3.2.3. Heart rate
Heart rate is one of the three shortcuts that can be seen on the bottom row of the Time mode’s main display. Short press SET to scroll to the Heart rate shortcut. When it is visible, you can access its functions by long pressing SET. Here is a list of the functions and instructions on how to use them.
HR Limits
This setting determines whether the HR limit alarm is active or not. The alarm informs you when your heart rate goes outside the upper or lower HR limit. Two different sounds are used to inform whether it is outside the upper or the lower limit. The HR value also starts to flash on the main display when the alarm is activated. If Al tone is set off (see page 24) and HR Limits On, the Suunto X3HR only flashes the HR digits.
To set the HR limits:
1. In the function menu, HR Limits is already the first menu
item. Short press SET to select it. The state of the set HR
limits on the middle row of the display is activated.
2. Change the state with the arrow buttons and short press
SET. The HR Limits text on the bottom row is activated.
Now you can either
3. Long press SET to switch back to the main display. 4. or scroll to the next selection with the arrows.
Set Limits
This selection determines the upper and lower Heart rate limits. Heart rate outside these values activates the alarm (either by flashing the heart rate digits or flashing the digits and activating the alarm tone). The top row displays the upper limit (higher HR
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