Polar RS800CX RUN BIKE MULTI
26/11/2008 by Tris.
Heart Rate Monitor UK are pleased to announce the arrival of the new Polar RS800CX Polar RS800CX RUN Polar RS800CX Bike and Polar RS800CX Multi
| Polar RS800 / RS800SD / RS800G3 / RS800CX (bike/run/multi) - an explanation of the different available models. OK - let’s start with the important stuff. A Polar RS800 (without the CX suffix) is NOT the same as a Polar RS800CX. A Polar RS800 can only support either the G3 GPS pod (RS800G3) or the S3 stride sensor (Polar RS800SD) - A Polar RS800, RS800SD or RS800G3 can NEVER support the BIKE speed or bike cadence sensors. Only the Polar RS800CX can do this. The RS800CX is a direct REPLACEMENT for the soon to be obsolete RS800(RS800SD/RS800G3). The RS800CX is a multi sport unit and it can support ALL of the WIND devices (except Power) - that includes G3 GPS, S3 stride sensor, WIND bike speed and WIND pedal cadence.The product range for the Polar RS800CX is as follows:
Polar RS800CX - comes with WIND Wearlink chest strap - but no accessories. Customers can add run, bike and/or GPS components as they wish at a later date
Polar RS800 CX RUN - comes with WIND Wearlink chest strap AND the Polar S3 stride sensor. Customer can add G3 GPS and/or bike / pedal sensors at a later date
Polar RS800CX BIKE - comes with WIND Wearlink chest strap AND the Polar WIND bike speed sensor. Customer can add G3 GPS, S3 running stride sensor and/or pedal cadence sensors at a later date
Polar RS800CX MULTI - comes with WIND Wearlink chest strap AND the Polar G3 GPS sensor - for people undertaking ANY outdoor sport that requires speed and distance feedback, plus GPS mapping / tracking. Customers can add the running S3 stride sensor and/or bike sensors at a later date
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Suunto Memory belt - DATE WRONG
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
Suunto - Polar interval timers
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.
Suunto FOOT POD failures ??
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 
