Polar M71 Heart Rate Monitor User Manual


 
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1. Stop the stopwatch and heart rate measurement.
2. Take the transmitter off your chest for 10 seconds.
3. Put the transmitter back and start the heart rate
measurement again.
... HEART RATE READING BECOMES ERRATIC OR
EXTREMELY HIGH?
You may have come within range of strong
electromagnetic signals which cause erratic readings on
the wrist receiver display. Check your surroundings and
move further away from the source of disturbance.
Precautions.
... THERE ARE NO REACTIONS TO ANY BUTTONS?
Reset the Polar Heart Rate Monitor. Resetting clears all
memory values and settings will return to the default
settings.
1. Simultaneously press all three buttons.
Display becomes full of digits.
2. Press SET/START/STOP button once.
The Polar M71 ti enters the Time of day mode.
... THE DISPLAY IS BLANK OR FADING?
Usually the first sign of a discharged battery is fading of
the digits when using the backlight. Have the batteries
checked. Customer Care Charter
... THE BATTERY OF THE WRIST RECEIVER MUST BE
REPLACED?
We recommend having all service done by an authorised
Polar Service. This is especially necessary to ensure the
warranty remains valid and is not affected by incorrect
repair procedures done by an unauthorised agent. Polar
Service will test your wrist receiver for water resistance
after battery replacement and make a full periodic check
of the complete Polar Heart Rate Monitor. Care and
maintenance/Batteries and Customer Care Charter.
Indicates coded transmission of heart rate. The inner
heart flashes to the beat of your heart.
In the Time of day mode indicates that the alarm is on.
In the measure mode indicates that the sound signal will
alarm if you are exercising outside your Target Zone.
Indicates OwnZone determination procedure
AGE: Insert your age in User settings.
ALARM: Indicates the alarm clock in watch settings
AM/PM: 12 hour mode of time
DATE: Indicates the date in watch settings
DAY: Indicates date in Time of day mode
Electrodes: The grooved areas of the transmitter, against
the skin. Pick up the heart’s electrical impulses.
FILE: File mode to recall training information
Heart rate: The number of heart beats per minute (bpm)
Heart rate variability: Fluctuations of interbeat intervals.
Heart rate variability of a healthy subject is in general large
in resting conditions and during light exercise. Heart rate
variability gradually disappears when exercise becomes
more severe and heart rate increases.
Help texts
START: Start the stopwatch or start the settings
NEXT: Move onward to a following mode or function
SET: Select the user settings
ADJUST: Adjust the settings
LOCK: Lock your selection
OPEN: Open an exercise file
RESET: Reset the total calorie expenditure count.
USER?: Indicates that you have not set all necessary user
information.
HR
max
: Maximum heart rate
IN TZ: Exercising time in Target Zone
KCAL: Indicates the energy expenditure of your exercise
session.
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