Polar S810 manual

Covers_S810_GBR_A.fh8 8/3/01 14:06 Page 1 Composite C M Y CM MY CY CMY K USER’S MANUAL • OwnIndex™ to reliably pr edict your VO 2max • OwnCal™ the most accurate calorie consumption calculation • OwnCode™ locks out possible interference from other heart rate monitors • Exer ciseProfiles™ to guide you thr ough multi-phase exercise s[...]

The Polar S810 and Polar Precision Performance™ software offer you various possibilities on customising exercise sessions to fit your personal needs. For example, you can build up exercise profiles to guide you through various training sessions. Choose the functions that suit you best: OwnCal calorie calculation, timers or recovery calculation, e[...]

CONTENTS A. Getting going ....................... 5 Heart rate monitor parts ......................... 5 Buttons and their functions .................... 6 Easy start ................................................... 8 How to prepare the wrist receiver ..... 8 How to put the transmitter on .......... 9 How to start measuring your heart rate .....[...]

A. GETTING GOING Heart rate monitor parts and their functions The elastic strap holds the transmitter comfortably , yet firmly , in the correct position. The Polar T61™ transmitter detects your heart rate and transmits it to the wrist receiver . The Polar S810 wrist receiver displays your heart rate and other data during exercise. Enter your pers[...]

A 6 A 7 STOP SIGNAL / LIGHT RESET OK Signal/ Light T urns the beep on or off. T urns the backlight on. Reset Resets the heart rate monitor . Stop Return - Stops measuring the heart rate. Exits the displayed mode and returns to the previous mode level. Returns to the T ime of day display from any mode by pressing and holding the stop button. OK Acce[...]

A 8 A 9 Easy start How to prepare the wrist r eceiver 1. Since the display is blank when the receiver leaves the factory , you have to activate the wrist receiver by pressing the OK button twice, after which the T ime of day display appears. This is a one-off procedure; once you have turned on your receiver you can not turn it off anymore. 2. Y ou [...]

A 10 A 11 Y our Polar S810 has six main modes: Time of day , Exercise, File, Options, Fitness test and Connection. The S810 modes offer you the following features: 1. TIME OF DA Y • 12 h or 24 h time, alarm, date and weekday • two time options • backlight In addition, the following functions can be uploaded from a computer and utilised: • 7[...]

A 12 A 13 • current heart rate, average heart rate or a reading of your maximum heart rate in percentages • calorie count for an exercise session • graphic and numeric display options of relaxation rate 3. FILE • up to 99 exercise files and one resetable records file, which keeps track of cumulative calories and exercise time • date and s[...]

B 15 B 14 T ime Of Day File Opt ions Fit. T est Connect Exercise Set Memory Set Function Set User Set Monitor Set Watch Set B. HOW TO ENTER SETTINGS This section describes how to manually enter settings by pressing the r eceiver buttons. However , Polar S810 offers you another and faster way as well: prepar e your settings with Polar Precision Perf[...]

B 17 B 16 Options User Set kg/ cm/ Birthday Sex Activity HR max VO 2max Baseline lbs feet inch In the User Set loop you can move forward only by pressing OK. Units 2: setting order is month - day - year . Measuring units depend on the settings in Options/ Monitor Set/ Unit 1 or Unit 2. Units 1 Units 2 W eight kg lbs Height cm ft/ inch Date of Birth[...]

B 19 B 18 Top Y ou participate regularly in heavy physical exercise at least 5 times a week. E.g. you exercise to improve performance for competitive purposes. Maximum heart rate value (HR max ) 12. Y our age-predicted maximum heart rate value is displayed as a default setting when you set this value for the first time. If you know your exact clini[...]

B 21 B 20 When you start setting exercise preferences, you first select whether you want to pre-programm an exercise profile or a BasicSet or exercise with the BasicUse option. BasicUse (E0) BasicUse is a simple mode for exercising. Y ou do not have to do any settings before exercising with this Exercise mode. There are no heart rate limits in use [...]

