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Display symbols
Manufactured by:
Indicates an ongoing heart rate measurement and flashes to the beat of your heart.
Polar Electro Oy
Indicates there has not been heart rate reception for at least 5 seconds.
Professorintie 5
- - Indicates there is no heart rate reception. Bring the wrist unit up to your chest
near the transmitter’s Polar logo.
FIN-90440 KEMPELE
The wrist unit starts looking for the heart rate signal again.
Options mode: indicates that you are setting the running functions
Time o
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Road Map Quick Guide Infrared window Time of File Options Tests Connect OK Day Dear Customer Scroll Up / Down Measuring Recorded Infrared Op. Test Mode Information Communication Signal/Light Up STOP - exit the displayed • move onward mode Recording Fit. Test Congratulations on purchasing a Polar running/cycling computer! • increase the Mode selected value We are proud to assist you in achieving personal fitness and performance Op. Test Reset goals. Monitor Watch Exercise Memory Function Speed Us
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The features of this running/cycling computer provide you with the various ways to customize your exercise sessions so they meet your personal needs. For more information about the different functions, see the "All that you can do with your running/cycling computer" section. This manual contains user information for both Polar S625X™ and Polar S725X™. The information specific for running features is in a blue text. The information specific for cycling features is marked with a grey background. P
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CONTENTS Speed settings .................................. 38 Pausing the exercise .................... 58 The information specific for running features is in a blue text. Running settings .............................. 38 Swapping the displayed Calibration by running ................ 39 exercise information .................... 59 The information specific for cycling features is marked with a grey background . Calibration manually ................... 40 Starting an exercise set ................
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A. GETTING GOING Recovery information of E. Tests ..................................... 85 BasicSet exercise .......................... 73 Polar Fitness Test ............................. 85 Running/cycling computer Exercise distance .......................... 73 OwnIndex ..................................... 85 parts and their functions Pace information ......................... 73 Predicted maximum heart rate ... 87 Speed information ....................... 73 Fitness test settings ...........
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Buttons and their functions Infrared window Up Moves to the following mode. Increases the Signal/ Signal/ Light Turns the beep on or off. selected value. Light Turns the backlight on. Reset Resets the wrist unit. Stop Return - Stops measuring the heart rate. Exits the displayed mode and returns to Stop the previous mode level. Down Returns to the previous Returns to the Time of day display mode. Decreases the from any mode by pressing and selected value. holding the stop button. OK Accept - Star
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Installing the Polar S1 foot pod Easy start First, make sure that there is a battery in the foot pod. You can check this by pressing and holding the red button on the foot pod. If a green light starts How to prepare the wrist unit to flash, you can start attaching the foot pod on your shoe. If there is no light, start from the chapter Assembling the S1 foot pod battery. 1. Since the display is blank when the wrist unit leaves the factory, you have to activate the wrist unit by pressing the OK bu
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A If you are using Polar S725X/S625X with or B 7. Do not throw the replaced battery away Polar Power Output Sensor, please see 1 with normal waste; take it to a place the bike mount and sensor installation where batteries are recycled. instructions in the Power Output Sensor user manual. If you use the Power Sensor, Attaching the S1 foot pod on your shoe you do not need to mount any other 1. Detach the holder from the foot pod by sensors on your bicycle. unfastening the flap and lifting the foot
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4 How to put the transmitter on 4. There are two spoke magnet options. You only need to install one of them. 1. Moisten the electrode areas of the strap Check which of the magnets fits the spoke under running water and make sure that they of your bike best. One (A) is installed by are well moistened. rotating it around the spoke before putting 2. Attach the connector to the strap. Position the metal cover on, another (B) by the connector's letter L to the word LEFT on tightening the screw. The m
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4. Press the OK button to start measuring your heart rate. All that you can do with your running/cycling computer A heart symbol will start flashing and your heart rate Here is a short overview of the modes of the wrist unit and the different (beats per minute) will appear in a maximum of 15 seconds. functions they offer you. 5. Press OK again. The stopwatch starts running and you 1. TIME OF DAY can start exercising. The exercise data will only be stored in a file if you have turned the stopwatc
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A. BasicUse is the easiest way to start exercising because you do not 4. FILE (SEE SECTION D. HOW TO RECALL TRAINING INFORMATION) have to set different target limits or timers. You just start in Measuring In this mode you can recall your training information. Your wrist unit mode and choose BasicUse and you are ready to go. You can select saves up to 99 files of exercise information when you use the Recording among several different heart rate, running or cycling information mode (stopwatch on).
