Remote Heart Rate Monitor - Nautilus U628 Assembly Manual / Owner's Manual

Note: Do not use abrasives or chemicals such as steel wool or alcohol when you clean the chest strap, as they can
damage the electrodes permanently.
If the Console does not display a heart rate value, the transmitter may be at fault. Check that the te tured contact
areas on the chest strap are making contact with your skin. You may need to lightly wet the contact areas. Check that
the curve of the transmitter is oriented upward. If no signal appears or you need further assistance, call your Nautilus
Representative.
Before discarding a chest strap, remove the battery. Dispose of in accordance with local regulations and/or
at approved recycling centers.

Remote Heart Rate Monitor

Monitoring your Heart Rate is one of the best procedures to control the intensity of your e ercise. Contact Heart Rate
(CHR) sensors are installed to send your heart rate signals to the Console. The Console can also read telemetry HR
signals from a Heart Rate Chest Strap Transmitter that operates in the 4.5kHz - 5.5kHz range.
Note: The heart rate chest strap must be an uncoded heart rate strap
from Polar Electro or an uncoded POLAR
(Coded POLAR ® heart rate straps such as POLAR
chest straps will not work with this e uipment.) Though your
machine is Bluetooth
Bluetooth ® enabled strap or other device.
If you have a pacemaker or other implanted electronic device,
consult your doctor before using a wireless chest strap or other
telemetric heart rate monitor.
NOTICE: To prevent interference with the telemetry HR receiver, do not
place any personal electronic devices in the left side of the media
tray.*
Contact Heart Rate Sensors
Contact Heart Rate (CHR) sensors send your heart rate signals to the Console. The CHR sensors are the stainless steel
parts of the Handlebars. To use, put your hands comfortably around the sensors. Be sure that your hands touch both the
top and the bottom of the sensors. Hold rm, but not too tight or loose. Both hands must make contact with the sensors for
the Console to detect a pulse. After the Console detects four stable pulse signals, your initial pulse rate will be shown.
Once the Console has your initial heart rate, do not move or shift your hands for 10 to 15 seconds. The Console will now
validate the heart rate. Many factors in uence the ability of the sensors to detect your heart rate signal:
• Movement of the upper body muscles (including arms) produces an electrical signal (muscle artifact) that can interfere
with pulse detection. Slight hand movement while in contact with the sensors can also produce interference.
• Calluses and hand lotion may act as an insulating layer to reduce the signal strength.
• Some Electrocardiogram (EKG) signals generated by individuals are not strong enough to be detected by the sensors.
• The pro imity of other electronic machines can generate interference.
If your heart rate signal ever seems erratic after validation, wipe o your hands and the sensors and try again.
Heart Rate Calculations
Your ma imum heart rate usually decreases from 220 Beats Per Minute (BPM) in childhood to appro imately 1 0 BPM by
age 0. This fall in heart rate is usually linear, decreasing by appro imately one BPM for each year. There is no indication
that training in uences the decrease in ma imum heart rate. Individuals of the same age could have di erent ma imum
heart rates. It is more accurate to nd this value by completing a stress test than by using an age related formula.
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