Information on the Polar Receiver markings

• POLAR ELECTRO OY:
  The owner of the patents and brand name.
  
  
• PATENTED:
  The effective patents for each heart rate monitor are listed in the User's Manual.
  
  
• This marking means that the heart rate monitor or its specification is checked by the German telecommunication authorities and found to meet the requirements.
  



• CE 0537
  The marking shows the compliance of the receiver with European Community Directive 93/42/EEC (Medical Device Directive approval).
  
  
• SERIAL NUMBER OF THE STEEL BACK
  The number of characters varies. Older receivers have 8 or 11 characters. The new standard consists of 13 characters, which will be taken into use during the 1st quarter of '99.
    - 13 characters
    - example H8472500012345
  
  
• WATER-RESISTANT 20M (depandant on model)
  The receiver is tested for the water resistance category of 20 meters. The marking will come into effect as a running change. More information on water resistance issue can be found in the FAQ pages.
  
  

What Polar heart rate monitor model do I have?

The model of each Polar heart rate monitor receiver can either be found on the front case or engraved on the backplate.

Information on the Polar Transmitter markings

The manufacturing code is used as the transmitter serial number on the service report sheet.
The manufacturing code of transmitters T31, T31C and T61 (latest style), will differ from those in PE40T and Coded Transmitter (older rectangular style) as shown above. (Note that the code is on the back side of this transmitter - PE40T and Coded Transmitter).
Note. Some of the PE40T style transmitters had "3 digits" ie. "039" as the manufacturing code instead of the circle coding.

When the transmitter is position as in the picture (see picture above), the manufacturing code will be on the right joint of the elastic strap and the transmitter. (Note that the code is on the front side of the latest style transmitter T31, T31C and T61).

Inside of the inner circle there are two numbers: the first number is manufacturing year (in the example below number 9 means year 1999). The second number is first digit of the manufacturing week. The arrow inside the inner circle points number, which is the second digit of the manufacturing week.

WearLink Transmitter



C-Tick

Polar products will soon be labelled with the Australian compliance symbol, the C-Tick mark, to indicate compliance with the Australian EMC and radiocommunication regulation and standards.

The EMC and radiocommunication framework has recently been introduced by the Australian authorities to manage the radiofrequency spectrum and protect the performance of electronic and communication products. A wide range of products are subject to compliance and must be appropriately labelled before being placed on the Australian market.

The Polar HRM products which fall within the scope of the regulation include the following

• transmitters
• chargers and their adapters.
• interfaces.


The C-Tick mark will be taken into use in these products by the beginning of the year 2000. The format of the C-Tick mark to be used in Polar products is shown below.



The above C-Tick mark that appears on Polar products, has been licenced to Pursuit Performance Pty Ltd by the ACMA to distribute Polar products in Australia.

Non-authorised resellers who sell Polar products in Australia displaying the C-Tick compliance logo are in breach of the Australian compliance standard.

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Related Documents:

Why should I use a Polar service centre
Instructions for sending your Polar for servicing
Abnormal heart rate readings during exercise
Battery replacement in the Polar receiver
Care and Maintenance of Your Polar Heart Rate Monitor
Care and Maintenance of Your Polar Wearlink transmitter
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Limited Polar Warranty