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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 1260OM 5/31/06 7:11 PM Page 3[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual Purc haser’s Reference Information IT IS IMPERA TIVE THA T YOU FILL IN THE FOLLOWING INFORMA TION AND REFER TO IT SHOULD THE NEED FOR SERVICE ARISE. Product Name: Diamondback 1260Ef Elliptical Serial Number: T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T o Activate W arranty: REGISTER YOUR W ARRANTY A T www .diamondbackfitness.com OR COMPLETEL [...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 1 T able of Contents Purchaser ’ s reference information Inside Front Cover Introduction 2 Safety Instructions and W arnings 3 Assembly Drawing 4 Assembly Instructions 5 W orkout Guidelines 6 Maximum Heart Rate & Training Zone 7 Quantity & Quality 7 Heart Rate Monitoring Devices 8 Pulse hand grips 8 Chest strap 8 [...]

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    2 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual Introduction Congratulations on your 1260Ef elliptical trainer . Y ou are about to experi- ence one of the most effective and technically advanced methods of low- impact, cardiovascular exercise available today . Y our 1260Ef elliptical train- er was created by Diamondback Fitness, the innovative value leaders in fit- nes[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 3 Safety Instructions and W arnings The 1260Ef is built for optimum safety and is designed to meet or exceed all domestic and international standards. However , certain precautions need to be followed when operating any exercise equipment. BE SURE TO READ THE ENTIRE OWNER’S MANU - AL BEFORE OPERA TING YOUR 1260Ef UNIT . C[...]

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    4 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual Assembl y Dr a wing Console Handle Bar Handrail, Right Handrail Cover Rubber Mat Rear Stabilizer Bar Main Frame Handrail Cover Handrail, Left Power Cord Console Mast Cover Console Mast Main Wire Harness 1260OM 5/31/06 7:11 PM Page 8[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 5 Assembl y Ins tructions Step 1: Rear Stabilizer Bar 1. Place rear stabilizer bar under rear mainframe and align the screw holes. 2. Insert and tighten these two (M8 x 16mm) screws, split lock washer and flat washers using 6mm Allen wrench. Step 2: Console Mast Assembly 1. Slide console mast cover onto console mast, making[...]

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    G ood health is an exercise in common sense. The Surgeon General released a new study in 2001, The Surgeon General’ s Call T o Action T o Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity . It indicates that 61% of American adults are either over weight or obese. The stor y states that over weight increases the risk of health problems, such as heart di[...]

  • Page 9

    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 7 W ork out guidelines (continued) If exercise intensity is too low or too high, no gains will be made in fitness. If the inten- sity is too low , the stress levels are ineffective. If the intensity is too high, injur y or fatigue may set your exercise program back as you tr y to recover . The best way to monitor exercise i[...]

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    8 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out guidelines (continued) 1 . Always stretch before your workout to loosen muscles, and after wards to cool down. 2. The first few minutes of your workout should be devoted to warming up muscles before a vigorous workout, and building your heart rate slowly . 3. After your aerobic workout of about 24-32 minutes, sp[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 9 Console Glossar y of T erms • Idle mode = Console is reset and waiting for an entr y . The message display window will flash a message of “Select a program”. • LED = The lights on the face of the console. • W atts = The rate of energy currently being expended. • W ork = The amount of energy expended during exe[...]

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    10 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual Console (continued) – If “Classic Program” or “HR Interactive” or “Cross T raining” program key is pressed during a program-executing mode or Cool Down mode, it will enter program-switching mode. The message display will flash “Program Name“ once and then scroll “PRESS ENTER TO ADJUST OR ST ART TO BEG[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 11 Console (continued) Dot matrix window W orkout programs Data display selecting keys Function keys W orkout program selecting keys Heart Rate bar graph Alphanumeric /Message window CONSOLE LA YOUT 1260OM 5/31/06 7:11 PM Page 15[...]

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    12 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual Console (continued) D ISPLA YS a. Dot Matrix /Pr ofile display 1. It displays the program profile during the program setup and executing modes. • Display the Intensity profile & incline profile during the Classic & Cross training programs. • Display the % Max HR profile & incline profile during the HR int[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 13 Console (continued) FUNCTION KEYS a. Level Up/Down keys: 1. During program setup, press “Level Up/Down key” to adjust the following – age, weight, time, intensity level, intensity difficulty level & HR setting. 2. After program started, press “Level Up/Down key” to adjust the intensity level, intensity diff[...]

