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However your training partner may have coincidentally activated exactly
the same code. In this case you have the following alternatives:
1. Keep a distance from your training partner and continue your training
session normally
or
2. Stop the heart rate measurement ( Stop the heart rate
measurement), pull the transmitter off your chest for 15 seconds
(code will be changed) and restart from the beginning ( Start the
heart rate measurement).
In some cases you may need to dry the transmitter electrodes to ensure
that the transmitter is turned off again, as the sweat may keep it active
even when it is off the chest.
... 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. Press the reset button with a pen tip.
Display becomes full of digits.
2. Press any of the four buttons once.
The Polar Protrainer XT enters the Time of day display.
... THE DISPLAY IS BLANK OR FADING?
Usually the first sign of a discharged battery is the disappearance of the
digits when using the backlight. Have the batteries checked.
Service
... IF 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 Service
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUES-
TIONS
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF...
... I DON’T KNOW WHERE I AM IN THE SETTING CYCLE?
Press SELECT several times until you are back in the Time of day display.
... THERE IS NO HEART RATE READING?
1. Check that the electrodes of the transmitter are moistened
and that you are wearing it as instructed.
2. Check that you have kept the transmitter clean. Care and
maintenance
3. Check that there are no sources of electromagnetic radiation in the
close vicinity of the Polar wrist receiver, such as TV sets, cellular
phones, CRT monitors etc. Precautions
4. Have you had a cardiac event which may have altered your ECG
waveform? In this case consult your physician.
...HEART SYMBOL FLASHES IRREGULARLY?
1. Check that your Polar wrist receiver is inside the transmission range
and not further that 3 feet / 1 metre from the Polar Coded Transmitter
you are wearing.
2. Check that the elastic strap has not become loose during exercise.
3. Make sure that the electrodes of the transmitter are moistened.
4. Cardiac arrhythmia may cause irregular readings. In this case consult
your physician.
... OTHER PERSON WITH HEART RATE MONITOR OR
EXERCISE EQUIPMENT IS CAUSING INTERFERENCE?
Make sure there are no disturbances such as high voltage power lines,
televisions, cars, cycle computers, exercise equipment or other people
with heart rate monitors near you during the code search. The benefit of
the coding is that you will not normally pick up other people’s heart rate
transmission and certain kinds of disturbances are more efficiently filtered.
PROXT GBR/E 7.2.2001, 09:0142-43