Owner’s Manual: Heart Rate Features
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Using the Heart Rate
Touch-Sensitive Handrail Grips
While exercising on the EFX5.35 or EFX5.33, you must
grasp both touch-sensitive handrail grips for a minimum of
five to ten seconds to transmit your heart rate to the display.
Refer to Diagram 11.
Diagram 11: Touch-sensitive handrail grips
Usually, the concentration of salts in a person's perspiration
provides enough conductivity to transmit a signal to the
receiver inside the display console. However, some people,
because of body chemistry or erratic heart beats cannot use
the touch-sensitive heart rate feature on the EFX. A chest
strap may provide better results.
Important:
While exercising, do not grasp the touch-
sensitive handrail grips and wear the chest strap at the
same time. The touch-sensitive handrail grips override the
signals from the chest strap transmitter. If used together,
inconsistent readings may occur.
Using SmartRate
The SmartRate feature helps you monitor and maintain your
heart rate in the target zone best suited to your specific
needs. All 7 LEDs may light during a workout. When the EFX
detects a heart rate, a single LED blinks and indicates the
zone that your heart rate is in.
Important:
To use the SmartRate feature, you must choose
a program and enter your age during the setup phase of
your exercise session.
Touch-sensitive
handrail grips
