Precor EFX 5.21, EFX 5.23 manual Troubleshooting Heart Rate Program, Erratic heart rate readings

Troubleshooting Heart Rate Program

Table 2 may help you understand and troubleshoot erratic heart rate readings.

Important: A heart rate can only be detected when the EFX is turned On and you hold on to both touch-sensitive grips.

To conduct electrical impulses from a user’s heart, both touch-sensitive grips must be grasped firmly for five to ten seconds. Usually, the concentration of salts in a person’s perspiration provides enough conductivity to transmit a signal to the receiver in the display console. However, because of body chemistry or erratic heartbeats, some people cannot use the heart rate feature.

Table 2. Erratic heart rate readings

What appears
on the display	Cause	What to Do
Nothing	The heart rate	To receive Customer
	receiver is not	Support, refer to
	installed or it has	Radio Frequency
	been disconnected.	Interference (RFI).
Hr	No signal is being	Use both hands and
	detected, or the	make sure your hands
	transmission requires	are moist, not dry.
	more time to
	establish a heart rate.
Pulsing HEART	The heart icon blinks	If the heart icon is
	when a heart beat is	pulsating, it indicates
	detected.	that the heart rate
		equipment is working
		properly.

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