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Polar Electro S710 User Manual

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179291.S710 GBR B.fh8 8/3/01 14:36 Page 1
• OwnIndex™ to reliably predict your VO
• OwnCal™ the most accurate calorie
consumption calculation
• OwnCode™ locks out possible interference
from other heart rate monitors
• Infra red data communication with your
computer and Uplink™ feature
• Cycling features - speed, altitude and
thermometre. Optional cadence and
power output.
H E A R T R AT E M O N I T O R
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S710
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H E A R T R AT E M O N I T O R
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Quick Guide
Signal/Light
Stop
• exit the
displayed mode
• return to the
Time of day display
How to start measuring your heart rate (BasicUse)
1. Place the transmitter around your chest and wet the electrodes. Place the
wrist receiver on your wrist.
2. Press and hold the OK button to start the measurement. The stopwatch and
the exercise recording start. Your heart rate will appear in about
G B R
15 seconds.
U S E R ' S M A N U A L
How to stop measuring your heart rate
1. Press the stop button. The stopwatch and other calculations stop. Heart rate
measurement continues but exercise data is not recorded into a file anymore.
2. Press the stop button again. The receiver returns to the Time of day display.
Up
• move onward
• increase the
selected value
Down
• move backward
• reduce the
selected value
OK
• start measuring the heart rate
• lock in your selection

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  • Page 1 179291.S710 GBR B.fh8 8/3/01 14:36 Page 1 • OwnIndex™ to reliably predict your VO • OwnCal™ the most accurate calorie consumption calculation • OwnCode™ locks out possible interference from other heart rate monitors • Infra red data communication with your computer and Uplink™...
  • Page 2 Polar Precision Performance™ software. Monitor your fitness level, and any long-term changes in it, by performing the quick and easy Polar Fitness Test™. Please read this manual carefully to familiarise yourself with the Polar S710.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    How to prepare the wrist receiver ... 8 Predicted maximum heart rate on/off ... 33 Installing the Polar Bike Mount ... 9 Altitude and thermometre on/off ... 33 Installing the Polar Speed Sensor ... 9 How to put the transmitter on ... 11 Bicycle feature settings ...

  • Page 4: Getting Going

    Interval Training information ... 69 J. Technical Specifications ... 99 Warm-up phase ... 69 Interval phase ... 70 K. Limited Polar Warranty ... 102 Cool-down phase ... 71 Lap information ... 71 L. Disclaimer ... 103 Recorded samples ... 73 Deleting a file ...

  • Page 5: Buttons And Their Functions

    (start). Locks in your selection (ok). Records lap information (lap). The Help text (start, ok or lap) that appears on the display above the button indicates its use. S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 SIGNAL LIGHT RESET STOP Useful tips •...

  • Page 6: Easy Start

    Time of day (see section Setting the watch) and personal user settings (see section User information settings). 3. Polar S710 has various functions that you can use according to your personal training needs. For more information, see section Modes and their functions. You...

  • Page 7: How To Put The Transmitter On

    4. Check that the wet electrode areas are firmly against your skin and the Polar logo is in a central, upright position. How to start measuring your heart rate 1. Begin with the display that shows the time of day.

  • Page 8: How To Stop Measuring Your Heart Rate

    S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 12-13 Modes and their functions Your Polar S710 has six main modes: Time of day, Exercise, File, Options, Fitness test and Connection. 1. TIME OF DAY You can use your Polar heart rate monitor as an ordinary watch with date, weekday indicator and alarm function.
  • Page 9 • three adjustable target heart rate limits • three adjustable, alternating timers • time-based or heart-rate-based recovery calculation *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor or Polar Power Output Sensor required. S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 14-15 C. Freely programmable Interval Trainer will automatically guide...
  • Page 10 -p values 6. CONNECTION In this mode you can: • upload your receiver settings from your computer with Polar Precision Performance version 3.0 or later • download recorded exercise information to your computer for detailed analysis with Polar Precision Performance version 3.0 or later...

