Polar S810 - Manuals

A 8 A 9 Easy start How to prepare the wrist receiver 1. Since the display is blank when the receiver leaves the factory, you have to activate the wrist receiver by pressingthe OK button twice, after which the Time of day displayappears. This is a one-off procedure; once you have turnedon your receiv...

A 10 A 11 Your Polar S810 has six main modes: Time of day, Exercise, File, Options, Fitnesstest and Connection. The S810 modes offer you the following features: 1. TIME OF DAY • 12 h or 24 h time, alarm, date and weekday • two time options • backlight In addition, the following functions can be uplo...

B 15 B 14 Time Of Day File Options Fit. Test Connect Exercise Set Memory Set Function Set User Set Monitor Set Watch Set B. HOW TO ENTER SETTINGS This section describes how to manually entersettings by pressing the receiver buttons. However,Polar S810 offers you another and faster way aswell: prepar...

B 17 B 16 Options User Set kg/ cm/ Birthday Sex Activity HR max VO 2max Baseline lbs feet inch In the User Set loop you can move forward only by pressing OK. Units 2: setting orderis month - day - year. Measuring units depend on the settings in Options/ Monitor Set/Unit 1 or Unit 2. Units 1 Units 2 ...

B 21 B 20 When you start setting exercise preferences, you first select whether youwant to pre-programm an exercise profile or a BasicSet or exercise with theBasicUse option. BasicUse (E0) BasicUse is a simple mode for exercising. You do not have to do any settingsbefore exercising with this Exercis...

B 23 B 22 Setting timers If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-5.5. Scroll up or down until desired Timer is displayed. Press OK to start setting the timer. 6. Scroll up or down to turn the timer on or off. Press OK. OFF: skip steps 7-8. 7. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes. Pr...

B 25 B 24 Setting recovery calculation for BasicSet A. Recovery timer Ends your recovery as youreach the preset time. B. Recovery heart rate Ends your recovery as youreach the preset heart rate. If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4.5. Scroll up or down until Recovery is displa...

B 27 B 26 Setting Phases on/off If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4.5. Scroll up or down until the desired phase number is displayed.6. Press OK to start setting the phase. On/OFF starts to flash.7. Scroll up or down to set the phase on or off. Press OK. On: Int. and the phas...

B 31 B 30 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down until OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until MEMORY SET is displayed. 4. Press OK to start the memory settings. Rec. Rate is displayed.5. Scroll up or down to select ...

B 33 B 32 Predicted maximum heart rate on/off (HR max -p) If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4.5. Scroll up or down until HRmax-p is displayed.6. Press OK to start setting the HR max -p. On/OFF starts to flash. 7. Scroll up or down to set the HR max -p on or off. Press OK. HR ...

B 35 B 34 Options Monitor Set Sound Units HelpOn/OFF 1/2 On/OFF 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down until OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until MONITOR SET is displayed. 4. Press OK to start the monitor settings...

B 37 B 36 12 h time mode:month - day - year. 7. Time is flashing. Scroll up or down to select time 1 or time 2. Press OK.8. 12 h/ 24 h starts to flash. Scroll up or down to select 12 h or 24 h time mode. Press OK.24 h: skip step 9. 9. AM/PM starts to flash. Scroll up or down to select AM or PM. Pres...

B 38 C 39 Time of day Heart rate measure mode Exercise recording mode You can use two modes in yourexercise: Measure or Exercise mode.In the Measure mode you can see yourheart rate but your exercise is notrecorded. In the Exercise mode yourexercise is recorded and stopwatchand other calculations are...

C 41 C 40 If you are continuing from the Measure mode, press OK.Or, if you are starting from the Time of day display, press and hold OK. If BasicUse exercise starts, even if you have set an exercise profile on pleasecheck that you have set at least one of the exercise profile functions on. Exercise ...

C 43 C 42 Polar S810 automatically stores a lap time when you stop recording anexercise. Polar S810 can store 99 laps if you have not used the profilefunction. After storing 99 laps FULL appears for a few seconds everytime you take a lap. You can continue taking laps but they will not bestored. The ...

C 45 C 44 The bar indicates the baseline of your relaxation rate Bar of dots indicates the current relaxation rate in relation toyour baseline value. If you are in a more relaxed state thanthe baseline value, the bar of dots is on the right side of thebaseline bar, and vice versa. You cannot select ...

C 47 C 46 Interval period 1. FirstPreset heart rate limits (if set on).2. ThenOne of the following is displayed depending on your settings: A. manual, B. time-based or C. heart-rate-based interval. A. Manual interval Number of set intervals. (C means you have set continuous intervals)Current interva...

C 49 C 48 After the last phase has ended the receiver automaticallycontinues exercise recording with BasicUse mode. Interrupting an exercise profile 1. Press the stop button to pause the exercise.2. Press and hold the stop button to return to the Time of day display. Or Press the stop button. BasicU...

