Heart Rate Monitoring; Telemetry Heart Rate - Stairmaster StepMill SM916 Assembly Manual

Heart Rate Monitoring

HR monitoring helps users monitor their levels of exertion by displaying the HR
during exercise. There is one method of monitoring HR on the Commercial Series
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• Telemetry (e.g. using a Polar® or Polar-compatible transmitter belt). A Polar-
compatible HR chest belt transmits the heart beat signal to the receiver in the
display. The display shows the HR in beats per minute and uses the HR value
in HR control mode.
Pacemaker users should not use the telemetry transmitter without
first consulting with their doctor.

Telemetry Heart Rate

The telemetry HR monitoring system consists of the
receiver, located in the display, and a transmitter belt
(purchased separately) worn across your chest. The
monitoring function is activated as soon as you strap
on the chest belt with moistened electrodes and step
within range of the receiver in the machine. Two
electrodes on the underside of the chest belt sense
the HR signal and send it to the receiver. The far right
decimal point in the HR Display pulses to indicate that the display is receiving a
valid signal. A microprocessor in the controller calculates the HR and shows it, in
BPM, on the display.
Before you put the transmitter belt on, wet the two electrode patches (the grooved
rectangles on the reverse side of the belt). Secure the transmitter belt as high
under the pectoral muscles (chest) as is comfortable. The transmitter belt should
fit snugly and comfortably, and allow normal breathing.
After the initial belt signal is detected, the display will enter a validation phase in
which four good heart beat signals lasting four seconds are required before locking
on telemetry HR signals for the duration of the workout session.
If your HR is not being displayed, try the following:
• Move closer to the display.
• Tighten the elastic band on the chest belt.
• Adjust the belt higher or lower on your chest.
• Remoisten the electrodes.
• Test your chest strap with a machine that you know is working, or with a HR
watch that you know is working.
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