  • Page 11: How To Enter Settings

    B. HOW TO ENTER SETTINGS This section describes how to manually enter settings by pressing the receiver buttons. However, Polar S710 offers you another and faster way as well: prepare your settings with Polar Precision Performance software and upload them to your receiver from your computer.
  • Page 12 10. Scroll up or down to select your gender. Press OK. Activity level (Activity) 11. Scroll up or down to select your activity level for Polar Fitness Test. Press OK. Assess your long-term physical activity level. Do not change your activity level description if your regular exercise habits have changed during the last six months.

  • Page 13: Exercise Settings

    • interval function all the user information and turned • recovery calculation the functions on. S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 22-23 Setting exercise sets Preset exercise sets ready for five exercise sets; when you start exercising, just select one of the sets.

  • Page 14: Setting Timers

    Manual Interval Interval Hr Interval Distance Recovery Hr S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 24-25 Setting timers If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-5. 6. Scroll up or down until desired timer is displayed. Press OK to start setting the timer.

  • Page 15: Setting Interval Type

    TIMER/ Hr/ DIST/ MANUAL is flashing. 7. Scroll up or down to select the interval type that will be used to end the interval. Press OK. If you chose manual interval skip steps 8 - 9. S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 26-27 A. Time-based interval 8.

  • Page 16: Setting Recovery Calculation

    11. Scroll up or down to adjust seconds. Press OK. Recovery TIMER appears. RecoHr is displayed. 10. Scroll up or down to adjust the value. Press OK. Recovery Hr appears. S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 28-29 C. Rec. DIST is displayed.

  • Page 17: Setting Recording Rate

    Press OK. The recording time of Polar S710 depends on the selected recording rate (5 s, 15 s, or 60 s). When the memory is full, you can continue exercising but the exercise is no longer recorded.

  • Page 18: Turning Functions On/Off

    6. Press OK to start setting the HR 7. Scroll up or down to set the HR -p can be turned on only if Polar Fitness Test is on. Altitude and thermometre on/off If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4 5.

  • Page 19: Bicycle Feature Settings

    If you selected bike features off skip the rest of the bike settings. You can set two bike preferences for the S710. Make the settings ready for both bikes; when you start exercising, just select bike 1 or 2. As you take the bike settings 1 or 2 in use speed and distance measuring functions are always on.

  • Page 20: Cadence On/Off

    7. Press OK to start setting the Cadence. On/OFF starts to flash. 8. Scroll up or down to set the Cadence on or off. Press OK. *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor or Polar Power Output Sensor required. S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6...

  • Page 21: Monitor Settings

    8. Repeat previous step until you have chosen all four letters. To continue your settings, press the stop button or to return to the Time of day display, press and hold the stop button. S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 38-39 Monitor settings 1.

  • Page 22: Watch Settings

    File mode. To continue your settings, press the stop button or to return to the Time of day display, press and hold the stop button. S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 40-41 Watch settings Units 2: 1.

  • Page 23: Setting Time Of Day

    9. Scroll up or down to set the reminder on or off. Press OK. You can upload 7 reminders, each including time and name, to your wrist receiver from Polar Precision Performance software. The reminder sounds an alarm only when time of day is displayed. When the reminder alarm comes on, it will sound for 15 seconds or you can turn it off by pressing any of the five buttons.

  • Page 24: Setting Tips

    Swap date, user ID, user name and logo You are able to set a user ID number, user name and logo by Polar Precision Performance software. These settings are shown on the upper row of the Time of day display. You can swap between the user ID, user name, logo and date by pressing and holding the up button.
  • Page 25 Recording rate No bike in use BasicUse (E0) C 46 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 46-47 The following displays start to alternate, if you have bike 1 or 2 and altitude on, as you enter the Measure mode. Exercise name Memory left...

  • Page 26: Autostart For Recording A Cycling Exercise

    If there is - - / 00 reading on the display, there is no heart rate reception. Bring the wrist receiver up to your chest near the transmitter’s Polar logo. The receiver starts looking for the heart rate signal again.

  • Page 27: Illuminating The Display

    Polar S710 automatically stores a lap time when you stop recording an exercise. Polar S710 stores 99 laps if you have not used the interval function. After storing 99 laps FULL appears for a few seconds every time you take a lap on the display. You can continue taking laps but they will not be stored.

