Life Fitness 8975101 REV B-2 manual

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    GO C ONSOLE Owner ’ s Manual 8975101 REV B-2[...]

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    1 1 A MERICAS North America Life Fitness Inc. 5100 N River Road Schiller Park, IL 60176 U.S.A T elephone: (847) 288 3300 Fax: (847) 288 3703 Service T elephone: (800) 351 3737 Service Email: customersupport@lifefitness.com Sales/Marketing Email: consumerproducts@lifefitness.com Operating Hours: 7:00 am-6:00 pm (CST) Brazil Life Fitness Brasil Av . [...]

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    Thank you for purchasing a Life Fitness product. Before using this product, please read this owner ’s manual along with the base assembly manual in it’s entirety to ensure that you have the knowledge to safely and properly operate all of this product’s features. W e hope you achieve the product experience that you expect, but if you do have a[...]

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    3 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1. Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2. Getting S tarted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    This Operation Manual describes the functions of the following product: Life Fitness GO Console C AUTION : Health-related injuries may result from incorrect or excessive use of exercise equipment. The manufacturer STRONGL Y recommends seeing a physician for a complete medical exam before undert aking an exercise program, particularly if the user ha[...]

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    5 1 I MPORT ANT S AFETY I NSTRUCTIONS W ARNING: Read all instructions before using this product. W ARNING: Heart rate monitoring systems may be inaccurate. Over exercising may result in serious injury or death. DANGER: T o reduce the risk of electrical shock, always unplug this Life Fitness product before cleaning or attempting any maintenance acti[...]

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    • An appliance should never be left unattended when plugged in. Unplug from outlet when not in use, and before put- ting on or taking of f parts. • Do not operate under blanket or pillow . Excessive heating can occur and cause fire, electric shock, or injury to per- sons. • Never operate this appliance if it has a damaged cord or plug, if it [...]

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    2 G ETTING S T ARTED 2.1 T HE H EART R AT E T ELEMETR Y C HEST S TRAP The console is equipped with a wireless heart rate monitoring system in which electrodes, pressed against the skin, transfer heart rate signals from the user to the console. The electrodes are inside the chest strap (A) that the user wears during the workout. The transmitter stra[...]

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    8 2.3 H EART R AT E Z ONE T RAINING ® Research shows that maintaining a specific heart rate while exercising is the optimal way to monitor the intensity of a workout and to achieve maximum results. That is the idea behind the Life Fitness Heart Rate Zone T raining® approach to exercise. Zone T raining identifies an exerciser's ideal heart ra[...]

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    9 3 G O C ONSOLE O VERVIEW Read the entire user manual before setting up your equipment. 1. Level Display 2. Time Display 3. Speed Display 4. Setup Step s Icon (1,2,3,4,5) 5. Message Center 6. Dist ance Display 7. Heart Rate Display 8. T arget Heart Rate Display 9. Calorie Display 10. Workout Profile Display 1 3 2 4 6 9 7 8 5 10[...]

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    1 1. Settings Button 12. User Profiles Button 13. Pause/Resume Button 14. Navigation Buttons 15. Enter/St art Button 16. Reset Button 17. Race Mode Button 18. Goal Workout Button 19. Energy Saver Button 10 12 13 15 14 16 17 18 11 19 14[...]

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    4 H OW TO U SE THE G O C ONSOLE The Go Console was designed to make navigation as simple as possible by using special colors and keys. The console display was designed to reduce toggling between workout information. The design of each button on the console was designed to give the user tactile feedback. Each piece of workout feedback, including lev[...]

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    4.2 T IME D ISPLA Y The time window displays the total workout time set by the user during workout setup, which is a range from 1-99 minutes depending on the program. During a workout the time display will show time remaining and count down. T ime can be changed to count up in the Settings Menu and the time display will show time elapsed. See Secti[...]

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    4.7 T ARGET H EART R AT E D ISPLA Y T arget heart rate is a percentage of a user ’s maximum heart rate. The goal is to t arget a range that enables one’s heart and lungs to receive the most benefit from a workout. The console calculates target heart rate by t aking the maximum heart rate and multiplying it by an intensity level. Maximum heart r[...]

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    4.10 W ORKOUT P ROFILE I NDICA TOR A RROW The arrow located above the columns in the workout profile displays the position the user is at in the workout. The position is represented by the time entered during workout setup divided by the number of columns (24). For example during a 24-minute workout the arrow would move from column to column every [...]

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    4.15 N A VIGA TION B UTTON Provides simple forward, back, up, and down software navigation as well as level, time, and speed (treadmill only ) workout adjustments. While setting up a workout use the Lef t/Right arrows to scroll through workout setup options, and then use the Up/Down arrows to adjust the values. During a workout , use the Left/Right[...]

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    5 W ORKOUTS , M ODES , AND S ETTINGS 5.1 W ORKOUT O VERVIEWS The Go Console has 13 specially designed pre-programmed workouts that have been developed by Life Fitness. Each workout has a different goal. Read the workout descriptions carefully so that you can develop a workout routine that focuses on reaching your specific goals. The workout descrip[...]

