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Swap the heart rate limits SELECT (when the stopwatch is running) Store split and lap times STORE/LAP/RECOVERY Polar Electro Inc. 370 Crossways Park Drive Start recovery calculation SET/START/STOP (to stop the stopwatch) -> STORE/LAP/RECOVERY Woodbury NY 11797-2050 U.S.A...
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POLAR COACH ROAD MAP WRIST RECEIVER NOTES Time of MEASURE FILE press SET/START/STOP RESET press and hold SET/START/STOP press SELECT SELECT press and hold SELECT SET/START/ press STORE/LAP/RECOVERY STOP press and hold SIGNAL/LIGHT SIGNAL/LIGHT STORE/LAP/ Alarm ON/OFF RECOVERY Time of Day...
CONTENTS POLAR COACH HEART RATE MONITOR ........5 Visual cues for reading this guide ............5 Important to remember! ................ 5 Features ....................6 Parts ...................... 7 Getting started ..................8 SETTING THE WATCH ................. 9 Setting the alarm ................. 10 Setting the time ...................
....33 ....33 ....33 ....33 ....34 Congratulations on the purchase of your Polar Coach ....34 Heart Rate Monitor. We are proud to offer you the most advanced features and to assist you in achieving ....35 your personal fitness and performance goals.
(PC Coach Light™ software required) • ability to download recorded training information onto a computer for detailed analysis by SonicLink (PC Coach Light™ software required) • also interfaceable to Polar Training Advisor software Version 1.1 onwards and Polar Precision Performance software Version 2.1...
SETTING THE WATCH Time of day ALARM TIME DATE Sound TIME 12h or 24h Start here to set: Alarm ALARM Time of day TIME Date DATE Button sound Sound 12h or 24h time display TIME In the display each function is represented by a word and flashing block in the order given above.
nction by When the alarm is turned ON you will see in the eded until Time of day display. Then follow When the alarm comes on it will sound for one minute or you can turn it off by pressing STORE/LAP/RECOVERY. he watch? Choose from the following two alternatives to continue: OP to...
Choose from the following two alternatives to continue: tinue: 1. To set the button sound, press SET/START/STOP. Sound is displayed. ON or OFF is flashing. Continue from Turning the button sound ON or OFF. 2. To return to the Time of day display, press SELECT twice. TURNING THE BUTTON SOUND ON OR OFF If you are in the Time of day display, press SET/START/STOP four times.
ive times. SETTING THE HEART RATE MEASUREMENT FEATURES Timer Limits Recovery Chrono/Time/ 1,2,3 Hr/TI Lap display Int (interval) Timers Limits Recovery Chrono/Time/ 1&2 1,2,3 Hr/TI Lap display When you start setting your heart rate measurement preferences, your first choice is if you want to do normal or interval training. These two training modes are both available options.
ckly if you SETTING THE TIMERS If you are in the Time of day display press SELECT three times. Int is displayed. Press SET/START/STOP once to enter the mode for setting the timer. TIM1 or TIM is displayed. ON or OFF is flashing. Timers For interval training mode select the length of an interval by setting the time for a countdown timer.
SETTING THE HEART RATE LIMITS If you are in the Time of day display press SELECT three times. Int is displayed. Press SET/START/STOP until you enter the mode for setting the heart rate limit. LIM1 is displayed. The upper number, representing the upper limit of LIM 1, is flashing.
SETTING THE RECOVERY FUNCTION If you are in the Time of day display press SELECT three times. rate limits 2, Int is displayed. Press SET/START/STOP until you enter the recovery setting mode. RECO is displayed. Hr or TI is flashing. Recovery Heart Rate Recovery Time (RECO Hr)
SETTING THE PRIMARY MEASUREMENT DISPLAY If you are in the Time of day display press SELECT three times. Int is displayed. OFF. Press SET/START/STOP until you enter the mode for setting the primary measurement display. Chrono (alternatively TIME or LAP) is flashing. e row.
If the code search was not successful, the frame around the heart symbol will disappear after 20 seconds. Go back to step 2 to repeat the code search. If you still do not succeed in code searching, but your heart rate is displayed and the heart symbol without a frame is flashing, you can start exercising but your wrist receiver may pick up interference from other heart rate monitors.
The lap timer starts over from zero. in, and above Polar Coach allows you to record 43 lap times. After taking 43 lap times FULL appears in the display. You can continue taking lap times but they will not be saved into the Polar Coach’s memory.