  • Page 28: Swapping The Displayed Exercise Information

    Swapping the displayed exercise information There are six display options, which you can swap between by pressing the down button. Once you have configured the display options, Polar S710 saves the settings. If the Help function is on, the name of the selected function appears for a few seconds.

  • Page 29: Resetting The Stopwatch To Zero

    OK button. When the stopwatch starts running indicates that Interval Trainer is on. As the interval training exercise ends the Polar S710 automatically starts a BasicUse exercise, which is recorded to the same file as your interval training exercise.

  • Page 30: Warm-Up Phase

    Average heart rate of the warm-up phase. Interval phase The Polar S710 records up to 30 repeated interval phases. Your interval phase is divided into interval and recovery calculation (if set on) sections, which alternate continuously through your interval phase.

  • Page 31: Cool-Down Phase

    At the end of recovery A. and B. Recovery duration. Recovery distance. Drop in your heart rate. C 58 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 58-59 Cool-down phase 1. First Preset heart rate limits 3 (if set on). 2. Then Countdown timer 3.

  • Page 32: Interrupting An Interval Training Exercise

    2 beeps and at the end of timer 3 you will hear 3 beeps. Timers stop running when you stop the stopwatch. C 60 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 60-61 Starting recovery calculation To start the recovery calculation, press and hold the OK button.

  • Page 33: Resetting The Trip Distance

    If the manually set altitude reference value deviates over 610 m/ 2000 ft from the altitude calculated by Polar S710, Failed appears and the measured altitude appears. Set the reference altitude from the Options mode. As you start adjusting the reference altitude, the receiver suggests a measured altitude for you instead of the previously set altitude.

  • Page 34: How To Recall Training Information

    D. HOW TO RECALL TRAINING INFORMATION The Polar S710 starts saving exercise information to a file as you start the stopwatch in the Exercise mode. You can recall the information in the File mode. In the File mode there are up to 99 exercise files and a records file, which keeps track of the cumulative and maximum exercise values.

  • Page 35: Exercise Time

    Speed information (Spd. Avg/ Max) Average and maximum speed of the exercise alternate. Cadence information* (Cad. Avg/ Max) Average and maximum cadence of the exercise alternate. *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor or Polar Power Output Sensor required. D 66 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 66-67 Altitude (Alt.

  • Page 36: Calorie Expenditure

    Odometer Measures cumulative total distance of several exercise sessions starting from the previous resetting of the value in records file. D 68 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 68-69 Interval Training information (EXE. SET) FILE Start with the display showing EXE. SET.

  • Page 37: Interval Phase

    Recovery information Time-based recovery. Recovery duration. Drop in your heart rate. D 70 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 70-71 Split time of the interval Lap information (LAPS) Start with the display showing LAPS and the number of recorded laps.

  • Page 38: Recorded Samples

    • temperature at the end of the lap ( C/ F). Press the stop button to exit the LAPS display. Press and hold stop to return to the Time of day display. *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor or Polar Power Output Sensor required. D 72 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6...

  • Page 39: Deleting All Files

    Release. 3. Press the stop button to exit the reset display. Press and hold the stop button to return to the Time of day display. *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor or Polar Power Output Sensor required. D 75 8/3/01, 14:34...

  • Page 40: E. Connection To Computer

    Downloading Training Data to a Computer 1. Start the software. 2. Connect the Polar IR Interface to the serial port (RS-232) of your computer. 3. If the receiver is in the Time of day display scroll up or down until CONNECT is displayed.

  • Page 41: Uploading Settings From Computer

    95 operating system on your computer. Uploading Settings from Computer Your Polar S710 offers you the option of preparing your settings with Polar Precision Performance software. You are also able toset following functions with the software: • a user ID, user name or logo for easier receiver recognition in multi-user situations •...

  • Page 42: Polar Fitness Test

    F. POLAR FITNESS TEST Polar Fitness Test is an easy, safe and quick way to estimate individual maximal aerobic power and to get predicted maximum heart rate value. Polar Fitness Test is targeted to healthy adults. OwnIndex OwnIndex is a value which is comparable to maximal oxygen uptake (VO a commonly used descriptor of aerobic fitness.

