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COVER S510 GBR C.fh8 8.3.2001 12:45 Page 1
• OwnIndex™ to reliably predict your VO
2max
Quick Guide
• OwnCal™ the most accurate calorie
Signal/Light Up
• move onward
• increase the
consumption calculation
selected value
• OwnCode™ locks out possible interference
Stop Down
• exit the • move backward
from other heart rate monitors
displayed mode • reduce the
• return to the selected value
Time of day display
• Computer communication via audible
OK
SonicLink™ and Uplink™
• start measuring the hea
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The Polar S510 offers you various possibilities on customising exercise sessions to fit your personal needs. For example, use the Interval Trainer function to guide you through a complete interval training session. Or, you can choose the functions that suit you best: OwnCal calorie calculation, timers, recovery calculation, speed, cadence, etc. After training, you can review your exercise file and transfer it to your computer for analysis with PC Coach Light™ software. Monitor your fitness level
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CONTENTS A. Getting going ....................... 5 Setting the number of intervals .. 28 Shortcut to watch settings ............... 42 Interrupting an interval Heart rate monitor parts ......................... 5 Setting recovery calculation ......... 29 Swap measuring units ....................... 42 training exercise ................................ 57 Buttons and their functions .................... 6 Naming exercise sets ......................... 30 Swap date and user ID ...................
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A. GETTING GOING Heart rate monitor parts and their Cadence information ............................. 64 F. Polar Fitness Test ................. 73 functions Heart rate limits ..................................... 64 OwnIndex ............................................... 73 The elastic strap holds Exercise time within, above and Predicted maximum heart rate ............. 75 the transmitter below the heart rate zones .................. 64 Fitness test settings ................................ 7
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Buttons and their functions SIGNAL/ Signal/ Light Turns the beep on or off. Up Moves to the following LIGHT Turns the backlight on. mode. Increases the selected value. RESET Reset Resets the heart rate monitor. Down Returns to the previous Stop Return - Stops measuring the heart rate. STOP mode. Decreases the Exits the displayed mode and returns to selected value. the previous mode level. Returns to the Time of day display from any mode by pressing and holding the stop button. OK OK Accept - Sta
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Installing the Polar Bike Mount Easy start Use cable ties to secure the bike mount How to prepare the wrist receiver snugly on the rubber pad. Attach the receiver by securing the 1. Since the display is blank when the receiver leaves the wrist strap. factory, you have to activate the wrist receiver by pressing the OK button twice, after which the Time of day display appears. This is a one-off procedure; once you have turned Installing the Polar Speed Sensor™ on your receiver you can not turn it
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ties. Do not tighten fully yet. If the cable How to put the transmitter on ties are too short for your bicycle, put two of them together to make them longer. 1. Attach the transmitter to the elastic strap. 5. There are two spoke magnet options. You 2. Adjust the strap length to fit snugly and only need to install one of them. One is comfortably. Secure the strap around your installed by rotating it around the spoke chest, just below the chest muscles, and before putting the metal cover on, buckl
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4. Press the OK button to start measuring your heart rate. A heart symbol Modes and their functions will start flashing and your heart rate (beats per minute) will appear in a maximum of 15 seconds. Your Polar S510 has six main modes: Time of day, Exercise, File, Options, 5. Press OK again. The stopwatch starts running and you can start Fitness test and Connection. exercising. The exercise data will only be stored in a file if you have turned the stopwatch on. 1. TIME OF DAY You can use your Pol
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A. During BasicUse, you can save 99 split and lap times with current, 3. FILE maximum and average heart rates for each lap. You can configure the Your receiver stores the latest exercise information in one complete file: display to show information on the following: • the start date and time of the exercise • your current heart rate, average heart rate or a reading of your • total exercise time maximum heart rate in percentages • the average and maximum heart rate readings for the exercise sessi
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4. OPTIONS 5. FITNESS TEST In the Options mode, you can enter the following settings: In this mode you can: • perform the Polar Fitness Test Exercise settings: you can select BasicUse with no settings or 5 freely • recall your latest test results; OwnIndex and HR -p values max programmable BasicSets or Interval Training Sets • update your user information to reflect your most recent OwnIndex and HR -p values max Turning the functions on/off: OwnCal calorie counter, fitness test, predicted maximu
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Time Of Day File Options Fit. Test Connect B. HOW TO ENTER SETTINGS Exercise Set Function Set Bike Set User Set Monitor Set Watch Set 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 the desired setting mode is displayed. 4. Press OK to start the settings. • Move forward and backward by using the up or down but
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Date of birth (Birthday) User information settings 7. Scroll up or down to adjust your day of birth. Units 2: setting order Options Press OK. is month - day - year. 8. Month appears. Scroll up or down to select User Set your month of birth. Press OK. 9. Year appears. Scroll up or down to adjust the year of birth. Press OK. kg/ lbs cm/ feet inch Birthday Sex Activity HR VO max 2max Sex In the User Set loop you can move forward only by pressing OK. 10.
