Polar A1 User Manual

How to Put Your Heart Rate Monitor On

The Polar A1™ wrist receiver

displays your heart rate during exercise.

Heart Rate Monitor

User’s Manual

USA

179305 USA C

Contents

How to Put Your Heart Rate Monitor On

How to Start

How to Stop and Recall File

After Exercising

Target Heart Rate Zone

When Battery Runs Out

How to Start

Keep the wrist receiver

within 3 feet of your transmitter. Check that you are not near other people with heart rate monitors or any source of electromagnetic disturbance.

Stopwatch begins to run.

Your heart rate appears in 5 seconds. Heart rate symbol flashes to the beat of your heart.

The Polar transmitter

detects your heart rate and transmits it to the wrist receiver.

The elastic strap

holds the transmitter in the correct position.

Press to start.

Attach the transmitter to the elastic strap.

Lift the transmitter off your chest and

moisten the two grooved electrode areas on the back.

How to Stop and Recall File

Press to stop.

Total exercise time

(3 sec.)

File recalling (steps 2-4) is scrolling automatically.

OFF-display

Average heart rate (3 sec.)

Adjust the strap length to fit snugly

and comfortably. Secure the strap around your chest, just below the chest muscles, and buckle it.

Check that the wet electrode areas are

firmly against your skin and the Polar logo is in a central, upright position.

After Exercising

1. Carefully wash the transmitter with a mild

soap and water solution.

2. Rinse it with pure water.

3. Dry the transmitter carefully with a soft towel.

4. Keep the wrist receiver clean and wipe off

any moisture.

5. Store the heart rate monitor in a clean

and dry place. Dirt impairs the elasticity and functioning of the transmitter. Sweat and moisture can keep the electrodes wet and the transmitter activated, which shortens battery life.

Minimizing Possible Risks in Exercising

with Heart Rate Monitor

Technical Specifications

Limited Polar International Guarantee

Disclaimer

10.

Exercise Time Indicator

1 block = 10 minutes exercise, 6 blocks = 1 h After one hour, when all the blocks are black, the cycle starts again.

To check your exercise time,

bring the wrist receiver near the Polar logo on the transmitter. Your elapsed exercise time will appear for three seconds.

The average heart rate and the total exercise time are shown twice.

You can stop the file recall by pressing the button.

If you want to recall your file later, press and hold the button when OFF is displayed.

After that the wrist receiver turns off.

The combined impact of moisture and intense abrasion may cause a black color to come off the transmitter's surface, which might stain light-colored clothes.

Target Heart Rate Zone

When Battery Runs Out

To find your target heart rate zone, you need to know your maximum heart rate (HR To estimate your HR

, use the following

max

formula: HR

= 220 – age

max

Your HR

Reference: American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Williams & Wilkins, 2000.

= 220 – ______ = ________

max

Your target heart rate zone is a range between the lower and upper heart rate limits expressed as percentages of your maximum heart rate (HR

max

When your heart beats at 50-60% of your HR

max

you're in the light intensity zone. This kind of exercise is easy; ex. daily activities and light chores. It delivers some health benefits.

Push on to 60-70% of your HR

and you're in

max

the light to moderate intensity zone. This is good for improving health, fitness and for weight loss. It also improves endurance.

At 70-85% of your HR

, you've moved into

max

the moderate to heavy intensity zone. This is harder work, but effective for strengthening aerobic fitness and endurance especially for people exercising more regularly.

Find out your target zones:

We recommend having all service done by an authorized Polar Service Center. Warranty does not cover damage

Light intensity:

upper limit 0.60 x your HR lower limit 0.50 x your HR

max max

= =

Light to moderate intensity:

upper limit 0.70 x your HR lower limit 0.60 x your HR

max

= =

Moderate to heavy intensity:

upper limit0.85 x your HR

lower limit 0.70 x your HR

max max

= =

or consequential damage caused by service not authorized by Polar Electro Inc. Water resistance

cannot be guaranteed after an unauthorized service. However, if you wish to use a local watch shop or battery replacement center or to change the battery yourself, please follow these instructions.

