Page 2 - Dear Customer; How to Start Measuring Your Heart Rate (BasicUse); Up
Quick Guide Road Map Keep the Road Map and Quick Guide on the back cover open while reading the manual. Monitor Set Sound On/OFF Help On/OFF Units 1/2 Watch Set Alarm Time 1/2 Date Remind On/OFF Exercise Set BasicUse, E0 ExeSet 1, E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 Interval On/OFF Memory Set Rec. Rate 5 Sec 15 Sec 60 S...
Page 4 - CONTENTS
A. Getting going ....................... 5 Running/cycling computer parts ...... 5Buttons and their functions ............. 6Easy start ............................................ 8 How to prepare the wrist unit ..... 8 Installing the Polar S1foot pod .......................................... 9Ass...
Page 5 - J. Limited Polar International
5 The electrode areas of the strapdetect your heart rate. The connector transmits yourheart rate signal to the wrist unit. The wrist unit displays and recordsyour heart rate and running/cyclingdata during exercise. Enter yourpersonal settings into the wrist unitand analyze the exercise files afteryo...
Page 6 - selection; Buttons and their functions; Resets the wrist unit.
6 7 Stop Signal/Light OK Signal/ Light Turns the beep on or off.Turns the backlight on. Stop Return - Stops measuring the heart rate.Exits the displayed mode and returns tothe previous mode level.Returns to the Time of day displayfrom any mode by pressing andholding the stop button. OK Accept - Star...
Page 7 - How to prepare the wrist unit; Wear the wrist unit as you would wear an ordinary watch. If you go; Easy start; Installing the Polar S1 foot pod; the foot pod from the rear.
8 9 How to prepare the wrist unit 1. Since the display is blank when the wrist unit leaves the factory, you have to activate the wrist unit by pressing the OK button twice, after whichthe Time of day display appears. This is a one-off procedure; once youhave turned on your wrist unit you can not tur...
Page 8 - Check the front side of the front fork to; or
10 11 7. Do not throw the replaced battery away with normal waste; take it to a placewhere batteries are recycled. Attaching the S1 foot pod on your shoe 1. Detach the holder from the foot pod by unfastening the flap and lifting the footpod from the rear. 2. Loosen your shoelaces and place the holde...
Page 10 - All that you can do with your running/cycling computer; How to stop measuring your heart rate
14 15 4. Press the OK button to start measuring your heart rate. A heart symbol will start flashing and your heart rate(beats per minute) will appear in a maximum of 15seconds. 5. Press OK again. The stopwatch starts running and you can start exercising. The exercise data will only bestored in a fil...
Page 11 - B. Freely programmable BasicSet; Pace; C. Freely programmable Interval Trainer
16 17 A. BasicUse is the easiest way to start exercising because you do not have to set different target limits or timers. You just start in Measuringmode and choose BasicUse and you are ready to go. You can selectamong several different heart rate, running or cycling informationalternatives for the...
Page 12 - B. HOW TO ENTER SETTINGS
18 19 Polar OwnOptimizer helps you to optimize training load during trainingprogram so that training will develop performance and will not lead tolong-term under- or overtraining. OwnOptimizer is a modification oftraditional proven orthostatic overtraining test and is based on heartrate and heart ra...
Page 13 - User information settings
20 21 User information settings Weight (kg or lbs) 5. Scroll up or down to adjust your weight. Press OK. Height (cm or ft/ inch) 6. Scroll up or down to adjust your height. Press OK. Date of birth (Birthday) 7. Scroll up or down to adjust your day of birth. Press OK. 8. Month appears. Scroll up or d...
Page 14 - Exercise settings for Recording mode
22 23 High You participate regularly, at least 3 times a week, in heavy physicalexercise. E.g. you run 10-20 km/ 6-12 miles per week or spend2-3 hours per week in comparable physical activity. Top You participate regularly in heavy physical exercise at least 5 timesa week. E.g. you exercise to impro...
Page 16 - Setting pace limit; limits 1; limits 2; Turning limits on/off
26 27 Setting timers If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-5. 6. Scroll up or down until desired timer is displayed. Press OK to start setting the timer. 7. Scroll up or down to turn the timer on or off. Press OK. Timer OFF: skip steps 8-9. 8. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes....
Page 19 - Naming exercise sets; Setting recording rate
32 33 C. Rec. Dist is displayed. 10. Scroll up or down to adjust kilometers. Press OK. 11. Scroll up or down to adjust hundreds of meters. Press OK. Recovery DIST appears. To continue your settings, press the stop button or to return to the Time ofday display, press and hold the stop button. Naming ...
