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Determining Your OwnZone Heart Rate Limits
Before you start to determine your OwnZone, make sure of the following:
• You have entered your user settings correctly. cycling computer will ask for missing information (for example date of
birth) before accepting limit settings.
• You have activated the OwnZone limits. With the OwnZone function on, the cycling computer will automatically determine
your OwnZone every time you start recording an exercise session.
You should redefi ne your OwnZone:
• when changing your exercise environment or exercise mode;
• if you are returning to exercise after a more than one week off;
• if you feel unusual about the physical state of your body when starting to exercise. For example you are stressed, not
recovered from the previous training or not feeling well;
• after changing your settings.
1. Start from the Time mode and press the MIDDLE button. The OwnZone symbol
want to skip OwnZone determination and use the previously determined OwnZone, press the MIDDLE button.
2. OwnZone determination starts. Determination of your OwnZone happens in fi ve stages.
Cycle or walk at a slow pace for 1 min. Keep your heart rate below 100 bpm/ 50 % HR
stage. After each stage you will hear a beep (if the sound settings are on) and the display automatically
illuminates (if you have switched the backlight on once before), indicating the end of the stage.
Cycle or walk at a normal pace for 1 min. Slowly increase your heart rate by 10-20 bpm/ 5 % HR
Cycle or walk at a brisk pace for 1 min. Slowly increase your heart rate by 10-20 bpm/ 5 % HR
Cycle at a brisk pace or jog at a slow pace for 1 min. Slowly increase your heart rate by 10-20 bpm/ 5 % HR
Cycle or jog at a brisk pace or run for 1 min.
3. At some point during the stages, you hear two beeps. Your OwnZone has been determined. If the determination was
successful, OwnZone and Updated alternate with the heart rate limits on the display. The limits are displayed as beats
per minute (bpm) or as a percentage of your maximum heart rate (%HR
4. If the determination was not successful, your previously determined OwnZone limits will be used and OwnZone appears
with the limits on the display. If you are determining your OwnZone for the first time, then the limits based on your age
will be used.
You can now continue with your exercise. Try to stay within the given heart rate zone to maximize exercise benefits.
For further information on OwnZone, see www.polar.fi.
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