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Polar Electro Protrainer NV User Manual

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    La la protrainer nv store/lap polar electro oy professorintie 5 fin-90440 kempele finland tel. +358-8-520 2100 fax +358-8-520 2300 www.Polar.Fi gbr 179102.C gbr user's manual polar protrainer nv ™ hrm polar protrainer nv ™ hrm recyclable material. Low emissions during production. Printed in finland....

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    C o n t e n t s polar protrainer nv hrm...................................4 how to wear your transmitter ...........................8 the basics.........................................................9 programming polar protrainer nv ...................12 setting the time .............................

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    A variety of sports ranging from track and field, cross country skiing, cycling, running, triathlon, swimming and aerobics into different racket sports, ice hockey and football. For today’s competitive athlete a carefully planned personal training program includes measuring time intervals, intermedi...

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    Maker, consult your physician and/or the manu - facturer of the pacemaker prior to using the polar protrainer nv hrm. Polar protrainer nv hrm components there are three parts to your polar protrainer nv hrm: 1. The wrist receiver 2. The polar transmitter 3. The elastic strap take a moment to familia...

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    6. Put on the polar protrainer nv wrist receiver as you would put on an ordinary watch. Note: the transmitter will switch on automatic- ally when you’re wearing it. It will also turn itself off when it’s not connected to your body. How- ever, moisture can activate the transmitter and reduce battery ...

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    Alarm. Press signal/light button shortly to light the background light. Press signal/ light button a little while longer to cycle between time and date displays. Measure - this selection allows you to activate the heart rate measurement, recording and stopwatch functions. (no programming can be done...

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    Why might you use this selection ? To set the correct time or date when you take the wrist receiver into use for the first time, or to change the time if you travel to other time zones. You may use the alarm function to wake you up, or as a reminder. S t e p - b y - s t e p i n s t r u c t i o n s f...

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    S t e p - b y - s t e p i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r s e t t i n g t h e a l a r m 1. In the time of day display, press the set button twice. The letters alm and the alarm time, 10:00, will appear on the display, as shown (or any other previously set alarm time). 2. The am or pm indicator is flashi...

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    S t e p - b y - s t e p i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r s e t t i n g t h e d a t e 1. In the time display mode press the set button three times. The date will appear as shown. 2. The full ten years digit is flashing now. 3. At this point, set the correct digit by using the select and/or the signal/ l...

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    Example 1. Warm up and cool down: you could set timer 1 to sound at 10 minutes for your warm up period. Timer 2 at 20 minutes for full strength exercise, and then use the 10 minute timer again for your cool down period. Example 2. Interval training: you could set timer 1 to sound at 1 minute interva...

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    If you do not program timer 1, you will not be able to program timer 2 either. 2. At any point, you can press set/start/ stop button and the word time 1 will lock on display. 3. The tens of the minutes will now be flashing. As in the time selection, use the select button to move up, or the signal/li...

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    S t e p - b y - s t e p i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r s e t t i n g t a r g e t h e a r t r a t e z o n e l i m i t s 1. In the time of day mode, press select button three times. Set will appear on the program status line (bottom of the display), and the display will cycle through automatically time...

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    2. Lock in your selection by pressing store/lap button. The digit representing tens of seconds starts flashing. 3. Repeat steps 1. And 2. Again. Finally the digit representing single sec- onds starts flashing. 4. Repeat once more the steps 1. And 2. 5. Exit this function by pressing the set/start/st...

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    E x e r c i s i n g w i t h t h e p o l a r p r o t r a i n e r n v h r m after you have programmed in your heart rate limits, you are ready to use your polar protrainer nv hrm. Step-by-step instructions 1. Put on the polar wrist receiver and the polar transmitter as described earlier. 2. If you jus...

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    Displayed after 3 seconds. You can take and record up to 44 split/lap times per workout. 2. Temporarily stop the recording operation and the stopwatch. • press set/start/stop button. • to continue, press set/start/stop button again. Note: the average heart rate is calculated only from the time the s...

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    2. When you press the store/ l a p b u t t o n, the top line will display the time spent in the target heart rate zone. The bottom line remains unchanged. 3. In order to view the time spent below the target heart rate zone, press store/lap button again. Here again the bottom line remains unchanged. ...

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    And clean the transmitter when needed. The transmitter and the elastic strap can be washed with a mild soap and water solution. However, never use alcohol or any abrasives such as steel wool or cleaning chemicals. They will cause permanent damage to the electrodes. Note: do not stretch or bend the e...

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    Picks up transmitter signals within 3 feet/1 meter. Therefore, when you are using your wrist re- ceiver, make sure no other transmitter is within that range. Signals from more than one trans- mitter picked up simultaneously can cause an incorrect readout. When your polar transmitter and wrist receiv...

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    What if the heart symbol flashes ir- regularly? Check to see if your wrist receiver is outside the 3 ft/1 meter range of heart rate transmission from the transmitter. Make sure the elastic strap has not loosened during exercise. If you are wearing the polar transmitter over a shirt, make sure there ...

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    • yvonne lin: precision sports aerobics • dr. James m. Rippe: target your fitness and weight management goals • dr. James m. Rippe: the polar fat free and fit forever program p o l a r a c c e s s o r i e s • polar bike mount for all bikes and polar heart rate monitors • extra transmitter for other ...

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    L i m i t e d o n e y e a r w a r r a n t y polar electro oy warrants to the original consumer/purchaser of this heart rate monitor that the product will be free from defects in material or workmanship for one year from the date of purchase. Please, save the receipt! • warranty does not cover receiv...

  • Page 22: D I S C L A I M E R

    D i s c l a i m e r the material in this manual is for informational purposes only. The products it describes are subject to change without prior notice due to manufacturer's continuous development prog- rams. Polar electro oy makes no representations or warranties with respect to this manual or wit...