POLAR F55 User Manual

Page 65

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1. Wear the transmitter as described in the section
Measuring Your Heart Rate.
2. Start from the Time of Day display. Press OK.

Exercise is

displayed.
3. Press the / buttons until

Relax is displayed.

Press OK.
4. Press the / buttons to select

START. Press OK.

Begin to relax is displayed. The wrist unit starts the

session by searching for your heart rate.

When your heart rate is received,

Session starts is displayed

for a few seconds and the following information is displayed:

Relax
Your current OwnRelax bar
CountDown timer shows the time
left in the session

The more to the right your current OwnRelax bar is, the higher
your heart rate variability is and the more relaxed your are.
In contrast, the more to the left your current OwnRelax bar is,
the smaller your heart rate variability is and thus the less
relaxed your body and mind are.

Note:

• If the wrist unit does not receive your heart rate,

Session stopped

is displayed. Check that the transmitter electrodes are wet and

that the strap is snug enough. Restart the relaxation session.

• You can stop the relaxation session at any time by pressing the

Back button.

Session stopped is displayed for a few seconds.

When the session is over, an alarm sounds and the following
information is shown in the display:

Your OwnRelax in milliseconds,
ms (average value of the session)
The bar corresponds to the
milliseconds value
Your relaxation heart rate as
beats per minute (average value
of the session)

Note:

• Your OwnRelax value in milliseconds can vary between 1 and 200 ms.

• Range of the bar is 1 to 100 ms. Left end of the bar is 1 ms and

right end is 100 ms or greater.

To interpret your result accurately, please see table of the
OwnRelax and relaxation heart rate values in the following
section. Press OK to view your relaxation trend values and
continue from the section Relaxation Trend on page 70.
Alternatively, press and hold the Back button to return to the
Time of Day display.