B 23 B 22 Setting timers If you start from the T ime of day display , repeat steps 1-5. 5. Scroll up or down until desired T imer is displayed. Press OK to start setting the timer . 6. Scroll up or down to turn the timer on or off. Press OK. OFF: skip steps 7-8. 7. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes. Press OK. 8. Scroll up or down to adjust second[...]

B 25 B 24 Setting recovery calculation for BasicSet A. Recovery timer Ends your recovery as you reach the preset time. B. Recovery heart rate Ends your recovery as you reach the preset heart rate. If you start from the T ime of day display , repeat steps 1-4. 5. Scroll up or down until Recovery is displayed. 6. Press OK to start setting the recover[...]

B 27 B 26 Setting Phases on/off If you start from the T ime of day display , repeat steps 1-4. 5. Scroll up or down until the desired phase number is displayed. 6. Press OK to start setting the phase. On/OFF starts to flash. 7. Scroll up or down to set the phase on or off. Press OK. On: Int. and the phase number (P1) are displayed. OFF: continue se[...]

B 29 B 28 Setting the number of intervals and recoveries (Repeat) If you start from the Time of day display , repeat steps 1-10. Y ou can set up to 30 intervals and recoveries (if set on) for each phase. 11. Scroll up or down until Repeat is displayed. 12. Press OK to start setting the number . 13. Scroll up or down to adjust the number . If you do[...]

B 31 B 30 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down until OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until MEMORY SET is displayed. 4. Press OK to start the memory settings. Rec. Rate is displayed. 5. Scroll up or down to select the desired recording rate. As you change the rec[...]

B 33 B 32 Predicted maximum heart rate on/of f (HR max -p) If you start from the T ime of day display , repeat steps 1-4. 5. Scroll up or down until HRmax-p is displayed. 6. Press OK to start setting the HR max -p. On/OFF starts to flash. 7. Scroll up or down to set the HR max -p on or off. Press OK. HR max -p can be turned on only if Polar Fitness[...]

B 35 B 34 Options Monitor Set Sound U nits Help On/OFF 1/2 On/OFF 1. In the T ime of day display scroll up or down until OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until MONITOR SET is displayed. 4. Press OK to start the monitor settings. Sound is displayed. T ur ning the activity/bu[...]

B 37 B 36 12 h time mode: month - day - year . 7. Time is flashing. Scroll up or down to select time 1 or time 2. Press OK. 8. 12 h/ 24 h starts to flash. Scroll up or down to select 12 h or 24 h time mode. Press OK. 24 h: skip step 9. 9. AM/PM starts to flash. Scroll up or down to select AM or PM. Press OK. 10. The hours start to flash. Scroll up [...]

B 38 C 39 Time of day Heart rate measure mode Exercise recording mode Y ou can use two modes in your exercise: Measur e or Exercise mode. In the Measure mode you can see your heart rate but your exercise is not recor ded. In the Exercise mode your exercise is recor ded and stopwatch and other calculations are started. 1 . Wear the transmitter and t[...]

C 41 C 40 If you are continuing from the Measure mode, press OK. Or , if you are starting from the T ime of day display , press and hold OK. If BasicUse exercise starts, even if you have set an exercise profile on please check that you have set at least one of the exercise profile functions on. Exercise information will be stored in an exercise fil[...]

C 43 C 42 Polar S810 automatically stores a lap time when you stop recording an exercise. Polar S810 can store 99 laps if you have not used the profile function. After storing 99 laps FULL appears for a few seconds every time you take a lap. Y ou can continue taking laps but they will not be stored. The wrist receiver continues recording all other [...]

C 45 C 44 The bar indicates the baseline of your relaxation rate Bar of dots indicates the current relaxation rate in relation to your baseline value. If you are in a more relaxed state than the baseline value, the bar of dots is on the right side of the baseline bar , and vice versa. Y ou cannot select the same displayed function to the upper and [...]

C 47 C 46 Interval period 1. First Preset heart rate limits (if set on). 2. Then One of the following is displayed depending on your settings: A. manual, B. time-based or C. heart-rate-based interval. A. Manual interval Number of set intervals. (C means you have set continuous intervals) Current interval number . Stopwatch Phase number If you selec[...]