  • Page 43: Predicted Maximum Heart Rate

    S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 82-83 Fitness test settings To be able to carry out the Polar Fitness Test you need to do the following settings in the Options mode: • Set your personal user information and long-term physical activity level.

  • Page 44: Update Ownindex And Hr

    • To turn the sound signal on or off either before or during the test, press and hold the signal/light button. F 84 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 84-85 Interrupt the test Connect • You can stop the test any time during the test by pressing the stop button.

  • Page 45: Fitness Classes

    Fitness classes The Polar Fitness Test result, your OwnIndex, is most meaningful when comparing your individual values and changes in them. OwnIndex can also be interpreted according to your gender and age. Locate your OwnIndex on the table to find out your current cardiovascular fitness classification, compared with those who are of the same age and gender.

  • Page 46: Maintenance

    • Store your Polar heart rate monitor in a cool and dry place. Do not store it in any kind of non-breathing material, such as a plastic bag or a sports bag if it is wet.
  • Page 47 90-91 H. PRECAUTIONS Using the Polar S710 in a water environment Your Polar S710 is water resistant to 20 metres/ 60 feet. Heart rate measurement in a water environment is technically demanding for the following reasons: • Pool water with a high chlorine content and seawater may be very conductive and the electrodes of Polar transmitter may get short circuited and ECG signals cannot be detected by the transmitter unit.

  • Page 48: Polar Heart Rate Monitor And Interference

    3. Put the transmitter back on the chest and keep the wrist receiver in this interference-free area as far as it is possible. 4. If the Polar heart rate monitor still does not work with the exercise equipment, this piece of equipment may be electrically too noisy for wireless heart rate measurement.
  • Page 49 Notice to persons with pacemakers, defibrillator or other implanted electronic device. Persons who have a pacemaker use the Polar heart rate monitor at their own risk. Before starting use, we always recommend an exercise test under doctor’s supervision. The test is to ensure the safety and reliability of the simultaneous use of the pacemaker and the heart rate monitor.
  • Page 50 2. Put the transmitter back and bring the receiver up to your chest near the transmitter’s Polar logo. The receiver starts looking for a heart rate signal again. Continue your training session normally..heart rate reading becomes erratic or extremely high?
  • Page 51 4. If the 00 reading is constant, you may have exceeded 2500 riding hours and the battery of the speed sensor needs to be replaced. 5. If you are using the wireless Polar Speed Sensor, check that Power is turned off in the Options mode.
  • Page 52 ISO 2533. The air pressure is measured and the temperature is compensated every second. Polar S710 displays altitudes between - 448 m - 7590 m or between - 1600 ft - 24900 ft with at least a 1 m/ 5 ft resolution.
  • Page 53 Polar Electro Oy. Polar logotype is a registered trademark and Polar S710, Polar IR Interface and Polar Precision Performance are trademarks of Polar Electro Oy. Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Technology, Ltd. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 54: Polar Glossary

    Activity level: Your long-term Coded heart rate transmission: physical activity level you need to Polar T61 Transmitter automatically assess in order to do the Polar Fitness locks in a code to transmit your Test. heart rate to the wrist receiver. In a...
  • Page 55 BestLap: Indicates the shortest lap exercise. time information. E0: BasicUse settings *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor or Polar Power Output Sensor required. M 106 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 106-107 E1-E5: Indicates which exercise set Lp: Indicates lap time.
  • Page 56 OwnCal: Calculates energy as cycling and running. expenditure during exercise in OwnINDEX: Result of Polar Fitness kilocalories. 1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 1000 Test and comparable score with calories (cal). You can follow how maximal oxygen uptake (VO...
  • Page 57 Help On/OFF ... 40 How to enter settings ... 18 Reset the stopwatch ... 54 M 110 S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 110-111 Reset the trip distance ... 62 Return to the Time of day display ... 7 Selecting exercise type ... 22 Setting tips ...
  • Page 58 NOTE S710 man GBR/B kopio.pm6 8/3/01, 14:34...
  • Page 59 Congratulations on purchasing a Polar Heart Rate Monitor! We are proud to assist you in achieving Watch personal fitness and performance goals. If you want to get even more out of your S710 during training, check www.polar.fi for: Alarm •...

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