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B. HOW TO ENTER SETTINGS Polar OwnOptimizer helps you to optimize training load during training program so that training will develop performance and will not lead to This section describes how to manually enter long-term under- or overtraining. OwnOptimizer is a modification of settings by pressing the wrist unit buttons. traditional proven orthostatic overtraining test and is based on heart However, the Polar running/cycling computer rate and heart rate variability measurements done during an
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Weight (kg or lbs) User information settings 5. Scroll up or down to adjust your weight. Press OK. Options Height (cm or ft/ inch) 6. Scroll up or down to adjust your height. Press OK. User Set cm/ Date of birth (Birthday) kg/lbs Birthday Sex Activity HR VO feet inch max 2max 7. Scroll up or down to adjust your day of birth. Press OK. Units 2: setting order In the User Set loop you can move forward only by pressing OK. 8. Month appears. Scroll up or down to select is month - day - year. The di
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High You participate regularly, at least 3 times a week, in heavy physical Exercise settings for Recording mode exercise. E.g. you run 10-20 km/ 6-12 miles per week or spend 2-3 hours per week in comparable physical activity. When you start setting your exercise preferences your first choice is to select TopYou participate regularly in heavy physical exercise at least 5 times whether you want to set your personal exercise set or to exercise with a week. E.g. you exercise to improve performance f
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Setting exercise sets 1. In the Time of day display Options Preset exercise sets ready for five exercise sets; when you start exercising, scroll up or down until just select one of the sets. OPTIONS is displayed. Exercise Set 2. Press OK to enter the Interval Training Set BasicSet E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 Options mode. EXERCISE If you choose interval off, you can set the If you choose interval on, you can SET is displayed. set 3 different exercise phases for following functions to your exercise: 3. Pre
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Setting timers 9. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes. Press OK. If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-5. 10. Scroll up or down to adjust seconds. Press OK. 6. Scroll up or down until desired timer is displayed. Press OK to start 11. Scroll up or down to adjust the tolerance value for the pace limit in setting the timer. seconds. Press OK. 7. Scroll up or down to turn the timer on or off. Press OK. Timer OFF: skip steps 8-9. Tolerance value is the time your pace is allowed to
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Setting recovery calculation Setting interval type You can select 2 optional types of recoveries in a BasicSet: You can select four optional types of intervals: A. Time-based recovery Ends your recovery as you reach the preset time. A. Time-based interval Ends your interval when you have used B. Heart-rate-based recovery Ends your recovery as you reach the preset the preset time. heart rate. B. Heart-rate-based interval Ends your interval as you reach the preset heart rate. If you start from the
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A. Time-based interval Setting interval recovery calculation 8. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes. Press OK. You can select 3 optional types of recoveries: 9. Scroll up or down to adjust seconds. Press OK. Interval TIMER appears. Or A. Time-based recovery Ends your recovery as you reach the preset time. B. Heart-rate-based interval B. Heart-rate-based recovery Ends your recovery as you reach the preset 8. Scroll up or down to adjust the heart rate that will end your interval. heart rate. Press
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C. Rec. Dist is displayed. Setting recording rate Units 2: Adjustable units 10. Scroll up or down to adjust kilometers. are miles and feet. 1. In the Time of day display scroll Press OK. Options 11. Scroll up or down to adjust hundreds up or down until OPTIONS of meters. Press OK. Recovery DIST appears. is displayed. Memory Set 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. To continue your settings, press the stop button or to return to the Time of EXERCISE SET is displayed. Rec. Rate 5 Sec/ 15 Sec/ 60
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The following table shows the maximum exercise times for each Turning functions on/off recording rate. Options Altitude Speed Cadence Power Rec. Rate 5s Rec. Rate 15s Rec. Rate 60s Function Set On On On On 4 h 55 min 14 h 45 min 59 h 2 min On On On OFF 8 h 51 min 26 h 34 min 99 h 59 min OwnCal Tests HR -p Altitude AutoLap max On/OFF On/OFF On/OFF On/OFF On/OFF On On OFF On 5 h 32 min 16 h 36 min 66 h 25 min On On OFF OFF 11 h 4 min 33 h 13 min 99 h 59 min 1. In the Time of day display scroll up
