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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Contents Polar Ignite User Manual Introduction Take full advantage of your Polar Ignite Polar Flow App Polar Flow web service Get started Setting up your watch Option A: Set up with a phone and Polar Flow app Option B: Set up with your computer...
  • Page 3 With phone or tablet With computer Settings General settings Pair and sync Continuous HR tracking Flight mode Do not disturb Phone notifications Units Language Inactivity alert About your watch Physical settings Weight Height Date of birth Training background Activity goal Preferred sleep time Maximum heart rate Resting heart rate...
  • Page 4 Watch settings Alarm Watch face Time Date First day of week Restarting and resetting To restart the watch To reset the watch to factory settings Training Wrist-based heart rate measurement Wearing your watch when measuring heart rate from your wrist or tracking your sleep Wearing your watch when not measuring heart rate from your wrist or tracking your sleep/Nightly recharge Start a training session Start a planned training session...
  • Page 5 Notifications Pausing/Stopping a training session Training summary After training Training data in the Polar Flow App Training data in the Polar Flow Web Service Features A-GPS expiry date GPS features Smart Coaching Nightly Recharge™ recovery measurement ANS charge details in the Flow app Sleep charge details in Polar Flow For exercise For sleep...
  • Page 6 Test results Fitness level classes Women VO2max Training Load Pro™ Cardio load Perceived load Training load from a single session Strain and Tolerance Cardio load status Long term analysis in the Flow web service Polar Running Program Create a Polar Running Program Start a running target Follow your progress Running Index...
  • Page 7 Activity Goal Activity data on your watch Inactivity alert Activity data in the Flow App and web service Activity Benefit Sport Profiles Heart Rate Zones Speed Zones Speed zones settings Training target with speed zones During training After training Speed and distance from the wrist Swimming metrics Pool swimming Pool Length setting...
  • Page 8 View notifications Changeable wristbands Changing the wristband Compatible sensors Polar H10 Heart Rate Sensor Pairing sensors with your watch Pair a heart rate sensor with your watch Polar Flow Polar Flow App Training data Activity data Sleep data Sport profiles Image sharing Start using the Flow app Polar Flow Web Service...
  • Page 9 Planning your training Create a training plan with the Season Planner Create a training target in the Polar Flow app and web service Duration target Distance target Calorie target Interval target Phased target Favorites Sync the targets to your watch Favorites Add a Training Target to Favorites: Edit a Favorite...
  • Page 10 Take good care of the optical heart rate sensor Storing Service Precautions Interference During Training Minimizing Risks When Training Technical specification Polar Ignite Polar FlowSync Software Polar Flow mobile application compatibility Water resistance of Polar products Regulatory information Limited International Polar Guarantee Disclaimer...

  • Page 11: Polar Ignite User Manual

    Congratulations on your new Polar Ignite! Polar Ignite is a fitness watch that helps you become your true potential. It measures heart rate from the wrist with Polar’s Precision Prime™ sensor fusion technology and tracks speed, distance and route with GPS.

  • Page 12: Take Full Advantage Of Your Polar Ignite

    TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF YOUR POLAR IGNITE Get connected to the Polar ecosystem and get the most out of your watch. POLAR FLOW APP ® Get the Polar Flow app from the App Store or Google Play . Sync your watch with the Flow app after training, and get an instant overview and feedback on your training results and performance.

  • Page 13: Get Started

    Polar Flow. It’s important that you do the setup later via option A or B to get the latest firmware updates to your Ignite. In Flow you can also see a detailed analysis of your training, activity and sleep data.

  • Page 14: Option B: Set Up With Your Computer

    3. Download the Polar Flow app from the App Store or Google Play on your phone. 4. Open the Flow app on your phone. 5. The Flow app recognizes your watch nearby and prompts you to start pairing it. Tap the Start button on the Flow app.

