POLAR F4TM User Manual

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3.2 FUNCTIONS DURING EXERCISE

Checking the Time of Day
Bring the wrist unit near the Polar logo
on the transmitter. The time of day is
displayed for three seconds. Or you can
press the SET button until you see
the Time of Day display.

limits. These are the limits you can see on the upper row of
the display. If you have not set your age, you can do it in the
Settings mode.

For further information on determining your

personal target heart rate limits, see the section Target
Heart Rate Zone on page 46.
The heart symbol in the line moves according to your heart
rate. If there is no heart symbol in the line, your heart rate
is either below or above your limits. An alarm sounds when
you are outside the limits, if the heart rate zone alarm is on.

Checking Exercise Duration, Heart Rate Limits and Calories
Press the SET button to browse the following information:

Fitness bullets

Time of day

Heart rate limits
Providing that you have set your age in the Basic Settings
mode, the unit gives you your personal target heart rate

Accumulated exercise calories (Cal/Kcal)

Heart rate (bpm or (HR

))

If the numbers flash, you are outside your
target heart rate zone.

Heart rate limits

Exercise duration (hh:mm ss)

Turning the Heart Rate Zone Alarm

On or Off

Press and hold the SET button until the alarm is turned on or
off. The alarm symbol

is displayed when the alarm is on.

Fitness bullets
There are six fitness bullets. Each represents 10 minutes in
the target heart rate zone, equaling one hour in total if all
the bullets appear. When you are in the target heart rate zone,
the 1

bullet starts to blink. When 10 minutes is up, the next

bullet starts to blink and so on. When you are not in the
target zone, the blinking bullet disappears.