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Using Your Heart Rate Monitor
When combined with a heart rate sensor, your sport watch becomes part of
an overall fitness system. The heart rate sensor records your heart rate and
transmits the data to the watch. You simply glance at the watch during
exercise/training to make sure you are in the desired heart rate zone to
maintain or improve your fitness level (see any fitness guide for target
heart rate zones). If set, an out-of-zone alert automatically sounds if your
heart rate leaves the selected zone.
This section describes how to:
• Set up your watch to work with a heart rate sensor
• Set your watch to track your heart rate against a selected heart rate
fitness zone
• Record and review heart rate information
Setting Up Your Watch to Work with a Heart Rate Sensor
1. Put the heart rate sensor on your chest. For detailed guidelines on how
the heart rate sensor should be worn, refer to the Fitness Sensor User
Guide that came with it. The instructions in this section assume the heart
rate sensor is being worn as recommended.
2. Start the Heart Rate Monitor system. In TIME OF DAY, TIMING,
CHRONO or TIMER modes, press HEART RATE.
A flag showing the outline of a heart appears as the watch searches for a
heart rate sensor signal. When the watch begins receiving a signal, the
outlined heart becomes solid and begins pulsing.
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Flags in the Display
Your watch can convey a lot of information at a glance while occupying
only a small space on your wrist. Here is an overview of the flags (small
graphic symbols) that appear on the display:
Alarm is armed.
Timer is running (30-Lap Model) or TIMING Mode is counting
down to zero (Fitness Model).
Chrono is running (30-Lap Model), or TIMING Mode is
counting up from zero (Fitness Model).
Hourly chime is set.
Searching for HRM data from chest sensor.
HRM data is being received from a heart rate sensor.