  • Page 15: Color Touch Display

    WATCH FACES The Polar Ignite watch faces tell you a lot more than just the time. You'll get the most timely and relevant information right on the watch face, including your activity status, your heart rate, latest training sessions, Nightly recharge status and FitSpark on-demand training suggestions.
  • Page 16 Basic watch face with time and date. Activity The graph bar around the watch face and the percentage below the time and date show your progress towards your daily activity goal. In addition, when opening the details, you can see the following details of your day’s accumulated activity: Steps you've taken so far.
  • Page 17 When using the Continuous heart rate feature your watch continuously measures your heart rate and displays it on the Heart rate watch face. When using the Continuous heart rate feature, you can also follow what are the highest and lowest heart rate readings of your day and you can check what your lowest heart rate reading was during the previous night.
  • Page 18 See the time passed since your latest training session and the sport of the session. In addition, when opening the details, you can view the summaries of your training sessions from the last 14 days. Browse to the training session you want to view by swiping up/down, and then tap the display to open the summary.

  • Page 19: Menu

    Your watch suggests the most suitable training targets for you based on your training history, fitness level and current recovery status. Tap the watch face to see all the suggested training targets. Tap one of the suggested training targets to see detailed information about the training target.
  • Page 20 In addition to the settings available on your watch, you can edit Sport Profiles in the Polar Flow web service and app. Customize your watch with your favorite sports and the information you want to follow during your training sessions. See Sport Profiles in Flow for more information.

  • Page 21: Quick Settings

    timer views to training views in the sport profile settings in Flow and sync the settings to your watch. For more information on using timers during training, see During training. Serene guided breathing exercise First, tap Serene and then tap Start exercise to start the breathing exercise. For more information, see Serene™...

  • Page 22: Pairing A Phone With Your Watch

    Android users: If you have several Flow app compatible Polar devices in use, make sure you have chosen Polar Ignite as the active device in the Flow app. This way the Flow app knows to connect to your watch. In the Flow app, go to Devices and choose Polar Ignite.

  • Page 23: Delete A Pairing

    DELETE A PAIRING To delete a pairing with a phone: 1. Go to Settings > General settings > Pair and sync > Paired devices and tap the display. 2. Choose the device you want to remove by tapping its name on the display. 3.
  • Page 24 2. FlowSync starts syncing your data. 3. After syncing, you are asked to update the firmware. 4. Choose Yes. The New firmware is installed (this may take up to 10 minutes), and the watch restarts. Please wait until the firmware update has been finalized before you detach the watch from your computer.

  • Page 25: Settings

    SETTINGS GENERAL SETTINGS To view and edit your general settings, go to Settings > General settings. In General settings you'll find: Pair and sync Continuous HR tracking Flight mode Do not disturb Phone notifications Units Language Inactivity alert About your watch PAIR AND SYNC Pair and sync phone/Pair sensor or other device: Pair sensors or phones with your watch.

  • Page 26: Units

    Set the inactivity alert On or Off. ABOUT YOUR WATCH Check the device ID of your watch, as well as the firmware version, HW model, A-GPS expiry date and the Polar Ignite- specific regulatory labels. Restart your watch: If you experience problems with your watch, you can try restarting it. Restarting the watch will not delete any of the settings or your personal data from the watch.

  • Page 27: Date Of Birth

    DATE OF BIRTH Set your birthday. The order in which the date settings are depends on which time and date format you have chosen (24h: day - month - year/12h: month - day - year). Select Male or Female. TRAINING BACKGROUND Training background is an assessment of your long-term physical activity level.

  • Page 28: Preferred Sleep Time

    If your work is physically demanding, you’re into sports or otherwise tend to be on the move and active, this is the activity level for you. PREFERRED SLEEP TIME Set Your preferred sleep time to define how long you aim to sleep every night. By default, it is set to the average recommendation for your age group (eight hours for adults from 18 to 64 years).

  • Page 29: Watch Settings

    tests). You can also use your Running Index score, which is an estimation of your VO2 . You can use the Polar Fitness Test with wrist-based heart rate feature to estimate your VO2 and update it to your physical settings. WATCH SETTINGS To view and edit your watch settings, go to Settings >...

