Polar Glossary - Polar Electro Vantage NV User Manual

Polar glossary

In the MEASURE mode the flashing heart symbol indicates the
ongoing heart rate measurement. The heart symbol flashes at the
pace of the beating of your heart.
In the MEASURE mode borders around the heart symbol
indicate that the transmission is coded. If the borders are missing,
your heart rate transmission is non-coded.
In the TIME mode indicates that the alarm is on or off. In the
MEASURE mode indicates that the sound signal to alarm if you are
exercising below or above your target heart rate zone is on or off.
ALM: ALARM mode
AM/PM: 12 hour mode of TIME
AVERAGE HEART RATE; AVG: Average of heart rates measured
during an exercise period. The average heart rate is calculated from
the time the stopwatch is running.
BPM: Beats per minute
DATE: Indicates the date in the DATE setting mode.
DAY: Indicates the day in the TIME setting mode.
DEL FILE X: You can delete the newest file manually.
DEL FILEs (No/Ye): You can disable/enable the automatic deletion of
your oldest files as your memory becomes full.
DISP 1: In DISP 1 mode (Time Display) you can choose whether you
prefer to see the stopwatch or the time of day displayed during the
heart rate measurement.
DISP 2:In DISP 2 mode (Relaxation/Lap Display) you can choose one
of three alternatives to be displayed during the heart rate measure-
ment:
1. Relaxation Rate in milliseconds and corresponding graphic bar are
always displayed when no lap times have been recorded and again
after 5 seconds after each LAP press
2. all the time LAP
3. 5 seconds LAP and 5 seconds Relaxation Rate scanning.
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DIST: You can set the heart rate reception distance manually.
ECG: Electrocardiogram
ELECTRODES: Pick up the heart's electrical impulses and are
encased in the Transmitter, behind the two grooved areas.
END: A recording has stopped and / or you have run out of memory.
FILE: File mode
FULL: In the measure mode FULL indicates that memory is full and
you should delete files to be able to continue recording.
GRAPHIC BAR: In the graphic bar there are ten blocks. In the SET
mode the blocks indicate the different heart rate measurement func-
tions you can set. A flashing block means that the setting of a function
is possible. In the MEASURE mode the graphic bar indicates the
Relaxation Rate or an ongoing Recovery calculation.
HALT: HALT appears on the display to indicate that stopwatch is
stopped after 99:59:59. This function is designed to save battery
energy.
HEART RATE: The number of heart beats per minute
HRM: Heart Rate Monitor; includes Polar Transmitter, Wrist Receiver
and Elastic Strap
INT: Interval for automatic heart rate recording
LAP: Together with a number indicates how many lap times are used
in MEASURE and FILE modes.
Lap time: Time needed to move once around a closed course or track.
LEFT: Tells you amount of memory left.
LIM 1/LIM 2: Heart Rate Limits 1 and 2
LOWER THRESHOLD; AeT: Physiological point during exercise of
increasing intensity at which the blood lactate begins to accumulate
above resting level, but body is simultaneously able to synthetize
most of it. This is known as Aerobic Threshold (AeT) and corresponds
usually to 2 mMol lactate per liter of blood.
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