Polar FT60 User Manual

1. GET STARTED

Get to Know Your Polar FT60

The Polar FT60 training computer records and displays your heart rate and other data during training.

The Polar H1 heart rate sensor transmits the heart rate signal to the training computer. The heart rate sensor consists of a connector and a strap.

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Start With Basic Settings

To activate your Polar FT60, press and hold any button for one second. Once the FT60 is activated, it cannot be switched off.

  1. Language: Select Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Português or Suomi with UP/DOWN. Press OK.

  2. Please enter basic settings is displayed. Press OK.

  3. Select Time format.

  4. Enter Time.

  5. Enter Date.

  6. Select Units, metric (KG, CM) or imperial (LBS, FT). By selecting lbs/ft, calories are displayed as CAL, otherwise they are shown as KCAL. Calories are measured as kilocalories.

  7. Enter Weight.

  8. Enter Height.

  9. Enter Date of birth.

  10. Select Sex.

  11. Settings OK? is displayed.

    Select Yes to accept and save the settings. Basic settings complete is displayed and the FT60 enters Time mode.

    Select No if you want to change the settings. Please enter basic settings is displayed. Re-enter your basic settings.

To modify your personal settings later, see Settings.

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Buttons and Menu Structure

UP: Enter the menu and move through selection lists, adjust values

OK: Confirm selections, select training type or training settings

DOWN: Enter the menu and move through selection lists, adjust values

BACK:

  • Exit the menu

  • Return to the previous level

  • Cancel selection

  • Leave settings unchanged

  • With a long press, return to Time view

 

LIGHT:

  • Illuminate the display

  • With a long press, enter quick menu in Time view (to lock buttons, set alarm or select time zone) or during training (to adjust training sounds or lock buttons)

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Symbols on the Display

The following table presents the display symbols and their descriptions.

Symbol

Description

The battery of the training computer is low.

The alarm is active.

Sounds are off.

Time 2 is in use. Number two is displayed at the lower right corner of the display.

You have one or more new messages.

The button lock is active.

The footpod is in use. If the symbol is blinking, the FT60 is trying to establish a connection with the footpod.

The GPS sensor is in use. If the symbol is blinking, the FT60 is trying to establish a connection with the GPS sensor, or the GPS sensor is trying to establish a connection with the satellites.

Heart rate is transmitted.

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