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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Contents Polar Vantage M2 User Manual Introduction Take full advantage of your Vantage M2 Polar Flow App Polar Flow web service Get started Setting up your watch Option A: Set up with a mobile device and Polar Flow app...
  • Page 3 About your watch Watch settings Alarm Watch face Time Date First day of week Display icons Training Wrist-based heart rate measurement Wearing your watch when measuring heart rate from your wrist or tracking your sleep Wearing your watch when not measuring heart rate from your wrist or tracking your sleep/Nightly recharge Start a training session Start a planned training session Start a Multisport Training Session...
  • Page 4 Create a Polar Running Program Start a running target Follow your progress Running Index Short-term analysis Long-term analysis Training Benefit Smart Calories Continuous heart rate Continuous heart rate on your watch 24/7 Activity tracking Activity Goal Activity data on your watch Inactivity alert Activity data in the Flow App and web service Activity Guide...
  • Page 5 Pool swimming Pool Length setting Open water swimming Measuring heart rate in water Start a swimming session During your Swim After your Swim Weather Sport Profiles Phone notifications Set phone notifications on Do not disturb View notifications Music controls From watch face During training Power save settings Changeable wristbands...
  • Page 6 Service Precautions Interference During Training Health and training Warning - Keep batteries out of reach of children Technical specification Vantage M2 Polar FlowSync Software Polar Flow mobile application compatibility Water resistance of Polar products Regulatory information Limited International Polar Guarantee...

  • Page 7: Polar Vantage M2 User Manual

    Congratulations on your new Polar Vantage M2! The Polar Vantage M2 is an all-in-one multisport watch with advanced wrist-based heart rate tracking and GPS. The watch is packed with tools that help you break your records and reach your goals:...

  • Page 8: Take Full Advantage Of Your Vantage M2

    TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF YOUR VANTAGE M2 Get connected to the Polar ecosystem and get the most out of your watch. POLAR FLOW APP ® Get the Polar Flow app from the App Store or Google Play . Sync your watch with the Flow app after training, and get an instant overview and feedback on your training results and performance.

  • Page 9: Get Started

    GET STARTED SETTING UP YOUR WATCH To wake up and charge your watch, plug it into a powered USB port or a USB charger with the custom cable that came in the box. The cable magnetically snaps into place, just make sure to align the ledge on the cable with the slot on your watch (marked with red).

  • Page 10: Option A: Set Up With A Mobile Device And Polar Flow App

    OPTION A: SET UP WITH A MOBILE DEVICE AND POLAR FLOW APP Please note that you have to do the pairing in the Flow app and NOT in your mobile device’s Bluetooth settings. 1. Make sure your mobile device is connected to the internet and turn on Bluetooth. 2.

  • Page 11: Time View And Menu

    TIME VIEW AND MENU LIGHT BACK UP/DOWN Illuminate the display Enter the menu Confirm the selection Change the watch face in shown on the display time view In time view, press to view Return to the previous the battery status symbol level Press and hold to enter Move through selection...
  • Page 12 Cardio load status, Continuous HR tracking, Latest training sessions, Last night's sleep, Fitspark training guide, Weather and Weekly summary. You can scroll through the watch faces with the UP and DOWN buttons and open more details with the OK button. You can choose between analogue and digital display in Watch settings.
  • Page 13 Cardio Load Status Cardio Load Status looks at the relation between your short term training load (Strain) and long term training load (Tolerance) and based on that tells you whether you are in a detraining, maintaining, productive or overreaching training load status. In addition, when opening the details, you can see the numeric values for your Cardio Load Status, Strain and Tolerance, and also a verbal description of your Cardio load status.
  • Page 14 Latest training sessions See the time passed since your latest training session and the sport of the session. In addition, when opening the details, you can view the summaries of your training sessions from the last 14 days. Browse to the training session you want to view with UP/DOWN and press OK to open the summary.
  • Page 15 FitSpark watch face Your watch suggests the most suitable training targets for you based on your training history, fitness level and current recovery status. Press OK to see all the suggested training targets. Choose one of the suggested training targets to see detailed information about the training target.
  • Page 16 Weekly summary View an overview of your training week. Your total training time for the week split into different training zones is illustrated on the display. Press OK to open more details. You’ll see distance, training sessions, total calories and time spent in each heart rate zone. In addition, you can view last week’s summary and details as well as any sessions planned for next week.

