Heart Rate Monitoring; The Lifepulse Digital Heart Rate Sensors - Life Fitness Lifecycle upright 9500HR Operation Manual

3.2 Heart Rate Monitoring

The Lifepulse ® Digital Heart Rate Sensors
The patented Lifepulse digital heart rate sensors are the built-in heart rate monitoring
system on the Lifecycle exercise bike.
To use the Lifepulse sensors, simply grasp the stainless steel sensors on the handlebars
when the display console prompts you with the , or anytime you wish to check your heart
rate. There are four sensors, two on each arm.
You must make contact with all four to obtain your heart rate. The console will display your
heart rate in 10 to 40 seconds.
The Optional Heart Rate Chest Strap
Wet the electrodes of the transmitter (the two grooved surfaces on the underside of the
strap) and secure the strap as high under the chest muscles as possible. The strap should
be snug, but comfortable enough to allow for normal breathing.
The transmitter strap will deliver an optimum heart rate reading when the electrodes are
directly in contact with bare skin. It will also, however, function properly through wet,
lightweight clothing. The key is for the electrodes to remain wet so that they can conduct the
electrical impulses of the heart back to the receiver.
If it becomes necessary to remoisten the chest strap transmitter, grasp the center of the
strap, pull it away from the chest to expose the two electrodes, then moisten them in this
position.
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