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Polar Electro S510 User Manual

Polar heart rate monitor user manual
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Displays your heart rate as bpm and % of HR
average heart rate and exercise duration
COMPLETE HR
Allows you to set 5 exercise sets for interval training with HR
target zones and recovery calculation. Records one complete
file and five summary files.
Predicts your maximal oxygen uptake
Reduces possible interference from other heart rate monitors
Sports watch features
Cycling features – speed™ and optional cadence™ sensors
Allows you to upload exercise settings from computer
SonicLink
with UpLink™ and to download exercise data to
UpLink
a computer with SonicLink™
™
™
S520
/S510
H E A R T R A T E M O N I T O R
,
max
S520
H E A R T R A T E M O N I T O R
U S A / G B R
™
/S510
™
U S E R ' S M A N U A L
Quick Guide
Signal/Light
Stop
• exit the
displayed mode
• return to the
Time of Day display
OK
• start measuring the heart rate
• lock in your selection
How to Start Measuring Your Heart Rate (BasicUse)
1. Place the transmitter around your chest and wet the electrodes. Place the
receiver on your wrist.
2. Press and hold the OK button to start the measurement. The stopwatch and
the exercise recording start. Your heart rate will appear in about 15 seconds.
How to Stop Measuring Your Heart Rate
1. Press the stop button. The stopwatch and other calculations stop. Heart rate
measurement continues but exercise data is not recorded into a file anymore.
2. Press the stop button again. The receiver returns to Time of Day display.
Up
• move onward
• increase the
selected value
Down
• move backward
• reduce the
selected value

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  • Page 1 UpLink™ and to download exercise data to UpLink a computer with SonicLink™ ™ ™ S520 /S510 H E A R T R A T E M O N I T O R U S A / G B R S520 ™ /S510 ™...
  • Page 2 Congratulations on purchasing a Polar Heart Rate Monitor! We are proud to assist you in achieving your personal fitness and performance goals. If you want to get even more out of your Polar Heart Rate Monitor during training, check our Alarm...
  • Page 3 This is where you can find the information you need to use and maintain your equipment. The function road map on the front cover is a quick guide to the versatile features of the Polar heart rate monitor. Please tear it off and save it for your reference.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    OwnCal Calorie Counter on/off ... 31 How to Prepare the Wrist Receiver ... 8 Fitness Test on/off ... 32 Installing the Polar Bike Mount ... 9 Predicted Maximum Heart Installing the Polar Speed Sensor ... 9 Rate on/off ... 32 How to Put the Transmitter on ...

  • Page 5: Getting Going

    I. Frequently Asked Questions ... 88 Training Data to Computer ... 69 Uploading Settings from Computer ... 71 J. Technical Specifications ... 93 F. Polar Fitness Test ... 73 K. Limited Polar Warranty ... 96 OwnIndex ... 73 Predicted Maximum Heart Rate ... 75 L.

  • Page 6: Buttons And Their Functions

    Buttons and Their Functions Signal/Light Turns the beep on or off. Turns the backlight on. Stop Return - Stops measuring the heart rate. Exits the displayed mode and returns to the previous mode level. Returns to the Time of Day display from any mode by pressing and holding the stop button.

  • Page 7: Easy Start

    4. Wear the wrist receiver as you would wear an ordinary watch. If you go biking, we recommend attaching the wrist receiver to a Polar Bike Mount™. max 1´8´´ / 50 cm Installing the Polar Bike Mount Use cable ties to secure the bike mount securely on the rubber pad.

  • Page 8: How To Put The Transmitter On

    4. Check that the wet electrode areas are firmly against your skin and the Polar logo is in a central, upright position. How to Start Measuring Your Heart Rate 1. Begin with the display that shows the time of day.

  • Page 9: Measuring Your Heart Rate

    Fitness test and Connection. 1. TIME OF DAY You can use your Polar heart rate monitor as an ordinary watch that shows the date and the day of the week, as well as contains an alarm function. You can also change between two different countries’ time zones.
  • Page 10 • up to 30 intervals with a target heart rate zone. After each interval you have a recovery calculation option. • cool-down with a target zone and a countdown timer *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor required 3. FILE Your receiver stores exercise information in one complete file: •...
  • Page 11 Monitor Settings: activity/button sound on/off, measurement units, Help on/off Watch Settings: alarm, time of day and date *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor required 5. FITNESS TEST In this mode you can: •...