  • Page 17: Menu

    Your name Time, date and your name is displayed. MENU Enter the menu by pressing BACK and browse through the menu by pressing UP or DOWN. Confirm selections with the OK button, and return with the BACK button. Start training From here, you can start your training sessions.
  • Page 18 Timers In Timers you'll find a stopwatch and countdown timer. Stopwatch To start the stopwatch, press OK. To add a lap, press OK. To pause the stopwatch, press BACK. Countdown Timer You can set the countdown timer to count down from a preset time. Choose Set Timer, and set the countdown time, and press OK to confirm.

  • Page 19: Pairing A Mobile Device With Your Watch

    Android users: If you have several Flow app compatible Polar devices in use, make sure you have chosen Vantage M2 as the active device in the Flow app. This way Flow app knows to connect to your watch. In the Flow app, go to Devices and choose Vantage M2.

  • Page 20: Updating The Firmware

    3. Remove pairing? is displayed. Confirm by pressing OK. 4. Pairing removed is displayed when you are done. UPDATING THE FIRMWARE To keep your watch up to date and to get the best performance, always make sure to update the firmware whenever a new version is available.

  • Page 21: Settings

    SETTINGS PHYSICAL SETTINGS To view and edit your physical settings, go to Settings > Physical settings. It is important that you are precise with the physical settings, especially when setting your weight, height, date of birth and sex, as they have an impact on the accuracy of the measuring values, such as the heart rate zone limits and calorie expenditure.

  • Page 22: Activity Goal

    • Heavy (5-8h/week): You participate in heavy physical exercise at least 5 times a week, and you may sometimes take part in mass sports events. • Semi-pro (8-12h/week): You participate in heavy physical exercise almost daily, and you exercise to improve performance for competitive purposes.

  • Page 23: Vo2Max

    1. Wear your watch. Lie down on your back and relax. 2. After about 1 minute, start a training session on your wearable. Choose any sport profile, for example Other indoor. 3. Lie still and breathe calmly for 3–5 minutes. Don’t look at your training data during the measuring. 4.

  • Page 24: Bike Settings

    BIKE SETTINGS Bike settings are visible only if you have paired a cycling sensor with your watch. Wheel size: Set the wheel size in millimeters. You can set the size from 100 mm to 3999 mm. For instructions on measuring the wheel size, see Pairing sensors with your watch.

  • Page 25: Positioning Satellites

    GPS in the Asia-Oceania regions, with a focus on Japan. ABOUT YOUR WATCH Check the device ID of your watch, as well as the firmware version, HW model, A-GPS expiry date and the Vantage M2- specific regulatory labels. Restart your watch, turn it off or reset all data and settings on it.

  • Page 26: Alarm

    • Time • Date • First day of week ALARM Set alarm repetition: Off, Once, Monday to Friday or Every day. If you choose Once, Monday to Friday or Every day, also set the time for the alarm. When the alarm is set on, a clock icon is displayed in the time view. WATCH FACE Choose Digital or Analog.

  • Page 27: First Day Of Week

    FIRST DAY OF WEEK Choose the starting day of each week. Choose Monday, Saturday or Sunday. When syncing with the Flow app and web service, the week's starting day is automatically updated from the service. DISPLAY ICONS Flight mode is on. Flight mode cuts off all wireless communication from your watch. You can still use it, but you can't sync your data with the Polar Flow mobile app or use it with any wireless accessories.

  • Page 28: Training

    TRAINING WRIST-BASED HEART RATE MEASUREMENT Your watch measures your heart rate from the wrist with the Polar Precision Prime™ sensor fusion technology. This new heart rate innovation combines optical heart rate measurement with skin contact measurement, ruling out any disturbances to the heart rate signal. It tracks your heart rate accurately even in the most demanding conditions and training sessions.

  • Page 29: Wearing Your Watch When Not Measuring Heart Rate From Your Wrist Or Tracking Your Sleep/Nightly Recharge

    To maintain the best possible performance of the wrist-based heart rate measurement, keep your watch clean and prevent scratches. After a sweaty training session, we recommend that you wash the watch under running water with a mild soap and water solution. Then wipe it dry with a soft towel. Let it fully dry before charging.