You need the following equipment:

• Battery type: Panasonic CR 2025, 3V Li

• Piece of dust-free pad

• Small Phillips or standard screwdriver

• Plastic tweezers (recommended)

1. Put the wrist receiver on a clean, dust-free pad on an even table surface and open the back cover by removing the screws counterclockwise. Do not turn the receiver upside down since the module

6. Check the display. All digits are displayed.

7. Make sure that the sealing ring is not damaged and

it is in its groove all the way around the housing.

8. Put the back cover in its place. The Polar logo on the outside of the back cover is in the upright position with respect to the buckle side of the wrist strap.

9. Tighten the screws from opposite corners. Do not force the screws or damage the existing threads. Check that the sealing ring has stayed in its groove and it is not showing from the joint.

10.Test the functioning. Mount the transmitter and wet its electrodes. Start heart rate measurement by pressing the button. In case the heart rate measurement does not start or all segments do not appear normally, reopen the case and go back to the point 5, reset the receiver.

may fall off.

2. Push the spring gently. Lift the spring gently upwards and release the other end of the spring, too.

2.1.

3. Take the old battery off and put a new battery in the battery housing + side up, using plastic tweezers. Do not use metal tweezers because they may shortcircuit the battery. Note also that bare fingers cause grease and contaminate the battery, which weakens the contact.

4. Assemble the plate back in reverse order, placing the rotating joint properly in the slot. Press the spring gently so that it locks the battery in its proper position.

5. Reset the receiver by pressing the reset spring against the round golden pad for 1 second.

7. 8. 9. 10.

Minimizing Possible Risks in Exercising

Technical Specifications Limited Polar International Guarantee

with Heart Rate Monitor

Exercise may include some risk, especially for those who have been sedentary.

Before starting a regular exercise program you are 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?

Note that in addition to exercise intensity, medications for heart, blood pressure, psyche, asthma, breathing etc. as well as some energy drinks, alcohol and nicotine, can affect heart rate.

It is important to be sensitive to your body’s reactions during exercise. If you feel unexpected pain or excessive fatigue when

exercising, it is recommended to stop the exercise or continue at a lighter intensity.

Notice to persons with pacemakers, defibrillator or other implanted electronic device. Persons who have a pacemaker use the Polar

Heart Rate Monitor at their own risk. Before starting use, we always recommend an exercise test under doctor’s supervision. The test is to ensure the safety and reliability of the simultaneous use of the pacemaker and the heart rate monitor.

If you are allergic to any substance that comes into contact with the skin or if you suspect an allergic reaction due to using the

product, check the listed materials in the "Technical Specifications" chapter. To avoid any skin reaction risk with the transmitter, wear it over a shirt. However, moisten the shirt well under the electrodes to ensure flawless operation.

All Polar heart rate monitors are designed to indicate the level of physiological strain and intensity in sports and exercise. No other use is intended or implied. Heart rate is displayed as number of heartbeats per minute (bpm).

Polar Transmitter

Battery type: Built-in Lithium Cell Battery life: Average 2500 hours of use Operating temperature: 14 °F to 122 °F / -10 °C to +50 °C Material: Polyurethane Waterproof

Elastic Strap

Buckle material: Polyurethane Fabric material: Nylon, polyester and natural rubber including a small amount of latex

Wrist Receiver

Battery type: CR 2025 Battery life: Average 2 years (2h/day, 7 days/week) Operating temperature: 14 °F to 122 °F / -10 °C to +50 °C Water resistance: to 100 feet/30 meters Wrist strap: Polyurethane Wrist strap buckle: Polyoxymethylene Back cover: Stainless steel complying with the EU Directive 94/27/EU and its amendment 1999/C 205/05 on the release of nickel from products intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin. Accuracy of heart rate measurement: ± 1% or ± 1 bpm, whichever larger, definition applies to steady state conditions

Total exercise time: ................................................9 h 59 min

Exercise time display < 1 h:....................................mm:ss

Exercise time display > 1 h:....................................hh:mm

Minimum duration of recorded exercise: .............1 min

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