User Settings - Polar Electro F6TM User Manual

Fitness heart rate monitor
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5.3 USER SETTINGS

In the User Settings menu, you can edit your personal data, weight, height, birthday, gender, and extra user settings.
Press
Press
Watch
OK
Weight
Height
1. Start from the Time of Day display. Press OK. Exercise is displayed.
2. Press the
/
buttons until Settings is displayed. Press OK.
3. Press the
/
buttons to select USER. Press OK.
4. Weight: Adjust the weight with the
/
buttons. Press OK.
5. Height: Adjust the height with the
/
buttons. Press OK.
6. Birthday: Adjust the month (mm) or day (dd) with the
Note: You can skip the date of birth date setting and accept it as it is by pressing and holding OK.
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Press
Press
HR Set
User
General
Press OK
View
OK
OK
OK
Extra
Birthday
Sex
User
Settings
/
buttons. Press OK.
7. Adjust the day (dd) or month (mm) with the
/
buttons. Press OK.
8. Adjust the year (yy) with the
/
buttons. Press OK.
9. Sex: Select MALE or FEMALE with the
/
buttons. Press OK.
10. View Extra User Settings: It is recommended that you change the following settings (HR
your laboratory-measured value. Press OK to enter Extra User Settings. Alternatively, press and hold the Back button to
return to the Time of Day display.
11. Maximum heart rate value (HR
): Press the
/
max
HR
is the highest number of heartbeats per minute (bpm) during maximum physical exertion. The most accurate way of
max
determining your individual HR
is to perform a maximal exercise stress test in a laboratory. HR
max
determining the intensity of exercise. HR
is used in the estimation of energy expenditure.
max
12. Heart rate value in a sitting position (HR
): Press the
sit
Press OK.
HR
should be your typical heart rate when you are not doing any physical activity (while sitting). HR
sit
estimation of energy expenditure. To easily determine your HR
the measurement to show your heart rate value on the display. Look at your wrist unit after 2 to 3 minutes. This is your HR
To more precisely calculate your HR
, wear your Polar heart rate monitor for one normal day. Occasionally when you sit and
sit
do not engage in any physical activity for 2-3 minutes, write down your heart rate value. In the evening, calculate the
average value.
, HR
, VO
) only if you know
max
sit
2max
buttons to set your maximum heart rate. Press OK.
is a useful tool for
max
/
buttons to set your heart rate value in a sitting position.
is used in the
sit
, sit down and put on your wrist unit and transmitter. Start
sit
.
sit
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