Polar HRM Not Working Help

[Jim Peters]

I have a Polar HRM, not sure of the model, but it was around the $250 mark.
Anyway its about a year old and was working fine.
I went overseas for 4 weeks, and when I went to go for a ride yesterday, it
was dead.
Nothing on the screen.
I pushed every button but still dead.

What could it be ?
Is the battery dead already ?

Thanks for any help.
Jimbo

[flyingdutch]

take it into where you bought it or a handy retailer and get em to tr
it with another chest-strap-thingy to see if the battery in you
chest-dooby is the issue. if oyu have one of the recent models th
battery changeover is an easy fix. if its one of the older models yo
can do a trade-in sawp with pursuit performance for a newbi

--
flyingdutch

[DaveB]

Jim Peters wrote:
> I have a Polar HRM, not sure of the model, but it was around the $250 mark.
> Anyway its about a year old and was working fine.
> I went overseas for 4 weeks, and when I went to go for a ride yesterday, it
> was dead.
> Nothing on the screen.
> I pushed every button but still dead.
>
> What could it be ?
> Is the battery dead already ?
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Jimbo
>
>

I found the battery in mine only lasted a couple of months, which I
assume is because they sit int he HRM for a while on the shelves. The
second battery is goiing strong after 2 years (probably helps that I no
longer use the beep alarm outside the zone).

DaveB

[Carl Brewer]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 08:12:19 +1000, "Jim Peters" >
wrote:

>I have a Polar HRM, not sure of the model, but it was around the $250 mark.
>Anyway its about a year old and was working fine.
>I went overseas for 4 weeks, and when I went to go for a ride yesterday, it
>was dead.
>Nothing on the screen.
>I pushed every button but still dead.
>
>What could it be ?
>Is the battery dead already ?

It's possible, you can open them up and replace the battery
pretty easily to check without sending them off
to Polar (or the shop you bought it from). If the watch
unit itself isn't working, it won't be the chest strap
that's the problem.

[DaveB]

dtmeister wrote:
> Carl Brewer > wrote:
>
>>It's possible, you can open them up and replace the battery
>>pretty easily to check without sending them off
>>to Polar (or the shop you bought it from). If the watch
>>unit itself isn't working, it won't be the chest strap
>>that's the problem.
>
>
> Have you actually done this? I'm not looking forward to having to send
> it back to Polar when the time comes, I use it most days. Mine's a 720i
> and I'm concerned that it may no longer be water resistant after opening
> the back - maybe they replace the seal when they replace the battery?
>
>

Yep watch it. I had mine done at the local jewellers. It hasn't been a
problem for waterproofing which they're probably used to dealing with.
But the beep function never worked again after that (and yes I do know
it can be turned off, that isn't the problem) so I suspect there may be
a little more to it than just changing the battery. Not that it worries
me bacuase I hated the beep.

DaveB

[Carl Brewer]

On 04 Jul 2005 01:36:55 GMT, dtmeister >
wrote:

>Carl Brewer > wrote:
>>
>> It's possible, you can open them up and replace the battery
>> pretty easily to check without sending them off
>> to Polar (or the shop you bought it from). If the watch
>> unit itself isn't working, it won't be the chest strap
>> that's the problem.
>
>Have you actually done this?

I replaced a battery on an M52 a year ago with no problems.

I haven't pulled apart my S520 or S720 yet though :)

[Gemma_k]

"dtmeister" > wrote in message
...
> Carl Brewer > wrote:
> >
> > It's possible, you can open them up and replace the battery
> > pretty easily to check without sending them off
> > to Polar (or the shop you bought it from). If the watch
> > unit itself isn't working, it won't be the chest strap
> > that's the problem.
>
> Have you actually done this? I'm not looking forward to having to send
> it back to Polar when the time comes, I use it most days. Mine's a 720i
> and I'm concerned that it may no longer be water resistant after opening
> the back - maybe they replace the seal when they replace the battery?
>
I wouldn't risk it - just send it to polar and you'll have it back in a day
or two anyway. On both my other half's and my polar 720i's both batteries
got replaced for free, and on the other half's case, the watch shell got
replaced under warranty as they said it was cracked (apparently there was a
manufacturing defect with some?).
All in all, they give excellent service.

