I recently received a Sportline S7 Heart Rate Monitor. My main reason for using a HRM is for the calorie burn tracking. There are times when the number of calories burned are about the same as my last HRM and then there are times when it is much higher. Usually I burn about 180 calories on the eliptical for 20 minutes; then there are times that it indicates that I burned 130 calories in less then 10 minutes. What am I doing wrong? Thank you for any information you can provide. Kelli

navigate using mode button to enter into watch's menu tree for settings/ sport/ run/ heart rate and turn on the heart rate monitor to hopefully detect and scan for the garmin ant+ protocol heart rate strap!

First you need to understand that the Polar system is a medical grade device and it is calculating calories based on specific information that you have inputed and heart rate data from your heart.

Most treadmills and other exercise machines use a much simpler counter that is height and weight based to calculate calories and are generally over generous with their numbers.

Depending on the blood pressure machine you are using, the pulse (not heart rate) is coming through the brachial artery, again not quite as accurate as measuring r-r variance from your heart. There is a ton of literature you can read if you are into the accurateness of the system, but I will sum up with saying that you actual calorie expenditure will be closer on the Polar than on most other devices outside of a hospital. As too the heart rate this is also true, so more likely you are getting inaccurate numbers from the other devices.

If you want pinpoint accuracy then you will need to use the Polar RS800 or S810 devices that measure and display true R-R.

In heart rate mode, click reset to go to Calorie burned mode. In that mode press and HOLD reset button and this should reset all lap,calorie data. etc

http://www.sportline.com/manuals/925_W.pdf
Here is a link to sportline heart monitor watches, if this manual doesn't help you, I'm sure you can find the correct one.

Press and hold the reset button, for 5 seconds, while in Time mode. this will reset the heart monitor and the symbol will reappear on the screen.

Thank you for contacting FixYa.
I would contact them at the following link:
http://www.sportline.com/product.php?prod=1

Best regards. Jewel

In checking out information about my new S7 ECG Heart Rate Watch, I noticed your posting. There is a Sportline website that enables you to down the product manual.... although I'm not sure it pertains to the S7. If this doesn't work, I'm sure there is a manual included with the watch I just received, and I'd be happy to email to you. I'll check back to see if you've posted a response here to see if the below website worked for you first. Posted 7/11/2010 by Mary G.
download product manual - HEART RATE WATCH 7. HELPFUL HINTS IN MEASURING HEART RATE. 8. SETTING THE WATCH FUNCTIONS ... stylish LED Heart Rate Watch measures ECG accurate heart rate with the simple ..... HEART RATE WATCH. Sportline® is a trademark of SPORTLINE, a division ...
http://www.cbs.sportline.com/manuals/SP4421IS01SPO1.pdf

To get a manual for your monitor, go to "sportline.com",

Select "products" and then "see products" in heart rate monitors.

Go through the list of models to find yours and then click on "learn more".

Details of the monitor will be shown and you then click on the tab marked "manual".

Download your manual.

This looks to be the same watch
http://www.sportline.com/manuals/SP4138BK.pdf