Polar CS500 User Manual

2. GETTING STARTED

Button Functions and Menu Structure

The cycling computer has three easy-to-use buttons that have different functionalities depending on the situation of use.

1. BACK / STOP

2. OK / START / LAP / RESET

3. NEXT / SET

  • Exit the menu

  • Return to previous level

  • Leave settings unchanged

  • Cancel selections

  • With a long press, return to time mode from any mode

  • With a long press in time mode, go to the power save mode

  • With a three-second press in the power save mode, activate the cycling computer.

  • Confirm selections

  • Start a training session

  • Take a lap

  • Reset total values

  • With a three-second press in the power save mode, activate the cycling computer.

  • Move to the next mode or menu level

  • Change the bike with a long press in time mode

  • Adjust a selected value

  • With a three-second press in the power save mode, activate the cycling computer.

The cycling computer goes to the power save mode if you do not press any button in the time mode for five minutes. You can turn the cycling computer on again by pressing any button for three seconds.

You can use and buttons in two ways:

  1. When the cycling computer is mounted on a stem or handlebar, gently press the left or right side of the cycling computer.

  2. When you hold the cycling computer in your hand, use the trigger buttons on the backside of the cycling computer.

 

Basic Settings

Before using your cycling computer for the first time, customize the basic settings. Enter as accurate data as possible to ensure correct feedback based on your performance.

To adjust data, use SET and accept with OK. The values scroll faster if you press and hold SET.

Activate your cycling computer by pressing any button for three seconds. Basic SET is displayed. Press START and adjust the following data:

  1. Time set: Select 12h or 24h. With 12h, select AM or PM. Enter time.

  2. Date set: Enter date.

  3. Unit: Select metric (kg/cm) or imperial (lb/ft) units.

  4. Weight: Enter your weight.

  5. Height: Enter your height. In LB/FT format, first enter feet then inches.

  6. Birthday: Enter your date of birth.

  7. Sex: Select Male or Female.

  8. Settings DONE is displayed. To change the settings, press BACK until you return to the desired setting. To accept the settings, press OK and the cycling computer goes to time mode.

Measure Wheel Size

Before you start cycling, set the wheel size of your bike into the cycling computer. For further information, see Bike Settings.

Install the Polar Bike Mount

You can install the bike mount on the stem or on the left- or right-hand side of the handlebar.

  1. Thread two cable ties through the passages of the bike mount. If you install the bike mount on the handlebar, thread the cable ties to the opposite direction.

  1. Insert the rubber part into the bike mount. Make sure that it is firmly in its nest.

  1. Place the rubber part and the bike mount on the stem/handlebar and adjust the cable ties around the stem/handlebar. Secure the bike mount firmly. Cut off excess cable ties.

 

For a video tutorial, go to http://www.polar.fi/en/support/video_tutorials.

Attach the Cycling Computer to the Bike Mount

  1. Push the button and position the cycling computer onto the bike mount.

  1. Release the button to fasten the cycling computer to the bike mount. Check that the cycling computer is fastened properly before you start cycling.

 

To detach the cycling computer from the bike mount, push the button and lift the cycling computer off the bike mount.

For a video tutorial, go to http://www.polar.fi/en/support/video_tutorials.