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AYS WITH STARTING THE RECOVERY CALCULATION IN USE 1. At the end of the exercise session press SET/START/STOP to stop measurement the stopwatch. Heart rate measurement continues. g the wrist Display is illuminated for a few seconds. oment. e three 2.
e recovery FUNCTIONS DURING THE INTERVAL TRAINING MODE ss and hold o. Release opwatch and An interval training session consists of warm up, interval training, and cool down phases. Heart rate limits swap automatically between the different phases as follows: LIM1 in use tinue: Warm up...
LL appears in ILLUMINATING THE DISPLAY he intervals Press SIGNAL/LIGHT. e number of If you use the backlight once during an interval, Polar Coach Coach automatically illuminates the display at the end of each interval and recovery calculation. aves lap...
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Polar Coach saves one training file at a time. Your latest training hase. information is in the memory of the Polar Coach until the next time you start the stopwatch. You can recall your exercise session in the FILE mode.
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g training Exercise session information in the interval training mode (Int ON): Warm up phase info: LAP number alternating with the duration of the lap. Split time. Average heart rate of the lap alternating with the heart rate at the end of the lap. Int ON): Interval training info: (three alternating displays)
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The front pages of the recorded file alternate on the display. 1. Start the PC Coach Light™ software. 2. Activate the download function of the PC Coach Light™ software. 3. Bring and hold the back cover of the Polar Coach wrist receiver next to the computer’s microphone. 22.1.1999, 08:41...
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Change to an easy session or have a day off. With the Polar Coach Heart Rate Monitor you can achieve not only the right interval intensity level, but also the right rest periods between the intervals.
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ort or energy Example: d decreases build-up. : 200 beats per minute uild-up 50 beats per minute rest edwork Resting Heart Rate Maximun Heart Rate longer period Minimun Heart Rate Reserve erformance se during the he base, you Reference: Precision Multisport 50% training intensity: Target Heart Rate = (HR...
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CARE AND MAINTENANCE terval. Your Polar Heart Rate Monitor is a high-tech instrument of superior design and workmanship and should be treated with care. The suggestions below will help you fulfill the warranty obligations and enjoy this product for many years to come.
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r is 1 year battery is in your also that he battery PRECAUTIONS yourself. the use of eplaced only THE POLAR HEART RATE MONITOR IN A WATER ENVIRONMENT periodic olar Electro Polar Heart Rate Monitors are water resistant to 20 meters. To maintain this water resistance, do not operate the buttons of the Polar wrist receiver under water.
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displays no FREQUENTLY ASKED nce is often while the left QUESTIONS wrist receiver exercise trically for WHAT SHOULD I DO IF... WITH ... I DON’T KNOW WHERE I AM IN THE SETTING CYCLE? Press SELECT several times until you are back in the Time of day display. e who have wing advice.
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ed exactly ment mits in use. our training POLAR GLOSSARY seconds Start the Indicates an ongoing heart rate measurement and flashes to the beat of to ensure your heart. ctive even Indicates a coded transmission of heart rate. The inner heart flashes to the beat of your heart.
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ment or 28 Primary measurement display: In the Heart Rate Measurement mode the You can middle row of the display indicates either total exercising time, time of day or lap ed into the time according to your settings. Reco Hr, recovery heart rate: Decrease in heart rate during the pre-set es the settings period of time.
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59 sec POLAR HEART RATE MONITORS Several models of heart rate monitors manufactured by Polar are readily available for your different requirements in measuring the physical activity. Ask your local dealer or Polar Electro Inc. for more details. 22.1.1999, 08:41...
See PC Coach Light™ software manual or contact Biometrics Inc., 637 S Broadway, Suite B-156, Boulder, CO 80303, USA Phone: + (303) 442-1818, Fax: + (303) 494-9722, www.pccoach.com. Contact information is found also under the help menu of the PC Coach Light™ software. 22.1.1999, 08:41...
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• Polar Electro Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to this manual or with respect to the products described herein. Polar misuse, Electro Inc.
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Turning the button sound on or off ............13 Setting the date ..................12 Setting the heart rate limits ..............19 Setting the heart rate measurement features ......... 15 Setting the interval function ..............16 Setting the primary measurement display ..........23 Setting the recovery function ..............
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