5 . T Rai Ni Ng; Start Training; Information On The Display - Polar Electro RS800 User Manual

Polar RS800 User Manual

5 . T RAI NI NG

Start Training

Wear the transmitter and stride sensor* as instructed. Make sure that you have activated the stride
sensor in your running computer (
1. Start heart rate measurement by pressing OK.
2. Within 15 seconds, your heart rate appears on the display. Stand still and wait until the running
computer finds the stride sensor signal (runner symbol stops flashing). To quick-change exercise
type, press and hold UP. To quick-change shoes, press and hold DOWN.
3. Start exercising by pressing OK.
Alternatively, select
Settings
on all the settings available, see 7. Settings.
The menu lists the following options:
Settings
• : Select an exercise type or view exercise settings.
Exercise
: Select ,
Exercise Free Basic
as well.)
: Set a default exercise to be performed at once, or
Select
: View exercise settings.
View
• : Switch the altitude on or off, or calibrate altitude.
Altitude
• : Set the recording rate.
Rec.rate
• : Switch the RR recording on or off.
RR data
• : Switch target zone alarm sounds on or off.
TZ Alarm
• : Choose to view heart rate in beats per minute (bpm), as a percentage of maximum heart
HR view
rate (HR%), or as a percentage of heart rate reserve (HRR%).
• : Select the shoes to keep track of usage.
Shoes
• : Choose to view speed* in kilometers or miles per hour (km/h or mph), or in minutes per
Speed view
kilometer or mile (min/km or min/mi).
• : Switch the stride sensor* function on or off.
S sensor
• : Switch the automatic lap function on or off.
A.Lap
• : Modify the display (for further information, see Personalize the Running Computer Display
Display
during Training).
If the following message is displayed: (Exercise name)
requires a stride sensor to display speed/pace and distance* data (e.g. you have defined speed/pace*
zones for the exercise). Select
instructed. If
Exercise displays updated
exercise.
*Optional s3 stride sensor W.I.N.D. required.

Information on the Display

When exercising, the information that appears on the display will depend on your settings. Scroll the
displays UP or DOWN. The name of the display, indicating the info shown on the lower row, appears
for a few seconds.
Default displays while exercising:
Settings > Features > S sensor
to change or view different settings before exercise. For further information
, , or . (If you have created new exercises, these will be listed,
Interval OwnZone
to turn the sensor function on, and make sure you wear the sensor as
Yes
is displayed, speed/pace and distance* data will be shown during
).
requires S sensor. Turn S sensor on?
, your exercise
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