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FEATURES
Your Polar Coach offers you the following features:
Watch functions:
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Time
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Alarm
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Date
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12 hour or 24 hour time mode
Basic functions:
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wireless, continuous, and ECG accurate heart rate measurements
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coded transmission of your heart rate to avoid interference caused
by other users of heart rate monitors
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stopwatch with split and lap-time indicators
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three adjustable target zone limits with blinking and sound alarms
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43 split and lap times with average heart rates of each lap
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two adjustable, alternating timers
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time or heart rate based recovery calculation
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display alternatives during the Heart Rate Measurement mode:
time of day, total exercising time or lap time
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Polar Heart Touch for activating the backlight and checking the
secondary measurement display during an exercise session
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backlight
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water resistant to 20 meters
Freely programmable interval training functions:
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ability to set 99 intervals (28 are recorded, the use of lap functions
during warm-up reduces the amount)
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countdown timer
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three target zones
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recovery calculation
Recording functions:
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maximum and average heart rate for the complete exercise session
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date and starting time of the exercise session
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number of laps and the total time of the exercise session
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time spent above, within and below each target zone
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last recovery value (time or heart rate based)
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lap and split times with average and ending heart rates
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ability to recall the recorded information on the Polar Coach wrist
receiver display
Data download:
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automatic and dynamic recording of average heart rate on sampling
rate (60 samples): 30 s, 1 min, 2 min, 4 min and 8 min, max. 8 hours
(PC Coach Light™ software required)
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ability to download recorded training information onto a computer for
detailed analysis by SonicLink (PC Coach Light™ software required)
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also interfaceable to Polar Training Advisor software Version 1.1
onwards and Polar Precision Performance software Version 2.1
onwards via Polar Interface unit
Other:
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shortcuts for advanced users
PARTS
The Polar Coach Heart Rate Monitor
consists of three parts:
3. Polar Coach wrist receiver
1. Polar Coded Transmitter
Grooved electrode areas.
2. Elastic strap
Coach man.USA
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