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Assembling and Maintaining
the RBK 815
Recumbent Exercise Bike
Precor Incorporated RBK 815 PAG/OM 300863-141 rev B
20031 142nd Avenue NE Warranty #36286-113
P.O. Box 7202 4 August 2010
Woodinville, WA USA 98072-4002
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Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike
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Edition Information ASSEMBLING AND MAINTAINING THE RBK 815 RECUMBENT EXERCISE BIKE P/N 300863-141 rev B Copyright © August 2010 Precor Incorporated. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. Trademark Note Precor, AMT, and EFX are registered trademarks and Preva is a trademark of Precor Incorporated. Other names in this document may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Intellectual Property Notice Precor is widely reco
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Important Safety Instructions Read the following precautions thoroughly before you begin assembly, and save them afterward for future reference. Safety Precautions Always follow basic safety precautions when using this equipment to reduce the chance of injury, fire, or damage. Other sections in this manual provide more details of safety features. Be sure to read these sections and observe all safety notices. These precautions include the following: Read all instructions in this guide
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4 Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike Use the power adapter provided with the equipment. Plug the power adapter into an appropriate, grounded power outlet as marked on the equipment. Keep the power cord or optional power adapter and plug away from heated surfaces. Route power cables so that they are not walked on, pinched, or damaged by items placed upon or against them, including the equipment itself. Ensure the equipment has adequate ventilation. Do n
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Important Safety Instructions 5 Do not set anything on the stationary handrails, handlebars, control console, or covers. Place liquids, magazines, and books in the appropriate receptacles. CAUTION: DO NOT remove the cover, or you may risk injury due to electric shock. Read the assembly and maintenance guide before operating. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Contact Customer Support if the equipment needs servicing. For use with single phase AC supply only. Educating
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6 Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike In accordance with the European WEEE Directive, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is to be collected separately and to be reused, recycled, or recovered at end of life. Users of EEE with the WEEE label per Annex IV of the WEEE Directive must not dispose of end of life EEE as unsorted municipal waste, but use the collection framework available to customers for the return, recycling, and recovery of WEEE. Customer p
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Important Safety Instructions 7 Per FCC rules, changes or modifications not WARNING expressly approved by Precor could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Industry Canada This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. ATTENTION: Haute Tension Débranchez avant de réparer European Applications CE compliance is claimed to the following directives: 2004/108/EC EMC Di
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8 Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike For equipment fitted with P80 consoles or Personal Viewing System (PVS) screens, separate power connections are required for the consoles or screens. This connection must be independent of the circuit powering the equipment and must also be a dedicated branch circuit. However, up to 15 consoles or PVS screens can be "daisy-chained" on a single power circuit. A 20 amp dedicated branch circuit is recommended for every such
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Table of Contents Edition Information ..................................................................... 2 Trademark Note .................................................................................... 2 Intellectual Property Notice ............................................................... 2 Important Safety Instructions .................................................... 3 Safety Precautions ................................................................................ 3
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10 Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike Self-Powered Features .............................................................. 29 Informational Displays Prior to Shutdown .................................. 30 Symptoms of a Low Battery ............................................................ 30 Using the Optional Power Adapter ................................................ 31 The Optional Power Adapter Kit .....................................................
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Chapter 1 Assembling the Exercise Bike Important: The instructions in the following procedures are described from the perspective of a person standing directly in front of the equipment (that is, on the opposite side of the control console from a person using the equipment). These descriptions may not match the names of certain parts in the parts list, because such parts are named relative to the back of the equipment. To prepare the exercise bike for assembly: Open the box and asse
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12 Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike Unpacking the Equipment The shipping container for Precision Series exercise bikes consists of the following items: Wooden pallet Cardboard base Cardboard cover Do not attempt to move the equipment off of WARNING the pallet by yourself. Have at least one other person help you, and use safe lifting techniques. To unpack the bike: 1. Carefully remove all staples securing the cover to the cardboard base. 2. Lift
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Assembling the Exercise Bike 13 Hardware Kit (not to scale) Before you begin the assembly, verify that the following hardware items are packed with the equipment. Fasteners Quantity ⁵₁₆-inch x ³₄-inch 4 sockethead screw ¹₄-inch x ³₄-inch 4 buttonhead screw ⁵₁₆-inch flat washer 4 Upright support 2 mounting screw Required Tools ³₈-inch hex wrench ¹₄-inch hex wrench ⁵₃₂-inch hex wrench #2 Phillips screwdriver Wire cutter
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14 Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike Attaching the Seat Back and Bottle Holder While the equipment is in use, the seat back flexes to support users of different shapes and sizes. Underneath the seat back, the bottle holder accommodates both left-handed and right-handed users. To attach the seat back: 1. Insert the lower front edge of the seat back assembly under the seat. 2. Swing the seat back assembly into place so that its four screw holes line up with
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Assembling the Exercise Bike 15 To attach the bottle holder: 1. Position the bottle holder so that it wraps around the seat back assembly and rests on the tab on the back of the assembly. The front edges of the bottle holder should rest on the handlebars and the two snap-in tabs should line up with the small rectangular holes on the seat back assembly. 2. Press the bottle holder forward until it locks into place. Installing the Upright Support and Cables Before you begin this proce
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16 Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike 3. Remove the three #10 x 1-inch self-tapping screws holding the rear cover in place, then lift it off. Figure 5: Rear cover removal 4. Remove the three #10 x 1-inch self-tapping screws holding the left side cover in place, then pull the cover away from the body assembly. Guide the cover around the pedal crank, then remove it and set it aside. Figure 6: Left side cover removal 5. Slide the jack panel out of its brac
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Assembling the Exercise Bike 17 To install the upright support and prepare the cables for connection to the console: 1. Remove the tape holding the base unit data cable and the heart rate sensor cable in place inside the upright support channel. 2. Proceed according to whether or not you are installing Cardio Theater equipment on the console. If ... Then ... You are not installing Cardio Theater equipment Skip to step 6. on the console You are installing Cardio Theater equipment on
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18 Assembling and Maintaining the RBK 815 Recumbent Exercise Bike 7. Slide the support into position so that its screw holes line up with the corresponding holes on the body assembly, as shown in the following illustration. Note: If the support is positioned correctly, it rests on a metal tab in the upright support channel. Figure 7: Upright support insertion Important: In the following step, be extremely careful not to trap or pinch any of the cables between the mounting screws and
