HEART RATE MONITORING
Heart rate monitoring helps users monitor their levels of exertion by displaying the heart rate during exercise. There are two methods of monitoring heart rate on Clubtrack treadmills:
•Telemetry (e.g., Polar®) belt. A
•Contact heart rate (handgrip). Sensors on the handgrip detect heart rate and display it on the controller.
Telemetry Heart Rate
The telemetry heart rate monitoring system consists of the receiver, located in the controller, and a transmitter belt (purchased separately) worn across your chest. The monitoring function is activated as soon as you strap on the chest belt and step within range of the receiver in the machine. Two electrodes on the underside of the chest belt sense the heart rate signal and send it to the receiver. The heart symbol on the controller pulses to indicate that the controller is receiving a valid signal. A microprocessor in the controller calculates the heart rate and displays it, in beats per minute, on the controller.
WARNING
PACEMAKER USERS SHOULD NOT USE THE TELEMETRY TRANSMITTER
BEFORE CONSULTING WITH THEIR DOCTOR.
Before you put the transmitter belt on, wet the two electrode patches (the grooved rectangles on the reverse side of the belt). Secure the transmitter belt as high under the pectoral muscles (chest) as is comfortable (at the level of the xyphoid process). The transmitter belt should fit snugly and comfortably, and allow normal breathing. When the controller detects a heart rate signal, heart rate is shown in the display automatically. Your heart rate in beats per minute and a pulsing heart icon are displayed on the controller.
After the initial belt signal is detected, the controller will enter a validation phase in which four good heart beat signals lasting four seconds are required before locking on telemetry heart rate signals for the duration of the workout session. During the validation phase the controller will not recognize contact heart rate signals. If you do not see a heart rate on the controller, try one of the following:
•Move closer to the controller.
•Tighten the elastic part of the chest belt.
•Adjust the belt higher or lower on your chest.
•Remoisten the electrodes.
•Test your chest strap with a machine that you know is working, or with a heart rate watch that you know is working.
•Check the heart rate priority setting for the ClubTrack 2100.
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