@%$#^&%!!!
ARGH!!!!
i cannot.. not, not, NOT figure out how to work this damn thing.
a while back, christmas, actually, i got a Polar CS300 for my bike. and my run. and my swim... for me. basically.
it's got a cadence thing, a HRM.. the whole nine yards.
which, really.. is fantastic. its great. polar even has its own little personaltrainer.com site situation where you can upload all of your shtuff, and track and graph and the whole thing.
its great.
except the problem is!!?!?
it doesn't WORK!
i can't figure it out people. i. cannot. and its officially, today... driving me BONKERS!
i want nothing more than to understand HR training. and zones. and all of that. i really really do. but none of it will do me ANY GOOD if i can't figure out how this stupid thing works!
i'm begging. i'm pleading... does anyone. know anyone. that has any sort of idea how to work with this thing?
ANYONE!!?!
i'll be your best friend. i'll make you cookies. i'll do... whatever. i just want this thing to WORK!
Comments
I have a different model, which I barely got to work. The manual is inscrutable. I could try to help, but if you want it done right, my recommendation is:
1. Travel to Boulder.
2. Plant self on doorstep to HABC with cookies and Colbert ice cream.
3. Use puppy dog pout to get Bolder to fix it.
Perhaps that is not self-empowering, but it would work.
Posted by: Greyhound | May 23, 2007 12:56 PM
it HAS to have something to do with the calibration. there. i fixed it...
Posted by: Curly Su | May 23, 2007 01:31 PM
what's wrong with it? what bits aren't working?
Posted by: eddie | May 23, 2007 02:09 PM
go to a bike store!
(sorry that's all i've got for ya.)
Posted by: jeanne | May 23, 2007 05:12 PM
jesus christ! is that a polarcs300 or are you just happy to see me?
that thing is huge!
Posted by: miss petite america | May 24, 2007 12:53 AM
Technology sucks sometimes!
Posted by: Denise "Firefly" | May 24, 2007 07:23 AM
Lick the elctrodes on the strap, or run em under water for a couple of seconds. Is there an On button? when in doubt RTFM
Posted by: winz | May 24, 2007 07:37 AM
I've heard they are great tools for training. Unfortunately, I have no clue whatsoever on making them work.
Hopefully your blog will get you some good advice.
BTW. Following your lead. Volunteering at the next tri here for newbies. Body marking. I'll print up a sign "Single Female Marking"
What's good for the gander…and I plan to take a few ganders. Ha!
Posted by: Patrick | May 24, 2007 09:12 AM
Sorry--can't help ya. The highest technology I've got is a wired Cateye and a $40 Timex HR monitor...but they do WORK. Actually, I'd second Greyhound or Jeanne's suggestions...if at all possible, take it back to where it came from and get them to fix it.
Posted by: Andra Sue | May 24, 2007 11:07 AM