I have a Solo 915 heart rate plus calorie counter monitor and I can't seem to put the date in and even the time although I have the time pretty close. I also can't find my manual. Is there a manual for dummies?

Press and hold the reset button, for 5 seconds, while in Time mode. The heart monitor will reset and you should see the heart symbol appear.

http://www.sportline.com/manuals/915.pdf

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

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

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.

Youre right. Big mistake. You can try to contact Sportline at the following link
http://www.sportline.com/contact.php
Good luck

Please make sure you are in time mode. Now hold your bottom right button in for 2-3 seconds. You will see a heart pop up over the seconds. Now you will be able to take your heart rate.

For Sportline 915 all you have to do to turn on the heart rate feature is to press the reset button on the lowe right and put your finger on the meatl part. A heart will appear on the top right of the screen indicating that the feature is on.

Hi,
Without knowing how hard you have exercised (heart rate) it wont be able to calculate how many calories you have burned.

Andy