Polar F6 Measuring Your Heart Rate, Attach one end of the transmitter to the elastic strap

1.4 MEASURING YOUR HEART RATE

To measure your heart rate, you need to wear the transmitter.

Heart rate coding reduces interference from other heart rate monitors that are close by. To make sure that the code search is successful and ensure trouble-free heart rate monitoring, 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 disturbances (for further information on interference, see the chapter Precautions on page 53).

1. Attach one end of the transmitter to the elastic strap.

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

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

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

5.Wear the wrist unit as a watch. In the Time of Day display, press OK to enter the menu. Exercise is displayed. The wrist unit automatically starts to search for your heart rate.

Your heart rate and the framed heart symbol appears in a maximum of 15 seconds. The frame around the heart symbol indicates that your heart rate is coded.

Your heart rate is measured, but not recorded, until you have started to exercise. To record your heart rate and other exercise data, see the chapter Exercising on page 14.

Note: If the wrist unit does not receive your heart rate - - /00 is displayed, check that the transmitter electrodes are wet and that the strap is snug enough. Bring the wrist unit up to your chest near the Polar logo on the transmitter. The wrist unit starts to seek the heart rate signal again.

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