24/09/2008 by Tris.

We at heart rate monitor UK have had several customers complaining about the date being recorded on their memory belts - the date shown is generally in the year 2000 - and NOT the proper time and date of the exercise session

SOLUTION:

Connect your SUUNTO MEMORY belt to the Suunto TRAINING MANAGER software

Left click on LEFT HAND SIDE header - under “Suunto Device” - Memory Belt

Now in the bottom right hand quarter of the screen - under ”DEVICE” - select the “EDIT” button

In the “VALUE” field opposite “PERSONAL DATA” - clear this field

In the “VALUE” field oposite “USERNAME” enter a unique ID - for example ”TRISTAN_MEMBELT”

THEN PRESS SAVE - this is the important bit !

By pressing SAVE the PC will write this data to the BELT - while doing this it will transfer the TIME and DATE from your PC to your Suunto  MEMORY BELT

Subsequent files will have the correct - PC synch’d - time and date

 Hope that helps

Tris

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17/09/2008 by Tris.

Customer question:

Please can you tell me, which of the male-specific chest-strap type heart rate monitors that you supply have an integrated ‘interval timer’ preferably with separate warm-up but not essential? Do any have 2 seperate inteval timers e.g. 40sec High, 60sec Low, and seperate 20sec High and 90sec Low?

heart rate monitor uk says:

The Suunto T3C heart rate monitor  - Suunto T4C heart rate monitor and Suunto T6C heart rate monitor have

1 x WARM UP TIMER

followed by

TIMER 1

followed by

TIMER 2

then repeat timer 1 and timer 2

During these stages of interval timing, the heart rate zone does NOT change - it only  has 1 x active HR zone

The Polar RS200 has 3 x timers.

Tmr1 Tmr2 and Tmr3

Each timer has it’s OWN HR zone

You can run just T1 on repeat - or - T1 then T2 and repeat or - T1, T2 and T3 then repeat…

You can start heart rate monitoring by pressing START once, WARM UP manually… then strat session proper by pressing START again, this then starts T1-T2-T3 process….

The Polar RS400 and Polar RS800 have even more flexibility - adding RECOVERY times between intervals

An example of a Polar RS400 heart rate monitor Polar RS800 interval session would be

10 mins warm up between 100 - 130 bpm

Then 5 x 3 min intervals between 140 - 155 bpm with a second recovery interval

Then 20 mins steady at 130 - 140 bpm

Then recovery down to 90 bpm.

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11/09/2008 by Tris.

This is a common mail we get at heart rate monitor UK

I bought a Suunto foot pod from you on xx/xx/xx

I’ve used it an estimated 40 hours of running but it’s stopped functioning.  I’ve tried changing the battery (using the one from my Comfort Strap which has only been used about 5 times and is working fine) to no avail. 

Can you advise how I should proceed with getting a replacement please?

This is what we said:

We are sorry to hear about this unusual failure

Please check the battery contacts

We have seen on numerous occassions the POSTIVE (side contact) being pushes in too far. Teasing it out with some TWEEZERS might be all you need to do.

You may also want to try RE-PAIRING it : http://www.heartratemonitor.co.uk/suunto_pairing_t6_t3_t4.html

If neither of these options work - you may need to return them to Suunto directly

http://www.heartratemonitor.co.uk/mainwarranty.html#suunto

QED - problem resolved - CUSTOMER HAPPY - heart rate monitor UK happy

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11/09/2008 by Tris.

Heart Rate Monitor UK www.heartatemonitor.co.uk are pleased to offer the new Polar FA20 Polar FT40 Polar FT60 and Polar FT80 heart rate monitors. These new models are aimed at general fitness enthusiasts of all levels. The distnguishing feature of these new range of heart rate monitors is their appearance. They are very stylish and have moved away from the - look, I’m a heart rate monitor - style to - look, I’m a stylish watch, and a competent heart rate monitor too !!

We have started reviewing these models at heart rate monitor UK and so far - we are very impressed.

The one big notable difference in the new line up is the Polar FA20. The Polar FA20 is NOT a heart rate monitor - it is an ACTIVITY MONITOR with step counter, activity monitoring and calories burnt throughout the day. This is great for the user who’s main activities are walking, jogging and running - but don’t want to have to wear a heart rate monitor belt and are not concerned about level of training intensity, just want feedback on general activity.

All the rest of the range are regular chest strap style continuous heart rate monitors. All using the comfortable Polar Wearlink coded chest strap, compatible with most popular gym equipment.

The range has sensible feature progression from Polar FT40 to Polar FT60 to top of range Polar FT80. The FT60 and FT80 have the ability to support the Polar G1 GPS or Polar S1 Foot POD to give running speed distance and pace. You can compare the feaures from this page - top of page there is a Polar FA FT series comparison table - available here in PDF

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