  • Page 30: Start A Planned Training Session

    ~ 38h Estimated training time with current settings. By using power save settings, the estimated training time can be extended. The circle around the GPS icon will turn orange when the minimum amount of satellites (4) needed for the GPS fix are found. You can start your session but for better accuracy wait until the circle turns green.

  • Page 31: Quick Menu

    There are two different ways to perform a multisport training session: fixed multisport and free multisport. In a fixed multisport (multisport profiles in the Polar sports list) like triathlon, the order of the sports is fixed, and they must be performed in that specific order.
  • Page 32 Pool length: When using the Swimming/Pool swimming profile, it’s important that you choose the correct pool length, as it affects pace, distance and stroke calculation, as well as your SWOLF score. Press OK to access the Pool length setting and change the previously set pool length if necessary. The default lengths are 25 meters, 50 meters and 25 yards, but you can also set it manually to a custom length.
  • Page 33 Race pace: The Race Pace feature helps you keep a steady pace and achieve your target time for a set distance. Define a target time for the distance - 45 minutes for a 10k run for example and follow how far behind or ahead you are compared to your pre-set target.

  • Page 34: During Training

    DURING TRAINING BROWSE THE TRAINING VIEWS During training you can browse through the training views with UP/DOWN. Note that the available training views and the information you see on the training views depend on the sport you've chosen and on your edit of the chosen sport profile.

  • Page 35: Set Timers

    SET TIMERS Before you can use timers during training, you need to add the timers to your training views. You can do this either by setting the timer view on for your current training session from the Quick menu or by adding the timers to the training views of the sport profile in the Flow web service sport profile settings and syncing the settings to your watch.

  • Page 36: Lock A Heart Rate, Speed Or Power Zone

    1. Browse to the Countdown timer view and press and hold OK. 2. Choose Start to use a previously set timer or choose Set countdown timer to set a new countdown time. When completed, choose Start to start the countdown timer. 3.

  • Page 37: Mark A Lap

    MARK A LAP Press OK to mark a lap. Laps can also be taken automatically. In sport profile settings in the Polar Flow app or web service, set Automatic lap to Lap distance or Lap duration. If you choose Lap distance, set the distance after which each lap is taken.

  • Page 38: Pausing/Stopping A Training Session

    PAUSING/STOPPING A TRAINING SESSION 1. Press BACK to pause your training session. 2. To continue training, press OK. To stop the session, press and hold BACK. You’ll get a summary of your training session on your watch right after you’ve stopped training. If you stop your session after pausing, the time elapsed after pausing is not included in the total training time.
  • Page 39 Pace/Speed Average and maximum pace/speed of the session Running Index: Your running performance class and numerical value. Find out more from chapter Running Index. Speed zones Training time spent in different speed zones Running cadence is measured with a built-in accelerometer from your wrist movements. Cycling cadence is shown if you have a Polar Cadence Sensor Bluetooth®...

  • Page 40: Training Data In Polar Flow App

    In time view, use the UP and DOWN buttons to navigate to the Latest training sessions watch face, and then press OK. You can view the summaries of your training sessions from the last 14 days. Browse to the training session you want to view with UP/DOWN and press OK to open the summary. Your watch can contain a maximum of 20 training summaries.

  • Page 41: Features

    FEATURES SMART COACHING Whether it’s assessing your day-to-day fitness levels, creating individual training plans, working out at the right intensity or receiving instant feedback, Smart Coaching offers a choice of unique, easy-to-use features, personalized to your needs and designed for maximum enjoyment and motivation when training. Your watch includes the following Polar Smart Coaching features: •...

  • Page 42: Muscle Load (Via Third-Party Power Sensor)

    session. It's is quantified with Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE), a scientifically accepted method to quantify subjective training load. Using the RPE scale is especially useful for sports where measuring training load based on heart rate alone has its limitations, for example strength training. Rate your session in the Flow mobile app to get your Perceived Load for the session.

  • Page 43: Strain And Tolerance

    Medium Very low STRAIN AND TOLERANCE In addition to the Cardio load from individual training sessions, the new Training Load Pro feature measures your short term Cardio load (Strain) and long term Cardio load (Tolerance). Strain shows you how much you have strained yourself with training lately. It shows your average daily load from the past 7 days.

