Concept2 Forum

Hi
I just got my first concept2 with the PM3 and I also go the polar wearlink strap and receiver.
I plan on breaking it down every day so I can store it out of the way because I have little room to leave it set up all the time. The directions show the receiver cable to be clipped along the bottom of both rails. This will make it a slight pain to remove every day to break the rower into two pieces. My question is, can the receiver be placed on the first part of the rower where the foot rests are or by the PM3 it's self and still work? I would like to beable to break the rower down with out having to unclip the cable and remove the receiver below the seat every day.
Thanks
Chris

vacuumman wrote:Hi
I just got my first concept2 with the PM3 and I also go the polar wearlink strap and receiver.
I plan on breaking it down every day so I can store it out of the way because I have little room to leave it set up all the time. The directions show the receiver cable to be clipped along the bottom of both rails. This will make it a slight pain to remove every day to break the rower into two pieces. My question is, can the receiver be placed on the first part of the rower where the foot rests are or by the PM3 it's self and still work? I would like to beable to break the rower down with out having to unclip the cable and remove the receiver below the seat every day.
Thanks
Chris

I leave the receiver on top of the flat area between the footboards. I also have a small c-clamp attached to the vertical part of the footboard support and the cable is held in place since is strung through the clamp. The excess cable folded back and forth and secured with a strip of double-sided velcro so that it doesn't hang down on the floor. There is no problem separating the erg sections for moving it around or storing it.

Bob S.

There are multiple positions you can mount the receiver but first check what sort of range you have from your belt, it should be about 6 feet max if it is working well. This will give you plenty of choice of where to put the receiver.

vacuumman wrote:Hi
I just got my first concept2 with the PM3 and I also go the polar wearlink strap and receiver.
I plan on breaking it down every day so I can store it out of the way

You do realise, I hope, that you could have saved yourself a whole lot of trouble by simply purchasing the PM4 monitor. It doesn't require any cables or receivers because the PM4 monitor picks up the signal directly from the chest belt.

Rockin Roland wrote:

vacuumman wrote:Hi
I just got my first concept2 with the PM3 and I also go the polar wearlink strap and receiver.
I plan on breaking it down every day so I can store it out of the way

You do realise, I hope, that you could have saved yourself a whole lot of trouble by simply purchasing the PM4 monitor. It doesn't require any cables or receivers because the PM4 monitor picks up the signal directly from the chest belt.

Probably the biggest advantage of the PM4 I have found is the rechargable battery pack. The Polar Wearlink is a nice HR belt.

Carl Watts wrote:
Probably the biggest advantage of the PM4 I have found is the rechargable battery pack. The Polar Wearlink is a nice HR belt.

Does the PM4 receive Polar belt transmissions? I thought that it was for Suunto only.

Bob S.

No you plug in the Polar receiver for it. It's just the Wearlink is a nice belt made of a fabric rather than hard plastic so you don't even know you have it on. The Suunto has a better range and you don't need the separate receiver as it is built into the PM4 but have still seen threads on here where people are having trouble getting it to connect. Cannot comment myself as I do not own a Suunto belt. With a replaceable battery in the Polar now I have not had a problem with mine as long as you remove the battery cover when you first purchase it and put a very small amount of silicon oil or rubber grease on the o-ring or getting the cover off in the future will be difficult.

Carl Watts wrote:With a replaceable battery in the Polar now I have not had a problem with mine as long as you remove the battery cover when you first purchase it and put a very small amount of silicon oil or rubber grease on the o-ring or getting the cover off in the future will be difficult.

Yes, I found that out the hard way a few weeks ago. Now it is behaving really strangely and I have gone back to using my old hard plastic Polar belt, which, surprisingly, is still functioning with a battery that must be 10 years old by now. One of these days I will have to get a new Wearlink and, when I do, I will certainly take your advice about the battery cover.

Note: I use it with a wrist receiver as well as with the monitor pickup.

Bob S.