Care for your heart rate sensor after exercise. Detach the connector from the strap after use. Keep the heart rate sensor dry and clean.
For complete care and maintenance instructions, see Care and Maintenance.
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To view basic data on your performance, see File on your cycling computer. For deeper analysis, transfer the data to Polar ProTrainer 5. The software offers various options to analyze the data with.
The cycling computer and software are connected via IrDA. First, open the software. Then, select Connect from your cycling computer and place the wrist unit in front of the infrared window on the Polar IrDA USB Adapter or on the computer or other IrDA compatible infrared adapter. For complete instructions on transferring data, see software help.
Open Polar ProTrainer 5 software.
Select Connect in the cycling computer and place the device in front of the computer's infrared window.
Click Transfer Data on the software toolbar.
For more information on transferring data, consult software help.
To view file on cycling computer
Select File > for the following options:
Exercise log lists a maximum of 99 exercise files.
Weekly includes summaries of the past 16 weeks.
Totals shows cumulative exercise information.
In the Delete menu, you can delete exercise files.
Select File > Exercise log
You can view detailed information on your exercise sessions in the Exercise log. The following info will appear:
Exercise name.
A graphic bar representing an exercise session. The height of the bar indicates exercise duration.
Date of the exercise.
Information appearing on the display (a - e displays below) depends on the settings and exercise type and settings (e.g. if your exercise does not include phases, phase information will not appear).
Scroll the exercise bars with or and press to view:
| | a. Basic information |
| b. Bike information |
| | c. Sport zones information |
| | d. Phases information |
| | e. Laps information |
a. Basic information
Select File > Exercise log. Scroll and to select the exercise and press . Scroll and to view the following information:
| | Name of exercise Time when exercise began Distance traveled Total time of exercise |
| | Heart rate in beats per minute (bpm), alternating with a percentage of your maximum heart rate (HR%) or as a percentage of your heart rate reserve (HRR%). Maximum heart rate Minimum heart rate Average heart rate |
| | Target zones (HR / Speed /Cadence*/power*) , alternating zone 1, zone 2, and zone 3. Upper limit Lower limit |
| | Time in, above, and below zone 1/2/3 Time above zone Time below zone Time in zone |
| | Calories expended during exercise. Energy expenditure indicates overall exertion during exercise. |
Press to return to the basic information view.
Additional Basic Information
To add your own exercise information or delete the exercise from File, press and hold in basic information view.
Select File > OK > Exercise log > OK > Basic > OK, press and hold > Add info >OK.
Rank: Grade your exercise.
Feeling: Evaluate your subjective feeling during the exercise.
Temperat.: Set the temperature with or .
Distance:Set the distance for Bike 1, Bike 2, Bike 3 or Other.
If you change the distance, it will effect also on the Totals distance
b. Bike information
Select File > Exercise log > Bike information.
Press and scroll and to view the bike information:
| | Speed Maximum speed Average speed Distance |
| | Cadence Maximum cadence Average cadence |
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| Power Maximum power Average power Cycling efficiency Cycling efficiency is your energy expenditure converted into the power that propels the bike forward. Cycling efficiency is measured, as soon as heart rate rises above 100 bpm/min and the exercise has lasted for more than one minute. If the heart rate drops below 100 bpm/min during the exercise, the counting of the cycling efficiency value will be stopped until your heart rate rises above 100 bpm/min again. Improvement in cycling efficiency indicates improved performance economy. |
| | Left / right balance Left / right balance in % Pedalling index in % |
| Calories per kilometer |
| Incline Maximum incline in % Maximum incline in degrees |
| Decline Maximum decline in % Maximum decline in degrees |
| Altitude Maximum altitude Minimum altitude Average altitude |
| Ascent/ Descent Ascended meters/feet Descended meters/feet |
| Temperature Maximum oC degrees Minimum oC degrees Average oC degrees |
| Odometer Bike 1, 2 or 3 Kilometers |
c. Sport Zones
Select File > Exercise log > Basic > OK
In the basic information view, press to see Sport zones information.
Press and scroll or to view time spent in each sport zone. Here, the variation of your sessions is presented in graphical format.
Press to return to the Sport zones information view.
d. Phases
Select File > Exercise log > Phases
The Phases menu is displayed only if the exercise is created with the Polar ProTrainer 5 software and includes phases.
In the Sport zones information view, press to view Phases information. Each phase can be viewed separately.
