I tried this, and I consistently get a heart rate of roughly 180 when resting. What could be wrong?
324469
Hold on the reset button, so you can lock the HR... it will show on the screen a lock figure.. To unlock do the same
324470
Check it against your pulse rate - if your rate is that high u need medical assisstance
324471
I can't guess what is wrong. But I can tell you that I do not use it anymore because I found it to be totally unreliable. More often than not, I could not get a reading at all. I replaced it with the Omron HR210 which does a much better job.
324472
There is a defect in these watches. Mine was the opposite my heart rate was rarely target or high when working out and ut qould say I was burning 10000 to 140000 calories on some days, which is impossible. I had to return mine.
324473
Mine seems fairly accurate yet sometimes takes 4 or 5 tries before giving me a reading. Also, very occasionally I get a "high" reading (like 156) that I know is wrong. So I just wait a minute and re-check. This happens very on very seldom occasions.
324474
reset your watch with correct age. Make sure your wrist isn't sweaty when you are taking a reading. Check your manual! Mine works great and I was able to set it without asking my husband.
324475
Not sure. Try to check by taking actual pulse on wrist or machine at drug store. Have you set up your age and such? Mine was accurate but would lock up when I worked out.
285413
I have the same issue.... I usually step off let it reset and then check my weight again...
870225
Mine would never take a heart rate reading, so I SMASHED IT AND THREW IT AWAY. I had to take it off and use THUMBS OF BOTH HANDS to get a heart rate reading. This device is GARBAGE.
229058
There are no instructions. It does lead to heart problems. I guess I was taking to much and ended up in the hospital with a bad ekg.
448976
First make sure the sensor is wet in the back before attaching it to your chest wall. Then once it's on hit the heart rate button. It make take a few seconds to sync but shoul start reading pretty quickly. More detailed set up is in the instruction book.
100824
Hi, the heart rate monitor works just fine for me and I've used it for maybe 7-10 runs and get VERY sweaty.
1336057
No, the device does work like that. Most device have a combination of vitals are expensive (i.e. heart rate, O2, etc.) This inexpensive item is per usage. Thanks,
2010773
Do not worry ! It works very well. I use it every day during exercise, it perfectly comes with the chest strap heart rate.
1806941
Expected from time to time. Your band/sensor got disconnected for a second due to.. I don't know... incorrect tension/size in the band or a fast movement that disconnected the sensor from your chest. Once you have a perfect size/tension for your band, this will not happen again.
318103
I find that the heart rate monitor works quite well. Sometimes it takes a little longer than normal because of it changing while I am working out, etc.And sometimes if I am super sweaty I have to wipe some sweat off first for it to work.
710365
Yes it does if you enter the info about your personal heart rate in your set up mode. Hope this helps
880200
You need to make sure it is sync'd to your Garmin device. Look at the instruction manual (also available online) for how to sync the heart rate monitor to your device. If that doesn't work, replace the battery and try again.
1634061
Yes! My pulse is anywhere from 40-50 while at rest and this works great for me.
265004
Yes it does. Thats exactly what it was designed for. I recommend you go to your doctor and get a reading from his/her device, that way you'd be able to get an accurate reading from this machine. Strange enough that I also do have an irregular heartbeat many many years now (1997 or so) and the doctor ran some testing for over a 2 weeks period to see what was wrong. Finally he told me thats the way my heart beats. To this day I don't ever worry about it and it does not worry me, and I'm 55 yrs young and going strong &#9786; &#9787; &#9788;
532014
I set my heart rate range and it beeps when I am not in that range, I don't remember how I did it though, the instructions were a bit confusing at first and now it's just set to go.
1855069
I have had my 205 for about 4 months and it appears to be pretty accurate most of the time . The last 2 weeks the heart rate monirtor is very erratic. It starts out, and stays, at about 68-70 and reamins static for about 5 minutes It will then kick in and stay in tune with another polar that i have. It will then proceed to be inaccurate and bounce around. I have changed the battery on the chest unit twice. No difference. Any thouhgts?
1634062
My resting HR is 35 at its lowest. Watch hones in. But even so, there's no way your pulse will be at 43 after a little warm up so if you have issues just synch your pulse after a couple of minutes of warmup.