Polar F6™ User Manual
ENGLISH Contents 1. GETTING STARTED ............................ 3 Get to Know Your Polar F6.................... 3 Enter Basic Settings .......................... 4 2. BEFORE EXERCISE ............................. 5 Wear the Transmitter ......................... 5 3. DURING EXERCISE............................. 6 Record Your Exercise ......................... 6 Buttons During Exercise ...................... 7 Views During Exercise ........................ 8 Stop Recording and View Summary .......... 9 4.
ENGLISH 1. GETTING STARTED Get to Know Your Polar F6 Wrist Unit displays and records your heart rate and other exercise data during exercise. Buttons: UP/DOWN: Move thru menu and selection lists, and adjust values. OK: Enter menu and confirm selections. LIGHT: Illuminate display. BACK: Exit menu and return to previous level. Cancel selection and leave setting unchanged. Transmitter sends the heart rate signal to the wrist unit. The transmitter consists of a connector and strap.
ENGLISH Enter Basic Settings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. To activate your Polar F6, press OK twice. Once activated, it cannot be switched off! WELCOME TO POLAR FITNESS WORLD is displayed. Press OK. START WITH BASIC SETTINGS is displayed. Press OK. Time: Select either 12 H or 24 H. Date: Enter date; dd = day, mm = month, yy = year. Units: metric (KG/CM) or imperial (LB/FT). By selecting LB/FT, calories are displayed as Cal, otherwise they are shown as kcal. 7. Weight: Enter your weight.
ENGLISH 2. BEFORE EXERCISE Wear the Transmitter Wear the transmitter to measure heart rate. 1. 2. 3. Attach one end of the transmitter to the elastic strap. Adjust the transmitter’s strap length to fit snugly and comfortably. Secure the strap around your chest, just below the chest muscles, and buckle the strap to the transmitter. Lift the transmitter off your chest and moisten the two grooved electrode areas on the back.
ENGLISH 3. DURING EXERCISE Record Your Exercise 1. Wear the transmitter and wrist unit. Start heart rate measurement by pressing OK. Preferably, there should be no other heart rate monitors nearby (within 1m / 3ft) to avoid interference. 2. Within 15 seconds, your heart rate appears on the display. 3. Press OK. Record the exercise session by selecting START and pressing OK. You can adjust Exercise settings by selecting SETTINGS. For more information, see page 18. 4. Press BACK to stop recording.
ENGLISH Buttons During Exercise LIGHT • Press once and the display will light up with every button press. • Press and hold to lock or unlock buttons. BACK • Pause / exit exercise recording. UP / DOWN • • Change exercise mode view. Press and hold UP to customize Exercise and Calories views. Choose the upper row information from Time of day, Calories/Stopwatch and Fitness bullets. A fitness bullet appears for every 10 minutes in the target zone equaling one hour in total if all the bullets appear.
ENGLISH Views During Exercise View combinations of exercise data. Switch displays with UP/DOWN. Exercise Stopwatch Heart rate Calories The calories expended Heart rate InZone view is only displayed when you have set heart rate limits active. InZone symbol and time spent in zone* Lower / upper limit values and Zone Pointer Heart rate *Smiley face means that OwnZone determination was succesful.
ENGLISH Stop Recording and View Summary Press BACK to pause exercise recording. Select EXIT to stop recording and to view a Summary of your exercise session: Summary Exercise duration (hh.mm.ss) Calories burned during exercise (Cal/kcal) The maximum (max) and average (avg) heart rate of the exercise session (bpm/%HRmax) alternate For more facts and know-how to enhance your training, visit Polar Article Library. http://articles.polar.
ENGLISH 4. AFTER EXERCISE Diary In the Diary, you can compare achieved exercise duration, quantity and calories in different intensity zones to your target values. Diary contains data for the current calendar week only, and records exercise data only if the session lasts at least ten minutes. To enter Diary, on Time display, press UP. Diary The three bars stand for exercise count (#), exercise time (Ø) and expended calories (c). Press OK and UP/DOWN to examine more details. Exe.Count / Exe.
