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C30 - OWNER’S MANUAL ENGLISH
NOTE ABOUT ASSEMBLING THE EQUIPMENT
Start by unpacking the equipment. The detailed assembly
instructions can be found at the back of this guide. Follow
the instructions in given order.
Before assembly, check the contents of the package. If a
part is missing, please contact your dealer with the model,
equipment serial no. and spare part no. of the missing
part. You’ll nd a spare part list at the back of this guide.
The hardware kit contents are marked with * in the spare
parts list. The directions left, right, front and back are
dened as seen from the exercising position. Keep the
assembly tools, as you may need them e.g. for adjusting
the equipment. Note that two people are needed for the
assembly.
The packaging includes a silicate bag for
absorbing moisture during storage and transportation.
Please dispose of the bag once you have unpacked
the equipment. Allow at least 100 cm of clearance
around the equipment. We also recommend opening the
package and assembling the product on a protective
base.
EXERCISING
Working out using an elliptical trainer is excellent aerobic
exercise, the principle being that the exercise should
be suitably light, but of long duration. Aerobic exercise
is based on improving the body ‘s maximum oxygen
uptake, which in turn improves endurance and tness.
The ability of the body to burn fat as a fuel is directly
dependent on its oxygen-uptake capacity. Aerobic
exercise should above all be pleasant. You should
perspire, but you should not get out of breath during the
workout. You must, for example, be able to speak and not
just pant while pedaling.
You should exercise at least three times a week, 30
minutes at a time, to reach a basic tness level.
Maintaining this level requires a few exercise sessions
each week. Once the basic condition has been reached,
it is easily improved simply by increasing the number of
exercise sessions. Exercise is always rewarding for weight
loss, because it is the only way of increasing the energy
spent by the body. This is why it is always worthwhile to
combine regular exercise with a healthy diet. A dieter
should exercise daily, at rst 30 minutes or less at a time,
gradually increasing the daily workout time to one
hour.
You should start slowly at a low pedaling speed and low
resistance, because for an overweight person strenuous
exercise may subject the heart and circulatory system
to excessive strain. As tness improves, resistance and
pedaling speed can be increased gradually. Exercise
efciency can be measured by monitoring the pulse. The
pulse meter helps you monitor your pulse easily during
exercise, and thus to ensure that the exercise is sufciently
effective but not over-strenuous. Start your workout with
slow tempo and low resistance. Gradually increase tempo
and resistance according to your own condition. Keep
your head up and neck long in order to avoid stress on
your neck, shoulders and back. Keep also your back
straight. Make sure that your feet are centered on the
foot pedals and that your hips, knees, ankles and toes are
facing forward. Keep your body weight centered over
your lower body regardless of whether you lean forward
or stand upright. Stop your workout by gradually
decreasing tempo and resistance.
Don’t forget to stretch afterwards. To strengthen
cardiovascular system, maintain low resistance but high
tempo. Exercising with higher resistance and slow tempo
strengthens correspondingly your back and hips.
HEART RATE
No matter what your goal, you’ll get the best results by
training at the right level of effort, and the best measure is
your own heart rate.
The C30 meter has a heart rate receiver compatible with
Polar equipment, so you can also use Polar uncoded
heart rate transmitter belts for heart rate measurement.
NOTE! If you are tted with a pacemaker, please consult a
physician before using a heart rate transmitter belt.
The most reliable heart rate measurement is achieved
with a telemetric device, in which the electrodes of the
transmitter fastened to the chest transmit the pulses from
the heart to the console by means of an electromagnetic
eld. If you want to measure your heart rate this way
during your workout, moisten the grooved electrodes
on the transmitter belt with saliva or water. Fasten the
transmitter just below the chest with the elastic belt, rmly
enough so that the electrodes remain in contact with the
skin while exercising, but not so tight that normal breathing
is prevented. If you wear the transmitter and belt over a
light shirt, moisten the shirt slightly at the points where the
electrodes touch the shirt. The transmitter automatically
transmits the heart rate reading to the console up to a
distance of about 1 m.
If the electrode surfaces are not moist, the heart rate
reading will not appear on the display. If the electrodes
are dry, they must be moistened again. Allow the
electrodes warm up properly to ensure accurate heart
rate measurement. If there are several telemetric heart
rate measurement devices next to each other, the
distance between them should be at least 1.5 m. Similarly,
if there is only one receiver and several transmitters in
use, only one person with a transmitter should be within
transmission range. the transmitter is switched to an active
state only when it is being used for measurement. sweat
and other moisture can, however, keep the transmitter in
an active state and waste battery energy. therefore it is
important to dry the electrodes carefully after use.
When selecting training attire, please note that some
bers used in clothes (e.g. polyester, polyamide) create
static electricity, which may prevent reliable heart rate
measurement. Please note that a mobile phone, television
and other electrical appliances form an electromagnetic
eld around them, which will cause problems in heart
rate measurement.
HAND GRIP PULSE MEASUREMENT
(HGP-VERSION)
Pulse is measured by sensors in the handlebars. Pulse is
measured when the user of C30 is touching both sensors
simultaneously. Reliable pulse measurement requires that
the skin is constantly touching the sensors and that the
skin is slightly moist. Too dry or too moist skin weakens the
reliability of hand pulse measurement.
