M91ti cov.USA A.fh8 13/11/00 10:27 Page 1 Manufactured by: Polar Electro Inc. 370 Crossways Park Drive Woodbury NY 11797-2050 U.S.A. Graphic Design CIS, Finland. Printed in Hong Kong. C M Y USA CM MY CY CMY K QUICK GUIDE • Backlight on • Signal sound on/off Scroll up • Move forward to the next mode • Select the desired value Polar Service Center: 1-800-227-1314 Scroll down Polar Electro Canada c/o Sport Dinaco Inc.
The Polar M91 ti determines OwnZone, the individual training heart rate zone for you. OwnZone allows you to customise exercise sessions to fit your personal needs. OwnCal calorie calculation lets you follow how much energy you expend by exercising. By performing the quick and easy Polar Fitness Test, you can monitor your fitness level, and any longterm changes in it. Please read this manual carefully to familiarize yourself with the Polar M91 ti.
CONTENTS Getting going .........................................................................4 Parts .........................................................................................4 Buttons and their functions ...................................................5 Easy start..................................................................................6 How to prepare the wrist receiver......................................6 How to put the transmitter on........................................
BUTTONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS GETTING GOING RESET SCROLL UP H E A RT R AT E M O N I T O R PA RT S The elastic strap holds the transmitter comfortably, yet firmly, in the correct position. SCROLL DOWN OK The Polar T61™ transmitter detects your heart rate and transmits it to the wrist receiver.
• Briefly pressing a button (approximately 1 second) will do different things than pressing and holding the button for a longer period of time (approximately 2 to 5 seconds). • The buttons are slightly stiffer than those of an ordinary watch to prevent them from being pressed accidentally. • You can always return to the Time of day display from the Options setting or File recalling loops by pressing and holding the OK button. • See the glossary for display symbols and text interpretation.
HOW TO STOP MEASURING YOUR HEART RATE MODES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS 1. Press the OK button. The stopwatch stops. QUIT? Appears in the display. Heart rate measurement without exercising limits or calorie calculation continues. 2. Press Scroll Up. The heart rate measuring stops. The receiver shows the Time of day display again. Your Polar heart rate monitor has four main modes: Time of day, Exercise, File and Options. AFTER EXERCISING 1. Carefully wash the transmitter with a mild soap and water solution. 2.
3. FILE Polar heart rate monitor saves information on your latest exercise session.
USER appears, 1 or 2 is flashing. 4. Press Scroll Up or Scroll Down to select USER 1 or USER 2. 5. Press OK to lock your selection. You have now selected the user id. All settings are made to the selected user. In File, Measure, Options and Fitness test main modes you can change the user id by pressing and holding Scroll Up. If you want to disable the user id 2, set the weight of the user 2 to zero. Continue by setting your weight or return to the Time of day display by pressing and holding OK.
SEX appears and FEMALE / MALE is flashing. 4. Press Scroll Up or Scroll Down to select the right gender. 5. Press OK to lock your selection. MEASUREMENT OPTIONS SETTING SELECTING OWNZONE Select whether you want to use the OwnZone option. You can select between three different OwnZones. Alternatively, you can set the target zone limits manually yourself. SETTING ACTIVITY LEVEL You need to set a suitable activity level for Polar Fitness Test.
OwnCal calorie counter On/OFF by pressing Scroll Up once. or 3. Return to the Time of day display by pressing and holding OK. 7. Press OK to lock your selection. The lower limit reading starts to flash. 8. Press Scroll Up or Scroll Down to adjust the correct value. 9. Press OK to lock your selection. OWNZONE OFF is displayed. SETTING HEART RATE LIMITS MANUALLY If you choose not to use the OwnZone function, you may manually enter a target zone.
Choose from the following two alternatives to continue: 1. To continue settings, press Scroll Up. 2. To return to the Time of day display, press and hold OK. The OwnCal calorie calculation starts when your heart rate reaches 100 bpm. The higher the heart rate, the faster the energy expenditure accumulation. Energy expenditure depends on body weight; the heavier the weight the higher the energy expenditure. Men’s calorie expenditure is more intense than women’s at the same heart rate.