C 49 C 48 After the last phase has ended the receiver automatically continues exercise recording with BasicUse mode. Interrupting an exercise profile 1. Press the stop button to pause the exercise. 2. Press and hold the stop button to r eturn to the Time of day display . Or Press the stop button. BasicUse appears. Y ou can continue measuring your h[...]

C 51 C 50 Reset the calculation by pressing and holding the down button. Reset Int? (=interval) or Reset Re? (=recovery) is displayed until the calculation is reset. T o restart the same calculation press the OK button or to reset the exercise, press and hold the down button. Interrupting an interval or recover y calculation of an exercise pr ofile[...]

D 53 D 52 T ime of Day File Options Fit. T est Connect F99 F1 Records Y our first file is F1, then F2 and so on, until you have recorded maximum 99 exercise files. The bigger the file number the more recent it is. Some information alternates on the display automatically . Y ou can make the alternation faster by pressing the OK button , e.g. , the t[...]

D 55 D 54 Exercise time (Exe. T ime) The exercise time is the amount of time that you have exercised with the stopwatch running. A verage, maximum and minimum heart rates of your exercise alternate on the display . T o continue recalling the file, scroll up or down button. Recovery information of BasicSet exercise (Reco) Recovery time. Recovery dur[...]

D 57 D 56 Start with the display showing EXE. SET . Profile exercise time. Profile number . 1. Press OK to start recalling the profile exercise information. 2. Scroll up or down to see the information on exercise phases. Phase number . Phase duration. Average heart rate of inter vals and recoveries. 3. Press the stop button to return to the previou[...]

D 59 D 58 Lap information (LAPS) Start with the display showing LAPS and the number of recorded laps. 1. Press OK to start recalling the lap information. 2. Scroll up or down to see the following information: Best Lap Shortest lap time. The number of the best lap. The best lap information is displayed if you have stored at least 3 laps. The best la[...]

D 60 E 61 2. Press and hold the down button. Reset starts to flash. Y ou can still cancel the resetting by releasing the down button before the value is reset. If you are sure that you want to reset the value keep holding the down button until value is reset. Release. 3. Press the stop button to exit the reset display . Press and hold the stop butt[...]

E 62 E 63 Y our Polar S810 offers you the option of pr eparing your settings with Polar Precision Performance software. Y ou ar e also able to set following functions with the software: • a user ID, user name or logo for easier receiver recognition in multi-user situations • the heart touch function to show the current heart rate limits, store [...]

E 64 F 65 Polar Fitness T est is an easy , safe and quick way to estimate individual maximal aerobic power and to get predicted maximum heart rate value. Polar Fitness T est is targeted to healthy adults. OwnIndex is a value which is comparable to maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2max ), a commonly used descriptor of aerobic fitness. Cardiovascular (aerob[...]

F 66 F 67 The HR max -p definition is carried out simultaneously with the Polar Fitness T est. The HR max -p score predicts your individual maximum heart rate value more accurately than the age-based formula (220-age). The age-based method provides a rough estimation and is thus not very accurate, especially for people who have been fit for many ye[...]

F 68 F 69 T ime of Day File Options Fit. T est Connect 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down until FIT . TEST is displayed. If you cannot find Fitness T est mode check that you have turned the function on in the Options mode. 2. Press OK to enter the Fitness T est mode. Y our latest OwnIndex and the testing date are displayed. 3. Scroll u[...]

F 70 F 71 A g e 123456 7 (years) (very (poor) (fair) (average) (good) (very (excellent) poor) good) 20-24 < 32 32-37 38-43 44-50 51-56 57-62 >62 25-29 < 31 31-35 36-42 43-48 49-53 54-59 >59 30-34 < 29 29-34 35-40 41-45 46-51 52-56 >56 35-39 < 28 28-32 33-38 39-43 44-48 49-54 >54 40-44 < 26 26-31 32-35 36-41 42-46 47-51 &g[...]

F 72 Y our Polar heart rate monitor is a high-tech instrument of superior design and workmanship and should be tr eated with care. The suggestions below will help you fulfill the warranty obligations and enjoy this product for many years to come. T aking care of your Polar heart rate monitor • Wash the transmitter regularly after use with a mild [...]