Scroll data of an individual phase by pressing . Compare phases by pressing or .
| | Phase name Split time Duration of current phase |
| | Heart rate in beats per minute (bpm), alternating with a percentage of maximum heart rate (HR%) or as a percentage of heart rate reserve (HRR%). Maximum heart rate Average heart rate |
| | Increased HR / Recovery HR / HR differ. The difference between heart rate at the beginning and end of the phase. Current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm), alternating with a percentage of your maximum heart rate (HR%) or a percentage of heart rate reserve (HRR% ). Increased HR: If heart rate was lower in the beginning of the phase than it was at the end, the cycling computer will show the difference in heart rate (heart rate at the end minus heart rate in the beginning). During the working phase, the cycling computer will show the increased heart rate value. Recovery HR: If the heart rate was higher in the beginning of the phase than it was at the end, the cycling computer will show the difference in heart rate (heart rate in the beginning minus heart rate at the end). During the recovery phase, the cycling computer will show the recovery heart rate value. HR differ: If the heart rate value was the same at the beginning and end of the phase, the cycling computer will show an HR difference value of 0. |
| | Speed Maximum speed Average speed |
| | Distance Split distance Distance of current phase |
| | Cadence* Maximum cadence Average cadence of the current phase |
 | Power Maximum power Average power of the current phase |
Press to return to Phases.
* Optional sensor required.
e. Laps
Select File > Exercise log > Basic > Laps
In the Phases information view, see Laps information by pressing . Laps are shown only if more than one lap is stored in the memory.
| | Number of recorded laps/automatic laps (lap information alternates with automatic lap information) Average lap/automatic lap time Best (fastest) lap/automatic lap number alternating with its time |
The last lap is never shown as the best lap, even if it is the fastest lap. If you are in a cycling event and wish to include your last lap, press on the finishing line instead of . You can then stop recording after the finishing line.
Scroll lap information by pressing .
Compare information on different laps by pressing or .
For easy view of lap information, transfer the exercise file to the Polar ProTrainer 5 software and analyze the exercise in the Curve view.
| | Time Split time Lap time |
| | Heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) alternating with percentage of maximum heart rate (HR%) or as a percentage of your heart rate reserve (HRR%). Maximum heart rate Average heart rate End heart rate of lap |
| | Speed km/h Average speed End speed of lap Press and hold to switch speed. |
| | Distance Lap distance |
| | Cadence* Maximum Average cadence of the lap |
| | Power* Average power of the lap End power of lap |
| | Pedaling index Average % |
| Cycling efficiency Cycling efficiency is your energy expenditure converted into the power that propels the bike forward. Cycling efficiency is measured, as soon as heart rate rises above 100 bpm/min and the exercise has lasted for more than one minute. If the heart rate drops below 100 bpm/min during the exercise, the counting of the cycling efficiency value will be stopped until your heart rate rises above 100 bpm/min again. Improvement in cycling efficiency indicates improved performance economy. |
| | Incline Incline in % Incline in degrees |
| | Altitude Ascent Altitude |
| | Altitude Descent Altitude |
| | Temperature |
Press to return to Laps information view.
*Optional sensor required.
Select File > Weekly
In Weekly summary, you can view the accumulated data on 16 weeks of exercise. The bar on the far right named This week displays exercise summary for the current week. The previous bars are dated the Sunday of the week in question. Scroll the displayed weeks with or , and view total exercise duration on the lower row.
Select the week with to see the week’s total calories, distance, and exercise time.
Press to see week’s sport zones.
To see time spent in each sport zone, press and scroll the sport zones or .
Select File > Totals
Totals includes cumulative information recorded during training sessions since the last reset. Use the Total values file as a seasonal or monthly counter of training data. The values are updated automatically when exercise recording is stopped.
Use or to scroll through the following information:
Bike 1 distance (Cumulative distance with bike 1; can be reset)
Bike 2 distance
Bike 3 distance
GPS distance
Total distance (Cumulative distance; can be reset)
Total duration
Total calories
Total exerc. count
Total ascent
Total odometer (Cumulative distance; cannot be reset)
Reset totals
To reset total values
Select File > Totals > Reset totals
Select the value you wish to reset in the menu and confirm with . Select Yesto confirm resetting. The deleted information cannot be retrieved. Select No to return to the Reset menu.
Select File > Delete > Exercise
In Delete, you can delete previous exercises one by one, all exercises at the same time, or total values.
Scroll through the following information with or :
Exercise: Select a single exercise to delete.
All exerc.: Delete all exercises.
Totals: Delete the total values one by one or all totals at the same time.
Confirm by selecting Yes.