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  • Page 1 Polar F7 ™ User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ENGLISH Contents 1. GETTING STARTED ......3 Data Transfer ......... 17 Get to Know Your Polar F6....3 Enter Basic Settings ......4 5. SETTINGS........18 Exercise Settings......18 2. BEFORE EXERCISE ......5 OwnZone........19 Wear the Transmitter ......5 Other Settings ........

  • Page 3: Getting Started

    ENGLISH 1. GETTING STARTED Get to Know Your Polar F6 Wrist Unit displays and records your heart rate and other exercise data during exercise. Buttons: UP/DOWN: Move thru menu and selection lists, and adjust values. OK: Enter menu and confirm selections.

  • Page 4: Enter Basic Settings

    Enter Basic Settings : Enter your weight. To change units, Weight press and hold LIGHT. To activate your Polar F6, press OK twice. Once : Enter your height. In LB/FT format, first Height activated, it cannot be switched off! enter feet then inches.

  • Page 5: Before Exercise

    Lift the transmitter off your chest and moisten the two grooved electrode areas on the back. Check that the wet electrode areas are firmly against your skin and that the Polar logo is in a central, upright position. Before Exercise 5...

  • Page 6: During Exercise

    ENGLISH 3. DURING EXERCISE Record Your Exercise Troubleshooting: • Your exercise information is saved only if the Wear the transmitter and wrist unit. Start heart stopwatch has been on for more than one rate measurement by pressing OK. Preferably, minute. there should be no other heart rate monitors •...

  • Page 7: Buttons During Exercise

    ENGLISH Buttons During Exercise LIGHT • Press once and the display will light up with every button press. • Press and hold to lock or unlock buttons. BACK • Pause / exit exercise recording. UP / DOWN Bring the wrist unit neart •...

  • Page 8: Views During Exercise

    ENGLISH Views During Exercise View combinations of exercise data. Switch displays with UP/DOWN Exercise Stopwatch Heart rate Calories The calories expended Heart rate InZone view is only displayed when you have set heart rate limits active. InZone symbol and time spent in zone* Lower / upper limit values and Zone Pointer Heart rate *Smiley face means that OwnZone determination was succesful.

  • Page 9: Stop Recording And View Summary

    Exercise duration (hh.mm.ss) Calories burned during exercise (Cal/kcal) The maximum (max) and average (avg) heart rate of the exercise session (bpm/%HR ) alternate For more facts and know-how to enhance your training, visit Polar Article Library. http://articles.polar.fi During Exercise 9...

  • Page 10: After Exercise

    ENGLISH 4. AFTER EXERCISE Diary In the Diary, you can compare achieved exercise duration, quantity and calories in different intensity zones to your target values. Diary contains data for the current calendar week only, and records exercise data only if the session lasts at least ten minutes. To enter Diary, on Time display, press UP.
  • Page 11 ENGLISH HR zones UP/DOWN The three bars stand for Light, Moderate and Hard heart rate zone. Press to examine more details. Light / Moderate / Hard Your target exercise duration in concerned zone The relevant bar is highlighted The exercise duration in zone BACK Note: When you press to return to the Diary or HR zones view, the value you last viewed will be set as a...

  • Page 12: Follow-Up

    ENGLISH Follow-Up Every Sunday at midnight, your Polar F6 automatically reviews your progress, resets the Diary and Heart Rate Zone views, saves Diary data to Weekly File and reminds you to check your Diary with an envelope symbol. To open the reminder, press UP and OK.

  • Page 13: Files

    ENGLISH Files Daily File Select File > DAILY In the Daily File, view detailed exercise information from your 12 most recent exercise sessions. When the File becomes full, the oldest information is replaced by the most recent. To save the exercise data for a longer period, transfer the file to the polarpersonaltrainer.com web service.
  • Page 14 ENGLISH Select an exercise you wish to view with UP/DOWN and OK. Duration Time session started Exercise duration (hh.mm.ss) Calories Calories expended while exercising (Cal/kcal) Fat percentage of the burned calories 14 After Exercise...
  • Page 15 ENGLISH Heart Rate Maximum (Max) and average (Avg) heart rate in beats per minute alternate with the percentage of maximum heart rate reading Time in Zone view is only displayed if HR limits were set on. Heart rate limits Exercise duration between heart rate limits To delete a Daily File, press and hold LIGHT in view until is displayed.
  • Page 16 ENGLISH Weekly File and Totals File Select File > WEEKLY TOTALS In the Weekly and Totals Files, you can view exercise count, duration, and burned calories from the last 12 weeks or starting from the previous reset. Weekly File EXE.COUNT / EXE.TIME / CALOREIS / HR ZONES The last Sunday of the selected week The height of a bar indicates the week's total exercises / exercise time / expended calories / time spent in target zones...