  • Page 12: How To Enter Settings

    This section describes how to manually enter settings by pressing the receiver buttons. However, your heart rate monitor offers you a faster way as well: prepare your settings with PC Coach Light software and upload them to your receiver from your computer.

  • Page 13: User Information Settings

    2max 10. Scroll up or down to select your gender. Press OK. Activity Level (Activity) 11. Scroll up or down to select your activity level for Polar Fitness Test. Press OK. Units 2 Assess your long-term physical activity level. Do not change your activity...

  • Page 14: Exercise Settings

    13. Press OK. If you do not know this value, update it in the Fitness Test mode after having carried out the Polar Fitness Test. Maximal Oxygen Uptake Value (VO 2max 14. The wrist receiver suggests value 35 for females and value 45 for males as a default setting when you set this value for the first time.

  • Page 15: Setting Exercise Sets

    Setting Exercise Sets Preset exercise sets ready for five exercise sets; when you start exercising, just select one of the sets. Interval Training Set BasicSet If you choose interval on, you can If you choose interval off, you can set 3 different exercise phases for set the following functions to your each exercise set in following order: exercise:...

  • Page 16: Setting Timers

    Setting Timers If you start from Time of Day display, repeat steps 1-5. 6. Scroll up or down until desired timer is displayed. Press OK to start setting the timer. 7. Scroll up or down to turn the timer on or off. Press OK. Timer OFF: Skip steps 8-9.

  • Page 17: Setting The Number Of Intervals And Recoveries

    A. Time-based interval 8. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes. Press OK. 9. Scroll up or down to adjust seconds. Press OK. Interval TIMER appears. B. Heart-rate-based interval 8. Scroll up or down to adjust the heart rate that will end your interval. Press OK.

  • Page 18: Naming Exercise Sets

    6. Scroll up or down to set the OwnCal on or off. Press OK. To get the most accurate OwnCal results, update the VO setting with clinically measured values (if available). If you do not know your clinically measured values perform Polar Fitness Test and update the OwnIndex and HR B 30 On/OFF Fit.

  • Page 19: Fitness Test On/Off

    7. Scroll up or down to set the HR -p on or off. Press OK. -p can be turned on only if Polar Fitness Test is on. To continue your settings, press the stop button. To return to the Time of Day display, press and hold the stop button.
  • Page 20 Adjusting the Wheel Size (Wheel) If you start from Time of Day display, repeat steps 1-5. 6. Start with the display showing Wheel. 7. Press OK to start setting the wheel size. 8. Scroll up or down to adjust the wheel size. Press OK. You have the following alternatives to find out the wheel size of your bike: METHOD 1.

  • Page 21: Autostart On/Off

    To continue your settings, press the stop button. To return to the Time of Day display, press and hold the stop button. *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor required Naming Bike 1 and Bike 2 You can name the bikes, with four letters, numbers or marks.

  • Page 22: Monitor Settings

    Monitor Settings 1. In the Time of Day display Options scroll up or down until Monitor Set OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter Sound On/OFF the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until MONITOR SET is displayed. 4.

  • Page 23: Watch Settings

    Watch Settings 1. In the Time of Day display scroll up Options or down until OPTIONS is displayed. Watch Set 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. Alarm 3. Scroll up or down until WATCH SET is displayed.

  • Page 24: Setting Tips

    Setting Tips Swap time 1 or time 2 In the Time of Day display press and hold the down button. Time 1 or Time 2 is displayed in the uppermost row for a couple of seconds. Displayed time will now be used in all watch and alarm functions. If you chose time 2, “2”...

  • Page 25: Exercise

    3. Start from Time of Day display by pressing the OK to start measuring your heart rate. A heart symbol will start flashing and your heart rate in beats per minute will appear in max. 15 seconds. You have now entered to the Measure mode.

  • Page 26: Measure Mode

    Autostart for Recording a Cycling Exercise If you start from the Time of Day display, press OK briefly to enter the Measure mode. Your exercise recording automatically starts/ pauses as you start/ stop cycling. If you want to record cycling information only, start cycling after the heart rate reading 00 appears on the display.

