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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Warning: Always consult your doctor or physician before you begin or modify any Contents exercise program. For support or further information please email support@swimovate.com Welcome............2 Uploading to a computer........13 Overview............3 Software setup ..........14 Selecting your settings........4 Uploading............15 Setting the Time..........6 Software operation...........16...

  • Page 4: Welcome

    Welcome to the PoolMateLive Manual Important notes: 1. Your PoolMateLive has been designed for lap swimming in a pool. It Scrolls through top has not been designed to work in Open Water. line functions 2. The PoolMateLive detects regular stroking patterns that conform to FrontCrawl, BreastStroke, BackStroke or Butterfly strokes only, the PoolMateHr must be put into PAUSE mode when doing drill and kick sets.

  • Page 5: Overview

    SWIM MODE Overview Vibrate alarm on CHRONO MODE Pressing mode will take you through the different modes of operation Audible alarm on SWIM MODE, CHRONO VIEW LOGS, SETUP MODE, use this when MODE, use see details of change settings in the pool this for other recorded on your watch...

  • Page 6: Selecting Your Settings

    Selecting your settings From main CLOCK screen, press Mode 3 times to show SETUP. Press Start then you can change settings by pressing Mode to select. ALARM SET change Units to change pool TIME SET change body weight menu Imperial- yards length menu (will show lb if set to...
  • Page 7 set LCD contrast, 1 is Hold Down to erase all logs, CONFIRM set the hand VIBRATE will appear, hold you wear the ALARM Down again to erase watch on *Changing swimmer: The PoolMateLive has been designed so up to to 3 TIP: Hold Start for 2 secs at any swimmers can share one watch or families with more than one watch can use time to EXIT or return you to the...

  • Page 8: Setting The Time

    Setting the Time Setting the Alarm From TIME SET in the SETUP From ALARM SET in the SETUP menu menu Press Start Press Start - the hours will flash on The hours will flash on the clock the clock display, press Up and Down display, press Up and Down to to change value.

  • Page 9: Setting The Vibration Alarm

    The PoolMateLive has a small motor inside that will vibrate when it detects Setting Vibrate Alarm you have swam a certain number of laps, distance or time. You will feel a short buzz on your wrist when this occurs. If the vibrate alarm is set to 4 laps for example (the default setting) it will vibrate From SETUP Press Start , press mode until the watch for a couple of seconds when you are approaching the end of the 4th you see VIB SET...

  • Page 10: Swimming

    Swimming Recording a simple session From main CLOCK screen, press Start to begin (the SWIM icon will appear) and SWIM! During or after the session, press Up and Down to view Strokes, Distance(m), Calories, Efficiency Index and Set number rather than Laps. Press Mode to show the Elapsed time since you started Use Up to view Use Mode to view...
  • Page 11 Swimming sets Up to 99 Sets can be recorded in each Swim Session Use Mode to view Elapsed time and Actual time whilst Recording individual sets swimming Imagine you want to swim 10 x 100m sets with your watch. You can record each set within the same swim session.

  • Page 12: Changing The Battery

    Changing the battery Reviewing your sessions The battery in your PoolMateLive should last over 12 months with normal use During or directly after your swim (approx 3 hours of swimming a week). If Metrics can be viewed whilst swimming, you swim more frequently the battery will run out sooner.
  • Page 13 All sessions are stored in the LOG, it can store up to 100 sessions depending on their size From CLOCK screen press Mode twice to go to LOG Press Start to enter. Use Up and Down to scroll through recorded sessions (the PoolMateLive stores each session in the log by number and date).

  • Page 14: Deleting Logs

    Deleting LOGS Chrono Use the PoolMateLive in this mode when running or cycling as a 99 lap timer All sessions are automatically stored in the LOG however you can delete individual sessions you do not want to save. From CLOCK screen press Mode to From CLOCK screen press Mode twice to go to LOG.

  • Page 15: Uploading To A Computer

    “Device ready to use” or similar. PC users can check in the device manager that the pod is recognised under Ports as Swimovate Pool-Mate Download Port followed by a COM port number).

