LifeSource XC200, XC100 User Manual
HEART RATE MONITORS
Trilingual Instruction Guide
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Congratulations on your purchase of a new LifeSource Heart Rate Monitor. The
LifeSource Heart Rate Monitor is a high-technology wireless device designed to
instantaneously monitor your heart rate with 99% accuracy. From beginning
athletes to Olympic athletes, for heart related patients, or anyone who wants
to lose weight, the heart rate monitor is an effective way to monitor and
improve your workout intensity and quality. If your heart rate is too high, it
means you are overloading your heart. If your heart rate is too low, then you
are not getting the full benefits of your exercise. Therefore, it is important that
you keep your heart rate within your ideal zone. With the LifeSource Heart
Rate Monitor, you will improve your performance by exercising smarter rather
than longer or harder. For heart related patients, you can exercise within the
limits set by your doctor, and feel more secure.
LifeSource has been manufacturing quality healthcare products for over 20
years. We are committed to providing you and your family with monitoring
devices that provide the utmost in accuracy and convenience. LifeSource –
your source for a lifetime of health.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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COMPONENTS .............................................................3
HOW A HEART RATE MONITOR WORKS...................4
OPERATING TIPS......................................................4-5
GETTING STARTED
WEARING THE TRANSMITTER BELT ..............
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XC100 & XC200 FEATURES AT A GLANCE.........8
MAIN SCREENS...................................................9
SETTING AND OPERATING
SETTING CLOCK..................................................
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SETTING HEALTH ZONE.....................................11
SETTING ABSOLUTE HEART RATE ....................11
OUT OF HEALTH ZONE AUDIBLE ALARM .........12
CLEARING THE TIME IN HEALTH ZONE...........12
HEALTH ZONE INDICATOR .................................13
REPLACING THE TRANSMITTER BATTERY .............14
CARE AND MAINTENANCE .......................................14
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ...........................15
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS..................................16
WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS......................................17
LIMITED WARRANTY ............................................18-19
CONTACT INFORMATION ..........................................20
COMPONENTS
YOUR LIFESOURCE HEART RATE MONITOR COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING
COMPONENTS:
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• Heart rate wrist watch receiver
• Transmitter
• Adjustable chest strap
The followng documents:
• User Manual and Quick Start Card
• Workout Guide with Training Diary
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HOW A HEART RATE MONITOR WORKS
Your new LifeSource XC Heart Rate Monitor is a sophisticated athletic training tool that is
capable of measuring your heart rate with 99% accuracy. Top quality heart rate monitors use
a chest strap to pick up the electrical signal caused by the contractions of the heart and transmit the information to the watch.
Every time the heart contracts, a short radio signal is sent from the chest transmitter to the
watch. The watch measures the time between the incoming signals, filters and averages
them and displays a heart rate number on the screen. The heart rate display on the screen
is updated every few seconds to assure you of an accurate measurement.
OPERATING TIPS
To achieve the most accurate heart rate reading possible, it is important to be aware of
circumstances that can cause false signals to enter the system and make your heart rate
measurement incorrect.
1. Your chest strap should be worn as tightly as possible without being uncomfortable. If the
chest strap is not tight enough, movement between it and your body can cause false
signals to be generated that may be seen as heart beats by the watch. This is especially
true during high impact activities such as running.
2. Environmental factors such as high-tension power lines, home security systems and radio
towers may interfere with the ability of the watch to receive a signal from the transmitter.
A loss of the heart rate signal and the heart rate display showing zero will usually indicate
this. This problem is transient in nature and will stop once you have passed out of the area
of interference.
3. Occasionally, if you are using your heart rate monitor in close proximity to other heart rate
monitors, it is possible for your watch unit to pick up the signal from the other transmitters
as well as yours. This is called cross-talk. When you are experiencing cross-talk, you will see
a very high heart rate or a heart rate of zero, if the combination of heart rates is greater
than 240 beats per minute. If this happens, simply allow a bit more space between you
and the other users.
4. Some clothing fabrics, especially in dry climates, are capable of generating a great deal
of static electricity. This static electricity is capable of significantly interfering with the signal from the transmitter. This shows up as erratic readings on the display. Over time you
should be able to tell what clothing, if any, you own which cause this problem.
Sometimes spraying the clothing before you workout with a commercially available antistatic product will help reduce the problem.
5. If you are using your heart rate monitor indoors on an electrically powered piece of exercise equipment it is possible that the power sources found in the equipment may interfere with the heart rate signal in much the same way as in point 2. If you find that your
monitor is not working, try moving it to your other arm, or to another location on the
piece of equipment itself until you find an area where there is no interference.
6. Heart surgery or coronary events may cause changes to the function of the heart that will
make it difficult or impossible for your heart rate monitor to get a proper reading. Contact
your physician to determine whether you have a condition related to the above.
Being aware of these circumstances and knowing how to avoid them will significantly
increase your enjoyment of your new LifeSource Heart Rate Monitor.
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GETTING STARTED
1. In dry and cold climates it may take a few minutes of use for the electrodes to soften and a layer
of perspiration to form between the contact and the skin for good performance. Moistening the
electrodes with saliva or conductive gel can speed up this process.
2.
To ensure the most accurate operation we recommend wearing the chest transmitter against your
bare skin.
Users with a lot of chest hair may have a problem getting contact between the transmitter electrode areas and their skin, resulting in poor performance. Because of this it may be
necessary for these individuals to shave the area of their chest beneath the transmitter.
3.
Do not use water, moisturizing creams or suntan oil, as these are insulators and will
interfere with the heart rate signal.
4. Wear the wrist receiver as you would any
wrist watch. Keep the wrist receiver and the
transmitter within 3 feet/1 meter of each
other.
3. Adjust the strap so the transmitter fits tightly
below the pectoral muscles with the
LifeSource logo centered on the sternum as
shown in the picture.
2. Moisten the electrode areas —located to
the right and left on the back side of the
transmitter —with saliva or conductive gel.
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GETTING STARTED
WEARING THE TRANSMITTER BELT
To ensure a proper heart rate detection, the chest transmitter must be moistened and
properly adjusted.
Electrode areas
1. Snap the plastic tabs at the end of the
adjustable strap into the holes at the end of
the transmitter.
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