Polar FT40 User Manual

Polar FT40

™

Manufactured by

Polar Electro Oy Professorintie 5 FIN-90440 KEMPELE Tel +358 8 5202 100 Fax +358 8 5202 300 www.polar.ﬁ

User Manual Manuel d’Utilisation

17934434.00 ENG/FRA A WINLEE

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Contents

1. BENEFITS OF YOUR POLAR FT40 TRAINING

COMPUTER .. ......... .. ......... .. ......... .. . 4

2. GET STARTED. ............... . . . . . . ............ 5

Get to Know Your Polar FT40.......... . . . . . . . 5

Start With Basic Settings ...... . . . . . . ......... 6

Wrist Unit Buttons and Menu Structure ...... 7

Symbols on the Display .......... . . . . . . ....... 8

3. TRAINING .... . . . . . . .............. . . . . . . ........ 9

Wear the WearLink ... . . . . . . ............. . . . . . 9

Start Training.. . . . . . . .............. . . . . . . ..... 10

Burn Fat or Improve Fitness....... . . . . . . ..... 11

Training Functions........................13

Stop Training........................ .... ..14

Training Tips ...................... .... .... 14

4. AFTER TRAINING ........ . . . . . . ............. . . 15

Training Summary.............. . . . . . . ........ 15

Review Training Data ..... . . . . . . . ............ 17

Transfer Data. . . . ............. . . . . . . .......... 19

Test Your Fitness Level ... . . . . . . ............. 20

Perform Polar Fitness Test.. .... .... .....21

Interpret Your Fitness Test Results ... ..22

Follow Your Fitness Test Results........23

5. SETTINGS......... . . . . . . ............. . . . . . . ...24

Watch Settings.... . . . . . . .............. . . . . . . .24

Training Settings. . . . .............. . . . . . . ..... 24

User Information ........... . . . . . . ............ 25

General Settings . . . . .............. . . . . . . ..... 26

6. CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION ..... . . . . 27

Caring for Your Polar FT40 .......... . . . . . . ..27

Washing Instructions for WearLink.......... 27

Service .. ............. . . . . . . .............. . . . . 28

Changing Batteries............. . . . . . . ........ 29

Precautions . ............. . . . . . . .............. 31

Troubleshooting................ . . . . . . ........ 33

Technical Specifications ..... . . . . . . . ........ 34

Guarantee and Disclaimer .. .............. . . . 36

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1. BENEFITS OF YOUR POLAR FT40 TRAINING COMPUTER

UNDERSTAND YOUR BODY:

Training with Polar FT40 means you never need to guess. The FT40 shows you the effect of your training: fat burning or fitness improvement.

BURN FAT:

In the fat burn zone, you burn mostly fat calories, increase your metabolism, and build a foundation for higher intensity training.

GET FIT:

In the fitness zone, you train harder to improve cardiovascular fitness, strengthen the heart, and increase blood circulation to the muscles.

4 Benefits of Your Polar FT40 Training Computer

2. GET STARTED

Get to Know Your Polar FT40

Wrist Unit records and displays your heart rate and other data during training.

WearLink transmits the heart rate signal to the wrist unit. The WearLink consists of a connector and strap.

Register your Polar product at http://register.polar.fi/ to ensure we can keep improving our products and services to better meet your needs.

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Get Started 5

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Start With Basic Settings

To activate your Polar FT40, press and hold any button for one second. Once the FT40 is activated, it cannot be switched off.

1. Language: Select Deutsch, English, Español,

Français or Italiano with UP/DOWN. Press

OK.

2. Please enter basic settings is displayed.

Press OK.

3. Select Time format.

4. Enter Time.

5. Enter Date.

6. Select Units Set metric (KG, CM) or imperial

(LBS, FT). By selecting lbs/ft, calories are displayed as CAL, otherwise they are shown as KCAL. Calories are measured as kilocalories.

7. Enter Weight.

8. Enter Height.

6 Get Started

9. Enter Date of birth.

10. Select Sex.

11. Settings OK? is displayed. Select Yes to accept and save the settings.

Basic settings complete is displayed and the

FT40 enters Time mode. Select No to change the settings. Please enter

basic settings is displayed. Re-enter your

basic settings.

You can modify your user information at a later date. For more information, see Settings.

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Wrist Unit Buttons and Menu Structure

UP: Enter the menu and move through

selection lists, adjust values

OK: Confirm selections, select training type or

training settings

DOWN: Enter the menu and move through

selection lists, adjust values

BACK:

• Exit the menu

• Return to the previous level

• Cancel selection

• Leave settings unchanged

• With a long press, return to Time view

LIGHT:

• Illuminate the display

• With a long press, enter quick menu in Time view (to lock buttons, set alarm or select time zone) or during training (to adjust training sounds or lock buttons)

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Symbols on the Display

The following table presents the display symbols and their descriptions.

Symbol Description

The battery of the wrist unit is low. The alarm is active. Sounds are off. Time 2 is in use. Number two is displayed at the lower right corner of the display. The button lock is active. Heart rate is transmitted.

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3. TRAINING

Wear the WearLink

Before starting training recording, you need to wear the WearLink.

1. Wet the electrode areas of the strap well under running water.

2. Attach the connector to the strap. Adjust the strap length to fit

it tightly but comfortably.

3. Tie the strap around your chest, just below the chest muscles,

and attach the hook to the other end of the strap.

4. Check that the wet electrode areas are firmly against your skin

and that the Polar logo of the connector is in a central and upright position.

Detach the connector from the strap when you are not using it to maximize the transmitter lifetime. See detailed washing instructions in Care and Maintenance.

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Training 9

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Start Training

1. Wear the WearLink and the wrist unit.

2. Press OK and select Start. Start recording by

pressing OK.

To modify sound, heart rate view or other training settings before starting the training session, select

Training Settings. See Settings for more

information.

Your training session is recorded only when recording for more than one minute.

10 Training

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Burn Fat or Improve Fitness

While training, the Polar FT40 displays your optimal training intensity for burning fat and improving fitness. These intensities may vary depending on your daily physical and mental condition. When you start recording a training session, the FT40 analyses your current condition and, if necessary, will adjust the intensities accordingly.

This intelligent training computer can detect your body's daily state from your heart rate and heart rate variability. When your body is recovered from previous training sessions and is not tired or stressed, then you are prepared for more intensive training.

The effect of your training is displayed on the wrist unit in real time. The fat-burning and fitness intensity zones are separated by a vertical dotted line. This line is automatically detected by the FT40, and shifted according to your current condition.

Effect on the display will change to Fatburn or Fitnessdepending on which zone you are in.

1. Your current heart rate

2. Limit heart rate value between fat-burning and fitness intensity zones. ~

disappears as the FT40 adjusts the intensity zones to correspond to your current condition when necessary.

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