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ENGLISH Contents 1. YOUR POLAR AW200 ACTIVITY WATCH - 4. DURING ACTIVITY ............................12 BENEFITS ...................................... 4 Start Action Recording (REC) ................12 Reading Data on Display.....................13 Polar Activity Zones.......................14 2. GETTING STARTED ............................ 5 Reading Data on Display...continued ...16 Watch Buttons................................. 5 File view......................................17 Watch Modes an
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ENGLISH Watch Settings ...............................24 Minimizing Possible Health Risks During Daily Alarm On/Off........................24 Physical Outdoor Activities ..............35 Time of Day................................25 Frequently Asked Questions .................36 Date .......................................25 Technical Specification .....................38 Sound On/Off..............................25 Limited Polar International Guarantee ......41 Units (metric/imperial) .........
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ENGLISH 1. YOUR POLAR AW200 ACTIVITY WATCH - BENEFITS Once it's on, you don't want to take it off! A gateway to improved wellbeing with a touch of a button! ACTIVITY - Allow yourself to be inspired in the open air. Walking slowly or briskly? What's the effect on your fitness? - See live feedback on Activity Zones and intensity. How much of your hiking time has been beneficial to your health? - Check the Active Time vs Total Time ENVIRONMENT - Enjoy it safely and discover what’s really around you
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ENGLISH 2. GETTING STARTED Watch Buttons Getting Started 5
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ENGLISH Watch Modes and Menu Structure 6 Getting Started
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ENGLISH To record as accurate data as possible during What to Do First? 7. activity, you need to key in some of your 1. Activate your Polar AW200 Activity Watch by personal details. Do this either straight away, pressing the START button twice, until Basic or when you start recording your activity. SETTINGS is displayed*. To do so now, press the START button. Menu 2. Press START again and follow the instructions WATCH SET is displayed. Press DOWN once on display: until Menu USER SET appears on d
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ENGLISH 3. BEFORE ACTIVITY Daily Use Altitude Calibration Your Polar AW200 Activity Watch can be worn on To calibrate the altimeter, check your current the wrist at all times. Not only does it tell you the altitude on a topographic map of your area. time of day and date, but the surrounding Alternatively, calibrate the barometer instead. For temperature and air pressure trend (BARO), as this, see 'Barometer Calibration'. well, helping you keep track of any changes in the 1. Go to ALTIBARO mode.
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ENGLISH Walking/Hiking Hilly or Flat Terrain To activate barometric measurement, go to ALTI If your aim is to roam around in a landscape where mode and select Activate BAROMETER. Barometer altitude is likely to change a lot, we recommend ACTIVATED is visible for a few seconds before the that you follow the altitude trend graph during display returns to BARO mode. your hike. It is activated automatically as you start recording your activity. Once you start recording, the barometric trend graph in
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ENGLISH Barometer Calibration Barometric Trend As barometric and altitude measurements are both By using the barometer to predict possible weather based on air pressure, calibrating the barometer changes you can be better prepared and make will automatically calibrate the altimeter. This is your outdoor activity more enjoyable and safer. practical in case you don't know the altitude but If the barometric trend is rising, the weather is have access to the internet or can call a local weather stat
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ENGLISH Temperature You can view the surrounding temperature in both, BARO and ALTI modes. In ALTI mode, press and hold the DOWN button to switch the bottom row view between the time of day and temperature. Your body heat can affect the temperature reading so it is advisable to either wear the activity watch over your sleeve or take it off the wrist for approximately 10 minutes to get the actual temperature of the surrounding. Before Activity 11
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ENGLISH 4. DURING ACTIVITY If you have not keyed in the user settings, User Start Action Recording (REC) set MISSING is displayed. Follow the instructions Starting from TIME mode, either on how to enter them and then, once in ACTION mode, press START to record your activity. If a) press and hold the START button or incorrect or no user settings are entered, default settings will be used. b) press DOWN to go to ACTION mode and press START. For the first 30 seconds of recording, the device will de
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ENGLISH Reading Data on Display During action recording, you can switch the view on the screen with the UP/DOWN buttons between the following modes; TIME, ACTION or ALTI/BARO: TIME mode: Date / Polar logo (press and hold UP button to switch view) Time of Day ACTION mode 1st view: The Zone Pointer moves within the activity zones and mirrors the speed of your walking or running activity. If you move too slow, it stops. It is visible only during action recording. Total Time is the cumulative time s
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ENGLISH Polar Activity Zones Based on walking and running speeds, Polar divides activity into five zones. The following chart displays the zones and their effects on your health and fitness: Slow walking Walking Brisk walking Running Fast running Long slow Regular walking Brisk walking Regular running is a Running fast even walks maintain in a comfortable allows health recommended in short sessions overall health speed improves benefits for all and activity for advanced improves and promote heal
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ENGLISH In addition to walking and running speeds, ascents and descents will also affect intensity, energy expenditure, and muscle fitness. For example, walking uphill slowly can burn as many calories as walking briskly on a flat terrain. Walking or running technique, carrying a backpack and the quality of the surface also have an effect on intensity. This is seen in the amount of expended calories. Below typical calorie expenditures per hour (kcal/h) for a person weighing 75 kg. If you weigh le
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ENGLISH Reading Data on Display...continued ALTI mode (= mountain symbol) Altitude Trend graph shows altitude changes of passed track, or Altitude Difference (press and hold the UP button to switch view) Your current altitude Time of day or Temperature (press and hold the DOWN button to switch view). BARO mode (= cloud symbol) Barometric Trend shows the changes in air pressure. Current air pressure measured at sea level Temperature or Time of day (press and hold DOWN button to switch view) ALTI
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ENGLISH File view ASCENT = The total vertical elevation you have gained since you started recording. During action recording or when recording is paused, the display will automatically scroll DESCENT = The total vertical drop you have through the following cumulative values if you completed since you started recording your action. press and hold the START button: You can stop the automatic scrolling by pressing ACTIVE TIME = The duration of truly active body either UP or DOWN at any time. moveme
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ENGLISH Altitude Trend Scale Select the scale for the altitude graph to appear on the display. See our recommendation below: Walking/Hiking Scale On Altitude Trend Scale, one On Altitude Trend Scale, total pixel equals altitude axis equals Level to moderate 1 1 m / 3 ft 15 m / 45 ft terrain Moderate to 10 10 m /30 ft 150 m / 450 ft steep terrain To set the scale for altitude measurement, go to ALTI mode and select Altitude SCALE > 1 or 10. The altitude trend is updated every 30 seconds during ac
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ENGLISH Altitude Difference For the altitude difference between two points during a hike, when you are at the point you want to start the measurement from, 1. Go to ALTI mode and select Altitude DIFFERENCE, press START and select Difference RESET? 2. To reset, press START. To cancel and to return to previous menu, press STOP. 3. At arrival to your destination point, in ALTI mode, press and hold the UP button to see the altitude difference since your last reset. Please note that start of action r
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ENGLISH 5. AFTER ACTIVITY Files of Saved Activity Data As soon as you start recording your activity and start moving, the wrist unit begins to save data on your activity. To view this information on file, start in TIME mode and select Menu FILES. Your Polar AW200 Activity Watch can store up to nine files, the latest file being presented first. Once all nine files have been used, a new file automatically replaces the oldest one. File Info View File order number/Total number of files on record Wee
