Problems with Polar Heart Rate Monitor??

nikchan

No ma'am it doesn't say anything. It will show start & looks like it is searching for my heart rate & then beeps. If it was the battery wouldn't I get a message to that the battery is running low?

LydiaShackelford

I purchased mine on Amazon. It worked for a year until it needed a new battery. I went to the Batteries Plus store next to my house, got a new battery, and it's been working fine every since (about another year now). I love my FT4.

LydiaShackelford

No ma'am it doesn't say anything. It will show start & looks like it is searching for my heart rate & then beeps. If it was the battery wouldn't I get a message to that the battery is running low?

I wash my strap about once a week, by itself, on a gentle cycle, without any detergent. You may also need to wet your strap much more before trying to locate your HR with the watch. If that doesn't work, then the battery in the transmitter may be dead (the piece that attaches to the strap). Mine died, and it did not give me any warning. It just stopped finding my HR.

ALSO, make sure you detach the transmitter from the strap every time you take it off. Leaving it on drains the battery from the transmitter much faster.

asdowe13

My FT4 is over 2 years old, gets used 10-12 hours a week, and other than replacing the battery once, it works like new.

Proper maintanence is key, like most things in our lives.

nikchan

Thanks for all the advice...I will try washing it and go from there. I know I messed up by not following the proper steps in keeping it maintained. I just hope that it hasn't ruin it for good.

eterwey

I did all the things that Melody and B suggested. It helped a little, but my monitor was still wonky. What worked for me was opening the monitor and wiping off the contacts with a lint free cloth wetted with alcohol.