yet another polar f6 newbie with ???s

Fat2FitAmanda

ok, just wanna say sorry in advance if the questions i have are the same everyone else has already asked! i just got mine today and am not sure about a few things. the instructions don't really go too into detail so i'm hoping i can get some answers from all you seasoned users. i'd like to use the OZ feature as it seems a lot of people recommend it, but need help figuring out how to get it right. what am i supposed to be doing for the 5 minutes that it's recording for? if i bypass that part, is it still going to calculate the calories correctly? or would doing the manual setting be more beneficial? and one last thing, is it supposed to consistently beep while you're wearing it or is that some sort of alarm telling me to work harder? i'm sorry if i sound like a goof asking all these questions, i just wanna make sure everything is right and accurate! thank you in advance for all your help!

VballLeash

For the OZ, I just warm up normally or start my run or whatever, it just tries to find your correct heart rate zone so that the calorie burn is more accurate.... The beeping can be turned off, I can't remember how but look through settings and I'm sure you'll be able to find it. Good luck and enjoy it!

~Leash

vhuber

The lying down and waiting the 5 min? That is to check your resting heart rate and I do believe you need that number!!! The beeping is a heart rate alarm and it can be shut off. The first day I did my whole workout with it beeping, damn near drove me crazy!! I asked questions and even went to the polar web set for frequently asked questions and it was posted!! Find the alarm and just click to another and you should be fine! I also set my heart rate high because my Insanity workouts bring me up 160 to 170 through that workout!!! It is a killer! I have the F11 and was a bit discouraged because my other HRM is a MIO and it said I burned way more calories than my F11!!! SUX !! Good luck!