Page 20 - Turning functions on/off; OwnCal calorie counter on/off
34 35 The use of exercise sets and lap recording reduces the maximum exercisetimes. To continue your settings, press the stop button or to return to the Time ofday display, press and hold the stop button. The following table shows the maximum exercise times for eachrecording rate. Options Function S...
Page 21 - Predicted maximum heart rate on/off; Scroll up or down to set the HR; -p can be turned on only if Polar Fitness Test is on.; Altitude and thermometer on/off; If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4
36 37 Tests on/off If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4. 5. Scroll up or down until Tests is displayed.6. Press OK to start setting the tests. On/OFF starts to flash.7. Scroll up or down to set the tests on or off. Press OK. Predicted maximum heart rate on/off (HR max -p) If y...
Page 22 - Calibrating the Polar S1 foot pod; Press OK to save the calibration. CALIBRATION DONE is displayed.
38 39 Speed settings 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 SPEED SET is displayed.4. Press OK to start the Speed settings.5. Choose to start setting Running speed, Bike 1 ...
Page 23 - Calibration manually; Adjust the SET factor to the value 1000 before manual calibration.; Bicycle settings; ERTRO; Adjusting the wheel size
40 41 Calibration manually Adjust the SET factor to the value 1000 before manual calibration. The calibration factor is calculated as a ratio of the actual distance to theuncalibrated distance. For example if you ran 1200 meters and the wristunit shows a distance of 1180 meters, the calibration fact...
Page 25 - Monitor settings; In the Time of day display; Selecting measuring units
44 45 Options Monitor Set Sound On/OFF Units 1/2 Help On/OFF Monitor settings 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down untilOPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISESET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until MONITOR SET is displayed.4. Press OK to start the monit...
Page 26 - Setting alarm; Watch settings
46 47 Options Watch Set Alarm Time 1/2 Date Remind On/OFF 1. In the Time of day display scroll up ordown until OPTIONSis displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode.EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until WATCH SET is displayed.4. Press OK to start the watch settings. ALARM is dis...
Page 27 - Month appears. Scroll up or down to select the; Turning reminders on/off; reminder is displayed in the corner of the display.
48 49 12h time mode:month - day - year Setting time of day If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4. 5. Scroll up or down until TIME1/ TIME2 is displayed.6. Press OK to start setting the time of day.7. Time is flashing. Scroll up or down to select time 1 or time 2. Press OK.8. 12h...
Page 28 - Time of Day; Setting tips; Swap time 1 or time 2; Measuring mode
50 51 Time of Day Measuring Mode Recording Mode C. EXERCISE Setting tips Swap time 1 or time 2 In the Time of day display press and hold the down button. Time 1 orTime 2 is displayed in the uppermost row for a couple of seconds. Displayedtime will now be used in all watch and alarm functions. If you...
Page 29 - Or
52 53 If you are not running, turn the speed settings off by pressing and holdingthe down button. Repeat until -- appears. This will give you more memorycapacity. If you want to record running information, turn the foot pod onafter your heart rate is displayed on the wrist unit. Press OK to startrec...
Page 30 - Recording mode; If you are starting from the Time of day display, press and hold OK.; If your preset exercise requires speed settings; , Set Speed is displayed; keep the bike still; until
54 55 Recording mode Before starting recording, check that you have enough memory left.This information is displayed in the upper row, in the Measuring mode. If you are starting from the Time of day display, press and hold OK. Exercise information will be stored in an exercise file only when thestop...
Page 32 - First; Pausing the exercise
58 59 For most accurate altitude readings, calibrate the altimeter every timebefore an exercise. Swapping the displayed exercise information You can swap the display information by pressing the down button in theMeasuring or Recording mode. The wrist unit saves the upper and lowerrow settings for th...
Page 33 - Starting an exercise set; Select the lower row information; If you have pace limits on you can also select the pace; Select the middle row information; Phase Name
60 61 1. Start from the Time of day display. Press OK to enter the Measuring mode.2. If you want to swap the preset exercise set, press and hold the up button until the exercise set (E1-E5) is swapped. Release. Repeat until desiredexercise set is displayed. 3. To start exercising and recording the p...
Page 34 - Interval phase; Structure of an interval training exercise:; Exercising with Interval Training Set
62 63 Warm-up phase 1. First Heart rate or pace limits 1 (if set on). 2. Then Countdown timer 1. Heart rate information. Countdown timer starts running if you have set the timer 1on. If you have set the timer off, press and hold OK andcontinue from the interval phase. 3. At the end of warm-up phase ...
