Owner’s Manual: Heart Rate Features 12
• After you put on the chest strap, face the display console
for a minimum of 15 seconds. This allows the receiver in
the console to recognize the signal from the chest strap.
• If you prefer to use the hand-held heart rate feature,
grasp both touch-sensitive handrail grips and wait five to
ten seconds. Your heart rate appears in the Heart Rate
display.
• If three dashes (— — —) appear on the display, the treadmill
cannot detect a heart rate. Make sure the chest strap is
positioned properly around your chest and against your
skin. If you are using the touch-sensitive handrail grips,
make sure your hands are moist (not dry) and you use
both hands.
• Always face forward on the treadmill and use the handrail
for balance.
Using the Heart Rate
Touch-Sensitive Grips
While exercising, you must grasp both touch-sensitive
handrail grips for a minimum of five to ten seconds to
transmit your heart rate to the display. Refer to Diagram 6.
Diagram 6: Touch-sensitive handrail grips
Usually, the concentration of salts in a person’s perspiration
provides enough conductivity to transmit a signal to the
receiver inside the display console. However, some people,
because of body chemistry or erratic heart beats cannot use
the touch-sensitive handrail grips on the treadmill. A chest
strap may provide better results.
Important: While exercising, do not wear a chest strap and
grasp the touch-sensitive handrail grips at the same time.
Although the chest strap transmitter overrides signals from
the touch-sensitive handrail grips, using both features may
cause erratic heart rate readings.