ENGLISH HR zones The three bars stand for Light, Moderate and Hard heart rate zone. Press OK and UP/DOWN to examine more details. Light / Moderate / Hard Your target exercise duration in concerned zone The relevant bar is highlighted The exercise duration in zone Note: When you press BACK to return to the Diary or HR zones view, the value you last viewed will be set as a default value on the bottom row of the Diary or HR zones view.
ENGLISH Follow-Up Every Sunday at midnight, your Polar F6 automatically reviews your progress, resets the Diary and Heart Rate Zone views, saves Diary data to Weekly File and reminds you to check your Diary with an envelope symbol. To open the reminder, press UP and OK.
ENGLISH Files Daily File Select File > DAILY In the Daily File, view detailed exercise information from your 12 most recent exercise sessions. When the File becomes full, the oldest information is replaced by the most recent. To save the exercise data for a longer period, transfer the file to the polarpersonaltrainer.com web service. For more information, see page 17. Exercise Each bar represents a session. The higher the bar the longer the exercise.
ENGLISH Select an exercise you wish to view with UP/DOWN and OK. Duration Time session started Exercise duration (hh.mm.
ENGLISH Heart Rate Maximum (Max) and average (Avg) heart rate in beats per minute alternate with the percentage of maximum heart rate reading Time in Zone view is only displayed if HR limits were set on. Heart rate limits Exercise duration between heart rate limits To delete a Daily File, press and hold LIGHT in Duration view until DELETE FILE? is displayed. Select YES. ARE YOU SURE? is displayed. Confirm deletion with YES.
ENGLISH Weekly File and Totals File Select File > WEEKLY or TOTALS In the Weekly and Totals Files, you can view exercise count, duration, and burned calories from the last 12 weeks or starting from the previous reset. Weekly File EXE.COUNT / EXE.
ENGLISH Data Transfer Your Polar F6 offers two means of data communication with a PC: • Send data with Polar WebLink™: Transfer data to the polarpersonaltrainer.com web service using Polar WebLink software. For this you need to register for polarpersonaltrainer.com web service. You will find detailed instructions on how to send data at Polar WebLink's Help file. • Receive data with Polar UpLink™ Tool: Edit settings and upload logos from a PC to your wrist unit using Polar UpLink Tool software.
ENGLISH 5. SETTINGS Exercise Settings • Select Exercise > SETTINGS • percentage of maximum heart rate. HR ALARM: Adjust the target zone alarm sound volume. • HR VIEW: Select HR to display your heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) or HR% to view a HR LIMITS: You can choose to exercise from four different heart rate limits: OWNZONE: The wrist unit determines your individual target heart rate zone automatically in the beginning of every exercise.
ENGLISH OwnZone Your Polar F6 automatically determines your individual and safe exercise intensity zone, your OwnZone. The function guides you through warm-up. Your OwnZone limits may vary daily, depending on your physical and mental condition. OwnZone has been developed for healthy persons. Some health conditions may cause heart rate variability-based OwnZone determination to fail, e.g. high blood pressure, certain cardiac arrhythmias, and some medication.
ENGLISH Determining Your OwnZone Find your OwnZone limits in 1-5 minutes during warm-up by walking, jogging, or doing some other sport. Before you start, make sure that your User settings are correct and the OwnZone function is activated. 1. • • • • OZ>>>>Jog at a slow pace for 1 min. Smoothly • increase your heart rate about 10 bpm/ 5% HRmax. OZ>>>>>Jog at brisk pace or run for 1 min. 2. When you hear two, consecutive beeps, your OwnZone has been determined.
