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Button Functions, Gestures and Menu Structure

V800 has five buttons that have different functionalities depending on the situation of use. In addition to these, V800 also includes taps gestures. They're performed by tapping the display of your V800, and allow you to view information on the display or perform functions during training.

See the tables below to find out what functionalities the buttons have in different modes.

Button Functions

Time View and Menu

 

LIGHT BACK START UP DOWN TAP
  • Illuminate the display
  • Press and hold to enter Quick menu
  • Exit the menu
  • Return to the previous level
  • Leave settings unchanged
  • Cancel selections
  • Press and hold to return to time view from menu
  • Press and hold to sync with Flow app in time view
  • Confirm selections
  • Enter pre-training mode
  • Confirm the selection shown on the display
  • Move through selection lists
  • Adjust a selected value
  • Press and hold to change the watch face
  • Move through selection lists
  • Adjust a selected value
  • Check your recovery status in Time View

Pre-Training Mode

LIGHT BACK START UP DOWN TAP
  • Press and hold to enter sport profile settings
  • Return to time view
  • Start a training session
  • Move through sports list
  • Move through sports list

 

During training

LIGHT BACK START UP DOWN TAP
  • Illuminate the display
  • Press and hold to enter Training Quick Menu
  • Pause training by pressing once
  • Press and hold for 3 seconds to stop training recording
  • Enter transition mode in multisport training
  • Press and hold to set zone lock on/off
  • Continue training recording when paused
  • Press to take a lap
  • Change training view
  • Change training view
  • Take a lap/Change training view/ Activate backlight

Tap gestures

The tap gesture allows you to view information on the display or perform functions during training. With the tap gesture, you can view your recovery status in time mode or take a lap, change the training view or activate the backlight during training. The gestures are performed by firmly tapping the display. Just gently touching it is not enough. The display can be tapped with two fingers using a reasonable amount of force, the glass will not break with a solid tap.

The sport specific tap sensitivity setting allows you to adjust the sensitivity to best suit different sports. To change the sport specific tap sensitivity (how hard you have to tap during a session), go to Settings > Sport profiles, and under the sport you want to edit choose Sport specific tap sensitivity. To change the time mode tap sensitivity (how hard you have to tap to view your recovery status), go to Settings > General settings > Time mode tap sensitivity. Try out different sensitivities to find out which works best for you in different sports, and which setting is best for use in time mode. The sensitivity can be set to Light tap, Normal tap, Strong tap, Very strong tap or Off.

The sport specific tap sensitivity can also be changed during a session from Quick menu. Press and hold LIGHT and choose Sport specific tap sensitivity.

You can customize the tap functions in your Sport Profile settings in the Polar Flow web service.

HeartTouch

Use the HeartTouch function to easily show the time, activate backlight or show your previous lap. Just touch your heart rate sensor with your V800. No buttons needed. You can edit the HeartTouch functions in the Sport Profile Settings in the Flow web service. For more information, see Sport Profiles

Menu Structure

Enter and browse through the menu by pressing UP or DOWN. Confirm selections with the START button, and return with the BACK button.

In the menu you'll find:

  • Status
  • Today's activity
  • Diary
  • Settings
  • Tests
  • Timers
  • Favorites

 

Status

In Status you'll find:

  • Recovery status: Shows your recovery level. For more information, Recovery Status

For more information, see Status

Today's Activity

The daily activity goal you get from Polar V800 is based on your personal data and activity level setting, which you can find in the Daily Activity Goal settings in the Flow web service.

Your daily activity goal is visualized with an activity bar. The activity bar fills up as you reach your daily goal. In Today's activity you'll see details of your activity (active time, calories and steps) and options for reaching your daily activity goal.

For more information, see Activity Tracking

Diary

In Diary you'll see the current week, past four weeks and next four weeks. Select a day to see all the sessions from that day, and the training summary of each session and the tests you have done. You can also see your planned training sessions.

Settings

In Settings you can edit:

  • Sport profiles
  • Physical settings
  • General settings
  • Watch settings

For more information, see Settings

Tests

In Tests you'll find:

  • Orthostatic test
  • Fitness test
  • Jump test
  • RR recording

For more information, see Features

Timers

In Timers you'll find:

  • Stopwatch
  • Countdown timer
  • Interval timer

Favorites

In Favorites you'll find:

  • Race Pace, routes and training targets that you have saved as favorites in the Flow web service.

For more information, see Race Pace