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    e. Stop/Reset key: 1. Press and hold “Stop” button for 2 seconds to reset the console. 2. Press “Stop” to end program and enter Cool Down. 3. Press “Stop” to enter workout summar y during Cool Down. 4. Press “Stop” to reset the console during workout summar y . 14 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual Console (continued) Stop/Reset key 1260OM 5/[...]

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    W ARM UP Getting Started 1260Ef automatically initiates a 3-minute W arm Up mode in the beginning of each pro- gram. It is designed to prepare your body for an intensive workout and to reduce the possibility of injur y during workout. Note: W arm Up is skipped for the Quick Start or Manual programs. Beginning the Program W arm Up is active as soon [...]

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    D uring the Program Display • Once it is started, the message window will display the default workout data of “time, level, calories & pulse”. • Press “Select” buttons to select the desired data displays. Adjustment • Intensity level = L1. Press “Level Up/Down” key to adjust the intensity level from L1- L5 only . • Incline l[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 17 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) – MAX HR as maximum heart rate during this program. (There is no A VG HR, MIN HE or MAX HR displayed if there was no heart rate detected during the program.) • Press “Level Down” key to jump to the next summar y display . • Press “Incline Up/Down” key to switch the default p[...]

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    • Press “Incline Up/Down” key to adjust the incline level from L1 to L10. The dot matrix window will update the incline profile accordingly . • Personal T rainer program – press “Personal T rainer” key anytime during Quick Start program will star t this program on top of Quick Start program. See Personal T rainer program section for d[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 19 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) 3. After age adjustment, the message display will switch to display “PRESS ENTER” to indicate next step. Press “Enter” to accept and enter W eight adjustment. Entering W eight 1. If Enter key is pressed, the message window will flash a message of “ENTER WEIGHT”, then “WEIGHT[...]

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    20 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) P ause, Reset, Switch or Save a program See Console Operating Tips section for details, pages 9 & 10. RANDOM CROSS Getting Started The Random Cross program is designed to allow the user to choose from an unlimited number of computer generated profiles, both intensity and incline. Begi[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 21 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) Ending the Program • When program time is up or Stop key is pressed, this program will end and Cool Down will be active. • The message display will flash a message “PROGRAM END”&”COOL DOWN”. See Cool Down for details. • “Start” key could be pressed to re-star t the R[...]

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    A djustment • Press “Level Up/Down” key during Rest segment to adjust the intensity level from L2. The message display will display “ RS INTENSITY = 2” and adjust accordingly . The dot matrix window will update the intensity profile accordingly as well. • Press “Level Up/Down” key during W ork segment to adjust the intensity level f[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 23 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) – Default Incline level = a preset incline profile with default Incline difficulty level = L1. • Or press “Enter” to enter program setup mode. The message display will take you through the program setup mode step by step as below: (same as Manual program setup) – Entering Age ?[...]

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    24 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) B eginning the Program During idle mode, the message window displays a message “SELECT A PROGRAM”. T o begin this program, press “Classic Programs” key until “Sprint” program LED indica- tor lights up. Accepting default values or Entering the program setup mode When the messag[...]

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    • “Stop” key could be pressed to skip the cool down and active the W orkout Summar y immediately . Pause, Reset, Switch or Save a program See Console Operating Tips section for details, pages 9 & 10. HR INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS T ARGET HR Getting Started The T arget Heart Rate program is designed to keep you training at your chosen heart rate[...]

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    26 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) I f the entr y reaches 85% of Max HR, the message display will flash a message of “HR = 85 PERCENT” to indicate that the adjustment is at its maximum. 3. After HR adjustment, the message display will switch to display “SET UP COMPLETED”, then flashes “ PRESS ST ART” to indicat[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 27 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) HR INTER V AL Getting Started The Heart Rate Inter val program is designed to alternate periods of hard work (W ork phase) with periods of easy work (Rest phase). The console will adjust the resistance level up to meet your W ork heart rate goal and adjust it down to recover . A HEART RA [...]

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    28 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) 8 5% of your max HR’.If the entr y reaches 85% of Max HR, the message display will flash a message of “HR = 85 PERCENT” to indicate that the adjustment is at its maximum. 3. After W ork HR adjustment, the message display will switch to display “SET UP COMPLETED”, then flashes ?[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 29 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) Pause, Reset, Switch or Save a program See Console Operating Tips section for details, pages 9 & 10. F A T BURNER Getting Started The Fat Burner program is designed to keep your heart rate at your maximum aero- bic stage. The heart rate is maintained at 65% of Max hear t rate to burn [...]