  • Page 17: Data Transfer

    Polar WebLink software. For this you need to register for polarpersonaltrainer.com web service. You will find detailed instructions on how to send data at Polar WebLink's Help file. • Receive data with Polar UpLink™ Tool: Edit settings and upload logos from a PC to your wrist unit using Polar UpLink Tool software.

  • Page 18: Settings

    ENGLISH 5. SETTINGS Exercise Settings • HR VIEW : Select to display your heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) or to view a Select Exercise > SETTINGS percentage of maximum heart rate. • HR ALARM : Adjust the target zone alarm sound volume.

  • Page 19: Ownzone

    ENGLISH OwnZone OwnZone has been developed for healthy persons. Some health conditions may cause heart rate Your Polar F6 automatically determines your variability-based OwnZone determination to fail, individual and safe exercise intensity zone, your e.g. high blood pressure, certain cardiac OwnZone.
  • Page 20 ENGLISH • Jog at a slow pace for 1 min. Smoothly Determining Your OwnZone OZ>>>> increase your heart rate about 10 bpm/ 5% Find your OwnZone limits in 1-5 minutes during warm-up by walking, jogging, or doing some other • OZ>>>>>...

  • Page 21: Other Settings

    ENGLISH Other Settings HR SET (Heart rate settings) WATCH settings Select Settings > HR SET Select Settings > WATCH • : Select (loud), (quiet), or HR ALARM VOL 2 VOL 1 alarm • : Set the countdown timer to sound once. TIMER Restart the timer by pressing and holding OK •...
  • Page 22 Settings > USER exertion): Change the default value only if you know your laboratory-measured value. For more • : To change units press and hold LIGHT. Weight information, see http://support.polar.fi. • : To change units press and hold LIGHT. Height • Birthday : Adjust your date of birth.
  • Page 23 ENGLISH GENERAL settings Select Settings > GENERAL • : Adjust button and activity sounds; SOUND VOL 2 (loud), VOL 1 (quiet), or (no sounds). • KEYLOCK : To lock or unlock buttons MANUAL press and hold LIGHT. AUTOMATIC keylock is activated when you have not pressed the buttons for a minute.

  • Page 24: Customer Service Information

    Do not expose to direct sunlight for does not cover damage or consequential damage extended periods. caused by service not authorized by Polar Electro. Clean with a mild soap and water solution, dry with towel. Never use alcohol or any abrasive material (steel wool or cleaning chemicals).

  • Page 25: Precautions

    Exercise may include some risk. Before beginning authorized Polar Service Center only. A full a regular exercise program, answer the following periodic check of the heart rate monitor will be questions concerning your health status.
  • Page 26 The test is to ensure the monitors. safety and reliability of the simultaneous use of the pacemaker and the Polar heart rate monitor. If you are allergic to any substance that comes into contact with your skin or if you suspect an allergic reaction due to using the product, check the listed materials in Technical Specifications.
  • Page 27 ENGLISH Polar F6 may be worn when swimming. To maintain water resistance, do not press buttons under water. See further information at support.polar.fi. Water resistance of Polar products is tested according to International Standard ISO 2281. Products are divided into three categories according to their water resistance. Check the back of your Polar product for the water resistance category, and compare it to the chart below.
  • Page 28 ENGLISH Electromagnetic disturbances may occur near If the heart rate monitor still does not work, the high-voltage power lines, traffic lights, overhead piece of equipment may be electrically too noisy lines of electric railways, electric bus lines or for wireless heart rate measurement. trams, televisions, car motors, bike computers, some motor driven exercise equipment, cellular phones, or at electric security gates.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    ENGLISH Troubleshooting A cardiac event may have altered your ECG waveform. In this case, consult your physician. If you don't know where you are in the menu, press and hold BACK until the time is displayed. If heart rate measurement does not work despite the actions mentioned previously, the battery of If there are no reactions to any buttons, reset the your transmitter may be empty.

  • Page 30: Technical Specification

    Better than ± 0.5 seconds/day at 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista, Sound 25 °C / 77 °F temperature. card, Microphone Accuracy of heart rate ± 1% or ± 1 bpm, whichever Polar UpLink Tool PC, Windows® measurement larger, defi nition applies to steady 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista, Sound state conditions.

  • Page 31: Guarantee And Disclaimer

    This limited Polar international guarantee is issued by sales/ purchase contract. Polar Electro Inc. for the consumers who have purchased this product in the USA or Canada. This limited Polar © 2007 Polar Electro Oy, FIN-90440 KEMPELE, Finland. international guarantee is issued by Polar Electro Oy for the consumers who have purchased this product in other Polar Electro Oy, FIN-90440 KEMPELE, Finland.
  • Page 32 Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Polar Electro Inc. / Polar Electro Oy shall not be liable for waste electrical and electronic equipment any damages, losses, costs or expenses, direct, indirect or (WEEE).
  • Page 33 Manufactured by Polar Electro Oy Professorintie 5 FIN-90440 KEMPELE Tel +358 8 5202 100 Fax +358 8 5202 300 www.polar.fi...

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