  • Page 30: First Day Of Week

    FIRST DAY OF WEEK Choose the starting day of each week. Choose Monday, Saturday or Sunday. When syncing with the Flow app and web service, the week's starting day is automatically updated from the service. RESTARTING AND RESETTING If you experience problems with your watch, you can try restarting it. Restarting the watch will not delete any of the settings or your personal data from the watch.

  • Page 31: Training

    TRAINING WRIST-BASED HEART RATE MEASUREMENT Your watch measures your heart rate from the wrist with the Polar Precision Prime™ sensor fusion technology. This new heart rate innovation combines optical heart rate measurement with skin contact measurement, ruling out any disturbances to the heart rate signal. It tracks your heart rate accurately even in the most demanding conditions and training sessions.

  • Page 32: Wearing Your Watch When Not Measuring Heart Rate From Your Wrist Or Tracking Your Sleep/Nightly Recharge

    like Polar H10. The Polar H10 heart rate sensor is more responsive to rapidly increasing or decreasing heart rate, so it’s the ideal option also for interval type of training with quick sprints. To maintain the best possible performance of the wrist-based heart rate measurement, keep your watch clean and prevent scratches.

  • Page 33: Start A Planned Training Session

    The circle around the GPS icon will turn green when the GPS is ready. The watch notifies you with a vibration. The watch has found your heart rate when your heart rate is shown. When you're wearing a Polar heart rate sensor that's paired with your watch, the watch automatically uses the connected sensor to measure your heart rate during training sessions.

  • Page 34: Quick Menu

    Your planned training targets will also be included in the FitSpark training suggestions. QUICK MENU You can access the quick menu by tapping the quick menu icon from pre-training mode and during a session when paused. The options displayed in the quick menu depend on the sport you have chosen and whether you are using GPS. Training suggestions: Training suggestions shows you the daily FitSpark...

  • Page 35: During Training

    To add interval timer to your training views for the session, choose Timer for this session > On. You can use a previously set timer or create a new timer by returning to the quick menu and choosing Interval timer > Set timers: 1.
  • Page 36 Your heart rate and the heart rate ZonePointer Distance Duration Pace/Speed Your heart rate and the heart rate ZonePointer Duration Calories Descent Your current altitude Ascent Maximum heart rate Heart rate graph and your current heart rate Average heart rate Time of day Duration Backlight always on during training: Swipe down from the top of the screen to pull down the...

  • Page 37: Set Timers

    SET TIMERS Before you can use timers during training, you need to add the timers to your training views. You can do this either by setting the timer view on for your current training session from the Quick menu or by adding the timers to the training views of the sport profile in the Flow web service sport profile settings and syncing the settings to your watch.

  • Page 38: Countdown Timer

    COUNTDOWN TIMER If you set the timer view on for your training session from the Quick menu, the timer starts when you start the training session. You can stop the timer and start a new timer as instructed below. If you have added the timer to the training views of the sport profile you are using, start the timer as follows: 1.

  • Page 39: Change Phase During A Phased Session

    Depending on the chosen intensity, you can see either your heart rate or speed/pace and the lower and upper heart rate or speed/pace limit of the current phase. Phase name and phase number/total number of phases Duration/distance covered so far Target duration/distance of the current phase Your planned training targets will also be included in the FitSpark...
  • Page 40 The information shown in your summary depends on the sport profile and data collected. For example, your training summary can include the following information: Start time and date Duration of the session Distance covered in the session Heart rate Your average and maximum heart rate during the session. Your Cardio load from the session Heart rate zones Training time spent in different heart rate zones...
  • Page 41 Cadence Your average and maximum cadence for the session Running cadence is measured with a built-in accelerometer from your wrist movements. Altitude Maximum altitude during the session Ascended meters/feet during the session Descended meters/feet during the session Automatic laps Lap number Best lap Average lap To view your training summaries later on your watch: ...

  • Page 42: Training Data In The Polar Flow App

    TRAINING DATA IN THE POLAR FLOW APP Your watch syncs with the Polar Flow app automatically after you finish a training session if your phone is within the Bluetooth range. You can also sync your training data manually from the watch to the Flow app by pressing and holding the BACK button of your watch when you're signed in to the Flow app and your phone is within the Bluetooth range.

