General Settings; Sound - Polar Electro RS800CX User Manual

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• : To change units, press and hold LIGHT
Weight
• : To change units, press and hold LIGHT
Height
• : dd=day, mm=month, yy=year
Birthday
• : Male/Female
Sex
• Activity : Top/High/Moderate/Low
• : HR , HR
Heart Rate
max
• : Maximal oxygen intake
VO2max
Activity Level
Activity level is an assessment of your level of long-term physical activity. Select the alternative that best
describes the overall amount and intensity of your physical activity during the past three months.
• Top: You participate in heavy physical exercise at least 5 times a week, or you exercise to improve
performance for competitive purposes.
• High: You participate at least 3 times a week in heavy physical exercise, e.g. you run 20-50 km/12-31
miles per week or spend 3-5 hours per week in comparable physical activity.
• Moderate: You participate regularly in recreational sports, e.g. you run 5-10 km or 3-6 miles per week or
spend 1/2-2 hours per week in comparable physical activity, or your work requires modest physical
activity.
• Low: You do not participate regularly in programmed recreational sport or heavy physical activity, e.g. you
walk only for pleasure or exercise hard enough to cause heavy breathing or perspiration only occasionally.
In the training computer, these values are used to calculate your energy expenditure.
Heart Rate: HR , HR
max sit
HR (Maximum heart rate): Your age-predicted HR
max
HR manually if your maximum heart rate has been determined in a lab, or if you have tested your
max
maximum heart rate in the field yourself.
HR (Heart rate value in a sitting position): Set your HR
sit
the instructions. For instructions, see Heart Rate Value in a Sitting Position (page 55).
Maximal Oxygen Intake: VO
VO is your body's maximum capacity for oxygen consumption during maximum exertion. The most
2max
accurate way of determining VO
exact clinically-tested VO
value, OwnIndex, by taking the Polar Fitness Test. For further information, see Polar Fitness Test
(page ? ).
If changes are made to the user settings,
You can change settings easily by using the software. For further information, see software help.

General Settings

Sound

To set the sound level
Select
Settings > General > Sound > Volume > On / Off
Volume settings control button sounds and activity sounds during exercise. This does not affect the watch
38 Settings
sit
2max
is to perform a maximal stress test in a laboratory. If you know your
2max
, set the value in the training computer. Otherwise, measure a comparable
2max
User settings updated
value (220 - age) is used as a default. Set your
max
value if you have determined it according to
sit
is displayed.
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