  • Page 44: Long Term Analysis In The Flow App And Web Service

    LONG TERM ANALYSIS IN THE FLOW APP AND WEB SERVICE In the Flow app and web service you can follow how your Cardio Load builds up over time and see how your Cardio loads have varied over the past week or months. To view your Cardio Load Buildup in the Flow app, tap the vertical three dots icon in the week summary (Cardio Load Status module) or in the training summary (Training Load Pro module).

  • Page 45: Fuelwise

    The red bars illustrate the cardio load from your training sessions. The higher the bar, the harder the session was on your cardio system. The background colors show how hard a session was compared to your session average from the past 90 days, just like the scale of five bullets and verbal descriptions (Very low, Low, Medium, High, Very high).

  • Page 46: Training With Fuelwise

    TRAINING WITH FUELWISE FuelWise™ is located in the main menu under Fueling, and consists of three types of reminders during training sessions. These are Smart carbs reminder, Manual carbs reminder and Drink reminder. The Smart carbs reminder calculates your refueling need from your estimated session intensity and duration taking your training background and physical details into account.

  • Page 47: Drink Reminder

    Set manual carbs reminder 1. In the main menu choose Fueling > Manual carbs reminder. 2. Set the interval (5-60 minutes) of the reminder. After setting the reminder you'll see an overview of your selection. At this point you can still remove the reminder you just set or add a drink reminder.

  • Page 48: Create A Polar Running Program

    Learn more about the Polar Running Program in this in-depth guide. Or read more about how to get started with the Running Program. To see a video, click on one of the following links: Get Started How to use CREATE A POLAR RUNNING PROGRAM 1.

  • Page 49: Short-Term Analysis

    Sport profile used is a running type sport (Running, Road Running, Trail running etc.) Pace should be 6 km/h / 3.7 mph or faster and duration 12 minutes minimum. Calculation begins when you start recording the session. During a session, you may stop twice, for example, at traffic lights without interrupting the calculation.

  • Page 50: Long-Term Analysis

    The classification is based on a literature review of 62 studies where VO was measured directly in healthy adult 2max subjects in the USA, Canada and 7 European countries. Reference: Shvartz E, Reibold RC. Aerobic fitness norms for males and females aged 6 to 75 years: a review. Aviat Space Environ Med; 61:3-11, 1990. There may be some daily variation in the Running Indexes.

  • Page 51: Training Benefit

    Running Index Cooper test (m) 5 km (h:mm:ss) 10 km (h:m- 21.098 km (h:m- 42.195 km (h:m- m:ss) m:ss) m:ss) 3650 0:16:40 0:34:50 1:17:00 2:40:00 3750 0:16:20 0:33:50 1:14:30 2:36:00 3850 0:15:50 0:33:00 1:12:30 2:32:00 TRAINING BENEFIT Training Benefit gives you textual feedback on the effect of each training session helping you to better understand the effectiveness of your training.

  • Page 52: Smart Calories

    Feedback Benefit Steady state & Basic train- Excellent! You improved the endurance of your muscles and your aerobic fitness. This session also developed your basic endurance and your body's ability to burn fat during exercise. Basic & Steady state train- Great! This long session improved your basic endurance and your body's ability to burn ing, long fat during exercise.

  • Page 53: 24/7 Activity Tracking

    When the feature is on, the watch continuously measures your heart rate and displays it on the Heart rate watch face. When opening the details, you can check your highest and lowest heart rate readings of the day and also view what your lowest heart rate reading of the previous night was.

  • Page 54: Activity Goal

    active you really are in your everyday life, on top of your regular training. You should wear your watch on your non- dominant hand to ensure you get the most accurate activity tracking. ACTIVITY GOAL You'll get your personal activity goal when you set up your watch. The activity goal is based on your personal data and activity level setting, which you can find on your watch (Settings >...

  • Page 55: Activity Data In The Flow App And Web Service

    stamp, which you can see on the Flow app and Flow web service after syncing. The Flow app and Flow web service show you the whole history of how many inactivity stamps you have received. This way you can check back on your daily routine and make changes towards a more active life.

