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Pairing

Sensors compatible with V800 use Bluetooth Smart ® wireless technology. Before taking a new heart rate sensor, running sensor, cycling sensor or mobile device (smartphone, tablet) into use, it has to be paired with your V800. Pairing only takes a few seconds, and ensures that your V800 receives signals from your sensors and devices only, and allows disturbance-free training in a group. Before entering an event or race, make sure that you do the pairing at home to prevent interference due to data transmission.

Pair a Heart Rate Sensor with V800

There are two ways to pair a heart rate sensor with your V800:

  1. Wear your heart rate sensor, and press START in time view to enter pre-training mode.
  2. To pair, touch your sensor with V800 is displayed, touch your heart rate sensor with V800, and wait for it to be found.
  3. The device ID Pair Polar H7 xxxxxxxx is displayed. Choose Yes.
  4. Pairing completed is shown when you are done.

or

  1. Go to General Settings > Pair and sync > Pair other device and press START.
  2. V800 starts searching for your heart rate sensor.
  3. Once the heart rate sensor is found, the device ID Polar H7 xxxxxxxx is displayed.
  4. Press START, Pairing is displayed.
  5. Pairing completed is displayed when you are done.

When using a H7 heart rate sensor, V800 may detect your heart rate via GymLink transmission before you have paired it. Make sure you have paired your heart rate sensor before starting training. GymLink transmission is optimized to be used in swimming, therefore your heart rate is shown in gray in other sport profiles if you haven't paired your heart rate sensor via Bluetooth®.

Pair a Stride, Speed or Cadence Sensor with V800

Before pairing a stride sensor, cadence sensor or speed sensor, make sure they have been correctly installed. For more information on installing the sensors see their user manuals.

There are two ways to pair a sensor with your V800:

  1. Press START in time view to enter pre-training mode.

  2. V800 starts searching for your sensor.

    • Stride sensor: Touch your stride sensor with V800, and wait for it to be found.
    • Cadence sensor: Rotate the crank a few times to activate the sensor. The flashing red light in the sensor indicates that the sensor is activated.
    • Speed sensor: Rotate the wheel a few times to activate the sensor. The flashing red light in the sensor indicates that the sensor is activated.
  3. The device ID Pair Polar RUN/CAD/SPD xxxxxxxx is displayed. Choose Yes.
  4. Pairing completed is shown when you are done.

or

  1. Go to General Settings > Pair and sync > Pair other device and press START.
  2. V800 starts searching for your sensor.
  3. Once the sensor is found, the device ID Polar RUN/CAD/SPD xxxxxxxx is displayed.
  4. Press START, Pairing is displayed.
  5. Pairing completed is displayed when you are done.

For more information on pairing specific sensors, Sensors

Pair Polar Balance Scale with V800

There are two ways to pair a Polar Balance scale with your V800:

  1. Step on the scale. The display shows your weight.
  2. After a beep sound, the Bluetooth icon on the scale display starts flashing, which means that the connection is now on. The scale is ready to be paired with your V800.
  3. Press and hold the BACK button for 2 seconds on your V800 and wait until the display indicates the pairing is complete.

or

  1. Go to General Settings > Pair and sync > Pair other device and press START.
  2. V800 starts searching for your scale.
  3. Step on the scale. The display shows your weight.
  4. Once the scale is found, the device ID Polar scale xxxxxxxx is displayed on your V800.
  5. Press START, Pairing is displayed.
  6. Pairing completed is shown when you are done.

The scale can be paired with 7 different Polar devices. When the number of paired devices exceeds 7, the first pairing will be removed and replaced.

Pair a Mobile Device with V800

Before pairing a mobile device, create a Polar account if you do not already have one, and download Flow app from the App Store or Google Play. Make sure you have also downloaded and installed FlowSync software onto your computer from flow.polar.com/start , and registered your V800 in the Flow web service.

Before trying to pair, make sure your mobile device has Bluetooth turned on, and airplane mode/flight mode is not turned on.

To pair a mobile device:

  1. On your mobile device, open Flow app and sign in with your Polar account.
  2. Wait for the Connect product view to appear on your mobile device (Searching for Polar V800) is displayed.
  3. In V800 time mode, press and hold BACK.
  4. Connecting to device is displayed, followed by Connecting to app.
  5. Accept the Bluetooth pairing request on your mobile device and type in the pin code shown on your V800.
  6. Pairing completed is displayed when you are done.

or

  1. On your mobile device, open Flow app and sign in with your Polar account.
  2. Wait for the Connect product view to appear on your mobile device (Waiting for V800) is displayed.
  3. On V800, go to Settings > General settings > Pair and sync > Pair and sync mobile device and press START
  4. Press START, Connecting to device is displayed, followed by Connecting to app.
  5. Accept the Bluetooth pairing request on your mobile device and type in the pin code shown on your V800.
  6. Pairing completed is displayed when you are done.

Delete a Pairing

To delete a pairing with a sensor or mobile device:

  1. Go to Settings > General settings > Pair and sync > Paired devices and press START.
  2. Choose the device you want to remove from the list and press START.
  3. Delete pairing? is displayed, choose Yes and press START.
  4. Pairing deleted is displayed when you are done.