Axiom 606 User manual

606
Heart Rate Monitor
Owner’s Manual

606
Heart Rate Monitor
Owner’s Manual

Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
FunctionsandFeatures................................2
Button Commands and Important Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Positioning the Chest Strap/Transmitter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Mounting the Receiver to Your Bike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Setting Up Your 606 for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Setting the Daily Alarm.............................8
Setting the Time of Day and Date....................9
Activating/Deactivating Heart Rate Recovery Alarm . .11
Setting Maximum Heart Rate ......................11
Setting Heart Rate Target Zones....................13
Setting Recovery Timer Limits......................14
Setting Lap/Interval Timers ........................16
UsingYourAxiom606 ................................21
Viewing Current Heart Rate .......................21
Time of Day and Date .............................22
Alarms ..........................................23
Stopwatch.......................................26
Lap Timer........................................27
Interval Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Table of Contents (cont.)
TimeinZone.....................................32
Selecting a Target Zone ...........................32
Heart Rate Recovery Timing .......................34
Viewing Memory Recall Screens ...................35
Clearing Memory Recall Screens...................42
Backlight............................................43
ReplacingBatteries..................................44
Troubleshooting......................................45
Appendix
Fig. A1, Function Overview - Setup .................48
Fig. A2, Function Overview - Use ...................50
Fig. A3, Time of Day/Date Main Screen
and Setup Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Fig. A4, Stopwatch Main Screen and Setup Screens. .52
Fig. A5, Timer Main Screen and Setup Screens ......54
Fig. A6, Time in Zone Main Screen and Recall Screens56
Fig. A7, Lap Recall Screens ........................56
Fig. A8, Interval Recall Screens with Timed Recovery 58
Fig. A9, Interval Recall Screens with
Heart Rate Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Introduction
The Axiom 606 heart rate monitor calculates and displays
heart rate information using a radio frequency signal trans-
mitted from the chest transmitter to the watch receiver.
The Axiom 606 provides the feedback you need to monitor
your training, and the functions you need to increase your fit-
ness and performance.
Combined with an appropriate exercise program, the Axiom
606 will help you:
• Monitor your training
• Reduce your heart rate recovery time
• Increase your aerobic capacity
• Improve your overall fitness
• Improve your exercise performance
The clear display and simple operation make the Axiom 606
very user-friendly.
WARNING: Before you begin any exercise program
you should consult a physician. If you use a pacemaker or
other implanted electronic device, consult your physician
prior to using a heart rate monitor.

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Functions and Features
1. Current heart rate
2. Current heart rate expressed as a percentage of
maximum heart rate
3. Out of Zone alarm (visible and optional audible)
4. Time spent in, above and below two target zones,
expressed as time and as a percentage of total
workout time
5. Average heart rate for entire workout
6. Maximum heart rate attained during workout
7. Stopwatch
8. Lap timer (records 20 lap times, with average and
maximum heart rate per lap) or, Interval timer (coordinates
up to 20 intervals, and records average and maximum
heart rate per exercise session. Recovery sessions
governed by time or recovery heart rate.)
9. Automatic heart rate recovery timing
10. Time of day (12 or 24 hour mode)
11. Daily alarm
12. Month and day calendar
13. Electroluminescent backlight
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Special Features
1. Program maximum heart rate automatically using age, or
program a specific value
2. Upper and lower target zone limits programmable in
single beat increments
3. View main screen and recall screen information at any
time during a workout
4. Simple button commands make programming and
operation easy
Figure 1. 606 Display, all possible LCD segments on. Buttons are
as marked on the display surround.
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Button Commands and Important Tips
Button Commands
The Axiom 606 is a full-featured heart rate monitor, but
remains simple to use. You need to remember only a few
basic button commands to set or change values and to scroll
through the four main screens (please refer to Figure A1 and
A2 in the Appendix for an overview of screen selection).
Please note that all button presses should be a short press
and release unless otherwise noted.
To advance from one main screen to the next, press the
Mode button. The Mode button will cycle through the four
main screens in the following order: Time of Day, Stopwatch,
Timer, Time in Zone, and back to Time of Day.
To enter Setup mode: Press and hold the Start/Lap button
in any main screen except Time in Zone. To advance from
one setup screen to the next, press the Start/Lap button. To
change the values within each setup screen, press the Stop/
Adj button.
At any point in the setup mode, you may return to the previ-
ous setup screen with a short press of the Light button. The
backlight will not illuminate in any setup screen. To exit the
setup mode and return to one of the four main screens, press
and hold the Light button.
If you accidentally find yourself in a setup screen but don’t
wish to modify the values, simply press and hold the Light
button to exit the setup mode and return to a main screen.

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Important Tips
1. To activate the Heart Rate function (to display heart rate),
press and hold the Mode button in any main screen.
2. To exit any setup screen and return to a main screen,
press and hold the Light button.
3. To advance from one main screen to the next, press the
Mode button.
4. To start the Stopwatch in any main screen, press the Start
Lap button. To stop the Stopwatch in any main screen,
press the Stop/Adj button.
5. Time in zone data accumulates only while the stopwatch is
running. Activate the stopwatch at the beginning of your
workout if you wish to record time in, above and below
zone, and average and maximum heart rate for entire
workout.
6. For heart rate readings to register properly, it is critical
that there be sufficient moisture (water, saliva or Axiom
Heartbeat Signal Enhancer) between the electrodes on the
transmitter (chest strap) and your skin. Insufficient
moisture may cause no reading, a frozen reading or
an erratic reading.
7. Using a wireless heart rate monitor near computers,
motorized gym equipment, electric motors, high voltage
power lines, automobiles, televisions or fluorescent lights
may cause erratic readings.

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8. Your Axiom heart rate monitor is water resistant, and can
be used while swimming. However, do not press any of the
buttons while the receiver (watch) is submersed.
Positioning the Chest Band/Transmitter
1. Adjust the elastic strap length to achieve a snug,
comfortable fit.
2. The transmitter should face outward as shown in Fig.2,
with the band fitting comfortably on the bare chest just
below the breast.
3. Center the transmitter on the chest (with the Axiom
logo right-side up).
Figure 2. Correct Transmitter
location on chest, detail of
moistening electrodes.