SETTING THE WATCH 11. Press Scroll Up or Scroll Down to adjust the desired minutes. 12. Press OK to lock your selection. Quick enter to the Watch setting loop: In the Time of day display press and hold the button for a couple of seconds. If you want to skip some parts and go directly to set a particular watch function, press OK until the desired watch function is displayed. To return to the Time of day display at any stage of watch settings, press and hold OK.
Choose from the following two alternatives to continue: 1. To set the date continue in chapter Setting the date. 2. To return to the Time of day display, press and hold OK. SETTING THE DATE If you are in the Time of day display start from Setting the alarm, steps 1-4. Then press OK until MONTH or DAY is displayed. The first digits start to flash. The date is displayed differently depending on which time mode (12h or 24h) has been chosen. 5.
START THE HEART RATE MEASUREMENT If you still do not succeed in code searching, but your heart rate is displayed and the heart symbol without a frame is flashing, you can start exercising but your wrist receiver may become disturbed by other heart rate monitors. Check that your personal user id is active. You can change the user before starting the stopwatch by pressing and holding Scroll Up. 1. Wear the transmitter and the wrist receiver as described in the chapter Getting going. 2.
OWNZONE 4. Start the heart rate measurement as described earlier. 5. Start the stopwatch. OZ appears in the display. Stopwatch starts running. Polar heart rate monitor is able to determine the individual training heart rate zone for you. This exercise zone is called your OwnZone (OZ). For most adults, OwnZone corresponds to 65-85 % of the maximum heart rate. OwnZone is suitable for cardiovascular training either for health-related or fitness improvement purposes.
Reset the stopwatch: 3. OZ.A (OwnZone Age) and your age-predicted heart rate limits appear on the illuminated display. If needed you can reset the stopwatch to zero and restart OwnZone determination: 1. Stop the OwnZone determination by pressing OK. Heart rate limits for your previously determined OwnZone appear on the display. 2. Stop the stopwatch by pressing OK. QUIT? appears in the display. 3. To reset the stopwatch press and hold Scroll Down for 2 seconds. 4. To restart the stopwatch press OK.
FUNCTIONS DURING HEART RATE MEASUREMENT the lower limit of your Target Zone. You will hear a beep when pressing the buttons. The sound signal will be on in OwnZone determination and will alarm you at the end of the Fitness test. Press and hold for 2 seconds to turn the sound signal and the button sound on or off. Sound signal is on. MEASURE EXERCISE TIME IN ZONE OWNCAL A flashing heart rate reading also informs you of being outside your target zone. The sound signal setting is saved i.e.
You can pause the stopwatch by pressing OK. Repressing it will restart the stopwatch and the above calculations. To reset the stopwatch to zero: 1. Stop the stopwatch. 2. Press and hold Scroll Down for two seconds.
STOP THE HEART RATE MEASUREMENT RECALLING TRAINING INFORMATION 1. Press OK to stop the stopwatch. The stopwatch stops. QUIT? appears in the display. Heart rate measurement without exercising limits or calorie calculation continues. Your latest training information is in the memory of the Polar heart rate monitor until the next time you start the stopwatch. Then your previous training information will be replaced by the new one. Polar heart rate monitor saves only one training file at a time.
TA R G E T H E A R T R AT E L I M I T S (LIMITS) You will see the target heart rate limits of your exercise. AV E R A G E H E A RT R AT E (AVERAGE Hr) You will see the average heart rate of your exercise session. CALORIES EXPENDED DURING THE EXERCISE ( K C A L / FAT ) You will see how many kilocalories you have expended during the exercise and the fat percentage of the total energy expenditure. T O TA L C A L O R I E C O U N T (Tot.
L AT E S T O W N I N D E X You can see your OwnIndex based on your latest Polar Fitness Test and the date when it was carried out. To be able to follow your fitness progress start with measuring your OwnIndex a couple of times during the first two weeks to get a reliable baseline value. Thereafter repeat the test approximately once a month. Polar Fitness Test is targeted to healthy adults.