  • Page 16: Software Setup

    Software setup From the menu bar at the top of the screen select SetUp and select your User name and number and the units you wish to use, either Metric (KG and Metres) or Imperial (Yards and Lbs) and add your weight. Set a default stroke type (the most common one you swim), you can change this in individual sessions if you alter your stroke later (the watch does not automatically sense your stroke type).

  • Page 17: Uploading

    Uploading Pod Status When the software is open it will search at see if the pod is Open the PoolMate software, plug in your USB pod and place the connected.Messages will be displayed under the menu bar to indicate watch in it aso the hinged part of the clip is between the Up and the pod status (see diagram on page 18).

  • Page 18: Software Operation

    Software POD STATUS MENU- add swimmer details, select units, import and Upload CALENDAR- DATA- Shows all Shows sessions by metrics in tabular date, click on a date form to select GRAPHS- Plots your metrics visually PoolMateLive 16...
  • Page 19 Calendar- select your session When you have downloaded some sessions from your PoolMateLive the data appears on the calendar on the date it was undertaken. SWIM sessions appear in blue with the distance swum, CHRONO sessions are red and show the duration of the session, Green is today’s date, Dark Blue is the currently selected date.
  • Page 20 Graphs- View your data Progress Volume Shows Duration, Distance and Calories for all sessions (smoothing on) Filter by stroke type Turn smoothing ON to see the overall trend, turn OFF to view exact data points of each session (as in the graph below) Progress Technique Shows Technique related data- Average strokes, Speed, Efficiency, Stroke length and Stroke Rate Hover over a point to show the value, click...
  • Page 21 Monthly Volume Shows Duration, Distance and Calories totals by month so you can see how much you have swam in that period Shows Duration, Distance, AverageStrokes, Speed, Stroke Length and Rate, Efficiency and Calories for the session. If you have swam sets you can see how you have progressed through each set.
  • Page 22 Laps Shows Duration, Strokes, Speed, Stroke Length, Stroke Rate and Efficiency for each lap of the session, plotted against time. You can choose not to show any variables to make the graph clearer if needed by unticking the boxes at the bottom of the screen. PoolMateLive 20...
  • Page 23 Data- select the different tabs to see your data LOGS SUMMARY SETS This is the default screen shown when you Shows Data for the date selected on the Shows data for the sets within the first log in calendar, selected session. Scroll right for more It shows the Total Distance swum etc since NOTE: If you have more than one session details...
  • Page 24 LAPS Shows data for the laps within the selected session. You will first need to click on a specific set in the SETS tab to select it. Then click the laps tab and data for all laps in this set will be viewable.

  • Page 25: Adding And Deleting

    Adding and deleting Editing Lap count LOGS You can edit the lap count of a set if the number of laps recorded on the watch does not exactly match your session. To Add a new log if you Select the set with the incorrect data in the data area then click on forgot to take your watch to the laps tab to bring up the laps for that set.

  • Page 26: Faqs

    FAQs Q How does the PoolMateLive work? Q The PoolMateLive doesn’t count all my laps A The PoolMateLive contains state of the art motion sensors that A If you have inaccurate lap results make sure the watch is detect the motion of your arm. Our unique software algorithms and securely attached to your wrist and can’t move around.

  • Page 27: Firmware Update

    If a hesitation or interruption in the The PoolMateLive watch firmware can be updated with new stroke pattern occurs mid lap this may also cause inaccurate lap releases from Swimovate. Any new releases and full instructions counts. will be posted on www.swimovate.com/firmwareupdate/...

  • Page 28: Care And Maintenance

    Care and maintenance If this product should fail due to defects in materials or workmanship, Swimovate Ltd will repair or replace it free of The PoolMateLive is water resistant to 50m, however the buttons charge for a period of twelve months from the date of purchase.

  • Page 29: Certification

    30-40 Very Good disclosed or reproduced without the prior written consent of 40-50 Above average Swimovate Ltd. Great care has been taken to ensure the 50-70 Average accuracy of this documentation but it's contents are subject more than 70 Below average to change at any time without notice.

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