Gemma

[Marty]

Gemma_k wrote:
> "dtmeister" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Carl Brewer > wrote:
>>
>>>It's possible, you can open them up and replace the battery
>>>pretty easily to check without sending them off
>>>to Polar (or the shop you bought it from). If the watch
>>>unit itself isn't working, it won't be the chest strap
>>>that's the problem.
>>
>>Have you actually done this? I'm not looking forward to having to send
>>it back to Polar when the time comes, I use it most days. Mine's a 720i
>>and I'm concerned that it may no longer be water resistant after opening
>>the back - maybe they replace the seal when they replace the battery?
>>
>
> I wouldn't risk it - just send it to polar and you'll have it back in a day
> or two anyway. On both my other half's and my polar 720i's both batteries
> got replaced for free, and on the other half's case, the watch shell got
> replaced under warranty as they said it was cracked (apparently there was a
> manufacturing defect with some?).
> All in all, they give excellent service.
>
> Gemma
>
>
If you replace the battery yourself you should give it a good clean with
a clean cloth and don't touch it again with your fingers, uses tweezers
or similar.

Marty

[Carl Brewer]

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 20:47:18 +0800, Marty > wrote:

>Gemma_k wrote:
>> "dtmeister" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>Carl Brewer > wrote:
>>>
>>>>It's possible, you can open them up and replace the battery
>>>>pretty easily to check without sending them off
>>>>to Polar (or the shop you bought it from). If the watch
>>>>unit itself isn't working, it won't be the chest strap
>>>>that's the problem.
>>>
>>>Have you actually done this? I'm not looking forward to having to send
>>>it back to Polar when the time comes, I use it most days. Mine's a 720i
>>>and I'm concerned that it may no longer be water resistant after opening
>>>the back - maybe they replace the seal when they replace the battery?
>>>
>>
>> I wouldn't risk it - just send it to polar and you'll have it back in a day
>> or two anyway. On both my other half's and my polar 720i's both batteries
>> got replaced for free, and on the other half's case, the watch shell got
>> replaced under warranty as they said it was cracked (apparently there was a
>> manufacturing defect with some?).
>> All in all, they give excellent service.
>>
>> Gemma
>>
>>
>If you replace the battery yourself you should give it a good clean with
>a clean cloth and don't touch it again with your fingers, uses tweezers
>or similar.


That would be what they call an "old wives tail" :)

You don't have to have a watch battery spotless ... it's just
a battery. Jewelers used to spread that FUD to make sure
that punters would take their watches there to get a
$2 part replaced for $50.

[Marty]

Carl Brewer wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 20:47:18 +0800, Marty > wrote:
>
>
>>Gemma_k wrote:
>>
>>>"dtmeister" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Carl Brewer > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>It's possible, you can open them up and replace the battery
>>>>>pretty easily to check without sending them off
>>>>>to Polar (or the shop you bought it from). If the watch
>>>>>unit itself isn't working, it won't be the chest strap
>>>>>that's the problem.
>>>>
>>>>Have you actually done this? I'm not looking forward to having to send
>>>>it back to Polar when the time comes, I use it most days. Mine's a 720i
>>>>and I'm concerned that it may no longer be water resistant after opening
>>>>the back - maybe they replace the seal when they replace the battery?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I wouldn't risk it - just send it to polar and you'll have it back in a day
>>>or two anyway. On both my other half's and my polar 720i's both batteries
>>>got replaced for free, and on the other half's case, the watch shell got
>>>replaced under warranty as they said it was cracked (apparently there was a
>>>manufacturing defect with some?).
>>>All in all, they give excellent service.
>>>
>>>Gemma
>>>
>>>
>>
>>If you replace the battery yourself you should give it a good clean with
>>a clean cloth and don't touch it again with your fingers, uses tweezers
>>or similar.
>
>
>
> That would be what they call an "old wives tail" :)
>
> You don't have to have a watch battery spotless ... it's just
> a battery. Jewelers used to spread that FUD to make sure
> that punters would take their watches there to get a
> $2 part replaced for $50.
>
>

You can do what you like but I've replaced a lot of batteries and they
work much better if you clean them first. You don't have to go to a
jeweler, just buy yourself some $5 tweezers or even use some clean
tissue paper. The main thing is to keep moisture and oils off the
contact area.

Marty