POLAR ACTIVE Getting Started Guide
ENGLISH Contents 1. GETTING STARTED .......................... Button Functions ............................ Enter Settings ............................... 3 3 4 2. MEASURING DAILY ACTIVITY ............... 5 3. ACTIVITY DIARY ............................. 7 4. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ................. Caring for Your Activity Monitor ........ Service .................................... Changing Battery......................... Precautions ............................... Troubleshooting ...............
ENGLISH 1. GETTING STARTED Button Functions KEYLOCK: Press and hold to lock or unlock buttons. RED: • Exit the menu and return to the previous level. • Cancel selections and leave settings unchanged. • Press and hold to return to the time view from any view. UP: • Move through the menu and selection lists, and adjust values. • Press and hold to change the watch face. GREEN: • Confirm selections. • In the time view, press to check feedback on your daily activity.
ENGLISH Enter Settings For the activity feedback to be accurate, all user information must be valid. When taking the Polar Active in use for the first time, enter the basic settings. Before changing the user, enter the correct user information. A: When taking Polar Activity in use for the very fist time • To activate the monitor, press any button for one second. • Enter the requested settings. • Use the UP and DOWN buttons to move through selection lists and to adjust values.
ENGLISH 2. MEASURING DAILY ACTIVITY Polar Active measures your daily activity automatically 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You only need to wear the activity monitor on your wrist and go. When worn at night time, the activity monitor measures also your sleeping time. There are five different activity zones in the Polar Active: vigorous+, vigorous, moderate, easy, and very easy. The activity bar displays Activity in the five activity zones is visible in the activity diary.
ENGLISH To see the feedback on your daily activity, press the GREEN button in the time view. If you have not reached the daily activity target, the Polar Active tells how much time you still have to go. When you have reached the activity target, the Polar Active boosts you with Active day. Well done! The moment you reach your activity target, Active time: 60 minutes/1 h 30 min./ 2 hours. Well done! is displayed.
ENGLISH 3. ACTIVITY DIARY Polar Active saves your daily activity in the activity diary. There is room for 21 days in the diary. When the memory becomes full, the activity monitor overwrites the oldest day. If the teacher has set an activity measurement period that lasts more than 21 days to your monitor, you get a message Diary memory full in x days when the activity diary is getting full. To save your activity data for a longer period of time, download it to polargofit.com web service.
ENGLISH 4. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Caring for Your Activity Monitor Clean with a mild soap and water solution, dry with towel. Do not press buttons under water. Never use alcohol or any abrasive material (steel wool or cleaning chemicals). Keep in a cool and dry place. Do not store in a damp environment, in non-breathable material such as a plastic bag or a sports bag. Do not expose to direct sunlight for extended periods.
ENGLISH To change the battery yourself: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Open the battery cover with a coin by turning it from CLOSE to OPEN. Remove the battery cover and lift the battery out carefully with a suitable sized small rigid stick or bar. However, prefer a non-metal tool for wrenching the battery out. Be careful not to damage the metal sound element (*) or the grooves. Insert a new battery inside the cover with the positive (+) side facing the cover.
ENGLISH Precautions Polar Active is designed to measure your physical activity from the wrist in five activity zones. Sleeping time can be viewed using polargofit.com web service. No other use is intended or implied. We recommend teachers to obtain written consent from the students' parents for using the activity monitor. Minimizing Possible Risks Physical activity and exercising may include some risks.
ENGLISH Troubleshooting If you don't know where your are in the menu, press and hold the RED button until the time is displayed. If there are no reactions to any buttons or if the display is behaving abnormally, reset the wrist unit by pressing all the buttons simultaneously for four seconds. The activity diary and all other settings except time and date will be saved. To save the activity data for a longer period of time, transfer it to polargofit.com web service.
ENGLISH Technical Specification System requirements Wrist unit For general polargofit.com use: Any computing device with operating system that supports any of the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 7 or 8, Apple Safari, Firefox 3.6 Java version 1.
ENGLISH Water Resistance Polar Active may be worn when swimming. To maintain water resistance, do not press buttons under water. For more information, visit http://support.polar.fi. The water resistance of Polar products is tested according to International Standard ISO 2281. Products are divided into three categories according to their water resistance. Check the back of your Polar product for the water resistance category, and compare it to the chart below.
ENGLISH Limited Polar International Guarantee • This guarantee does not affect the consumer’s statutory rights under applicable national or state laws in force, or the consumer’s rights against the dealer arising from their sales/purchase contract. • This limited Polar international guarantee is issued by Polar Electro Inc. for consumers who have purchased this product in the USA or Canada.
ENGLISH Disclaimer The material in this manual is for informational purposes only. The products it describes are subject to change without prior notice, due to the manufacturer’s continuous development program. Polar Electro Inc./Polar Electro Oy makes no representations or warranties with respect to this manual or with respect to the products described herein. Manufactured by Polar Electro Oy Professorintie 5 FIN-90440 KEMPELE Tel +358 8 5202 100 Fax +358 8 5202 300 www.polar.fi Polar Electro Inc.
ENGLISH This product is compliant with Directive 93/42/EEC. The relevant Declaration of Conformity is available at www.support.polar.fi/declaration_of_conformity.
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