5. TRAINING

Wear the Heart Rate Sensor

Wear the heart rate sensor to measure heart rate.
1. Wet the electrode areas of the
strap under running water.
2. Attach the connector to the strap.
Adjust the strap length to fit tightly
but comfortably.
3. Tie the strap around your chest,
just below the chest muscles, and
attach the hook to the other end of
the strap.
4. Check that the wet electrode areas
are firmly against your skin and
that the Polar logo of the connector
is in a central and upright position.
Detachthe connector from the strap
afterevery use, to maximize the
batterylifetime. Sweat and moisture
maykeep the electrodes wet and the
heartrate sensor activated. This will
reducethe battery life. For more
detailedwashing instructions, see
Important Information
(page ?).
See detailed washing instructions in Important Information.
For video tutorials, go to http://www.polar.fi/en/polar_community/videos.

Start Training

Wear the heart rate sensor and make sure you have set up an optional sensor* as instructed in the sensor's
user manual. If you are using a speed, cadence, GPS or stride sensor for the first time, see Using a New
Accessory (page 36). For sport profile settings see Sport Profile Settings (page 27). To use Polar
ZoneOptimizer feature for your training session, see Trainwith Polar ZoneOptimizer (page 13).
1. Start your training session by pressing OK. The training computer
goes into pre-training mode.
The sport profile shown first on the list is the sport previously used in
a training session.
Tochange the sport profile for the training session, browse with
UP/DOWN.
2. To change the sport profile settings or heart rate settings before the
training recording is started (in pre-training mode), press and hold
LIGHT to enter QUICK MENU. For more information, see Quick menu
(page 31). Toreturn to pretraining mode, press BACK.
ENGLISH
12 Training