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BODYLINK SYSTEM
Performance Watch User Guide
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performance watch user guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................7 Welcome! ..................................................................................................7 Manual organization..............................................................................8 Resources................................................................................................9 Print resources ............................................
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Performance Watch Modes ..................................................................19 Vertical Mode example ......................................................................30 Time of Day Mode................................................................................19 Finish Mode..........................................................................................31 Time of Day Mode terminology ........................................................19 Finish Mode functions
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Lap Data Mode ....................................................................................43 Configure Mode....................................................................................57 Lap Data Mode functions....................................................................44 Configure Mode terminology ............................................................57 To operate Lap Data............................................................................44 Configure Mode s
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INTRODUCTION Welcome! Congratulations! With your purchase of the Timex® Bodylink® System you have hired your new personal coach. Using your Performance Watch in partnership with the Heart Rate and Speed + Distance Sensors offers you an unprecedented ability to track, store, and analyze several key indicators of your personal fitness level. We dedicate this manual to information regarding your Performance Watch. This sport Watch functions as the brain for your Bodylink System, providing you compr
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Manual organization Resources This manual contains information about, and instructions for, Print resources setting up your new Performance Watch and using it with the In addition to this manual, your Bodylink System includes these Bodylink Fitness Sensors as part of the coordinated Bodylink valuable resources: System. v Bodylink® System Quick Start Guide: Information to help To assist you in learning about your Performance Watch, this you set up and begin using your Performance Watch in manual
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v www.timex.com/fitness/: Fitness and training tips for using GPS: The GPS-3D Sensor uses information gathered from global the Bodylink System. positioning satellites (GPS) to calculate your speed, distance, and elevation, and to track your movements. In addition to the Timex sites, you may also want to visit the site Heart Rate Sensor: The Heart Rate Sensor (HR Sensor) referred to in Heart Zones® Tools for Success. At www.heartzones.com you will find information to measures your heart rate. Th
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Watch button functions Setting buttons The buttons on your Watch are multi-functional, serving three Watch buttons also set Watch functions (for example, setting the purposes. You do not have to memorize button functions for each time or a target heart rate zone). When the + and - symbols mode. Let the Watch serve as your guide. appear on the Watch display, you have initiated the setting process. Watch case buttons INDIGLO® + night-light Most of the time, the Watch buttons function according
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4. When you reach the desired value, press SELECT Watch display icons (SET/FORMAT) to move to the next value. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each value you want to set. Watch display icons 6. When you have adjusted all values, press DONE (MODE) to return to the main display of the mode. Viewing buttons Finally, buttons help you navigate through viewing options. When you see the s and t triangles on the display, you know there is information to view. INDIGLO® s night-light Press to display next Sens
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Watch messages Display formatting When using the Watch with the Fitness Sensors, the Watch may In Chronograph, Vertical (with the exception of ascent rate display messages to communicate the status of the Sensor in information), Finish, and Navigate Modes, you can press and conjunction with the Watch. Messages include: release SET/FORMAT to switch the display reading positions in the upper and middle display lines. v SEARCHING The GPS-3D Sensor is still trying to link to GPS data. You cannot vie