  • Page 43: Features

    FEATURES Your watch has built-in GPS that provides accurate speed, distance and altitude measurement for a range of outdoor sports, and allows you to see your route on map in the Flow app and web service after your session. The watch uses Assisted GPS (A-GPS) to acquire a fast satellite fix. The A-GPS data tells your watch the predicted positions of the GPS satellites.

  • Page 44: Nightly Recharge™ Recovery Measurement

    Your watch includes the following Polar Smart Coaching features: Nightly Recharge™ recovery measurement Sleep Plus Stages™ sleep tracking FitSpark™ daily training guide Serene™ guided breathing exercise Fitness Test Running Program Running Index Training benefit Smart calories Continuous heart rate 24/7 Activity tracking Activity Benefit NIGHTLY RECHARGE™...
  • Page 45 charge are taken into account when calculating your Nightly Recharge status. Nightly Recharge status has the following scale: very poor – poor – compromised – OK – good – very good. In time view, swipe left or right to navigate to the Nightly Recharge watch face. Tap the Nightly Recharge watch face to see further information about your ANS charge and your sleep charge.
  • Page 46 1. Nightly Recharge status graph 2. Nightly Recharge status Scale: very poor – poor – compromised – OK – good – very good. 3. ANS charge graph 4. ANS charge The scale is from -10 to +10. Around zero is your usual level. 5.

  • Page 47: Ans Charge Details In The Flow App

    ANS charge details in the Flow app ANS charge gives you information on how well your autonomic nervous system (ANS) calmed down during the night. The scale is from -10 to +10. Around zero is your usual level. The ANS charge is formed by measuring your heart rate, heart rate variability and breathing rate during roughly the first four hours of sleep.

  • Page 48: Sleep Charge Details In Polar Flow

    Sleep charge details in Polar Flow For sleep charge information in the Polar Flow app, see "Sleep data in the Flow app and web service" on page 52. Personalized tips in the Flow app Based on what we've measured from you, you get personalized daily tips in the Polar Flow app on exercise, and tips on sleep and regulating your energy levels on those particularly rough days.

  • Page 49: Sleep Plus Stages™ Sleep Tracking

    Learn more about the Nightly Recharge in this in-depth guide. SLEEP PLUS STAGES™ SLEEP TRACKING Sleep Plus Stages automatically tracks the amount and quality of your sleep and shows you how long you spent in each sleep stage. It gathers your sleep time and sleep quality components into one easily glanceable value, sleep score.
  • Page 50 Sleep time preference is the amount of sleep you want to get each night. By default, it is set to the average recommendation for your age group (eight hours for adults from 18 to 64 years). If you feel that eight hours of sleep is too much or too little for you, we recommend you adjust your preferred sleep time to meet your individual needs.
  • Page 51 When you wake up you can access your sleep details via the Nightly Recharge watch face. Tap the display to open the Nightly recharge status details and then tap Open under Sleep charge details. You can also stop the sleep tracking manually. Already awake? is shown on the sleep watch face when your watch has detected a minimum of four hours of sleep.
  • Page 52 10. Deep sleep %: Deep sleep is the stage of sleep in which it is hard to be awakened since your body is less responsive to environmental stimuli. Most deep sleep occurs during the first half of the night. This sleep stage restores your body and supports your immune system.
  • Page 53 The six components of the sleep score are grouped under three themes: amount (sleep time), solidity (long interruptions, continuity and actual sleep) and regeneration (REM sleep and deep sleep). Each bar in the graph represents the score for each component. Sleep score is the average of these scores. By choosing the weekly view you can see how your sleep score and sleep quality (solidity and regeneration themes) vary during the week.
  • Page 54 To view your long-term sleep data with sleep stages in the Flow web service go to Progress, and choose the Sleep report tab. Sleep report gives you a long-term view to your sleep patterns. You can choose to view your sleep details for a 1-month, 3-month or 6-month period.