ENGLISH Other Settings WATCH settings Select Settings > WATCH • Select Settings > HR SET • HR ALARM: Select VOL 2 (loud), VOL 1 (quiet), or alarm OFF. • HR VIEW: Select HR (beats per minute), or HR% TIMER: Set the countdown timer to sound once. Restart the timer by pressing and holding OK while it is running, or stop it by pressing BACK. To hide the running timer, press and hold UP. • HR SET (Heart rate settings) (a percentage of your maximum heart rate).
ENGLISH USER settings Select Settings > USER • Weight: To change units press and hold LIGHT. • Height: To change units press and hold LIGHT. • Birthday: Adjust your date of birth. • Sex : Select MALE or FEMALE. • HR max (the highest number of heartbeats per minute (bpm) during maximum physical exertion): Change the default value only if you know your laboratory-measured value. For more information, see http://support.polar.fi.
ENGLISH GENERAL settings Select Settings > GENERAL • SOUND: Adjust button and activity sounds; VOL 2 (loud), VOL 1 (quiet), or OFF (no sounds). • KEYLOCK: To lock or unlock buttons MANUALly, press and hold LIGHT. AUTOMATIC keylock is activated when you have not pressed the buttons for a minute. • UNITS: Select metric (KG/CM) or imperial (LB/FT) units.
ENGLISH 6. CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION Caring for Your Heart Rate Monitor Heart Rate Monitor, Transmitter : Keep in a cool and dry place. Do not store in a damp environment, in non-breathable material (a plastic bag or a sports bag) or with conductive material (a wet towel). Do not expose to direct sunlight for extended periods. Clean with a mild soap and water solution, dry with towel. Never use alcohol or any abrasive material (steel wool or cleaning chemicals). Strap: Rinse with water after every use.
ENGLISH Changing Wrist Unit Batteries: Do not open the wrist unit yourself. To ensure water resistance properties and the use of qualified components, the wrist unit battery should be replaced by an authorized Polar Service Center only. A full periodic check of the heart rate monitor will be done when changing batteries. The low battery symbol will appear when 10-15% of the battery capacity is left. The backlight and sounds are automatically deactivated.
ENGLISH Note that in addition to exercise intensity, medications for heart conditions, blood pressure, psychological conditions, asthma, breathing, etc., as well as some energy drinks, alcohol, and nicotine may also affect heart rate. It is important to be sensitive to your body’s responses during exercise. If you feel unexpected pain or excessive fatigue when exercising, stop or continue at a lighter intensity.
ENGLISH Polar F6 may be worn when swimming. To maintain water resistance, do not press buttons under water. See further information at support.polar.fi. 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 Electromagnetic disturbances may occur near high-voltage power lines, traffic lights, overhead lines of electric railways, electric bus lines or trams, televisions, car motors, bike computers, some motor driven exercise equipment, cellular phones, or at electric security gates. To avoid erratic readings, move away from possible sources of disturbance. Exercise equipment with electronic components may cause interfering stray signals. To tackle these problems, try the following: 1. 2. 3.
ENGLISH Troubleshooting If you don't know where you are in the menu, press and hold BACK until the time is displayed. If there are no reactions to any buttons, reset the wrist unit by pressing all the buttons simultaneously for two seconds. All other settings except time and date will be saved. A cardiac event may have altered your ECG waveform. In this case, consult your physician.
ENGLISH Technical Specification Strap material Buckle: Polyurethane, Fabric: Nylon 46 %, polyester 32%, natural rubber (latex) 22% Wrist Unit Battery type Battery life Operating temperature Wrist strap material Back cover and wrist strap buckle CR 2032 Average 1.
ENGLISH Guarantee and Disclaimer Limited Polar International Guarantee This limited Polar international guarantee is issued by Polar Electro Inc. for the consumers who have purchased this product in the USA or Canada. This limited Polar international guarantee is issued by Polar Electro Oy for the consumers who have purchased this product in other countries. Polar Electro Inc.
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. Polar Electro Inc.
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