Heart Rate Monitor Help

Neil Watson said:

Hi guys, I have a Polar HRM. My question is, if I stop for
a drink and walk away from the monitors range
( Ihave it mounted on my bike ), well it stops, and did
not restart, is this normal. I restarted it again, and
I lost all the data from my ride till the point I
stopped.

Is this normal, or what should I do next time ? Cheers,

It's normal for mine. It's the restart that killed you. Or
more to the point the lack of a restart. There's no such
thing as a pause (again at least on mine that is), just stop
and start. And when you start you lose the data from the
last session.

Dave B.

Neil Watson said:

Hi guys, I have a Polar HRM. My question is, if I stop for
a drink and walk away from the monitors range
( Ihave it mounted on my bike ), well it stops, and did
not restart, is this normal. I restarted it again, and
I lost all the data from my ride till the point I
stopped.

I have the 520. With auto start, I can walk away for up to
30 minutes and the monitor will resync with my heart beat
when I return. If I suspect the coffee stop will be longer
than 30 minutes I take the receiver off the handle bars.
Sometimes I just walk back to my bike every 20 minutes and
wait to see the hr and then I get another 30 minutes.

I'd love for it to wait until _I_ say the exercise file is
over, but can cope I 'spose as it also will affect the
battery life.

davidp.
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David Pascoe, [email hidden], Western Australia

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Neil Watson
Hi guys, I have a Polar HRM. My question is, if I stop for a
drink and walk away from the monitors range
( Ihave it mounted on my bike ), well it stops, and did not
restart, is this normal. I restarted it again, and I
lost all the data from my ride till the point I stopped.

Is this normal, or what should I do next time ? Cheers,

I have the 520 and all i do is pause it when i stop and put the monitor on my wrist. As long as the monitor is getting a signal from the monitor belt it will remain paused for as long as you like.