  • Page 55: Fitspark™ Daily Training Guide

    Learn more about the Polar Sleep Plus Stages in this in-depth guide. FITSPARK™ DAILY TRAINING GUIDE The FitSpark™ training guide offers ready-made daily on-demand workouts available easily right on your watch. The workouts are built to match your fitness level, training history and your recovery and readiness, based on your Nightly Recharge status from the previous night.
  • Page 56 The Fitspark watch face includes the following views for different training categories: PROGRAM WATCH FACE: If you have active an Running Program in Polar Flow your FitSpark suggestions are based on the Running Program training targets. Tap the FitSpark watch face to see the most suitable workout for you based on your training history and fitness level.

  • Page 57: During Training

    During training Your watch gives you guidance during training, which includes training information, time-based phases with heart rate zones for cardio targets and time-based phases with exercises for strength and supportive targets. Strength training and supportive training sessions are based on ready-made workout plans with exercise animations and real-time step-by-step guidance.

  • Page 58: Serene™ Guided Breathing Exercise

    curve. Training may include some risk. Before beginning a regular training program please read the Minimizing risks when training guidance. SERENE™ GUIDED BREATHING EXERCISE ​ ​ S erene™ is a guided deep breathing exercise that helps you relax your body and mind and manage stress. Serene guides you to breathe at a slow, regular rhythm –...
  • Page 59 exercise regularly, it can help you manage stress, improve the quality of your sleep and give you a sense of improved overall well-being. Serene breathing exercise on your watch The Serene breathing exercise guides you to breathe deeply and slowly to calm down the body and mind. When you breathe slowly, your heart beat starts to synchronize with the rhythm of your breathing.

  • Page 60: Fitness Test With Wrist-Based Heart Rate

    The serenity zones are Amethyst, Sapphire and Diamond. The serenity zones tell you how well your heartbeat and breathing are in sync and how close you are to the optimal breathing rate of six breaths per minute. The higher the zone, the better the synchronization with the optimal rhythm. For the highest serenity zone, Diamond, you need to sustain a slow target rhythm of around six breaths per minute, or slower.

  • Page 61: Before The Test

    Physical settings. Wear your Ignite snugly on top of your wrist, just behind the wrist bone. The heart rate sensor on the back of your Ignite must be in constant touch with your skin, but the wristband should not be too tight to prevent blood flow.

  • Page 62: Test Results

    TEST RESULTS When the test is over, your Ignite notifies you by vibrating and shows a description of your fitness test result and your estimated VO 2max Update to VO2 to physical settings? is shown. 2max to save the value to your Physical settings.

  • Page 63: Vo2Max

    Age / Years Very low Fair Moderate Good Very good Elite 35-39 < 24 24-27 28-31 32-35 36-40 41-44 > 44 40-44 < 22 22-25 26-29 30-33 34-37 38-41 > 41 45-49 < 21 21-23 24-27 28-31 32-35 36-38 > 38 50-54 <...

  • Page 64: Training Load From A Single Session

    subjective training load. Using the RPE scale is especially useful for sports where measuring training load based on heart rate alone has its limitations, for example strength training. Rate your session in the Flow mobile app to get your Perceived load for the session.

  • Page 65: Cardio Load Status

    Tolerance describes how prepared you are to endure cardio training. It shows your average daily load from the past 28 days. To improve your tolerance for cardio training, you need to slowly increase your training over a longer period of time. CARDIO LOAD STATUS Cardio load status looks at the relation between your Strain and Tolerance and based on that shows you whether you are in a detraining, maintaining, productive or overreaching Cardio load status.

  • Page 66: Polar Running Program

    Detraining (Load way lower than usual) The red bars illustrate the cardio load from your training sessions. The higher the bar, the harder the session was on your cardio system. The background colors show how hard a session was compared to your session average from the past 90 days, just like the scale of five bullets and verbal descriptions (Very low, Low, Medium, High, Very high).

  • Page 67: Start A Running Target

    START A RUNNING TARGET Before starting a session, make sure you’ve synced your training session target to your device. The sessions are synced to your device as training targets. To start a training target scheduled for the current day: 1. Enter the pre-training mode by pressing first the BACK button and then tapping Start training. 2.

