On

Polar F5™

Fitness Heart Rate Monitor

ENG A	User Manual
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1.How to Put Your Heart Rate Monitor On

2.Functions and Modes of Polar F5

3.How to Start and Stop

4.Functions During Exercise

5.After Exercising

6.How to Recall File Stored in Memory

7.Settings

8.Target Heart Rate Zone

9.Self Walk Test by Polar and UKK Institute

10.Resetting

11.Care and Maintenance

12.Precautions

13.Technical Specifications

14.Limited Polar International Guarantee

15.Disclaimer

The Polar F5™ wrist unit

displays your heart rate during exercise.

The transmitter

detects your heart rate continuously and transmits it to the wrist unit.

The elastic strap

holds the transmitter in the correct position.

Keep the wrist unit within 3 feet/ 1 meter of your transmitter. Check that you are not near other people with heart rate monitors or any source of electromagnetic disturbance.

1. Attach the transmitter to the elastic strap.

3.Lift the transmitter off your chest and moisten the two grooved electrode areas on the back.

2.Adjust the strap length to fit snugly and comfortably. Secure the strap around your chest, just below the chest muscles, and buckle it.

4.Check that the wet electrode areas are firmly against your skin and the Polar logo is in a central, upright position.

2.Functions and Modes of Polar F5

How to operate the set buttons Time of day display Press Up FILE

3.How to Start and Stop

How to Set up Your New Polar F5 Unit

How to Start

Reset

If reset, settings will return to the default values.

Signal/Light

Alarm on or off.

Backlight on.

OK

Starts measuring heart rate. Starts and stops the stopwatch. Enters the displayed mode. Locks in your selection.

Up

Moves to the following mode or increases the selected value.

Down

Returns to the previous mode or decreases the selected value.

Heart Touch function

Bring the wrist unit up to the Polar logo on the transmitter during exercise and you can check the time of day.

• To move forward or back, use Up or				Press Up
Down button.	Press OK
• To choose the value to begin adjusting,	Heart rate measuring				SETTING
press OK. It will begin blinking.
• Press Up or Down button to adjust the					Press Up
value (The digits run faster if you press	Press OK
and hold the button).					WALK TEST
• Wherever you are in the settings, you can	Exercise recording
return to the Time of day display by pressing
and holding OK.
Time of day display mode
• Starting point for all functions		File mode
• Shows date and time		• Shows the data recorded during the exercise
Press and hold OK to return to the Time of day		Setting mode
display, wherever you are in the Settings or File
		•	Set different values
recalling cycle.
When the alarm is turned on, the symbol			- unit measurement; weight, height, time
			- user data
appears on the Time of day display. When the alarm
			- target heart rate limits
comes on it will sound for one minute or you can
			- watch functions; alarm, time, date
turn it off by pressing any of the four buttons.
Exercise recording mode		Walk Test mode
		• Based on 1.24 miles/2 km brisk walk
• In the Exercise mode you measure your heart
		•	Measures cardiorespiratory fitness
rate and record your exercise information in

a file

•You can view different information while the heart rate monitor is measuring heart rate

1.Press any of the four buttons twice to activate the wrist unit. Unit is displayed. LBS/INCH is flashing.

2.Once awakened, the wrist unit will guide you through the necessary settings.

Scroll up or down to set the right values. Press OK to lock your selection.

Set the following:

Measuring units – lbs/inch or kg/cm 12h or 24h time mode

Time of day Date Weight Height Sex Birthday

After setting your birthday, your target heart rate zone based on your age is automatically calculated.

After the settings are complete, the wrist unit automatically goes to the Time of day display.

You can cancel the setting by pressing and holding OK, but you can not start measuring the heart rate before you have completed the settings.

1. In the Time of day display press OK. Your heart rate appears in a few seconds.

2.Press OK again. The stopwatch starts running and you can start exercising. The exercise data will only be stored if you have turned the stopwatch on.

How to Stop

1. Press OK to stop the stopwatch. QUIT and paused stopwatch appear. Measurement is paused. Pressonce Exercise is no longer recorded.

2.Press Up or Down button to exit the Exercise mode.

The wrist unit shows the Time of day display within 5 minutes if you forget to quit the heart rate measurement mode when you stopped the stopwatch and removed the transmitter from your chest.

4.Functions During Exercise

1.Press Signal/Light to turn the light on.

2.Press and hold Signal/Light to turn the zone alarm sound on or off.

3.Check the time of day by bringing the wrist unit up to the Polar logo on the transmitter.

4.Scroll up to select what values you want to view in the upper row of the display during exercise.

1. Heart rate in the target zone is displayed

a)as absolute heart rate or

b) as a % of maximum heart rate

according to your lower row selection.

2. Fitness bullets

For every 10 minutes in TZ, a appears.

3. Calorie expenditure

The calorie calculation starts when your heart rate reaches 100 bpm.

5.Scroll down to select what you want to view in the lower row of the display.

1. Heart rate in beats per minute.

2. Heart rate as a % of your maximum heart rate.

3. Exercise time

4. Time of day

6.You can pause the stopwatch by pressing OK. Repressing OK will restart the stopwatch.

After restart you will see heart rate in the lower row.

5.After Exercising

1.Carefully wash the transmitter with a mild soap and water solution.

2.Rinse it with pure water.

3.Dry the transmitter carefully with a soft towel.