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    5.2 H OW TO U SE THE W ORKOUTS 1. Manual Workout (Beginner – Just S tarting) Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the MANUAL workout profile and pressing ENTER. Description: The MANUAL workout is a simple workout that has no pre-defined intensity levels. The MANUAL workout starts the user at level 1 resist[...]

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    4. EZ Incline™ (Beginner – Just S tarting) Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the EZ INCLINE workout profile and pressing ENTER. Description: EZ INCLINE program consists of one hill. The user determines the elevation of the peak during the workout setup. The peak is reached after 75% of the workout tim[...]

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    8 . Heart Rate Hill Workout (Experienced – Fit) *Chest strap must be worn to execute the workout. Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the HEART RA TE HILL workout profile and pressing ENTER. Description: The user must wear a chest strap for this workout to adequately operate. This program only uses resist[...]

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    10 . Extreme Heart Rate Workout (Advanced – Athlete) *Chest strap must be worn to execute the workout. Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the EXTREME HEART RA TE workout profile and pressing ENTER. Description: The user must wear a chest strap for this workout to adequately operate. This program only use[...]

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    21 E DITING A H EART R AT E C UST OM W ORKOUT After setting a workout time, the following will occur if a heart rate workout is selected. The message center will display “Se t T arget HR” for approximately 3 seconds. Next the message center will display “Interval 1”. The user will enter their desired target heart rate in the appropriate win[...]

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    22 5.4 H OW TO U SE R ACE M ODE O VERVIEW RACE Mode can be activated during a workout by pressing the RACE Mode key on the console. This function can only be used during a MANUAL, RANDOM, HILL, EZ INCLINE, or SPORTS TRAINING workout. RACE Mode is a function that allows the user to race against a simulated speed that is determined when RACE Mode is [...]

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    • W alk S peed (treadmill only ) Message center displays “W alk S peed = 0.5”. Selection options are 0.5-10 mph or 0.8-16 km/hr on the F3 and 0.5-12 mph or 0.8-19 km/hr on the T3. • Jog S peed (treadmill only) Message center displays “Jog S peed = 0.5”. Selection options are 0.5-10 mph or 0.8-16 km/hr on the F3 and 0.5-12 mph or 0.8-19 [...]

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    5.6 S AFETY M ODE Safety Mode is an option on treadmills and cross-trainers. When turned on, the keyboard will lock out after 1 minute 30 seconds on treadmills and 1 minute on cross-trainers of inactivity in any mode. T o return to the last screen, press ENTER. When in Safety Mode, cross-trainers will set resistance to level 20, making it dif ficul[...]

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    • Software V ersion – press ENTER to select Console Software V ersion Console Software Part Number Console Software Build Date • Floor Model – disables Power Save Selection options are On or Off Default is Off (Power Save On) • Belt Lube T imer (treadmill only) T racks the total hours of workout and cool down time since the last belt lubr[...]

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    6 S ERVICE AND P RODUCT M AINTENANCE The Life Fitness products are backed by engineering excellence and are one of the most rugged and trouble-free pieces of exercise equipment on the market today . Note : The safety of the equipment can be maint ained only if the equipment is examined regularly for damage or wear . If maintenance is required, keep[...]

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    6.2 T ROUBLESHOOTING 27 PROBLEM CAUSE / SOLUTION No power Check to see that the power cord is fully plugged into the back of the product and into the wall. Make sure the power cord is fully seated into the back of the product. Y ou may be in “Energy Saver Mode”. Press the “Energy Saver” button to see if the console turns on. V erify that al[...]

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    6.3 H OW TO O BT AIN P RODUCT S ERVICE 1. V erify the symptom and review the operating instruction. The problem may be unfamiliarity with the product and its features and workouts. 2. Locate and document the serial number of the base unit and console. T readmill: located on the front of the treadmill near the power switch. Cross-T rainer: located o[...]

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    29 7 S PECIFICA TIONS L IFE F ITNESS G O C ONSOLE S PECIFICA TIONS Number of Workout s: 10 User Profiles: 2 Interactive Heart Rate Programming: Y es Heart Rate T elemetry: Y es Contact Heart Rate: Y es Goal Workout s: Y es - 3 Race Mode: Y es Levels: 20 Message Center: Y es - 16 character Display T ype: Custom-etched LCD Energy Saver: Y es W arrant[...]

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    30 8 W ARRANTY I NFORMA TION WHA T IS COVERED: This Life Fitness consumer product ("Product") is warranted to be free of all defects in material and workmanship. WHO IS COVERED: The original purchaser or any person receiving a newly purchased Product as a gift from the original purchaser . W arranty will be voided on subsequent transfers.[...]

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    31 HOW TO GET P ARTS & SERVICE: Refer to page one of this manual for your local service cont act information. Reference your name, address and the serial number of your Product (consoles and frames may have separate serial numbers). They will tell you how to get a replacement part, or , if necessary , arrange for service where your Product is l[...]