  • Page 68: Short-Term Analysis

    You can view your Running Index in the summary of your training session on your watch. Follow your progress and see race time estimations in the Polar Flow web service. Compare your result to the table below. SHORT-TERM ANALYSIS Age/Years Very low Fair Moderate...

  • Page 69: Long-Term Analysis

    There may be some daily variation in the Running Indexes. Many factors influence Running Index. The value you receive on a given day is affected by changes in running circumstances, for example different surface, wind or temperature, in addition to other factors. LONG-TERM ANALYSIS The single Running Index values form a trend that predicts your success in running certain distances.

  • Page 70: Training Benefit

    Running Index Cooper test (m) 5 km (h:mm:ss) 10 km (h:m- 21.098 km (h:m- 42.195 km (h:m- m:ss) m:ss) m:ss) 3750 0:16:20 0:33:50 1:14:30 2:36:00 3850 0:15:50 0:33:00 1:12:30 2:32:00 TRAINING BENEFIT Training Benefit gives you textual feedback on the effect of each training session helping you to better understand the effectiveness of your training.

  • Page 71: Smart Calories

    Feedback Benefit ing exercise. Steady state & Basic train- Excellent! You improved the endurance of your muscles and your aerobic fitness. This session also developed your basic endurance and your body's ability to burn fat during exercise. Basic & Steady state train- Great! This long session improved your basic endurance and your body's ability to ing, long burn fat during exercise.
  • Page 72 The feature is on by default in Polar Ignite. Using the night-time only mode will extend the battery life. In time view, swipe left or right to navigate to the heart rate watch face. Tap the display to open detailed view.

  • Page 73: 24/7 Activity Tracking

    24/7 ACTIVITY TRACKING The Polar Ignite tracks your activity with an internal 3D accelerometer that records your wrist movements. It analyzes the frequency, intensity and regularity of your movements together with your physical information, allowing you to see how active you really are in your everyday life, on top of your regular training. You should wear your watch on your non-dominant hand to ensure you get the most accurate activity tracking.

  • Page 74: Inactivity Alert

    Sitting for long periods of time is bad for your health, even on those days when you train and gain enough daily activity. Your Ignite spots if you’re being inactive for too long during your day and this way helps you to break up your sitting to avoid the negative effects it has on your health.

  • Page 75: Sport Profiles

    See your training history and follow your progress in the Flow web service. You can use Polar Ignite with Polar Club during group exercise classes in fitness clubs. Select one of the indoor sport profiles for the training session and make sure that the Heart rate visible to other device...

  • Page 76: Heart Rate Zones

    HEART RATE ZONES Polar heart rate zones introduce a new level of effectiveness in heart rate-based training. Training is divided into five heart rate zones based on percentages of maximum heart rate. With heart rate zones, you can easily select and monitor training intensities.
  • Page 77 Target zone Intensity % of Example: Example dur- Training effect Heart rate ations zones** Recommended for: Everybody for long training sessions during base training periods and for recovery exercises during competition season. VERY LIGHT 50–60% 104–114 20–40 Benefits: Helps to warm up and cool down and minutes assists recovery.

  • Page 78: Speed Zones

    intensity. For instance, when crossing from heart rate target zone 1 to 3, the circulatory system and heart rate will adjust in 3-5 minutes. Heart rate responds to training intensity depending on factors such as fitness and recovery levels, as well as environmental factors.

  • Page 79: Speed And Distance From The Wrist

    SPEED AND DISTANCE FROM THE WRIST Your watch measures speed and distance from your wrist movements with a built-in accelerometer. This feature comes in handy when running indoors or in places with limited GPS signals. For maximum accuracy make sure you’ve set your handedness and height correctly.

  • Page 80: Pool Length Setting

    swim the length of a pool will equal a SWOLF score of 40. Generally, the lower your SWOLF is for a certain distance and style, the more efficient you are. SWOLF is highly individual, and thus should not be compared to SWOLF scores other people have swam. It’s rather a personal tool that can help you improve and fine-tune your technique, and find an optimal efficiency for different styles.

