Polar Electro VANTAGE V User manual

USER MANUAL

CONTENTS

Contents 2

Polar Vantage V User Manual 13

Introduction 13

Take full advantage of your Vantage V 13

Polar Flow App 14

Polar Flow web service 14

Get started 15

Setting up your watch 15

Option A: Set up with a mobile device and Polar Flow app 16

Option B: Set up with your computer 17

Option C: Set up from the watch 17

Button functions and gestures 17

Time view and menu 18

Pre-training mode 18

During training 18

Color touch display 19

View Notifications 19

Tap feature 19

Backlight activation gesture 19

Watch faces and menu 19

Watch faces 19

Menu 23

Timers 24

Pairing a mobile device with your watch 26

Delete a pairing 27

Updating the firmware 27

With mobile device or tablet 27

With computer 27

Settings 29

Physical settings 29

Weight 30

Height 30

Date of birth 30

Sex 30

Training background 30

Activity goal 31

Preferred sleep time 31

Maximum heart rate 32

Resting heart rate 32

VO2max 32

General settings 33

Pair and sync 33

Bike settings 33

Continuous HR tracking 34

Recovery feedback 34

Flight mode 34

Phone notifications 34

Do not disturb 34

Units 34

Language 34

About your watch 35

Watch settings 35

Alarm 35

Watch face 35

Time 35

Date 36

First day of week 36

Training 37

Wrist-based heart rate measurement 37

Wearing your watch when measuring heart rate from your wrist 37

Wearing your watch when not measuring heart rate from your wrist 38

Start a training session 39

Start a planned training session 40

Start a Multisport Training Session 41

Quick menu 41

During training 44

Browse the training views 44

Set timers 45

Interval Timer 46

Countdown Timer 47

Mark a lap 47

Switch Sport During a Multisport Session 47

Training with a target 47

Change phase during a phased session 48

View training target information 48

Notifications 48

Pausing/Stopping a training session 49

Training summary 49

After training 49

Training data in Polar Flow App 52

Training data in Polar Flow Web Service 52

Features 53

GPS 54

A-GPS expiry date 54

GPS features 54

Route Guidance 55

Adding a route to your watch 55

Start a training session with route guidance 55

Guidance on the Display 55

Back to start 56

Smart Coaching 57

Training Load Pro 57

Cardio Load 57

Perceived Load 58

Muscle Load 58

Training Load from a single session 58

Strain and Tolerance 59

Cardio Load Status 59

Cardio load status on your watch 60

Long term analysis in the Flow app and web service 60

Recovery Pro 63

Get started with Recovery Pro 63

View your Recovery feedback 65

Orthostatic Test 67

Performing the test 67

Orthostatic test with Recovery Pro 70

Running power from the wrist 70

Running power and muscle load 70

How running power is shown on your watch 70

Polar Running Program 72

Create a Polar Running Program 73

Start a running target 73

Follow your progress 74

Running Index 74

Short-term analysis 74

Long-term analysis 76

Training Benefit 77

Smart Calories 78

Continuous Heart Rate 79

Continuous Heart Rate on your watch 79

Polar Sleep PlusTM 80

Sleep data on your watch 80

Sleep data in the Flow app and web service 82

24/7 Activity tracking 82

Activity Goal 82

Activity data on your watch 83

Activity data in Flow App and Flow web service 83

Activity Guide 83

Activity Benefit 84

Sport Profiles 84

Heart Rate Zones 85

Speed Zones 87

Speed zones settings 87

Training target with speed zones 88

During training 88

After training 88

Speed and distance from the wrist 88

Cadence from the wrist 89

Swimming metrics 89

Pool swimming 89

Pool Length setting 90

Open water swimming 90

Measuring heart rate in water 91

Start a swimming session 91

During your Swim 91

After your Swim 92

Barometer 93

Phone notifications 93

Set phone notifications on 94

Do not disturb 94

View notifications 94

Changeable wristbands 94

Changing the wristband 94

Compatible sensors 95

Polar H10 Heart Rate Sensor 96

Polar Speed sensor Bluetooth® Smart 96

Polar Cadence Sensor Bluetooth® Smart 96

Third-party Power sensors 97

Pairing sensors with your watch 97

Pair a heart rate sensor with your watch 97

Pair a running sensor with your watch 98

Pair a cycling sensor with your watch 98

Bike settings 99

Measuring wheel size 99

Calibrate cycling power sensor 100

Delete a pairing 101

Polar Flow 102

Polar Flow App 102

Training data 102

Activity data 103

Sleep data 103

Sport profiles 103

Image sharing 103

Start using the Flow app 103

Polar Flow Web Service 104

Feed 104

Diary 104

Progress 104

Community 105

Programs 105

Sport profiles in Polar Flow 106

Add a sport profile 106

Edit a sport profile 107

Planning your training 109

Create a training target in the Polar Flow web service 110

Quick target 110

Phased target 110

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