  • Page 27: Heart Rate Zone Alarm On/Off

    If there is 00 / - - reading on the display, there is no heart rate reception. Bring the wrist receiver up to your chest near the transmitter’s Polar logo. The receiver starts looking for the heart rate signal again.

  • Page 28: Swapping The Heart Rate Limits

    Swapping the Heart Rate Limits Press and hold the up button. Repeat until the desired limits are displayed. In the Interval Training mode the limits are automatically swapped when the phase changes to the preset limits. You have three optional Exercise modes depending on the selected exercise: •...

  • Page 29: Swapping The Displayed Exercise Information

    You can only change the displayed function of the lower row if the stopwatch is on. Resetting the Stopwatch to Zero 1. Pause your exercise. 2. Press and hold the down button until the stopwatch is reset. Release. *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor required C 51...

  • Page 30: Starting An Exercise Set

    3. Press OK to restart the stopwatch and recording. Or, to return to the Time of Day display, press and hold the stop button. As a result of resetting your stopwatch the previous file is deleted. Starting an Exercise Set 1.

  • Page 31: Timer

    Interval Phase The receiver records up to 30 repeated interval phases. Your interval phase is divided into interval and recovery calculation (if set on) sections, which alternate continuously through your interval phase. Interval Session 1. First Preset heart rate limits 2 (if set on). 2.

  • Page 32: Interrupting An Interval Training Exercise

    C. Distance-based recovery. Recovery countdown distance. Current heart rate. You will hear two beeps when the recovery calculation is done. At the end of recovery A. and B. Recovery duration. Recovery distance. Drop in your heart rate. Cool-down Phase 1. First Preset heart rate limits 3 (if set on).

  • Page 33: Starting The Recovery Calculation

    Tips During the Exercise Checking the Heart Rate Limits and Illuminating the Display Bring the wrist receiver near the transmitter’s Polar logo. The backlight is turned on for a couple of seconds. The current heart rate limits of the exercise are displayed.

  • Page 34: How To Recall Training Information

    D. HOW TO RECALL TRAINING INFORMATION The receiver starts saving your exercising information as you start the stopwatch. You can recall the information in the File mode. The receiver stores one complete training file at a time. Your latest exercise is stored in a complete file until the next time you start the stopwatch.

  • Page 35: Exercise Time

    Lap 1 EXE. SET WarmUp LAPS Best Lap *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor required D 62 Exercise Time (Exe. Time) The exercise time is the amount of time that you have exercised with the stopwatch running. Average and maximum heart rates of your exercise alternate on the display.

  • Page 36: Cadence Information

    It allows you to follow the exercise time count as a gauge of amount of exercise Ex. during one week. *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor required D 64 Your cumulative total time is displayed in hours and minutes until 99 hours 59 minutes is reached.

  • Page 37: Lap Information

    Cool-down Phase Duration of the cool-down. The heart rate at the end of the cool-down, average and maximum heart rates of the cool-down phase. 3. Press the stop button to return to the previous file level and skip steps 4-6, or continue recalling more detailed information of the interval phase.

  • Page 38: Resetting Cumulative Counts To Zero

    Downloading Training Data to a Computer Your heart rate monitor offers an Sampling rate easy way to analyse training data 15 s by computer afterwards. It starts...

  • Page 39: Uploading Settings From Computer

    ID for easier recognition in multi-user situations. To be able to upload the settings from PC Coach Light software via Polar Uplink, you need a personal computer with a sound card (compatible with Sound Blaster™) and dynamic loudspeakers or earphones.

  • Page 40: Polar Fitness Test

    CONNECT is displayed. E 72 F. POLAR FITNESS TEST The Polar Fitness Test is an easy, safe and quick way to estimate individual maximal aerobic power and to get predicted maximum heart rate value. The Polar Fitness Test is targeted to healthy adults.

  • Page 41: Predicted Maximum Heart Rate

    F 74 Predicted Maximum Heart rate (HR The HR -p definition is carried out simultaneously with the Polar Fitness Test. The HR -p score predicts your individual maximum heart rate value more accurately than the age-based formula (220-age). The age-based method provides a rough estimation and may not be very accurate, especially for people who have been fit for many years or for older people.