4.Keep the wrist unit clean and wipe off any moisture.

5.Store the heart rate monitor in a clean and dry place. Dirt impairs the elasticity and functioning of the transmitter. Sweat and moisture can keep the electrodes wet and the transmitter activated, which shortens battery life.

The combined impact of moisture and intense abrasion may cause a black color, which might stain light-colored clothes especially, to come off the transmitter's surface.

6.How to Recall File Stored in Memory

Time of day	Press Up	FILE
display
		Press OK
		EXE. TIME	Press Up		AVERAGE HR
1. While in the Time of				Press Up		IN ZONE
					Press Up KCAL
day display mode press
Up or Down until FILE is displayed.						Press Up BMI
2. Press OK.
3. Scroll up or down to recall the exercise							Press Up W INDEX
information:
EXE. TIME Total exercise time
AVERAGE HR Average heart rate of the exercise
IN ZONE Time spent in target zone
KCAL Calories expended during the exercise								BMI	Interpretation
BMI Body mass index								< 18.5	Underweight
W INDEX WalkIndex, the result of the walking test								18.5 - 24.9	Normal weight
								25.0 - 29.9	Overweight
The most convenient way to determine whether a								≥ 30.0	Obesity
person is overweight is to use the Body Mass Index,						Reference: World Health Organization. Obesity: preventing and managing the
BMI. The body mass index does not describe the						global epidemic. Report of a WHO Consultation on Obesity. Geneva: World
amount of fat tissue but merely serves as a means for						Health Organization, 1998.

comparing adult persons in terms of overweight or	The BMI value does not distinguish between muscular
underweight.
	and fat tissue. Thus, a weight-lifter may have a BMI
	value which indicates obesity although the person only
	has large muscles and little fat tissue.

7.Settings

Time of	Press and SETTING Press Up
day display	release Up
	until	Press OK

UNITS SET Press Up USER SET Press Up LIMITS SET Press Up WATCH SET

LBS/INCH	WEIGHT	HR or HR%	ALARM
or			OFF/ON
			Alarm time
KG/CM	HEIGHT	HI LIMIT
	SEX	LOW LIMIT	TIME
			DATE
	BIRTHDAY

2.3. SEX – setting gender

•Following height acceptance, display changes to SEX; MALE or FEMALE blinks

•Use Up or Down button to make your selection and press OK

•BIRTHDAY/MONTH is displayed

2.4. BIRTHDAY – setting your date of birth

•Use Up or Down button to select the correct month

•Press OK

•		Use Up or Down button	24h time display
		to select the correct day	sequence:
			DAY –>MONTH –>YEAR
	•	Press OK

•Use Up or Down button to determine

the lower limit (the lower limit cannot be set above the upper limit)

•Press OK, LIMITS SET is displayed

4.	WATCH – time and day determination
Alarm
•	Use Up button to advance from LIMITS display
	to WATCH SET, press OK (or in the Time of day
	display press and hold Signal/Light button ->
	WATCH SET)
•	ALARM ON or OFF blinks
•	Select alarm on or off

•Use Up or Down button to select correct time, press OK

•TIME and blinking minutes are displayed

•Use Up or Down button to select correct time, press OK

Date

• MONTH and blinking month

are displayed

• Use Up or Down button

to select the correct month

• Press OK

• DAY and the blinking day

Settings step by step

1. To set the units

•Start from the Time of day display

•Press Up or Down until display changes to SETTING

•Press OK, UNITS SET is displayed

•Press OK again

•Use Up or Down button to select lbs/inch or kg/cm

•Press OK to accept

2. To set your personal data

•Press Up to advance, USER SET is displayed

•Press OK, WEIGHT is displayed

2.1. WEIGHT – setting weight

•With the number blinking, use Up or Down button to set your weight

•Press OK to accept

•HEIGHT is displayed

2.2 HEIGHT – setting height

•Following weight acceptance, display changes to HEIGHT

•With number blinking, use Up or Down button to select feet

•Press OK to accept

•With number blinking, use Up or Down button to select inches

•Press OK to accept

•SEX is displayed

•	Use Up or Down button to
	select the correct year
•	Press OK, USER SET is displayed

3.LIMITS – setting target heart rate zone limits

•USER SET is displayed

•Press Up to advance, LIMITS SET is displayed

•Press OK

•With HR or HR% blinking use Up or Down to select whether you want to set the limits in beats per minute or as a percentage of a maximum heart rate

•Press OK to accept, HI LIMIT is displayed

•Use Up or Down button to determine the upper limit

•Press OK, LO LIMIT is displayed

• Press OK

• If you set the alarm on: set the alarm time

• In 12h time mode, select AM/PM, press OK

• Hours blink on the display, use Up or Down

button to select the correct hour, press OK

• Minutes blink on the display, use Up or Down

button to select the correct minutes

• Press OK

Time

•TIME is displayed

•Press Up or Down button to select 12 h or 24 h time display

•Press OK

•In 12 h time mode, select AM/PM with Up or Down button, press OK

•TIME and blinking hours are displayed

of the month are displayed

• Use Up or Down button

to select the correct day

• Press OK

• YEAR and the blinking number

are displayed

• Use Up or Down button

to select the correct year

• Press OK, press and hold OK

to return to the

Time of day display

24h time display sequence:

DAY –>MONTH –>YEAR