  • Page 56: Nightly Recharge™ Recovery Measurement

    NIGHTLY RECHARGE™ RECOVERY MEASUREMENT Nightly Recharge™ is an overnight recovery measurement that shows you how well you recover from the demands of your day. Your Nightly Recharge status is based on two components: how you slept (sleep charge) and how well your autonomic nervous system (ANS) calmed down during the early hours of your sleep (ANS charge).
  • Page 57 1. Nightly Recharge status graph 2. Nightly Recharge status Scale: very poor – poor – compromised – OK – good – very good. 3. ANS charge graph 4. ANS charge The scale is from -10 to +10. Around zero is your usual level. 5.

  • Page 58: Ans Charge Details In The Flow App

    ANS charge details in the Flow app ANS charge gives you information on how well your autonomic nervous system (ANS) calmed down during the night. The scale is from -10 to +10. Around zero is your usual level. The ANS charge is formed by measuring your heart rate, heart rate variability and breathing rate during roughly the first four hours of sleep.

  • Page 59: For Exercise

    view of Nightly Recharge in the Flow app. For exercise You get an exercise tip every day. It tells you if you should take it easy or go for it. The tips are based on: Nightly Recharge status ANS charge Sleep charge Cardio load status For sleep...

  • Page 60: Sleep Plus Stages™ Sleep Tracking

    SLEEP PLUS STAGES™ SLEEP TRACKING Sleep Plus Stages automatically tracks the amount and quality of your sleep and shows you how long you spent in each sleep stage. It gathers your sleep time and sleep quality components into one easily glanceable value, sleep score.
  • Page 61 When you wake up you can access your sleep details via the Nightly Recharge watch face. Press OK to open the Nightly recharge status details and then scroll down to Sleep charge details with the DOWN button. Press OK to open the details. You can also stop the sleep tracking manually.
  • Page 62 see your last night’s sleep data in Polar Flow. Follow your sleep on a daily and weekly basis in the Flow app, and see how your sleeping habits and activity during the day affect your sleep. Choose Sleep from the Flow app menu to see your sleep data. In the Sleep structure view you see how your sleep has progressed through different sleep stages (light sleep, deep sleep and REM sleep) and any interruptions to your sleep.
  • Page 63 The Sleep rhythm section provides a weekly view of your sleep time and sleep stages. To view your long-term sleep data with sleep stages in the Flow web service go to Progress, and choose the Sleep report tab. Sleep report gives you a long-term view to your sleep patterns. You can choose to view your sleep details for a 1-month, 3-month or 6-month period.
  • Page 64 Learn more about the Polar Sleep Plus Stages in this in-depth guide.

  • Page 65: Serene™ Guided Breathing Exercise

    SERENE™ GUIDED BREATHING EXERCISE ​ ​ S erene™ is a guided deep breathing exercise that helps you relax your body and mind and manage stress. Serene guides you to breathe at a slow, regular rhythm – six breaths per minute, which is the optimal breathing rate for stress-relieving effects.

  • Page 66: Fitness Test With Wrist-Based Heart Rate

    The serenity zones are Amethyst, Sapphire and Diamond. The serenity zones tell you how well your heartbeat and breathing are in sync and how close you are to the optimal breathing rate of six breaths per minute. The higher the zone, the better the synchronization with the optimal rhythm.

  • Page 67: Before The Test

    Avoid heavy physical exertion, alcohol, and pharmaceutical stimulants on the test day and the previous day. You should be relaxed and calm. Lie down and relax for 1-3 minutes before starting the test. BEFORE THE TEST Before starting the test, make sure your physical settings including training background are accurate in Settings > Physical settings.

  • Page 68: Women

    Age / Years Very low Fair Moderate Good Very good Elite 30-34 < 29 29-34 35-40 41-45 46-51 52-56 > 56 35-39 < 28 28-32 33-38 39-43 44-48 49-54 > 54 40-44 < 26 26-31 32-35 36-41 42-46 47-51 > 51 45-49 <...
  • Page 69 best and 1-3 other options to choose from. You get a maximum of four suggestions per day and there are 19 different workouts in total. Suggestions include workouts from the cardio, strength and supportive training categories. FitSpark workouts are ready-made training targets defined by Polar.

