Polar F5 - Manual

Polar F5™

Fitness Heart Rate Monitor

User Manual

ENG

1.

How to Put Your Heart Rate Monitor On

The elastic strap

holds the transmitter in
the correct position.

The Polar F5™
wrist unit

displays your heart rate
during exercise.

The transmitter

detects your heart rate
continuously and transmits
it to the wrist unit.

How to Put Your Heart Rate Monitor On

1.

How to Start and Stop

3.

After Exercising

4.

8.

Target Heart Rate Zone

Settings

7.

5.

Functions During Exercise

6.

How to Recall File Stored in Memory

10.

Resetting

9.

Self Walk Test by Polar and UKK Institute

12.

Technical Specifications

13.

Limited Polar International Guarantee

14.

Disclaimer

11.

Care and Maintenance

2.

Functions and Modes of Polar F5

Contents

How to Recall File Stored in Memory

6.

Reset

If reset,

settings will

return to the

default values.

Walk Test mode

• Based on 1.24 miles/2 km brisk walk
• Measures cardiorespiratory fitness

How to Start and Stop

How to Set up Your New Polar F5 Unit

1.

Press any of the four buttons twice to activate
the wrist unit. Unit is displayed. LBS/INCH is
flashing.

2.

Once awakened, the wrist unit will guide
you through the necessary settings.

Scroll up or down to set the right values.
Press OK to lock your selection.

Set the following:
Measuring units – lbs/inch or kg/cm
12h or 24h time mode
Time of day
Date
Weight
Height
Sex
Birthday

After setting your birthday, your target heart
rate zone based on your age is automatically
calculated.

After the settings are complete, the wrist unit
automatically goes to the Time of day display.

You can cancel the setting by pressing and
holding OK, but you can not start measuring
the heart rate before you have completed
the settings.

How to Start

1.

In the Time of day display press OK.
Your heart rate appears
in a few seconds.

2.

Press OK again. The stopwatch
starts running and you can
start exercising. The exercise
data will only be stored if you have
turned the stopwatch on.

3.

How to Stop

1.

Press OK to stop the stopwatch.
QUIT and paused stopwatch
appear. Measurement is paused.
Exercise is no longer recorded.

2.

Press Up or Down button to
exit the Exercise mode.

The wrist unit shows the Time of
day display within 5 minutes if
you forget to quit the heart rate
measurement mode when you
stopped the stopwatch and
removed the transmitter from
your chest.

Press
twice

Press
once

BMI

Interpretation

< 18.5

Underweight

18.5 - 24.9

Normal weight

25.0 - 29.9

Overweight

≥

30.0

Obesity

Reference: World Health Organization. Obesity: preventing and managing the
global epidemic. Report of a WHO Consultation on Obesity. Geneva: World
Health Organization, 1998.

The BMI value does not distinguish between muscular
and fat tissue. Thus, a weight-lifter may have a BMI
value which indicates obesity although the person only
has large muscles and little fat tissue.

Time of day
display

Press Up

Press OK

FILE

Press Up

KCAL

Press Up

BMI

Press Up

W INDEX

Press Up

IN ZONE

Press Up

AVERAGE HR

1.

Press Signal/Light to turn the light on.

2.

Press and hold Signal/Light to turn the zone
alarm sound on or off.

3.

Check the time of day by bringing the wrist
unit up to the Polar logo on the transmitter.

4.

Scroll up to select what values you want to
view in the

upper row

of the display during

exercise.

Functions During Exercise

4.

5.

Scroll down to select what you want to view
in the

lower row

of the display.

3. Exercise time

6.

You can pause the stopwatch by pressing OK.

Repressing OK will restart the stopwatch.

After restart you will see heart rate in the lower
row.

2. Heart rate as a % of your

maximum heart rate.

4. Time of day

1.

While in the Time of
day display mode press
Up or Down until FILE is displayed.

2.

Press OK.

3.

Scroll up or down to recall the exercise
information:

EXE. TIME

Total exercise time

AVERAGE HR

Average heart rate of the exercise

IN ZONE

Time spent in target zone

KCAL

Calories expended during the exercise

BMI

Body mass index

W INDEX

WalkIndex, the result of the walking test

The most convenient way to determine whether a
person is overweight is to use the Body Mass Index,
BMI. The body mass index does not describe the
amount of fat tissue but merely serves as a means for
comparing adult persons in terms of overweight or
underweight.

EXE. TIME

Functions and Modes of Polar F5

2.

1. Heart rate in beats

per minute.

How to operate the set buttons

•

To move forward or back, use Up or
Down button.

•

To choose the value to begin adjusting,
press OK. It will begin blinking.

•

Press Up or Down button to adjust the
value (The digits run faster if you press
and hold the button).

•

Wherever you are in the settings, you can
return to the Time of day display by pressing
and holding OK.

File mode

• Shows the data recorded during the exercise

Setting mode

• Set different values

- unit measurement; weight, height, time

- user data

- target heart rate limits

- watch functions; alarm, time, date

1.

Carefully wash the transmitter with a mild soap
and water solution.

2.

Rinse it with pure water.

3.

Dry the transmitter carefully with a soft towel.

4.

Keep the wrist unit clean and wipe off any
moisture.

5.

Store the heart rate monitor in a clean and dry
place. Dirt impairs the elasticity and functioning
of the transmitter. Sweat and moisture can keep
the electrodes wet and the transmitter activated,
which shortens battery life.

The combined impact of moisture and intense
abrasion may cause a black color, which might
stain light-colored clothes especially, to come
off the transmitter's surface.

After Exercising

5.