C 51 C 50 Reset the calculation by pressing and holding the down button. Reset Int?(=interval) or Reset Re? (=recovery) is displayed until the calculation isreset. To restart the same calculation press the OK button or to reset theexercise, press and hold the down button. Interrupting an interval or...

D 53 D 52 Time of Day File Options Fit. Test Connect F99 F1 Records Your first file is F1, then F2 and so on, until you have recorded maximum 99exercise files. The bigger the file number the more recent it is. Some information alternates on the display automatically. You can makethe alternation fast...

D 55 D 54 Exercise time (Exe. Time) The exercise time is the amount of time that you haveexercised with the stopwatch running. Average, maximumand minimum heart rates of your exercise alternate on thedisplay. To continue recalling the file, scroll up or downbutton. Recovery information of BasicSet e...

D 57 D 56 Start with the display showing EXE. SET.Profile exercise time.Profile number. 1. Press OK to start recalling the profile exercise information.2. Scroll up or down to see the information on exercise phases. Phase number.Phase duration.Average heart rate of intervals and recoveries. 3. Press...

E 62 E 63 Your Polar S810 offers you the option of preparing your settings with PolarPrecision Performance software. You are also able to set followingfunctions with the software:• a user ID, user name or logo for easier receiver recognition in multi-user situations • the heart touch function to sho...

E 64 F 65 Polar Fitness Test is an easy, safe and quick way toestimate individual maximal aerobic power and toget predicted maximum heart rate value. PolarFitness Test is targeted to healthy adults. OwnIndex is a value which is comparable to maximal oxygen uptake(VO 2max ), a commonly used descripto...

F 66 F 67 The HR max -p definition is carried out simultaneously with the Polar Fitness Test. The HR max -p score predicts your individual maximum heart rate value more accurately than the age-based formula (220-age). The age-based methodprovides a rough estimation and is thus not very accurate, esp...

F 68 F 69 Time of Day File Options Fit. Test Connect 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down until FIT. TEST is displayed. If you cannot find Fitness Test mode check that you have turned thefunction on in the Options mode. 2. Press OK to enter the Fitness Test mode. Your latest OwnIndex and ...

F 70 F 71 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (years) (very (poor) (fair) (average) (good) (very (excellent) poor) good) 20-24 < 32 32-37 38-43 44-50 51-56 57-62 >62 25-29 < 31 31-35 36-42 43-48 49-53 54-59 >59 30-34 < 29 29-34 35-40 41-45 46-51 52-56 >56 35-39 < 28 28-32 33-38 39-43 44-48 49-54 ...

F 72 Your Polar heart rate monitor is a high-tech instrument ofsuperior design and workmanship and should be treated withcare. The suggestions below will help you fulfill the warrantyobligations and enjoy this product for many years to come. Taking care of your Polar heart rate monitor • Wash the tr...

H. PRECAUTIONS H 75 Using the Polar S810 in a water environment Your Polar S810 is water resistant to 50 metres/ 160 feet. Heart rate measurement in a water environment is technically demandingfor the following reasons:• Pool water with a high chlorine content and seawater may be veryconductive and ...

H 77 4. If the Polar heart rate monitor still does not work with the exercise equipment, this piece of equipment may be electrically too noisy forwireless heart rate measurement. Minimising possible risks in exercising with a heart rate monitor Exercise may include some risk, especially for those wh...

I 79 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 meansthat your exercise was not stored. To...

I 81 ...other person with heart rate monitor is causing interference? Your training partner may have exactly the same code as you. In this caseproceed as follows: Keep a distance from your training partner andcontinue your training session normally. Or 1. Take the transmitter off your chest for 30 s...

J 85 Fitness test On HR max -p OFF Online OFF Exercise settings BasicUse On BasicSet function OFF Profile function OFF Heart touch function Shows heart rate limits Recording rate 5 s Limit Values Exercise time 99 h 59 min 59 s Heart rate limits 30 - 240 Heart rate zone time 99 h 59 min 59 s Recovery...

M 91 ALARM : Indicates the alarm in watch settings. AM or PM : Are used in 12h time mode. E.g. in 24h time mode 13:00means 1:00 PM. AVG : Together with a reading indicates average heart rate. Baseline : Set your personal relaxation rate baseline. BasicUse : Exercising without settings. BasicSet : Pr...

M 95 in beats per minute in recordedsamples. Recording every intervalaccurately is more difficult thanobtaining the averaged heart rateonly, because R-R recording rate isless shielded from measurementdisturbances. We recommend usingcontact gel (ECG gel) to ensurecontact between your skin and thetran...

Covers_S810_GBR_A.fh8 8/3/01 14:06 Page 2 Composite C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Road Map OK Dear Customer Congratulations on purchasing a Polar Heart RateMonitor! We are proud to assist you in achievingpersonal fitness and performance goals. If you wantto get even more out of your Polar S810 duringtraining...