  • Page 70: During Training

    on how to perform the exercise. Scroll to Start and press OK to choose the training target and then choose the sport profile to start the training target. During training Your watch gives you guidance during training, which includes training information, time-based phases with heart rate zones for cardio targets and time-based phases with exercises for strength and supportive targets.

  • Page 71: Positioning Satellites

    You'll get a summary of your training session on your watch right after you've finished the session. You'll get a more detailed analysis in the Polar Flow app or in the Polar Flow web service. For cardio training targets you get a basic training result, which shows the phases of the session with heart rate data.

  • Page 72: Assisted Gps

    GPS + Galileo Galileo is a global navigation satellite system created by the European Union. It is still under development and is estimated to be ready by the end of 2021. GPS + QZSS QZSS is a four-satellite regional time transfer system and a satellite-based augmentation system developed to enhance GPS in the Asia-Oceania regions, with a focus on Japan.

  • Page 73: Race Pace

    To get back to the starting point, always turn in the direction of the arrow. Your watch also shows the bearing and the direct distance (beeline) between you and the starting point. When in unfamiliar surroundings, always keep a map at hand in case the watch loses the satellite signal or the battery runs out.

  • Page 74: Training Target With Speed Zones

    If you choose Free, all limits can be changed. For example, if you have tested your actual thresholds, such as anaerobic and aerobic thresholds, or upper and lower lactate thresholds, you can train with zones based on your individual threshold speed or pace. We recommend that you set your anaerobic threshold speed and pace as the minimum for zone 5.

  • Page 75: Energy Sources Summary

    During physical activity, your body uses carbohydrates and fat as main sources of energy. The higher your training intensity, the more carbs you use in proportion to fat, and vice versa. The role of protein is usually quite small, but during high intensity activity and during long sessions your body can use about 5 to 10 % of its energy from protein.

  • Page 76: Pool Length Setting

    your development. Swimming Styles: Your watch recognizes the following swimming styles, and calculates style specific metrics as well as totals for your whole session: Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Pace and Distance: Once the watch has recognized your swimming style as one of the four swimming styles mentioned above, it will be able to detect your turns and use this information to give you accurate pace and distance.

  • Page 77: Start A Swimming Session

    calorie burn readings, your Training Load from the session and the Training Benefit feedback based on your heart rate zones. To ensure the best possible accuracy of your heart rate data, it’s important to wear the watch snugly on your wrist (even more snugly than in other sports).

  • Page 78: Weather

    Average heart rate Maximum heart rate Cardio Load Heart rate zones Calories Fat burn % of calories Average pace Maximum pace Stroke rate (how many strokes you take per minute) Average stroke rate Maximum stroke rate Sync your watch with Flow for a more detailed visual representation of your swim including a detailed breakdown of your pool swimming sessions, your heart rate, pace and stroke rate curves.
  • Page 79 Weather information can only be found from the weather watch face. In time view, press the UP or DOWN button until you reach it. To use the weather feature you need to have Flow app on your mobile, and your watch needs to be paired with it. Location Services (iOS) or Location Settings (Android) need also to be set on to get weather information.

  • Page 80: Sport Profiles

    Forecast low/high for each 3-hour period The day after tomorrow's forecast Forecast low/high for each 6-hour period SPORT PROFILES Sport profiles are the sport choices you have on your watch. We have created 14 default sport profiles to your watch, but you can add new sport profiles to your use in the Polar Flow app or web service and sync them to your watch, and this way create a list of all your favorite sports.

  • Page 81: Set Phone Notifications On

    SET PHONE NOTIFICATIONS ON On your watch go to Settings > General settings > Phone notifications to set them on. Set phone notifications Off or On, when not training. Note that you will not receive any notifications during training sessions. In Flow app go to the Devices menu, choose your device and make sure Smart notifications/Phone notifications are After setting the notifications on sync your watch with the Flow app.

  • Page 82: During Training

    DURING TRAINING If you chose to control music from the training display, the music controls training view is enabled when the player is on and a session has been started. Press the UP button to scroll to the music controls training view during a training session. Press the OK button to see the previous/next and pause/play buttons.