Page 35 - At the end of Interval; Recovery calculation
64 65 3. At the end of Interval Interval duration. Average heart rate of the interval. When your interval ends the wrist unit automaticallycontinues with following preset function: recoverycalculation or cool-down phase. Recovery calculation One of the following is displayed depending on your settin...
Page 36 - Exercising with BasicSet; Starting the timers; At the end of recovery; Drop in your heart rate.
66 67 Exercising with BasicSet (Int OFF, E1-E5) In this mode you can also use the functions in “Recording mode” section. Starting the timers If timers are set on, they automatically start running once you start thestopwatch. Timers alternate in the following order: timer 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 etc.At the ...
Page 37 - If the manually set altitude reference value deviates over; Tips during the exercise
68 69 Tips during the exercise Swapping the speed settings (--, ru, b1 or b2) In the Measuring mode press and hold the down button. Release. Repeatuntil Run speed, Bike 1 or 2 or Speed Off is displayed. You can now exercisewith the chosen settings. From running to cycling and vice versa can beswappe...
Page 38 - D. HOW TO RECALL TRAINING INFORMATION; Interrupting an interval or recovery calculation; Checking the current limits
70 71 D. HOW TO RECALL TRAINING INFORMATION The wrist unit starts saving exercise informationto a file as you start the stopwatch. You can recallthe information in the File mode. In the File modethere are up to 99 exercise files and a records file,which keeps track of the cumulative and maximumexerc...
Page 39 - Pace information; Average and maximum pace of the exercise alternate.
72 73 Exercise time (Exe. Time) The exercise time is the amount of time that you have exercisedwith the stopwatch running. Average and maximum heartrates of your exercise alternate on the display. To continuerecalling the file, scroll up or down button. Recovery information of BasicSet exercise (Rec...
Page 42 - Scroll up or down to see the following
78 79 In the upper row, the split time alternates with the help texts if the Helpfunction is turned on. You can check the following detailed lapinformation in the middle row by pressing the OK button repeatedly: • lap time (Lap Time),• speed at the end of the lap (Speed),• cadence* at the end of the...
Page 43 - Deleting a file; the signal/light button. DELETE FILE and file number are displayed.; Deleting all files; Press OK to start recalling the samples.
80 81 Deleting a file 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down until FILE is displayed.2. Press OK to enter the File mode.3. Scroll up or down until desired exercise file is displayed. Press and hold the signal/light button. DELETE FILE and file number are displayed. 4. Press OK. The wrist un...
Page 44 - Resetting your cumulative counts to zero; value starts to flash.; Records file
82 83 Resetting your cumulative counts to zero Once your have reset the cumulative count you cannot retrieve it.Start with the display showing Tot. KCal, Tot. Time, Run./Rid. Time orTot. Dist./Odometer in the records file.1. Press OK to start resetting the desired total count. Reset appears and the ...
Page 45 - Polar Fitness Test; OwnIndex
84 85 E. TESTS The Polar Fitness Test is an easy, safe and quickway to estimate individual maximal aerobic powerand to get predicted maximum heart rate value.The Polar Fitness Test is targeted to healthy adults. Polar Fitness Test OwnIndex OwnIndex is a value which is comparable to maximal oxygen up...
Page 46 - Predicted maximum heart rate
86 87 Predicted maximum heart rate (HR max -p) 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 estima...
Page 47 - Lie down and relax; Turn the Fitness test sound signal on/off
88 89 Time of Day File Options Tests Connect Op.Test Fit. Test Op. Test reset 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down until TESTS is displayed. Press OK: If you cannot find Tests mode check that you have turned the functionon in the Options mode. 2. Scroll up or down until FIT. TEST is displ...
Page 48 - Fitness classes; Age; MEN; Interrupt the test; Update OwnIndex and HR; You can update your OwnIndex and HR; appears if you have not updated your latest test results.; To return to the Time of day display, press and hold the stop button.
90 91 The classification is based on literature review of 62 studies where VO 2max was measured directly in healthy adult subjects in the USA, Canada and 7 European countries. Reference: Shvartz E, ReiboldRC: Aerobic fitness norms for males and females aged 6 to 75 years: a review. Aviat Space Envir...
Page 49 - OwnOptimizer; Training Optimizer; For various fitness classes we recommend the following:
92 93 Successful training requires temporary overloading: longer exerciseduration, higher intensity, or higher total volume. In order to avoid severeovertraining, overloading must always be followed by an adequaterecovery period. With an inadequate recovery period, you may experience adecrease in pe...
