Exercising; Starting Exercise Recording; Functions During Exercise - Polar Electro F6 User Manual

2. EXERCISING

In the Exercise menu you can view and record your exercise information, such as your heart rate, exercise time, and energy
expenditure.

2.1 STARTING EXERCISE RECORDING

1. Wear the transmitter as described in the section Measuring Your Heart Rate on page 12. When you wear your transmitter
during an exercise session the wrist unit automatically calculates the number of calories you have burned, as well as the
other exercise information based on your heart rate.
2. Start from the Time of Day display. Press OK.
3. Exercise is displayed. The wrist unit automatically starts to search for your heart rate. Press OK.
buttons to select START. Press OK to start recording your exercise session. Exercise time starts running.
4. Press the /
• If OwnZone is displayed, see the section OwnZone on page 22.
• If you want to skip the OwnZone® determination and use the previously determined OwnZone, press OK. In this case,
if you have not determined your OwnZone before, your age-based heart rate limits are used.
• The OwnZone determination is automatically on, if you do not want to determine your OwnZone, change the HR limits
setting in Exercise Settings, page 21, before starting to exercise.
• If START WITH BASIC SETTINGS appears, some of the Basic Settings are missing. Press OK to complete all your settings.
For further information, see the section Basic Settings on page 10.
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2.2 FUNCTIONS DURING EXERCISE

Note: Your exercise information is saved only if the stopwatch has been on for more than one minute.
Checking the Time of Day
Bring the wrist unit near the Polar logo on the transmitter. The time of day and your current heart rate are displayed.
Checking Exercise Duration, Calories, and Target Heart Rate Limits
Press the / buttons to view the following options:
Exercise
Exercise duration
Heart rate as beats per minute (bpm) or as a percentage of your
maximum heart rate (%HR
max
The arrow symbols beside the
above your target heart rate zone.
), depending on your settings.
symbol indicate that you are below or
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