  • Page 83: Changeable Wristbands

    CHANGEABLE WRISTBANDS The changeable wristbands let you personalize your watch to match every situation and style so you can wear it all the time and make the best use of the 24/7 activity tracking, continuous heart rate measurement and sleep tracking. You can choose your favorite wristband from Polar’s selection or use any other watch band that uses 22 mm spring bars.

  • Page 84: Polar Verity Sense

    heart rate accuracy. The Polar H10 heart rate sensor is more responsive to rapidly increasing or decreasing heart rate, so it’s the ideal option also for interval type of training with quick sprints. The Polar H10 heart rate sensor has an internal memory that allows you to record one training session with it without a connected training device or a mobile training app close by.

  • Page 85: Pairing Sensors With Your Watch

    power data to calculate Muscle Load, so you will also get a Muscle Load value for your running or cycling sessions when using a separate running or cycling power sensor. Running Power Running Power is a great tool to measure the external load of your running. It reacts faster than heart rate so it’s ideal for measuring your load for uphill running and interval sessions.

  • Page 86: Pair A Cycling Sensor With Your Watch

    Please note that interval timer cannot used during the calibration. If you have set the interval timer on, the watch will ask you to turn it off to enable manual stride sensor calibration. You can turn the timer on from the pause mode quick menu after calibration. Calibration factor: Set the calibration factor manually if you know the factor which gives you accurate distance.

  • Page 87: Calibrate Cycling Power Sensor

    ETRTO Wheel size diameter (inches) Wheel size setting (mm) 25-559 26 x 1.0 1884 23-571 650 x 23C 1909 35-559 26 x 1.50 1947 37-622 700 x 35C 1958 52-559 26 x 1.95 2022 20-622 700 x 20C 2051 52-559 26 x 2.0 2054 23-622...

  • Page 88: Polar Flow

    POLAR FLOW POLAR FLOW APP In the Polar Flow mobile app, you can see an instant visual interpretation of your training and activity data. You can also plan your training in the app. TRAINING DATA With the Polar Flow app, you can easily access the information of your past and planned training sessions and create new training targets.

  • Page 89: Polar Flow Web Service

    Your watch syncs your training data to the Flow app automatically after your session. If your phone has an internet connection, your activity and training data are also synced automatically to the Flow web service. Using the Flow app is the easiest way to sync your training data from your watch with the web service.

  • Page 90: Add A Sport Profile

    To see a video, click on one of the following links: Polar Flow app | Sport profile editing Polar Flow web service | Sport Profiles ADD A SPORT PROFILE In the Polar Flow mobile app: 1. Go to Sport profiles. 2.
  • Page 91 3. When you're ready, tap Done. Remember to sync the settings to your watch. In the Flow web service: 1. Click your name/profile photo in the upper right corner. 2. Choose Sport Profiles. 3. Click Edit under the sport you want to edit. In each sport profile, you can edit the following information: Basics Automatic lap (Can be set to duration or distance-based or turned off)

  • Page 92: Planning Your Training

    Vibration feedback (You can choose to have vibration on or off) GPS and altitude Automatic pause: To use Automatic pause during training, you need to have GPS set to High Accuracy or a Polar stride sensor in use. Your sessions pause automatically when you stop, and continue automatically when you start.

  • Page 93: Create A Training Target In The Polar Flow Web Service

    Polar Flow for Coach is a free remote coaching platform that allows your coach plan every detail of your training from full season plans to individual workouts. CREATE A TRAINING TARGET IN THE POLAR FLOW WEB SERVICE Note that the training targets need to be synced to your watch with FlowSync or via Flow app before you can use them. Your watch will guide you towards completing your target during training.

  • Page 94: Create A Target Based On A Favorite Training Target

    Please note that Race Pace can only be synced with Grit X, V800, Vantage M, Vantage V and Vantage V2 (not with A300, A360, A370, Ignite, M200, M400, M430, M460, M600). Phased target 1. Choose Phased. 2. Add phases to your target. Click Duration to add a phase based on duration or click Distance to add a phase based on distance.

  • Page 95: Sync The Targets To Your Watch

    1. Hover your mouse over a date on the Diary. 2. Click +Add > Favorite target and then choose a target from the Favorites list. 3. The Favorite is added to your diary as a scheduled target for the day. The default scheduled time for the training target is at 18.00/6pm.
  • Page 96 Quick target 1. Choose Quick target. 2. Choose if the quick target is based on distance, duration or calories. 3. Add sport. 4. Give a name to the target. 5. Set the target distance, duration or amount of calories. 6. Tap Done to add the target to your Training diary Phased target 1.

