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  • Page 1 Heart Rate Monitor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Heart Rate Monitor Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Setting Lap/Interval Timers ......16 Using Your Axiom 606 ....... .21 Viewing Current Heart Rate .
  • Page 4 Table of Contents (cont.) Time in Zone ........32 Selecting a Target Zone .

  • Page 5: Introduction

    The Axiom 606 provides the feedback you need to monitor your training, and the functions you need to increase your fit- ness and performance.

  • Page 6: Functions And Features

    Functions and Features 1. Current heart rate 2. Current heart rate expressed as a percentage of maximum heart rate 3. Out of Zone alarm (visible and optional audible) 4. Time spent in, above and below two target zones, expressed as time and as a percentage of total workout time 5.
  • Page 7 3. View main screen and recall screen information at any time during a workout 4. Simple button commands make programming and operation easy Figure 1. 606 Display, all possible LCD segments on. Buttons are as marked on the display surround.

  • Page 8: Button Commands And Important Tips

    Button Commands and Important Tips Button Commands The Axiom 606 is a full-featured heart rate monitor, but remains simple to use. You need to remember only a few basic button commands to set or change values and to scroll through the four main screens (please refer to Figure A1 and A2 in the Appendix for an overview of screen selection).
  • Page 9 6. For heart rate readings to register properly, it is critical that there be sufficient moisture (water, saliva or Axiom Heartbeat Signal Enhancer) between the electrodes on the transmitter (chest strap) and your skin. Insufficient moisture may cause no reading, a frozen reading or an erratic reading.

  • Page 10: Positioning The Chest Strap/Transmitter

    8. Your Axiom heart rate monitor is water resistant, and can be used while swimming. However, do not press any of the buttons while the receiver (watch) is submersed. Positioning the Chest Band/Transmitter 1. Adjust the elastic strap length to achieve a snug, comfortable fit.

  • Page 11: Mounting The Receiver To Your Bike

    Check that the band is clean, with no accumulated sweat or dirt. Mounting the Receiver to Your Bike Your 606 includes a Handlebar Adapter for your bike. Slide the split foam ring over your handlebar in a convenient location and wrap the Velcro Strap snugly ®...

  • Page 12: Setting Up Your 606 For Use

    Setting Up Your 606 For Use The following instructions explain the complete setup pro- cedure for all functions. If you’d like to program a single function, advance to the main screen for that function using the Mode button, and then press and hold the Start/Lap but- ton to enter the setup mode.

  • Page 13: Setting The Time Of Day And Date

    2. Press and hold the Stop/Adj button to select 12 or 24 hour mode. 3. Press and hold the Start/Lap button. “ALM”, alarm time and a flashing alarm bell icon will appear in the upper row of the display. 4. Press the Stop/Adj button to turn the alarm on or off. When the alarm is activated, the alarm bell icon will appear in the upper row of all main screen displays.
  • Page 14 Note: This setup screen can be accessed at any time from the Time of Day main screen with a long press of the Start/ Lap button, and then three successive short presses of the Start/Lap button. Note: To select 12 or 24 hour mode, press and hold the Stop/ Adj button in the Time of Day main screen 1.

  • Page 15: Activating/Deactivating Heart Rate Recovery Alarm

    6. A further press of the Start/Lap button will advance to the Recovery Alarm setup screen. Or, to exit the setup mode, press and hold the Light button. Note: 12 or 24 hour mode is selected from the Time of Day main screen with a long press of the Stop/Adj button.
  • Page 16 A maximum heart rate (MHR) value must be entered in order for the 606 to calculate and display current heart rate as a percentage of maximum heart rate. In the Maximum Heart Rate setup screen, you may enter either your age or your maximum heart rate (if known).

  • Page 17: Setting Heart Rate Target Zones

    Setting Heart Rate Target Zones See Figure A4 in Appendix. Note: This setup screen can be accessed at any time from the Stopwatch (STW) main screen with a long press of the Start/Lap button, and then two successive short presses of the Start/Lap button.

  • Page 18: Setting Recovery Timer Limits

    Note: The 606 will automatically compensate to preserve a 5 bpm difference between the upper and lower limits. 3. Press the Start/Lap button again to select the upper limit value for Target Zone 2.
  • Page 19 The 606 automatically records the amount of time it takes your heart rate to descend from a preset upper limit to a pre- set lower limit. Timing begins automatically when your heart rate falls below the upper limit, and continues until your heart rate falls below the lower limit.

