Highgear WalkBuddy - Manual

Welcome
Congratulations on your purchase of the Walkbuddy from HighGear.
This pedometer is packed with features to help you get the most out of
your exercise. It’s also so lightweight and convenient. Please take a
moment to familiarize yourself with the operation of the Walkbuddy, and
thanks again for choosing HighGear for your outdoor needs. Visit us on
the web to learn more about this and other HighGear products, at
www.highgearusa.com.
Features
• Adjustable pedometer sensitivity
• Record steps, distance, and calories burned.
• 12 or 24 hour mode digital clock.
• Automatic date function, accurate though 2025.
• Programmable daily alarm function.
• Chronograph (stopwatch) up to 24 hours.
• Calorie counter and distance counter are fully customizable by
weight and step distance.
• Target Step Mode counts down steps from the number you
specify and alerts you when you’ve reached it.
• Exercise timer counts the time you’re moving and starts and stops
automatically when you do. You can easily find out how much
time you’ve spent moving each day.
• Displays in miles or kilometers.
• Display time, date, and stopwatch information while the
Walkbuddy records your exercise.
In addition, the Walkbuddy PR adds Pulse Functionality:
• Finger touch heart rate monitor is accurate from 40-240 bpm.
• Gives accurate pulse reading in seconds.
• Check your pulse while the Walkbuddy continues to count your
steps.
• Programmable pulse settings alert you when your pulse if too high
or too low.
Getting Started
Meet the Walkbuddy.
If you hold the Walkbuddy with the belt clip facing you, and the digital
display facing up, you’ll see 4 buttons around the outside of the unit.
This view is shown below.
Note that the four buttons are labeled as well.
Changing Modes
The MODE button, B4, at the bottom right, changes the primary modes.
There are three primary modes on the Walkbuddy and four primary
modes on the Walkbuddy PR (with pulse reader).
Wakbuddy:
Time
Æ CHRO Æ Move
Wakbuddy PR:
Time Æ PULSE Æ CHRO Æ Move
CHRO is short for Chronograph (Stopwatch).
The primary modes TIME and MOVE contain several sub-modes. You
use the SCAN button (B1) to cycle through the sub-modes.
Time:
Time
Æ DATE Æ ALARM
Move:
STEP Æ CALORIE Æ TIMER Æ Distance
Æ Target
Remember: The MODE button changes primary Modes. The SCAN
button moves through the sub-modes of each Mode.
Getting Started (continued)
Battery
If the LCD is ever dim or the unit shows no information, you might need
to replace the battery with a CR2032 cell or equivalent. Please dispose
of the old battery responsibly.
B1
(reset/scan)
B4
(mode/next)
B2
(start/stop)
Sensitivity
Switch Belt Clip
B3
(adjust/set)