  • Page 97: Favorites

    4. Set the Time and Date for the target. 5. Tap the icon next to phase to edit phase settings. 6. Tap Create target to add the target to your Training diary. Sync your watch with Flow app to move the training targets to your watch. FAVORITES In Favorites, you can store and manage your favorite training targets in the Flow web service and the Flow mobile app.

  • Page 98: Remove A Favorite

    2. Click the favorite you want to edit, then click Edit. 3. You can change the sport, the target name and add notes, as well as alter the training details of the target. For more information, see the chapter on planning your training.
  • Page 99 FlowSync from the desktop icon (Windows) or from the applications folder (Mac OS X). Every time a firmware update is available, FlowSync will notify you, and request you to install it. If you change settings in the Flow web service while your watch is plugged into your computer, press the synchronize button on FlowSync to transfer to the settings to your watch.

  • Page 100: Important Information

    IMPORTANT INFORMATION BATTERY At the end of the working life of the product Polar encourages you to minimize possible effects of waste on the environment and human health by following local waste disposal regulations and, where possible, utilizing separate collection of electronic devices. Do not dispose of this product as unsorted municipal waste. CHARGING THE BATTERY Before charging, please make sure there’s no moisture, dust or dirt on the charging contacts of your watch and cable.

  • Page 101: Charging During Training

    2. Charging appears on the display. 3. When the battery icon is full, the watch is fully charged. Don't leave the battery fully discharged for a long period of time or keep it fully charged all the time, because it may affect the battery life time. CHARGING DURING TRAINING Do not attempt to charge your watch during a training session with a portable charger such as a power bank.

  • Page 102: Caring For Your Watch

    During the two-year guarantee/warranty period we recommend that you have service done by an authorized Polar Service Center only. The warranty does not cover damage or consequential damage caused by service not authorized by Polar Electro. For further information, see Limited International Polar Guarantee. For contact information and all Polar Service Center addresses, visit support.polar.com...

  • Page 103: Interference During Training

    INTERFERENCE DURING TRAINING Electromagnetic Interference and Training Equipment Disturbance may occur near electrical devices. Also WLAN base stations may cause interference when training with the training device. To avoid erratic reading or misbehavior, move away from possible sources of disturbance. Training equipment with electronic or electrical components such as LED displays, motors and electrical brakes may cause interfering stray signals.

  • Page 104: Warning - Keep Batteries Out Of Reach Of Children

    Your safety is important to us. The shape of the Polar stride sensor Bluetooth® Smart is designed to minimize the possibility of if getting caught in something. In any case, be careful when running with the stride sensor in brushwood, for example. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION VANTAGE M2 Battery type: 230 mAh Li-pol rechargeable battery Operating time: Battery life up to 30h in training mode (GPS and wrist-based heart rate) or up to 7 days in watch mode with continuous heart rate tracking.

  • Page 105: Polar Flowsync Software

    These are values that are achieved in open area satellite conditions when there are no apartment buildings or trees blocking the satellite view. In urban or forest areas these values are achievable but may sometimes vary. GNSS recording rate 1 second (can be changed to 1 minute or 2 minutes in power save settings) Altitude resolution:...

  • Page 106: Regulatory Information

    Polar devices with wrist-based heart rate measurement are suitable for swimming and bathing. They will collect your activity data from your wrist movements also when swimming. In our tests, however, we found that the wrist-based heart rate measurement doesn’t work optimally in water, so we cannot recommend wrist-based heart rate measurement for swimming.

  • Page 107: Limited International Polar Guarantee

    Polar Electro Oy. The names and logos in this user manual or in the package of this product are trademarks of Polar Electro Oy. The names and logos marked with a ® symbol in this user manual or in the package of this product are registered trademarks of Polar Electro Oy.

  • Page 108: Disclaimer

    • Polar Electro Inc./Polar Electro Oy shall not be liable for any damages, losses, costs or expenses, direct, indirect or incidental, consequential or special, arising out of, or related to the use of this material or the products described herein.

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