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Top You participate regularly in heavy physical exercise at least 5 times a week. Exercise settings E.g. you exercise to improve performance for competitive purposes. When you start setting your exercise preferences your first choice is to select Maximum heart rate value (HR ) whether you want to set your personal exercise set or to exercise with max 12. Your age-predicted maximum heart rate value is displayed as a default BasicUse option. If you select to start setting the exercise sets, your s
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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 Exercise Set just select one of the sets. OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 Interval Training Set BasicSet Options mode. EXERCISE If you choose interval on, you can If you choose interval off, you can SET is displayed. set 3 different exercise phases for set the following functions to your 3. Press OK to s
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Setting timers Setting interval type If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-5. You can select 4 optional types of intervals: 6. Scroll up or down until desired timer is displayed. Press OK to start setting the timer. A. Time-based interval Ends your interval when you have 7. Scroll up or down to turn the timer on or OFF. Press OK. used the selected time. Timer OFF: Skip steps 8-9. B. Heart-rate-based interval Ends your interval as you reach 8. Scroll up or down to adjust minut
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A. Time-based interval Setting recovery calculation 8. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes. Press OK. 9. Scroll up or down to adjust seconds. Press OK. Interval TIMER appears. A. Recovery timer Ends your recovery as you reach the Or preset time. B. Heart-rate-based interval Or 8. Scroll up or down to adjust the heart rate that will end your interval. B. Recovery heart rate Ends your recovery as you reach the Press OK. Interval Hr appears. preset heart rate. Or Or C. Distance-based interval C. Re
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B. RecoHr is displayed. Turning functions on/off 10. Scroll up or down to adjust the value. Press OK. Recovery Hr appears. Options Or C. Rec. Dist is displayed. Function Set 10. Scroll up or down to adjust kilometres. Units 2: Adjustable units Press OK. OwnCal Fit. T On/OFF est HR On/OFF -p On/OFF max are miles and feet. 11. Scroll up or down to adjust hundreds of metres. Press OK. Recovery DIST appears. 1. In the Time of day display scroll up or down until
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Fitness test on/off Bicycle feature settings If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4. 5. Scroll up or down until Fit. Test is displayed. Options 6. Press OK to start setting the fitness test. On/OFF starts to flash. 7. Scroll up or down to set the fitness test on or off. Press OK. Bike Set Bike 1/ Bike 2/ Bike OFF Predicted maximum heart rate on/off (HR -p) max If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-4. Wheel Cadence On/OFF AutoStrt On/OFF 5. S
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Adjusting the wheel size (Wheel) METHOD 2. If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-5. Mark the tread of the front tire with a line and roll the tire perpendicular 6. Start with the display showing Wheel. to the ground. You can also use the valve as a mark. Mark a line on the 7. Press OK to start setting the wheel size. ground. Move your bike on a flat surface straight ahead for one complete 8. Scroll up or down to adjust the wheel size. Press OK. wheel rotation. Check that the
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Cadence* on/off (Cadence) Naming Bike 1 and Bike 2 If you start from the Time of day display, repeat steps 1-5. You can name the bikes with four letters, numbers or marks. 6. Scroll up or down until Cadence is displayed. The number in the right corner of the display indicates, which bike settings 7. Press OK to start setting the Cadence. On/OFF starts to flash. are in use. (b0=Bike off, b1= Bike 1, b2=Bike 2) 8. Scroll up or down to set the Cadence on or off. Press OK. 1. In the Time of day disp
