Troubleshooting Heart Rate

Table 4 may help you understand and troubleshoot erratic heart rate readings.

Important: A heart rate can only be detected when the Precor heart rate receiver is properly installed in the display and the treadmill is turned ON. You must also wear the chest strap or hold onto both touch-sensitive handrail grips.

Table 4. Erratic heart rate readings

What appears

Cause

What to Do

on the display

 

 

 

 

 

NO HR

The heart rate

To reinstall the heart

RCVR

receiver is not

rate receiver, call

 

installed or it

Customer Support at

 

has been

1-800-347-4404.

 

disconnected.

 

 

 

 

— — —

A heart rate is

Be sure the chest

 

not detected.

strap is in direct

 

 

contact with your skin.

 

 

If using the grips, use

 

 

both hands and make

 

 

sure your hands are

 

 

moist not dry.

 

 

 

What appears

Cause

What to Do

on the display

 

 

 

 

 

Pulsing HR LED

The LED lights

If the LED is pulsating,

 

briefly when a

it indicates that the

 

heart beat is

heart rate equipment

 

detected.

is working properly.

 

 

 

Flickering

Intermittent heart

Ensure the heart rate

NO HR

rate cable

cables are properly

RCVR

connection

connected. For

and

 

additional help, call

U --- and F ---

 

Customer Support at

 

 

1-800-347-4404.

 

 

 

Note: To conduct electrical impulses from a user’s heart, both touch-sensitive handrail 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. A chest strap may provide better results. Refer to the QuickStart Card for proper placement of the chest strap.

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