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QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
FUNCTION BUTTON
Illuminate the display SIGNAL/LIGHT
Turn the Target Zone sound
signal off/on SIGNAL/LIGHT (press and hold)
Stop/start the stopwatch SET/START/STOP
Check the secondary Bring the receiver close to the
measurement mode Polar logo of the transmitter
Swap the heart rate limits SELECT (when the stopwatch is running)
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Check split and lap times STORE/LAP/RECOVERY
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Start recovery calculation SET/START/STOP (to stop
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CONTENTS POLAR PROTRAINER XT HEART RATE MONITOR .................................... 5 Features ................................................................................................ 6 Important to remember ......................................................................... 7 Parts ...................................................................................................... 7 Getting going ..................................................................................
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FUNCTIONS DURING THE MEASUREMENT IN THE CYCLING MODE .......................................................................... 32 Start the cycling measurement ........................................................... 32 POLAR PROTRAINER XT Swap the wheel size ........................................................................... 33 See your heart rate and speed ........................................................... 34 Check cycling information ......................................
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FEATURES IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER! • Adjust the strap length snug enough and wet the Polar Coded Transmitter electrodes to ensure flawless heart rate measurement. Your Polar Protrainer XT offers you the following features: • Do not stretch or bend the transmitter. • Do not operate the buttons of the wrist receiver under water. Watch functions • Wash and dry the transmitter regularly after use; never store it wet. • Time • Keep the Polar Heart Rate Monitor out of extreme cold or heat. • Alarm • Date
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GETTING GOING 1. Attach the Polar Coded Transmitter to the elastic strap. SETTING THE WATCH 2. Adjust the strap length to fit snugly and Start here to set: comfortably. Secure the strap around - Alarm your chest, below the chest muscles. - Time of day Lock the buckle. - Date In the display each function is represented by a block in the graphic bar in the above order. A flashing block means that you are setting the corresponding function. 3. Pull the transmitter off your chest and wet the grooved
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SETTING THE ALARM SETTING THE TIME In the Time of day display, press SET/START/STOP. AM/PM (alternatively the hours) is/are flashing. Alarm symbol is flashing. 1. Press SIGNAL/LIGHT to select AM or PM. 1. Press SIGNAL/LIGHT to set the alarm on or off. = alarm is on 2. Press STORE/LAP/RECOVERY to lock = alarm is off your selection. The hours are flashing. 2. Press STORE/LAP/RECOVERY to lock your selection. 3. Press SIGNAL/LIGHT to select the AM/PM is flashing. desired hour. 3. Press SIGNA
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SETTING THE DATE SETTING THE HEART RATE Date is displayed differently depending on which time mode MEASUREMENT FEATURES (12h or 24 h) is chosen. 24 h time mode: DAY - MONTH - YEAR Start here to set: - Timers 1 & 2 12 h time mode: - Heart rate limits 1, 2 & 3 MONTH - DAY - YEAR - Recovery heart rate - Primary measurement display The first digits are flashing. In the display each function is represented by a block in the graphic bar in the above order. A flashing block means that you are setting t
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SETTING THE TIMERS 1 & 2 SETTING THE HEART RATE LIMITS 1, 2 & 3 Timers Heart rate limits This function helps you to divide your exercise Heart rate limits can be set in one beat per session into separate phases (e.g. warm-up, minute increment which allows you to monitor exercise phase, cool down). Timers can be your workouts securing the correct exercise used individually or sequentially. intensity. The minutes of Timer 1 are flashing. LIM 1 is displayed. The upper reading representing the upper
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You have the following two alternatives to continue: SETTING THE PRIMARY MEASUREMENT DISPLAY 1. To start setting Recovery time press SET/START/STOP. - RECO is displayed. Chrono (alternatively Time or Lap) is flashing. - The third block of the graphic bar representing the setting of 00:00 0 (alternatively time of day) is displayed. the Recovery function is flashing. Continue from Setting the time for recovery heart rate. 1. Press SIGNAL/LIGHT to select the desired primary 2. To return to the Ti
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If there is a bike symbol in the lower right corner of the display, the most recent exercise was done in the Cycling mode. To switch to the heart rate mode press SET/START/STOP and SIGNAL/LIGHT simultaneously . FUNCTIONS DURING 2. SEE YOUR HEART RATE HEART RATE MEASUREMENT You can see your heart rate in the bottom line of the display. The target zone information is displayed as follows: 1. START THE HEART RATE MEASUREMENT You are exercising within the preset Target Zone. You are exercis
