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  • Page 1 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Please note that emWave PC is designed to be a training and entertainment product. None of the feedback, summary data, or logging data provided in the software is to be interpreted as medically diagnostic.
  • Page 3 14700 West Park Ave Boulder Creek, CA 95006 www.heartmath.com © copyright Quantum Intech, Inc. 2007...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Basics..................About this Manual..............Package Contents..............Installing the Software............Registering the Software............Installing the Hardware............Navigating the Home Screen..........Menu..................Toolbar.................. Content Categories.............. How To.................. Activities................Running a Session..............To Run a Session..............Coherence Ratio Screen............Accumulated Coherence Score..........Saving Your Session............
  • Page 5 Table of Contents continued Key Features................Utilizing the Content Categories........... Learning with the Tutorial............ Using the Coherence Coach™..........Playing the Games............... Running the Emotion Visualizer™........Additional Help..............Help Files................Online Support Center............Usage, Copyright, Patents, License and Warranty.....

  • Page 6: Basics

    Basics About this Manual This manual is a short guide for emWave PC. It is not intended to cover all the topics or the full functionality of emWave PC. For more extensive information access the Help menu, Tutorial and Quick Start Guide within the software or visit our online support center at: http://support.emwave.com...

  • Page 7: Installing The Software

    To install the program you need the Registration Number located on the back of this Owner’s Manual. When you’re ready to install the software, insert the emWave PC 1.0 software CD into your CD-ROM drive. The installer does not automatically start.
  • Page 8 You must enter a User Name and the Registration Number to continue. You can leave the Company Name blank if emWave PC is for personal use. Click Next to continue. Now select a Setup Type. We recommend using the...
  • Page 9 The next step will copy emWave PC files to your computer. You can review the information you have entered before copying the files. Click Next when you are satisfied with your settings. emWave PC will now configure your installation and copy the files to your computer.

  • Page 10: Registering The Software

    Registering the Software When you first open emWave PC, you will be prompted to register the software. Please register your software so that we can send you updates and other announcements. To register via the Web: — After installing emWave PC, make certain your computer is connected to the Internet.

  • Page 11: Installing The Hardware

    Installing the Hardware Make certain your computer is turned on, you have installed the emWave PC software, and you have the following hardware: — USB Module — USB Ear Sensor Step 1: Connect the ear sensor cable to the USB module and plug it into an available USB port on your computer.
  • Page 12 An optional finger sensor may be plugged into the USB Module instead of the ear sensor. To obtain a finger sensor go to: www.heart- mathstore.com Step 2: Clip the ear sensor to your earlobe and the lapel clip to your clothing.

  • Page 13: Navigating The Home Screen

    Navigating the Home Screen The Home Screen is the starting point for easily and quickly navigating the emWave PC program.

  • Page 14: Menu

    Go — Access to session data, Classic Games and Emotion Visualizer. Function — Controls for the Heart Rhythm Display. Challenge Level — Set the Challenge Level. Settings — Set Homepage, edit sounds and choose options. Help — The support functions of emWave PC.

  • Page 15: Toolbar

    Toolbar - Graphical buttons to access functions and features. From left to right: Return to Home Screen — Displays Home Screen. Previous Screen — Navigates back one page in history. Next Screen — Navigates forward one page in history. Refresh — Updates the current page. Stop Load —...

  • Page 16: Content Categories

    Content Categories — Buttons that open application specific sections that provide information about how to use emWave PC. Clicking each of the green buttons opens that category’s Homepage. How To — Buttons that open the Quick Start Guide, Tutorial and Help Files.

  • Page 17: Running A Session

    Running a Session To run a session: Step 1: Go to the Toolbar and click the HRV Start button. Go to the Activities section and click the Run Session button. The main Heart Rhythm Display will open.
  • Page 18 Step 2: You are now ready to attach the ear sensor. Clip the ear sensor to your earlobe and the lapel clip to your clothing. Slide the lapel clip along the wire to a comfortable position. Note: As you achieve low, medium, or high coherence during your session, the LED light on the USB Module will glow red, blue, or green according to your level of coherence.
  • Page 19 Step 5: Click the View Coherence Ratios button on the Toolbar. This takes you back to the main Heart Rhythm Display. This screen displays your Coherence Ratio, Accumulated Coherence Score and your Heart Rhythm pattern. You are now ready to practice the Quick Coherence ®...

  • Page 20: Coherence Ratio Screen

    Coherence Ratio Screen During a session, the Coherence Ratio screen will continuously display an updated view of your physiological coherence ratio, your current coherence level and your current heart rate reading. The information will be updated and displayed every five seconds throughout your session.
  • Page 21 The Coherence Ratio Bar Chart is divided into three coherence levels: low, medium and high. The total of all three levels will always equal 100%. The Coherence Ratio Bar Chart displays what percentage of the time you have spent during your session in low, medium and high coherence.
  • Page 22 The Current Heart Rate display will show you your average heart rate. Every five seconds, emWave PC averages your heart rate and displays that average. After you end a session, the Current Heart Rate display will show your average heart rate for the entire session.

