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Helpful Hints in Measuring Heart Rate
If you are having difficulty measuring your heart rate, you
may want to try the following steps. Try each of these in
succession until you are able to measure your heart rate:
1. Make sure the watch is snugly strapped to your wrist.
A loose fit makes it more difficult to properly measure
your heart rate. Stop if OK or
2. When pressing on the sensor, make sure you are using
the soft, flat pad of your finger, not the tip of your
finger. OK or
3. Press gently with enough pressure to activate the
heart rate measure mode. Muscle ‘noise’ from
pressing too hard can make it difficult to measure your
heart rate. OK or
4. Make sure the metal back of the watch is laying flat on
your skin. OK or
5. Make sure your wrist and fingers are clean and free
from dirt, oils, or lotions. OK or
6 Stay still, and relax your arms on a stable surface while
taking your heart rate. OK or
7. Clean the front sensor and back metal plate with a mild
soap and water or similar cleaning solution. OK or
8. Moisten, with water, the pad of the finger you are using
to contact the sensor on the face of the watch. OK
or
9. Moisten, with water, the surface between the back
metal plate of the watch and the skin on your wrist.
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