1. Heart rate in the target zone

is displayed

a) as absolute heart rate

or

b) as a % of maximum heart rate

according to your
lower row selection.

Up

Moves to the
following
mode or
increases the
selected value.

Signal/Light

Alarm on or off.

Backlight on.

OK

Starts measuring

heart rate. Starts and

stops the stopwatch.

Enters the displayed

mode. Locks in your

selection.

Down

Returns to the
previous mode
or decreases
the selected
value.

Heart Touch function

Bring the wrist unit up
to the Polar logo on
the transmitter during
exercise and you can
check the time of day.

Time of day display mode

• Starting point for all functions
• Shows date and time

Press and hold OK to return to the Time of day
display, wherever you are in the Settings or File
recalling cycle.

When the alarm is turned on, the symbol
appears on the Time of day display. When the alarm
comes on it will sound for one minute or you can
turn it off by pressing any of the four buttons.

Exercise recording mode

• In the Exercise mode you measure your heart

rate and record your exercise information in
a file

• You can view different information while the

heart rate monitor is measuring heart rate

Exercise recording

Time of day display

FILE

Press OK

Press OK

Press Up

Heart rate measuring

2. Fitness bullets

For every 10 minutes in TZ,
a appears.

3. Calorie expenditure

The calorie calculation starts
when your heart rate reaches
100 bpm.

Keep the wrist unit within 3 feet/ 1 meter of your
transmitter. Check that you are not near other
people with heart rate monitors or any source of
electromagnetic disturbance.

Lift the transmitter off your chest and

moisten the two grooved electrode areas

on the back.

3.

Check that the wet electrode areas are firmly
against your skin and the Polar logo is in
a central, upright position.

4.

Attach the transmitter to the elastic strap.

1.

Adjust the strap length to fit snugly and
comfortably. Secure the strap around your
chest, just below the chest muscles, and
buckle it.

2.

Press Up

Press Up

SETTING

WALK TEST

• Use Up or Down button to determine

the lower limit (the lower limit cannot be set
above the upper limit)

• Press OK, LIMITS SET is displayed

4. WATCH – time and day determination

Alarm

• Use Up button to advance from LIMITS display

to WATCH SET, press OK (or in the Time of day
display press and hold Signal/Light button ->
WATCH SET)

• ALARM ON or OFF blinks
• Select alarm on or off
• Press OK
• If you set the alarm on: set the alarm time

• In 12h time mode, select AM/PM, press OK
• Hours blink on the display, use Up or Down

button to select the correct hour, press OK

• Minutes blink on the display, use Up or Down

button to select the correct minutes

• Press OK

Time

• TIME is displayed
• Press Up or Down button to select 12 h or

24 h time display

• Press OK
• In 12 h time mode, select AM/PM with Up or

Down button, press OK

• TIME and blinking hours are displayed

1. To set the units

• Start from the Time of day display
• Press Up or Down until display changes

to SETTING

• Press OK, UNITS SET is displayed
• Press OK again
• Use Up or Down button to select lbs/inch

or kg/cm

• Press OK to accept

2. To set your personal data

• Press Up to advance, USER SET is displayed
• Press OK, WEIGHT is displayed

2.1. WEIGHT – setting weight

•

With the number blinking, use Up or Down
button to set your weight

•

Press OK to accept

•

HEIGHT is displayed

2.2 HEIGHT – setting height

•

Following weight acceptance, display
changes to HEIGHT

•

With number blinking, use Up or Down button
to select feet

•

Press OK to accept

•

With number blinking, use Up or Down button
to select inches

•

Press OK to accept

•

SEX is displayed

Settings

7.

Settings step by step

Time of
day display

Press and
release Up
until

Press OK

SETTING

Alarm time

LBS/INCH

KG/CM

or

HR or HR%

HI LIMIT

LOW LIMIT

ALARM

OFF/ON

TIME

DATE

UNITS SET

WATCH SET

LIMITS SET

Press Up

USER SET

Press Up

Press Up

WEIGHT

HEIGHT

SEX

BIRTHDAY

24h time display

sequence:
DAY –>MONTH –>YEAR

2.3. SEX – setting gender

•

Following height acceptance, display changes
to SEX; MALE or FEMALE blinks

•

Use Up or Down button to make your selection
and press OK

•

BIRTHDAY/MONTH is displayed

2.4. BIRTHDAY – setting your date of birth

•

Use Up or Down button to
select the correct month

•

Press OK

•

Use Up or Down button
to select the correct day

•

Press OK

•

Use Up or Down button to
select the correct year

•

Press OK, USER SET is displayed

3.

LIMITS – setting target heart rate zone limits

•

USER SET is displayed

•

Press Up to advance, LIMITS SET is displayed

•

Press OK

•

With HR or HR% blinking use Up or Down
to select whether you want to set the limits
in beats per minute or as a percentage of
a maximum heart rate

•

Press OK to accept, HI LIMIT is displayed

•

Use Up or Down button to determine
the upper limit

•

Press OK, LO LIMIT is displayed

• Use Up or Down button to select correct time,

press OK

• TIME and blinking minutes are displayed
• Use Up or Down button to select correct time,

press OK

Date

• MONTH and blinking month

are displayed

• Use Up or Down button

to select the correct month

• Press OK
• DAY and the blinking day

of the month are displayed

• Use Up or Down button

to select the correct day

• Press OK
• YEAR and the blinking number

are displayed

• Use Up or Down button

to select the correct year

• Press OK, press and hold OK

to return to the
Time of day display

24h time display

sequence:
DAY –>MONTH –>YEAR

Press Up

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15.

Precautions