Middle You participate regularly in recreational sports. For example, you run 5 miles a week or spend 30 - 60 minutes a week in comparable physical activity. Or, your work requires modest physical activity. High Exercise is an inseparable part of your life. You exercise regularly at least 3 times a week with heavy paced intensity. Exercise causes clear breathlessness and sweating. For example, you run regularly more than 5 miles a week or spend more than 1,5 - 2 hours in comparable physical activity.
1-3 4 5-7 Increase exercise for health benefits and fitness. Maintain current exercise habits to ensure better health. Exercise increase recommended for fitness improvements. Maintain current exercise habits for good health and fitness.
CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your Polar heart rate monitor is a high-tech instrument of superior design and workmanship and should be treated with care. The suggestions below will help you fulfill the warranty obligations and enjoy this product for many years to come. TA K I N G C A R E O F Y O U R P O L A R H E A RT R AT E M O N I T O R • Wash the transmitter regularly after use with a mild soap and water solution. Dry it carefully after washing. • Never store the transmitter wet.
PRECAUTIONS CROSSTALK The Polar wrist receiver in non-coded mode of operation picks up transmitter signals within 3 feet/ 1 metre. Noncoded signals from more than one transmitter picked up simultaneously can cause an incorrect readout. U S I N G A P O L A R H E A RT R AT E M O N I T O R I N A WAT E R ENVIRONMENT EXERCISE EQUIPMENT Several pieces of exercise equipment with electronic or electrical components such as LED displays, motors and electrical brakes may cause interfering stray signals.
• if you smoke • if you have high blood pressure • if you have high blood cholesterol • if you have any signs or symptoms of any disease • if you are recovering from a serious illness or a medical treatment e.g. surgery • if you use a pacemaker or another implanted electronic device.
decreasing your heart rate. 8. For a small percentage of people the heart rate variability will not totally disappear with increasing workload. In this case the age-predicted limits are the best estimation for the exercising zone. ...THE OWNZONE LIMITS BASED ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY (OZ.V) VARY CONSIDERABLY? Heart rate variability reacts sensitively to all changes taking place in the body and environment. The OZ.
Usually the first sign of a discharged battery is fading of the digits when using the backlight. Have the batteries checked. ... THE BATTERY OF THE WRIST RECEIVER MUST BE REPLACED? We recommend having all service done by an authorized Polar Service Center. This is especially necessary to ensure the warranty remains valid and is not affected by incorrect repair procedures done by an unauthorized agent.
Accuracy of heart rate measurement: ± 1% or ± 1 bpm, whichever larger, definition applies to steady state conditions DEFAULT SETTINGS Time of day Alarm User ID Weight Height Age Sex Activity 12h OFF 1 00 (lbs) 00 (ft/ inch) 0 Male Low OwnZone Upper Limit (manual) Lower Limit (manual) OwnCal Polar Fitness Test OFF 160 80 OFF OFF LIMIT VALUES Chronometer Heart rate limits Kcal Tot. kcal Tot.
DISCLAIMER POLAR GLOSSARY • 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. Coded heart rate transmission: Polar T61™ transmitter automatically locks in a code to transmit your heart rate to your wrist receiver. In coded transmission the receiver accepts heart rate from your transmitter only.
DISPLAY TEXTS AGE: Insert your age in User settings. ALARM: Indicates the alarm clock in watch settings. AM or PM: 12 hour mode of time. AVERAGE Hr: Average heart rate of the exercise. EXERCISE: Heart rate measurement mode, stopwatch is on and the exercise information is recorded. EXE. TIME: Total exercise time. FAT: Indicates the fat percentage of the total calorie expenditure. FILE: File mode to recall training information. IN ZONE: Exercising time in Target Zone.
Setting heart rate limits manually........................................16 Setting height.......................................................................13 Setting measurement options..............................................15 Setting sex.............................................................................13 Setting the alarm.................................................................20 Setting the date....................................................................
M91ti cov.USA A.fh8 13/11/00 10:27 Page 2 C M Y CM MY CY CMY DEAR CUSTOMER! ROAD MAP FILE TIME OF DAY OPTIONS TEST start the test MEASURE Congratulations on purchasing a Polar heart rate monitor! We are proud to assist you in achieving your personal fitness goals. If you want to get even more out of your Polar M91 ti during exercise, check www.polar.fi for the best product and training tips in Polar Personal Trainer.