  • Page 20: Setting Lap/Interval Timers

    Timer (TMR) main screen with a long press of the Start/ Lap button. The 606 allows you to select one of three timer options, a Stopwatch Timer, Lap Timer or Interval Timer. During exer- cise, one of the three timer options must be activated in order for heart rate data to accumulate in memory.
  • Page 21 The Interval Timer (Int) is used to control interval training, by coordinating a sequence of up to 20 alternating exercise and recovery phases. Each exercise phase lasts for a preset duration, and is governed by a countdown timer. Each recov- ery phase lasts either for a preset duration, or until a preset recovery heart rate is attained.
  • Page 22 To Select Interval Timer (Int) 1. "TMR" will appear at the top of the display. "StP," "LAP" or "Int" will flash in the lower row of the display. 2. Use the Stop/Adj button to select "Int". 3. Press the Start/Lap button to advance to the Interval Alarm screen.
  • Page 23 9. Press the Start/Lap button to select the exercise seconds. The seconds will flash. Set the seconds using the Stop/Adj and Mode buttons. 10. Press the Start/Lap button to select whether the recovery portion of each interval is governed by time (t) or by recovery heart rate ( ).
  • Page 24 To Select Heart Rate-governed Recovery If heart rate-governed recovery is chosen, the duration of each recovery phase will be governed by the amount of time required for your heart rate to reach a preset recovery heart rate value. During the workout, a timer will indicate time accumulated within each recovery phase.

  • Page 25: Using Your Axiom 606

    Using Your 606 Viewing Current Heart Rate To activate the heart rate function, press and hold the Mode button in any main screen. Each time the heart rate function is activated, the current Target Zone (“ZonE 1” or “ZonE 2”) and Timer mode selec- tions (“Stp”, “LAP”...

  • Page 26: Time Of Day And Date

    To turn off the heart rate function, press and hold the Mode button in any main screen. The 606 also offers an Auto- Off feature. The heart rate function will automatically turn off after a period of two minutes with no heart rate signal received.

  • Page 27: Alarms

    Alarms Daily Alarm Advance to the Time of Day main screen using the Mode button. 1. To view the current alarm time setting, press and hold the Stop/Adj button. Current alarm time will be displayed in the upper row of the display. 2.
  • Page 28 above your selected target zone upper limit, or falls below your selected target zone lower limit. 1. To activate the audible Out of Zone Alarm, advance to any main screen, and activate the heart rate function (if it is not already activated) with a long press of the Mode button.
  • Page 29 3. Press the Stop/Adj button to turn the Heart Rate Recovery alarm on or off. 4. Press the Light button to return to the Stopwatch main screen. Interval Alarm The interval alarm is only available if the interval timer is selected as the timer mode.

  • Page 30: Stopwatch

    Operating the Timer Stopwatch/Lap/Interval Timers) In Stopwatch Mode If Stopwatch was selected as the timer mode in the setup procedure (see “Setting Stopwatch/Lap/Interval Timers”, page 16), elapsed stopwatch time will be displayed in both the Stopwatch and Timer main screens. 1.

  • Page 31: Lap Timer

    2. Stop the stopwatch (if it is running) with a short press of the Stop/Adj button. 3. Press and hold the Stop/Adj button. Maximum stopwatch time is 9 hr, 59 min, 59.9 sec. In Lap Mode To use the Lap Timer, Lap mode must have been selected in the setup procedure (see “Setting Stopwatch/Lap/Interval Timers”, page 16).
  • Page 32 main screens (except the Stopwatch main screen, where it will remain steady). 3. To record the first lap, press the Start/Lap button again. (Note: this press can be made from any main screen.) One alarm beep will sound, and the lap time, average heart rate and maximum heart rate for lap 1 will be recorded in memory.

  • Page 33: Interval Timer

    Reset 1. To reset the Lap Timer and Stopwatch, advance to the Timer main screen (TMR) using the Mode button. 2. Press and hold the Stop/Adj button. Note: Resetting the Lap Timer will clear all accumulated lap recall data from memory and will reset the stopwatch time. In Interval Mode To use the Interval Timer, Interval mode must have been selected in the setup procedure (see “Setting Stopwatch/...
  • Page 34 This press can be made from any main screen. If this press is made from any screen other than the Timer main screen, the 606 will automatically advance to the Timer main screen, and the running countdown timer will appear in the upper row of the display.
  • Page 35 Recovery Phase Note: To select timed or heart rate-governed recovery, see page 19). 5. Timed Recovery: If the Interval Alarm is activated, the beginning of each recovery phase is signaled with two alarm beeps, and “RCY” will flash at the top of the display. As each recovery phase begins, the upper row of the display will show a countdown timer that indicates time remaining in the current recovery phase.