  • Page 23: Accumulated Coherence Score

    Accumulated Coherence Score The screen to the left of the Coherence Ratio screen is the Accumulated Coherence (AC) Score. It is a linear view of the AC Score. With this score you can measure your progress over an individual session and compare between separate sessions. The AC Score can be viewed from the main Heart Rhythm Display.
  • Page 24 When you are in low coherence, the slope of the line goes down. When you are in medium or high coherence the line goes up. The numbers on the right side of the screen represent points. For every five seconds that you are in medium coherence you receive 1 point (+1).

  • Page 25: Saving Your Session

    The Save Session feature is designed to make it possible for multiple users to save their data to their personal file. emWave PC has no limit to the number of sessions that can be saved; the amount of hard drive space on your computer determines this.
  • Page 26 To save session data to the current user without entering comments, click OK. The current default user is displayed above the Menu next to emWave PC page title. To save session data to current (default) user and enter comments with the session, select the ‘Enter and save comments with this session’...

  • Page 27: Key Features

    Key Features Utilizing the Content Categories To enter into one of the Content Categories click a category button, which opens the Homepage of that category. The Learning and Testing Homepage is shown to the right.
  • Page 28 To view the How To, Results and Resources sections click the corresponding button. How To — Provides instruction on how to use emWave PC for that specific application. Results — Includes case studies and personal stories. Resources — Provides additional resources and available services to help you get the most from your emWave PC system.

  • Page 29: Learning With The Tutorial

    Learning with the Tutorial The Tutorial includes four sections. To fully utilize and get the most out of your emWave PC study each of the four sections. To open the Tutorial click the green Tutorial button in the How To section of the Home Screen.
  • Page 30 How To — Outlines the functions of the Heart Rhythm Display and other core options. Science -— Short video clips explaining the science behind emWave PC and the HeartMath system. ® Getting Started — Walks you through the key features in emWave PC.

  • Page 31: Using The Coherence Coach

    Using the Coherence Coach™ The Coherence Coach is an interactive feature that teaches HeartMath‘s Quick Coherence technique for relieving stress. To open the Coherence Coach just click the Coach button on the Toolbar. Or click the Coherence Coach button in the Activities section on the Home Screen.
  • Page 32 The Coherence Coach and the Heart Rhythm Display run separately. When you pause the Coherence Coach, the Heart Rhythm Display keeps running, and vice versa. After the Coach has instructed you on the Quick Coherence technique you can choose one of the Animations from the menu shown to the right.

  • Page 33: Playing The Games

    Playing the Games emWave PC includes games designed to support you in practicing the Quick Coherence technique. To play the games, click the Games button on the Toolbar. Or click the Games button in the Activities section on the Home Screen.
  • Page 34 To start the game, click the green Start button located in the lower-right corner of the screen. The game has started once you see one of the coherence bar indicators light up. (shown in the picture below) To stop the game, click the green Stop button which has replaced the Start button.

  • Page 35: Running The Emotion Visualizer

    Running the Emotion Visualizer™ The Emotion Visualizer is a graphic display that changes as your coherence level changes. What we mean by Emotion Visualizer is this: As you organize your emotional intentions to send out love, care or appreciation, the visual images change to reflect your emotional coherence level.
  • Page 36 Click the Start Session button on the Emotion Visualizer Toolbar to begin. From left to right: Switch to emWave PC — Displays the Heart Rhythm Display Previous/Next Setting — Toggles between the visualizations. Start Session — Starts a session. Stop Session — Stops a session.

  • Page 37: Additional Help

    Additional Help Help Files emWave PC is designed with extensive self-contained Help Files that cover a variety of detailed topics to assist in your use of the product. To access the Help Files go to the Help menu and click Help Topics. To find a topic you can manually search through the table of contents and topics by keyword or use the search function.

  • Page 38: Usage, Copyright, Patents, License And Warranty

    Personal Stress Reliever, Coherence Coach and Emotion Visualizer are registered trade- marks of QI. HeartMath is a registered trademark of Institute of HeartMath. Quick Coherence is a reg- istered trademark of Doc Childre. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel, Inc. All other products or name brands are trademarks of their respective holders.
  • Page 39 EMWAVE PC SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT YOU MAY NOT LOAD OR USE THE SOFTWARE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE SOFTWARE OWNER WHO DOES NOT CONSENT UNLESS YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT. BY INSTALLING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
  • Page 40 , nor any other trademarked terms of QI, the Institute of ® HeartMath or HeartMath LLC in advertising or marketing. (b) Transfer. You may transfer the SOFTWARE licensed under this Agreement to another computer as often as you like. If you are an individual, you may have the SOFTWARE installed on multiple computers simultaneously provided that all said computers are owned or leased by you.
  • Page 41 This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., without regard to the conflicts of laws and principles thereof. EMWAVE PC SOFTWARE LIMITED WARRANTY. QI warrants that the SOFTWARE will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying printed materials for a period of one year from the date of purchase (the Limited Warranty).
  • Page 42 INQUIRIES. Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement or the Limited Warranty, or if you desire to contact QI for any other reason, please contact our subsidiary: HeartMath LLC, 14700 West Park Avenue, Boulder Creek, CA 95006 or call 831-338-8700.
  • Page 43 This Limited Warranty Does Not Cover: QI will not repair defects under the limited warranty related to servicing not performed by QI. 2) QI will not provide any warranty service if your pulse sensor shows evidence that it has been tampered with, misused, or altered;...
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