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Polar Heart Rate Monitor FAQ's


Who benefits from heart rate monitoring?

Why do I have to use a chest transmitter?

Index of heart rate training articles

Frequently Asked Technical Questions

Frequently Asked Technical Questions

Heart Rate Monitor Servicing
Service Information »
Care and Maintenance of Your Polar HRM »
Display is blank or fading in the Heart Rate Monitor »
Battery replacement in the Polar Wrist Receiver »
May I replace the battery in the Receiver myself? »
Battery empty in the Polar Transmitter »
Using the Polar HRM in a water environment »
Compatability of receivers and transmitters »
Polar International Warranty »
Abnormal Heart Rate Readings
Abnormal heart rate readings »
Interference caused by fitness equipment »
General Heart Rate Monitor Usage
How to measure resting heart rate »
Maximum heart rate »
How to determine maximum heart rate »
Predicted maximum heart rate (HRmax-p) »
How is the Polar Fitness Test carried out? »
What if the Polar Fitness Test does not work? »
Tip for using OwnCalS feature »
Pacing yourself using the average HR »
UKK Self Walking Test »
Body Mass Index »
Fat Burning Percentage »
Using a Polar HRM with a Pacemaker »
Loss of Speed or Cadence readings »
Alititude measurement with Polar HRM's »
Heart Rate Monitor Communications/Software
Changing your PC's serial port settings »
If data transmission via the serial port fails »
Optional connections to the Interface unit? »
Basic settings for data transmission on Win98 »
Mac Compatibility »
PDA or Portable PC Compatibility »
Older Polar Interfaces & Software
If data transmission begins but the software crashes »
If data transmission stops before 100% is completed »
Polar Interface Plus/Polar Advantage Interface failure »
How to move exercise files from a drive to another »
How to export exercise data from a computer to another »
How to restore exercise data to new hard disk »
How to restore Polar Training Advisor SW backups »
HR curve doesn't appear on screen after data transfer »
If the printout is faulty »
Infrared Communications/Latest PPP Software
How to use the Polar Infrared Interface »
The Polar Serial Infrared Interface does not work »
The Polar USB Infrared Interface does not work »
Basic settings for data transmission on Win95 »
How to use the Exercise Convertor tool »
Transfer data from the PC to your HRM via UpLink »
How to transfer exercises via SonicLink to PPP SW4 »
How to e-mail exercise data using PPP SW4 »

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