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Sport Profiles

Lets you list all your favorite sports and define specific settings for each one of them. For example, you can create tailored views for each sport you do and choose what data you want to see when you train: just your heart rate or just speed and distance – whatever suits you and your training needs and requirements best.

There are six sport profiles on your V800 by default. In the Flow web service you can add new sport profiles to your sports list, as well as edit them and existing profiles. Your V800 can contain a maximum of 20 sport profiles. The number of sport profiles in the Flow web service is not limited. If you have over 20 sport profiles in the Flow web service, the first 20 in the list are transferred to your V800 when syncing.

You can change the order of your sport profiles by dragging and dropping them. Choose the sport you want to move and drag it into the place you want to put it in the list.

Add a Sport profile

In the Flow web service:

  1. Click your name/profile photo in the upper right corner.
  2. Choose Sport Profiles.
  3. Click Add sport profile, and choose the sport from the list.
  4. The sport is added to your sport list.

Edit a Sport Profile

In the Flow web service:

  1. Click your name/profile photo in the upper right corner.
  2. Choose Sport profiles.
  3. Click Edit under the sport you want to edit.

In each sport profile, you can edit the following information:

Related to Sport

Basics

  • Automatic lap (Can be set to duration, distance or location-based)
  • Training sounds
  • Speed view
  • Training reminder (You will receive a message after a set duration, distance or a certain amount of calories burned)

Heart Rate

  • Heart rate view (Beats per minute, % of maximum, % of heart rate reserve)
  • Heart rate visible to other devices (Other compatible devices using Bluetooth ® Smart wireless technology (e.g. gym equipment) can detect your heart rate.)
  • Heart rate zone settings (With the heart rate zones you can easily select and monitor training intensities. If you choose Default, you cannot change heart rate limits. If you choose Free, all limits can be changed. Default heart rate zone limits are calculated from your maximum heart rate.

Related to Device

Training Views

Choose what information you see on your training views during your sessions. You can have a total of eight different training views for each sport profile. Each training view can have a maximum of four different data fields.

Click the pencil icon on an existing view to edit it, or add a new view. You can select one to four items for your view from six categories:

Time

Environment

Body measurement

Distance

Speed

Cadence

  • Time of day
  • Duration
  • Lap time
  • Last lap time
  • Rest time (only in pool swimming)
  • Altitude
  • Total ascent
  • Total descent
  • Incline
  • Temperature
  • Current lap ascent
  • Current lap descent
  • Heart rate
  • Average heart rate
  • Maximum heart rate
  • HR avg in lap
  • Calories
  • ZonePointer
  • Time in zone
  • RR variation
  • Distance
  • Lap distance
  • Last lap distance
  • Speed/pace
  • Average speed/pace
  • Maximum speed/pace
  • Lap speed/pace
  • Running/Cycling cadence
  • Average running/cycling cadence
  • Current lap running/cycling cadence
  • Stride length
  • Average stride length

You can also enable or disable the cumulative HR zone view and the Back to start view from these settings.

Gestures and Feedback

  • Heart Touch
  • Tap
  • Automatic pause
  • Vibration feedback

Please note that stride sensor settings are visible in all single sport profiles. If do not have a stride sensor, ignore this setting.

GPS and Altitude

  • GPS recording rate (Power save, long session is only recommended to be used in long sessions lasting over 10 hours. When using power save mode, the GPS data is not as accurate as in high accuracy mode.)
  • Altitude

When you are done with the sport profile settings, click save. To sync the settings to your V800, press synchronize in FlowSync.

Please note that in a number of indoor sports, group sports and team sports profiles the HR visible to other devices setting is enabled by default. This means that compatible devices using Bluetooth Smart wireless technology, e.g. gym equipment, can detect your heart rate. You can check which sport profiles have Bluetooth broadcasting enabled by default from the Polar Sport profiles list. You can enable or disable Bluetooth broadcasting from sport profile settings.