  • Page 81: Start A Swimming Session

    Note that you can't use a Polar heart rate sensor with a chest strap with your watch when swimming because Bluetooth doesn't work under water. START A SWIMMING SESSION 1. Press BACK to enter the main menu, choose Start training, and then browse to the Swimming, Pool swimming or Open water swimming profile.

  • Page 82: Phone Notifications

    Heart rate zones Calories Fat burn % of calories Average pace Maximum pace Stroke rate (how many strokes you take per minute) Average stroke rate Maximum stroke rate Sync your watch with Flow for a more detailed visual representation of your swim including a detailed breakdown of your pool swimming sessions, your heart rate, pace and stroke rate curves.

  • Page 83: Do Not Disturb

    In Flow app go to the Devices menu, choose your device and make sure Smart notifications/Phone notifications are On. After setting the notifications on sync your watch with the Flow app. Please note that when phone notifications are set on the battery of your watch and phone will run out faster because Bluetooth is continuously on.

  • Page 84: Compatible Sensors

    COMPATIBLE SENSORS Enhance your training experience, and achieve a more complete understanding of your performance with compatible Bluetooth® sensors. View a full list of compatible Polar sensors and accessories Before taking a new sensor into use, it has to be paired with your watch. Pairing only takes a few seconds, and ensures that your watch receives signals from your sensors only, and allows disturbance-free training in a group.

  • Page 85: Pairing Sensors With Your Watch

    your swimming sessions with the Polar H10 heart rate sensor. For more information see the support pages for Polar Beat Polar H10 heart rate sensor. When using the Polar H10 heart rate sensor during your cycling sessions, you can have your watch mounted to your bike’s handlebars to easily view your training data while riding.

  • Page 86: Polar Flow

    POLAR FLOW POLAR FLOW APP In the Polar Flow mobile app, you can see an instant visual interpretation of your training and activity data. You can also plan your training in the app. TRAINING DATA With the Polar Flow app, you can easily access the information of your past and planned training sessions and create new training targets.

  • Page 87: Start Using The Flow App

    START USING THE FLOW APP You can set up your watch using a mobile device and the Flow app. To start using the Flow app, download it from the App Store or Google Play onto your mobile device. For support and more information about using the Polar Flow app, go to support.polar.com/en/support/Flow_app.

  • Page 88: Community

    Training reports are a handy way to follow your progress in training over longer periods. In week, month and year reports you can choose the sport for the report. In custom period, you can choose both the period and the sport. Choose the time period and sport for report from the drop-down lists, and press the wheel icon to choose what data you want to view in the report graph.

  • Page 89: Add A Sport Profile

    Polar Flow web service | Sport Profiles ADD A SPORT PROFILE In the Polar Flow mobile app: 1. Go to Sport profiles. 2. Tap the plus sign in the upper right corner. 3. Choose a sport from the list. Tap Done on Android app. The sport is added to your sport profiles list. In the Polar Flow web service: 1.
  • Page 90 1. Go to Sport profiles. 2. Choose a sport and tap Change settings. 3. When you're ready, tap Done. Remember to sync the settings to your watch. In the Flow web service: 1. Click your name/profile photo in the upper right corner. 2.

  • Page 91: Planning Your Training

    high fitness level. If you choose Default, you can't change the limits. If you choose Free, all limits can be changed.) Training views Choose what information you see on your training views during your sessions. You can have a total of eight different training views for each sport profile.

  • Page 92: Create A Training Target In The Polar Flow App And Web Service

    Polar Flow for Coach is a free remote coaching platform that allows your coach plan every detail of your training from full season plans to individual workouts. CREATE A TRAINING TARGET IN THE POLAR FLOW APP AND WEB SERVICE Note that the training targets need to be synced to your watch with FlowSync or via Flow app before you can use them.

  • Page 93: Distance Target

    3. Click the Add to favorites to add the target to your list of favorites, if you want. 4. Click Save to add the target to your Diary. DISTANCE TARGET Choose a distance for your target in kilometers or miles. 1.