Page 50 - Sit or lay down, relax and press the OK button to start; Baseline tests
94 95 To get reliable test results, the following basic requirements apply:- You should be relaxed and calm. - Avoid eating, drinking and smoking 2-3 hours prior to the test. - The test can take place anywhere – at home, in the office, at a healthclub – as long as the test environment is peaceful. T...
Page 53 - F. CARE AND MAINTENANCE; Taking care of your Polar running/cycling computer
100 101 • You can wash the strap in a washing machine at +40 ° C / 104 ° F. We recommend that you use a washing pouch. • We recommend that you wash the strap after each time you have used it in pool water with a high chlorine content. • Do not spin-dry the strap!• Do not put the strap in a dryer!• D...
Page 54 - with a small screwdriver.
102 103 S1 foot pod The battery of the foot pod needs to be replaced if the green light onthe foot pod turns red or there is no light at all when you press andhold the red button on the foot pod. Check the easy start section forreplacing the battery. Speed Sensor The estimated average battery life o...
Page 55 - Using the Polar running/cycling computer in a water environment; • ECG signal strength is individual and also varies depending on an; Wrist unit
104 105 G. PRECAUTIONS Using the Polar running/cycling computer in a water environment Your Polar running/cycling computer can be worn when swimming.To maintain the water resistance, do not operate the buttons of thewrist unit under water. Users measuring their heart rate in water may experience int...
Page 56 - Minimising possible risks in exercising; Electromagnetic interference; Polar running/cycling computer and interference
106 107 Exercise may include some risk, especially for those who have been sedentary. Before starting a regular exercise program you are recommended toanswer to the following questions for health status checking. If the answeris yes to any of the questions, we recommend that you consult a doctorbefo...
Page 57 - H. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
108 109 H. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 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 expended calories from my exercise file? Check that you have set your personal user information an...
Page 58 - your training partner.
110 111 2. Press any of the buttons once. Time of day is displayed. ...the battery of the wrist unit must be replaced? We recommend having all service done by an authorized Polar ServiceCenter. The guarentee does not cover damage or consequential damagecaused by service not authorized by Polar Elect...
Page 59 - I. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS; crossbar in front of you, try moving the wrist unit sideways.
112 113 I. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Polar S625X/S725X is designed to indicate the level of physiological strain andintensity in sports and exercise. It also measures altitude and temperaturein running/cycling. No other use is intended or implied. The altitude andtemperature functions are not designe...
Page 60 - Operating temperature:; Speed sensor
114 115 Transmitter Connector Battery type: CR 2025 Battery sealing ring: O-ring 20.0 x 1.0Material FPM Battery life: Average 2 years (1h/ day, 7 days/ week) Operating temperature: -10 ° C to +50 ° C/ 14 ° F to 122 ° F Material: Polyamide Water resistance: Water resistant 30 m / 100 feet Strap Mater...
Page 61 - J. LIMITED POLAR INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEE; Default Settings; On; Limit Values; Pace limits
116 117 J. 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 orCanada. This limited Polar international guarantee is issued by PolarElectro Oy for the consumers who have purch...
Page 62 - is a good; ) Is the highest number of
118 119 L. POLAR GLOSSARY Activity level: Your long-term physical activity levelyou need to assess in order to do thePolar Fitness Test. Altitude and temperature: The altitude and temperature aremeasured by using an atmosphericpressure sensor. Air pressure changesconstantly due to various weathercon...
Page 63 - Display texts
120 121 HR max -p: Predicted maximum heart rate value. Interval, Int: Options mode: indicates Interval Training SetRecording mode: Indicates intervalexercise session including warm-up,interval and cool-down phases. InZone/ Above/ Below: indicate the time spent within, above andbelow the target zone....
Page 64 - Indicates running pace
122 123 RecoTime, time-based recovery: You set the recovery time in theOptions mode. In the File mode youwill see the drop in your heart rateand the recovery duration. ru: Indicates running speed settings. Spd: Indicates velocity. Split Time: The elapsed time from the beginning of the exercise until...
Page 65 - Index
124 125 Recall training information .................. 71Recording rate settings ......................... 33Records file ............................................. 82Recovery during BasicSet ............... 68, 73Recovery during Interval training . 65, 78Recovery settings ..........................
Page 66 - Accessories; Polar Cadence Sensor:; to learn more about the Polar; NOTE
126 127 Accessories Polar Cadence Sensor: A wireless sensor that measures the frequency at which youturn the pedals of your bicycle. Power Output Sensor: The Polar Power Output system measures pedaling powerwhen cycling. It also measures left/right balance (LRBdescribes the share of power output of ...
