User Guide

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Minimizing Possible Risks in
Exercising with a Heart Rate Monitor
Exercise may include some risk, especially for those who have
been sedentary. Before starting a regular exercise program an
individual is recommended to answer to the following questions
for health status checking. If the answer is yes to any of the
questions, we recommend to consult a doctor before starting an
exercise program.
• Have you not exercised for the past 5 years?
• Do you have high blood pressure?
• Do you have high blood cholesterol?
• Do you have symptoms of any disease?
• Are you taking any blood pressure or heart medication?
• Do you have a history of breathing problems?
• Are you recovering from a serious illness or medical treatment?
• Do you use a pacemaker or another implanted electronic device?
• Do you smoke?
• Are you pregnant?
Exercise Equipment
Several pieces of exercise equipment with electronic or electrical
components such as LED displays, motors and electrical brakes
may cause interference with the heart rate signal. To solve these
problems, relocate the Polar wrist receiver as follows:
1. Remove the transmitter from your chest and use the exercise
equipment as you would normally.
2. Move the wrist receiver around until you find an area in which
it displays no stray reading or flashing of the heart symbol.
Interference is often worst right in front of the display panel
of the equipment, while the left or right side of the display is
relatively free of disturbance.
3. Put the transmitter back on your chest and keep the wrist
receiver in this interference-free area as much as it is possible.
4. If the Polar heart rate monitor still does not work with the
exercise equipment, this piece of equipment may be
electrically “too noisy” for wireless heart rate measurement.