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The secondary measurement displays depend on which of the three 7. SWAP THE HEART RATE LIMITS alternatives was chosen for the primary measurement display: When the stopwatch is running, press SELECT to activate the alternative Heart rate limits. Release and you see the new limits in the display for a few seconds. 1. If CHRONO was chosen as the primary measurement display, the secondary You can swap limits only if you have set at least the limits 2. measurement displays alternate as follows: S
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9. START RECOVERY CALCULATION 11. RESET THE STOPWATCH First press SET/START/STOP to stop the stopwatch. Then press and hold 1. At the end of the exercise press SET/START/ SET/START/STOP until all stopwatch digits are back to zero. Release the STOP to stop the stopwatch. button. The current file is deleted and you can start the stopwatch and Heart rate measurement continues. recording again. Display is illuminated for a few seconds. 12. STOP THE HEART RATE MEASUREMENT 2. Press STORE/LAP/RECOVERY
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By pressing STORE/LAP/RECOVERY you can see the following training information on the display: LIM 1 Settings for Target Zone 1 RECALLING THE TRAINING LIM 2 Settings for Target Zone 2 LIM 3 Settings for Target Zone 3 INFORMATION LIM 1 Exercising time above the Target Zone 1 LIM 1 Exercising time within the Target Zone 1 LIM 1 Exercising time below the Target Zone 1 You will see the same information for LIM 2 and LIM 3. Polar Protrainer XT saves one training file at a time. Your latest training in
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The displays change faster if you press and hold STORE/LAP/ RECOVERY. Release the button when you want to see a certain display for a longer time. SETTING THE CYCLING To view the file backwards, press SIGNAL/LIGHT instead of STORE/ LAP/RECOVERY. MODE FEATURES You have the following two alternatives to continue: 1. To recall the same file again, press STORE/LAP/RECOVERY. The front pages of the file alternate on the display. To be able to use the Cycling mode features, Continue from Recalling the
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1. CALIBRATING THE WHEEL SIZE WHL1 2000 is displayed. 1 (alternatively 2) is flashing. You must calibrate the wheel size of your bike before you can use 1. Press SIGNAL/LIGHT to select the wheel your Polar Protrainer XT Heart Rate Monitor to measure distance and 1 or wheel 2 according to your bike. speed. The wheel size must be set in millimetres. 2. Press STORE/LAP/RECOVERY to lock Polar Protrainer XT allows you to set in two wheel sizes (WHL1 / your selection. WHL2). Use this function if you h
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2. SETTING THE ODOMETER 3. SETTING THE TOTAL RIDING TIME ODO is displayed. RTIME is displayed. The first digit of the ODO reading is flashing. The first digit of the total riding time is flashing. You may want to set the odometer value e.g. You may want to set the total riding time value after battery replacement which resets all e.g. after battery replacement which resets all values to default settings. values to the default settings. 1. Press SIGNAL/LIGHT to set the first 1. Press SIGNAL/LIGH
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There is a bike symbol in the time of day display if your most recent exercise was done in the Cycling mode. FUNCTIONS DURING THE 1. Press SELECT to start the Cycling mode. The receiver starts searching for coded MEASUREMENT IN THE transmission for max. 20 seconds. The coded heart rate information appears in the bottom line of the display. CYCLING MODE If the code search was not successful, 00 1. START THE CYCLING MEASUREMENT appears in the display. Restart the measurement from the Time
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2. SEE YOUR HEART RATE AND SPEED When starting the recording, the stopwatch will always show up for a few seconds regardless which out of the six available displays was used last. You can see your heart rate in the bottom line and the speed in the middle line of the display. The Target Zone information is displayed 4. START/STOP THE STOPWATCH as follows: You are exercising within the preset Target Zone. Press SET/START/STOP to stop and restart the stopwatch. You are exercising above the preset T
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8. START RECOVERY CALCULATION 10. RESET THE STOPWATCH 1. At the end of the exercise press SET/START/ First press SIGNAL/LIGHT until you see the stopwatch displayed in the STOP to stop the stopwatch. upper row. Press SET/START/STOP to stop the stopwatch. Then press and Heart rate measurement continues. hold SET/START/STOP until all stopwatch digits are back to zero. Release Display is illuminated for a few the button. The current file is deleted and you can start the stopwatch and seconds. begin
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POLAR PROTRAINER XT RECEIVER The estimated average battery life of the Polar Protrainer XT receiver is 1 year in normal use (1h/day, 7 days a week). However, because the battery is inserted at the factory, the actual life of your first battery once in your possession may be less than the estimated battery life. Note also that excessive use of the backlight and the alarm signals will use the battery more rapidly. CARE AND MAINTENANCE Do not open the Polar wrist receiver yourself. To ensure the wa
