• Briefly pressing a button (approximately 1 second) will do different things than pressing and holding the button for a longer period of time (approximately 2 to 5 seconds).
•The buttons are slightly stiffer than those of an ordinary watch to prevent them from being pressed accidentally.
•You can always return to the Time of day display from the Options setting or File recalling loops by pressing and holding the OK button.
•See the glossary for display symbols and text interpretation.
E A S Y S T A R T
HOW TO PREPARE THE WRIST RECEIVER
1.Since the display is blank when the receiver leaves the factory, you have to activate the wrist receiver by pressing the OK button twice, after which the Time of day display appears. This is a
2.You may start measuring your heart rate right away using the default settings. However, the following settings are ones that it would be useful to change as soon as possible: Time of day (see section Setting the watch) and personal user settings (see section User information settings).
3.Wear the wrist receiver as you would wear an ordinary watch. If you go biking, we recommend attaching the wrist receiver to a Polar Bike Mount™.
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HOW TO PUT THE TRANSMITTER ON
1.Attach the transmitter to the elastic strap.
2.Adjust the strap length to fit snugly and comfortably. Secure the strap around your chest, below the chest muscles.
3.Lift the transmitter off your chest and moisten the grooved electrode areas on the back.
4.Check that the wet electrode areas are firmly against your skin and the Polar logo is in a central, upright position.
HOW TO START MEASURING YOUR HEART RATE
1.Begin with the display that shows the time of day.
2.Keep the wrist receiver within 3 feet/ 1 metre of your transmitter.
3.Check that you are not near other people that have heart rate monitors, high voltage power lines, televisions, mobile phones or other sources of electromagnetic disturbance.
4.Press the OK button to start measuring your heart rate. A heart symbol will start flashing and your heart rate (beats per minute) will appear in a maximum of 15 seconds.
5.Press OK again. The stopwatch starts running and you can start exercising. The exercise data will only be stored in a file if you have turned the stopwatch on.
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