  • Page 36: Time In Zone

    See Figure A6 in Appendix. Selecting Target Zone 1 or Zone 2 The 606 offers two programmable target zones, making it easier to control the intensity of your workouts. Either zone can be selected at any time before or during a workout.
  • Page 37 2. Press and hold the Start/Lap button. “ZonE” will appear at the top of the screen, and “1” or “2” will flash in the lower row of the display. 3. Toggle between Zone 1 and Zone 2 with short presses of the Stop/Adj button.

  • Page 38: Heart Rate Recovery Timing

    (See “Clearing Memory Recall Screens,” p.42) Heart Rate Recovery Timing The 606 automatically records the amount of time it takes your heart rate to descend from a preset upper limit to a preset lower limit. Timing begins automatically when your heart rate falls below the upper limit, and continues until your heart rate falls below the lower limit.

  • Page 39: Viewing Memory Recall Screens

    Viewing Memory Recall Screens See Figure A6 in Appendix. Note: While viewing recall screens, press the Light button at any time to return to the previous screen. 1. Advance to the Time in Zone main screen (TiZ) using the Mode button. Press and hold the Start/Lap button to access the recall screens.
  • Page 40 “TiZ” and time accumulated above Zone 1 will be dis played in the upper row of the display. Time above zone as a percentage of total workout time will be displayed in the lower row of the display. Time In Zone 1 5.
  • Page 41 Zone 2. Time accumulated in Zone 2 will be displayed in the upper row of the display. Time in zone as a percentage of total workout time will be displayed in the lower row of the display. Time Below Zone 2 9.
  • Page 42 2. Press the Start/Lap button again to view total elapsed stopwatch time in the upper row of the display, and the total number of laps recorded in the lower row of the display. Note: If recall data is accessed while the stopwatch is run- ning, stopwatch time will continue to accumulate although it will not be shown to advance in the recall screen.
  • Page 43 6. At the end of the last scrolling sequence, a further press of the Start/Lap button will display “End” to indicate there is no further data to display. A short press of the Light button will return to the scrolling sequence for the previous lap.
  • Page 44 Screen A: Heart rate at the end of the recovery phase (as bpm and %MHR) Screen B: Average heart rate during the exercise phase (as bpm and %MHR) Screen C: Maximum heart rate during the exercise phase (as bpm and %MHR) 4.
  • Page 45 "Int Info" will appear in the display. 2. Press the Start/Lap button again to view total elapsed stopwatch time in the upper row of the display, and the total number of intervals completed in the lower row of the display. Note: If recall data is accessed while the stopwatch is run- ning, stopwatch time will continue to accumulate although it will not be shown to advance in the recall screen.

  • Page 46: Clearing Memory Recall Screens

    5. Press the Light button at any point during the scrolling sequence to return to the scrolling sequence for the previous interval. 6. At the end of the last scrolling sequence, a further press of the Start/Lap button will display “End” to indicate there is no further data to display.

  • Page 47: Backlight

    button to return to the Time in Zone main screen. All data has been cleared from memory. Partial Reset To perform a partial reset (which clears all data from Lap and Interval recall screens, and resets the Stopwatch and Timer, but does not clear the Time in Zone recall screens): 1.

  • Page 48: Replacing Batteries

    Replacing Batteries Transmitter Battery (Battery type: 3V Lithium 2032) To open the battery compartment cover, remove the four screws from the corner of the cover (see figure 3). Before removing the battery, note its orientation. The positive pole should face the compartment cover, and the negative pole should contact the metal prongs inside the battery compart- ment.

  • Page 49: Troubleshooting

    Moisture enables the electrodes to make proper electrical contact. Moisten the electrode strips with water, saliva or Axiom Heartbeat Signal Enhancer (item # 40-0579). If you are wearing the transmitter strap over a shirt, make sure the shirt is moistened to provide adequate electrical contact for the electrodes.
  • Page 50 For this reason, the 606 may occasionally record an artificially high maximum heart rate caused by electrical interference encountered during a workout.
  • Page 64 Notes:...
  • Page 66 Tech Support 1-800-553-8324 40-3652 0806-1 Made in Taiwan...

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