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v Waypoints support up to ten reference points as you travel from PERFORMANCE WATCH MODES one location to another and uses these reference points to help you travel back to your beginning location. Time of Day Mode v Lap Data presents stored lap information. INDIGLO® View performance v Summary displays data recorded while the chronograph runs. night-light data v Timer enables you to time an event that counts down from a specific time to zero. Hold to set v Alarm manages up to five alarms. v Conf
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You can return to Time of Day Mode from any other mode on the TO SWITCH TIME ZONES Watch by pressing and holding MODE until the time of day The Watch can track two time zones (T1 and T2). Look at the displays. other zone by pressing START/SPLIT. Or, switch from T1 to T2 using these steps: TO SET TIME OF DAY 1. Press and hold START/SPLIT until HOLD FOR TIME 2 For instructions on setting Watch functions, including Time of displays. Day, refer to page 13, “To set Watch functions.” 2. Continue to h
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v After initial use, the Watch will automatically correct any time Altitude: Current elevation above sea level (requires GPS-3D inaccuracy upon activation of the GPS-3D Sensor and every 15 Sensor). minutes thereafter. NOTE: If the Watch does not detect either Fitness Sensor, the TO VIEW PERFORMANCE DATA IN TIME OF DAY MODE day of the week shows on the bottom line of the display. You can continue viewing the day of the week while using When using Fitness Sensors with your Watch, scroll through th
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NOTE: Press MODE to switch the Watch display to any other Chronograph Mode mode while the chronograph continues to run. The View performance INDIGLO® stopwatch icon will appear to indicate the chronograph night-light data is still functioning. To Vertical Mode Swap upper and TO OPERATE CHRONOGRAPH MODE MANUALLY or hold for time middle lines 1. Press MODE until Chronograph Mode appears. 2. Press START/SPLIT to begin timing. Stop or reset the Start timing or 3. Press START/SPLIT again to take a s
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v TO OPERATE CHRONOGRAPH MODE HANDS-FREE Elevation: Difference between your current altitude and the altitude when you started the chronograph (requires GPS-3D You can set Chronograph Mode to start when you begin moving Sensor). and to stop when you stop moving or to automatically take splits based on either distance or elapsed time. See “Hands-free Chronograph Mode example settings” on page 63. TO VIEW PERFORMANCE DATA IN CHRONOGRAPH MODE Assume that you run regularly, and you want to gain info
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TO OPERATE VERTICAL MODE Vertical Mode 1. Press MODE until Vertical Mode appears. View performance INDIGLO® night-light data 2. Press START/SPLIT to begin timing. 3. Press START/SPLIT again to take a split and automatically To Finish Mode Swap upper and begin timing a new lap. or hold for time middle lines 4. Press STOP/RESET to stop timing when you reach the end of your activity. Stop or reset the Start lap or take a 5. Press START/SPLIT to continue timing. chronograph split OR Vertical Mode te
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v Distance: Distance traveled since the GPS-3D Sensor was Finish Mode started (requires GPS-3D Sensor). View performance INDIGLO® v Altitude: Current height above sea level (requires GPS-3D night-light data Sensor). v To Navigate Mode Elevation: Difference between your current altitude and the or hold for time altitude when you started the chronograph (requires GPS-3D Sensor). Start timing or Stop timing Vertical Mode example take a split. You are heli-skiing in Banff on a run estimated at 2,700
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v TO SET FINISH MODE Average Pace: Average per-minute speed for the period that chronograph has been running (requires GPS-3D Sensor). For instructions on setting Watch functions, including Finish v Mode, refer to page 13, “To set Watch functions.” Distance: Distance traveled since the chronograph was started (requires GPS-3D Sensor). For Finish Mode, you can set the following values: v Speed: Current velocity (requires GPS-3D Sensor). v Pre-set or custom distance [(for custom set the distance (
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Navigate Mode Navigate Mode functions Navigate Mode displays directional information and tracks your INDIGLO® View performance night-light speed, distance, and altitude during an activity. While you can set data up to 10 waypoints to mark specific locations during your activity, To Waypoints Mode this mode does not operate like a compass. You must be moving for or hold for time accurate heading information. In addition, Navigate Mode does not operate in conjunction with Store current position
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TO VIEW PERFORMANCE DATA IN NAVIGATE MODE Navigate Mode example When using Fitness Sensors with your Watch, scroll through You recently began orienteering where you move between performance data by pressing and releasing DISPLAY. waypoints in the fastest time. Your last race included eight All data in Navigate Mode requires the GPS-3D Sensor. waypoints and you finished in 42 minutes. To help improve your Performance data viewing options for Navigate Mode include: time, you set up a practice cour