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    30 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) w ill turn into workout data display and display four default data: time, % Max HR, calories & pulse. • Press “Select” button under each group to select your desired data display . Adjustment • Press “Level Up/Down” key will do nothing to this program since the % Max HR is[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 31 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) T o begin this program, press “HR Interactive” key until “HR Hill” program LED indicator lights up. Accepting default values or Entering the program setup mode When the message display flashes, “HR HILL”, it indicates you are about to select the HR Hill program. It then scroll[...]

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    32 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) E nding the Program • When program time is up or Stop key is pressed, this program will end and Cool Down will be active. • The message display will flash a message “PROGRAM END”&”COOL DOWN”. See Cool Down mode for details. • “Start” key could be pressed to re-star t[...]

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    Display • When warm up mode is completed, the console will detect if there is a valid pulse before starting this problem. – If there is none, this program will not be started. The messages display will scroll “ NO V ALID PULSE”, and “CHECK YOUR PULSE SENSOR” until there is valid pulse. – If there is a valid pulse, this program will be[...]

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    34 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) B eginning the Program During idle mode, the message window displays a message “SELECT A PROGRAM”. T o begin this program, press “Cross T raining” key until “Glute Burner” program LED indicator lights up. Accepting default values or Entering the program setup mode When the mes[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 35 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) • “Stop” key could be pressed to skip the cool down mode and active the W orkout Summary immediately . Pause, Reset, Switch or Save a program See Console Operating Tips section for details, pages 9 & 10. QUAD BUILDER Getting Started The program is targeted at your quads; it incl[...]

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    36 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) • Press “Incline Up/Down” key to adjust the incline difficulty level from L1 to L10. The dot matrix window will update the incline profile accordingly . • Personal T rainer program – Personal T rainer program cannot be active during Quad Builder program. See Personal T rainer pr[...]

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    During the Program Once Start key is pressed, the W ar m Up will be active. See W arm Up mode section for details. Display • When W arm Up is completed, the message display will turn into workout data display and display four default data: time, level, calories & pulse. • Press “Select” button under each group to select your desired dat[...]

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    P ersonal T rainer will not be active; the current program will be continuing with nothing changed. • USER program – – If user program is a Classic program or a Quick start, then Personal Trainer will be active. – For ever y other program, Personal T rainer will not be active. Beginning the Program T o begin this function during a Classic p[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 39 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) Beginning the Program T o begin this program, press “HR Lock” key once anytime during a program executing or ending. Its LED indicator will turn on and the messages display will flash a message “HR LOCK” and “PRESS ST ART TO BEGIN”. • Press “Start” key to accept current [...]

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    40 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W ork out Prog r ams (continued) USER 1 & USER 2 Getting Started These programs are designed to be user-friendly tools. Y ou can build your own pro- grams and save them for later workout. With this function, you will be able to call up your favorite program, which stores all of your accurate user information, and beg[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 41 W ork out Prog r ams (continued) Adjustment: It depends on the individual program; see the each program section for details. Ending the Program • When program time is up or Stop key is pressed, this program will end and Cool Down will be active. • The message display will flash a message “PROGRAM END”&”COOL[...]

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    42 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual Maintenance CAUTION – FOR SAFE OPERA TION Always inspect hardware prior to any exercise session. Look for loose hardware, loose pedals, loose handrails, loose cranks and frayed wires. Repair or replace any dam- aged or worn parts, tighten all loose hardware. After workout, always wipe down your 1260Ef unit. Perspiratio[...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual 43 Domestic w arr anty Information (Applies to all product sold and placed within the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puer to Rico only) Effective: June 2006 Diamondback warrants its 1260Ef to be free from defects in material and workman- s hip under normal use in the home and light instructional environments. Diamondba[...]

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    44 1 260Ef Owner’s Manual Domestic w arr anty Information (continued) W arranty voided if: The W arranty does not apply to any failure of the product, or any parts of the product, due to: assembly errors, alterations, modifications, misuse, abuse, accident, improper maintenance, or if the serial number on the product has been removed, altered or [...]

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    1 260Ef Owner’s Manual W arr anty card Important! • Impor tant! • Important! • Impor tant! • Impor tant! • Important! W arranty card must be completed and returned to Diamondback within 15 days of purchase. Failure to comply may void manufacturer ’s W arranty . Or , you may register your product at www .diamondbackfitness.com. Y our N[...]

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    Part no. 22-96-127 Diamondback Fitness 300 Camarillo Ranch Road Camarillo, CA 93012 T 800-776-7642 F 805-388-5890 1260OM 5/31/06 7:11 PM Page 2[...]