  • Page 42: Fitness Test Settings

    Fitness Test Settings To be able to carry out the Polar Fitness Test you need to do the following settings in the Options mode: • Set your personal user information and long-term physical activity level. • Set the Polar Fitness Test on.

  • Page 43: Update Ownindex And Hr

    Your maximum heart rate value is updated if the HR F 78 Fitness Classes The Polar Fitness Test result, your OwnIndex, is most meaningful when comparing your individual values and changes in them. OwnIndex can also be interpreted according to your gender and age. Locate your OwnIndex on the table to find your current cardiovascular fitness classification, compared with those who are of the same age and gender.

  • Page 44: Care And Maintenance

    • Store your Polar heart rate monitor in a cool and dry place. Do not store it in any kind of non-breathing material, such as a plastic bag or a sports bag if it is wet.
  • Page 45 Polar Service Center only. At the same time a full periodic check of the Polar heart rate monitor will be done. Battery Replacement for Polar Speed Sensor The estimated average battery life of the Polar Speed Sensor is 2500 hours of use.

  • Page 46: Precautions

    3. Put the transmitter back on the chest and keep the wrist receiver in this interference-free area as far as it is possible. 4. If the Polar heart rate monitor still does not work with the exercise equipment, this piece of equipment may be electrically too noisy for wireless heart rate measurement.

  • Page 47: Minimizing Possible Risks In Exercising With A Heart Rate Monitor

    If you are allergic to any substance that comes into contact with the skin, check the Polar heart rate monitor materials from the “Technical specifications” chapter. It is recommended that you wear the transmitter against your bare skin to ensure flawless operation.

  • Page 48: Frequently Asked Questions

    I. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What should I do if..I don’t know where I am in the Options or File cycle? Press and hold the stop button until time of day is displayed..I cannot find the previous exercise’s file? You may have used the Measure mode during your exercise, which means that your exercise was not stored.
  • Page 49 2. Put the transmitter back and bring the receiver up to your chest near the transmitter’s Polar logo. The receiver starts looking for a heart rate signal again. Continue your training session normally..heart rate reading becomes erratic or extremely high? You may have come within range of strong electromagnetic signals which cause erratic readings.

  • Page 50: Technical Specifications

    Another cyclist may have caused crosstalk with a Polar Speed Sensor. Keep a distance of at least 3 feet/ 1 meter between your wrist receiver and the Polar Speed Sensor of the other cyclist. …the speed reading is 00 or there is no speed reading on the display while cycling? 1.

  • Page 51: Timer

    Wrist Receiver Battery type: CR 2354 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 60 feet/ 20 meters Back cover material: Polycarbonate and glass fibre Wrist strap material: Polyurethane Wrist strap buckle material:...

  • Page 52: Limited Polar Warranty

    Polar Electro Oy. The names and logos marked with a ™ symbol in this user's manual or in the package of this product are trademarks of Polar Electro Oy, except that Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Technology, Ltd and SonicLink and PC Coach Light are trademarks of, Biometrics Inc.

  • Page 53: Polar Glossary

    In a coded transmission the can select between the BasicUse, receiver accepts heart rate data only Interval Training Set and BasicSet. from the Polar coded transmitter. Coding significantly reduces Heart rate: The number of heart crosstalk caused by other users of beats per minute (bpm).

  • Page 54: Display Symbols

    Indicates there has not been heart rate reception for at least 5 seconds. - - Indicates there is no heart rate reception. Bring the wrist receiver up to your chest near the transmitter’s Polar logo. The receiver starts looking for the heart rate signal again.
  • Page 55 OwnINDEX: Result of Polar Fitness Sw: Indicates stopwatch. Test and comparable score with Timer1, 2, 3: Interval Training mode: maximal oxygen uptake (VO...

  • Page 56: Index

    Index 12h/24h time mode ... 40 Naming exercise sets ... 30 Activity/button sound on/off ... 38 Odometer ... 65 Alarm settings ... 40 OwnCal calorie expenditure ... 102 Autostart on/off ... 36 OwnCal on/off ... 31 BasicSet exercise ... 24, 57 OwnIndex ...
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