H. PRECAUTIONS H 75 Using the Polar S810 in a water environment Y our Polar S810 is water resistant to 50 metres/ 160 feet. Heart rate measurement in a water environment is technically demanding for the following reasons: • Pool water with a high chlorine content and seawater may be very conductive and the electrodes of Polar transmitter may get [...]

H 77 4. If the Polar heart rate monitor still does not work with the exercise equipment, this piece of equipment may be electrically too noisy for wireless heart rate measurement. Minimising possible risks in exercising with a heart rate monitor Exercise may include some risk, especially for those who have been sedentary . T o minimise possible ris[...]

I 79 What should I do if... ...I don’t know wher e I am in the Options or File cycle? Press and hold the stop button until time of day is displayed. ...I cannot find the previous exer cise’ s file? Y ou may have used the Measure mode during your exercise, which means that your exercise was not stored. T o record the exercise you have to turn th[...]

I 81 ...other person with heart rate monitor is causing interference? Y our training partner may have exactly the same code as you. In this case proceed as follows: Keep a distance from your training partner and continue your training session normally . Or 1. T ake the transmitter off your chest for 30 seconds. Keep a distance fr om your training p[...]

J 83 Polar heart rate monitor is designed to indicate the level of physiological strain and intensity in sports and exer cise. No other use is intended or implied. Heart rate is displayed as number of heart beats per minute (bpm). Polar transmitter Battery type: Built-in Lithium Cell Battery life: Average 2 500 hours of use Operating temperature: -[...]

J 85 Fitness test On HR max -p OFF Online OFF Exercise settings BasicUse On BasicSet function OFF Profile function OFF Heart touch function Shows heart rate limits Recording rate 5 s Limit V alues Exercise time 99 h 59 min 59 s Heart rate limits 30 - 240 Heart rate zone time 99 h 59 min 59 s Recovery time 99 min 59 s Calories 99 999 kcal Cumulative[...]

L 87 • The material in this manual is for informational purposes only . The products it describes are subject to change without prior notice, due to the manufacturer’ s continuous development program. • Polar Electro Oy makes no representations or warranties with respect to this manual or with respect to the products described herein. Polar E[...]

M 89 Heart touch function : In the Exercise mode bring your receiver close to your transmitters Polar logo and the selected heart touch function is activated for a few seconds. Maximal oxygen uptake : (maximal aerobic power , VO 2max ) Is the maximal rate at which oxygen can be used by the body during maximal work. VO 2max is a good index of aerobi[...]

M 91 ALARM : Indicates the alarm in watch settings. AM or PM : Are used in 12h time mode. E.g. in 24h time mode 13:00 means 1:00 PM. AV G : T ogether with a reading indicates average heart rate. Baseline : Set your personal relaxation rate baseline. BasicUse : Exercising without settings. BasicSet : Preprogrammable exercise with three alternating t[...]

M 93 maximal treadmill or bicycle stress test) VO 2max and HR max into the wrist receiver . Energy expenditur e measurement is most accurate in continuous activities such as cycling and running. OwnINDEX : Result of Polar Fitness T est and comparable score with maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2max ). P1-P6, exercise phases : Indicates pre-programmable ex[...]

M 95 in beats per minute in recorded samples. Recording every interval accurately is more difficult than obtaining the averaged heart rate only , because R-R recording rate is less shielded from measurement disturbances. We recommend using contact gel (ECG gel) to ensure contact between your skin and the transmitter . It is useful to minimise the u[...]

Setting tips ............................................. 38 Start a profile exercise ........................... 46 Start measuring your heart rate ...... 9, 3 9 Stop a profile exercise ........................... 49 Stop measuring your heart rate .... 10, 50 Swap the exercise type .......................... 50 Swap the heart rate limits ........[...]

Covers_S810_GBR_A.fh8 8/3/01 14:06 Page 2 Composite C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Road Map OK Dear Customer Congratulations on purchasing a Polar Heart Rate Monitor! We ar e proud to assist you in achieving personal fitness and performance goals. If you want to get even more out of your Polar S810 during training, check www .polar .fi for: • the best prod[...]