  • Page 94: Favorites

    FAVORITES If you have created a target and added it to your favorites, you can use it as a scheduled target. 1. In your Diary, Click +Add on the day when you want to use a favorite as a scheduled target. 2.

  • Page 95: Edit A Favorite

    3. The target is added to your favorites. EDIT A FAVORITE 1. Click the favorites icon on the upper right corner next to your name. All your favorite training targets are shown. 2. Click the favorite you want to edit, then click Edit. 3.

  • Page 96: Sync With Flow Web Service Via Flowsync

    SYNC WITH FLOW WEB SERVICE VIA FLOWSYNC To sync data with the Flow web service you need the FlowSync software. Go to flow.polar.com/start, and download and install it before trying to sync. 1. Plug your watch to your computer. Make sure FlowSync software is running. 2.

  • Page 97: Important Information

    IMPORTANT INFORMATION BATTERY At the end of the working life of the product Polar encourages you to minimize possible effects of waste on the environment and human health by following local waste disposal regulations and, where possible, utilizing separate collection of electronic devices. Do not dispose of this product as unsorted municipal waste. CHARGING THE BATTERY Before charging, please make sure there’s no moisture, dust or dirt on the charging contacts of your watch and cable.

  • Page 98: Battery Status And Notifications

    2. Charging appears on the display. 3. When the battery icon is full, the watch is fully charged. Don't leave the battery fully discharged for a long period of time or keep it fully charged all the time, because it may affect the battery life time. BATTERY STATUS AND NOTIFICATIONS BATTERY STATUS SYMBOL The battery status symbol is shown when you turn your wrist to look at the watch, press the BACK button in time...

  • Page 99: Caring For Your Watch

    CARING FOR YOUR WATCH Like any electronic device, the Polar Ignite should be kept clean and treated with care. The instructions below will help you fulfill the guarantee obligations, keep the device in peak condition and avoid any issues in charging or syncing.

  • Page 100: Precautions

    PRECAUTIONS Polar products (training devices, activity trackers and accessories) are designed to indicate the level of physiological strain and recovery during and after exercise session. The Polar training devices and activity trackers measure heart rate and/or tell your activity. The Polar training devices with an integrated GPS show speed, distance and location. See www.polar.com/en/products/accessories for a complete list of compatible accessories.

  • Page 101: Technical Specification

    Your safety is important to us. The shape of the Polar stride sensor Bluetooth® Smart is designed to minimize the possibility of if getting caught in something. In any case, be careful when running with the stride sensor in brushwood, for example. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION POLAR IGNITE Battery type: 165 mAh Li-pol rechargeable battery Operating time:...

  • Page 102: Polar Flowsync Software

    SILICONE BLACK model: ABS+GF, GLASS, PMMA, STAINLESS STEEL, TPU Cable materials: BRASS, PA66+PA6, PC, TPE, CARBON STEEL, NYLON Water resistance: 30 m (ISO 22810, suitable for swimming) Memory capacity:  Up to 90 hours of training with GPS and heart rate depending on your lan- guage settings Resolution 240 x 204...

  • Page 103: Polar Flow Mobile Application Compatibility

    POLAR FLOW MOBILE APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY Polar devices work with most modern smartphones. Here are the minimum requirements: iOS devices with iOS 11 or later Android mobile devices with Bluetooth 4.0 capability and Android 5 or later (check full phone specification from your phone manufacturer) There is plenty of variation between how different Android devices handle the technologies used in our products and services, such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and different standards and protocols.

  • Page 104: Regulatory Information

    European Union by following local waste disposal regulations and, where possible, utilize separate collection of electronic devices for products, and battery and accumulator collection for batteries and accumulators. To see the Polar Ignite-specific regulatory labels, go to Settings > General settings > About your watch. LIMITED INTERNATIONAL POLAR GUARANTEE •...

  • Page 105: Disclaimer

    Polar Electro Oy. The names and logos in this user manual or in the package of this product are trademarks of Polar Electro Oy. The names and logos marked with a ® symbol in this user manual or in the package of this product are registered trademarks of Polar Electro Oy.

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