EKHO FiT18 Heart Rate Monitor

Table of contents

1 Introduction 3

2 Information regarding functions and features of the watch 4

3 Important information for heart rate monitoring 6

4 Operating the watch 8

4.1 Buttons functions 8

4.2 Operating modes 10

4.3 Programming the Time 11

4.4 Programming the Date 12

4.5 Stopwatch and Heart-Rate Monitoring 13

4.6 Heart-rate Target Zone Setting Mode 15

4.7 Stopwatch Operation 16

4.8 Calorie 17

5 Care instructions / Changing battery 19

This Operation Manual is part of this product and should be kept in a safe place for future refrence. It

contains important information on setup and operation. Please ensure you use your product correctly and

safely, read these Warnings and the entire user manual before using the product.

1- Introduction

WARNINGS

• This product is a precision instrument. Never attempt to temper the internal mechanism. Contact the

retailer or professional service center if the product requires servicing.

• The chest belt (transmitter) is a radio frequency transmission device. Do not use the chest belt in aircrafts

or hospitals. The use of radio frequency products may cause malfunctions in the control of other equipment.

• Do not allow the product to any unwanted impact or shock.

• Maintain good and regular checking of your device. Always check the functions before usage. Clean the

product when necessary with a damped cloth, do not use any aggressive or abrasive cleaning agents and

solvents.

• Remove the batteries before storing the product for a long period of time.

• Take precautions when handling all battery types. When disposing of this product or batteries, follow

your local waste disposal regulations.

Dear EKHO Customer,

Congratulations on your purchase of the FiT18 Heart Rate Monitor. The watch displays and records

your heart rate and target zone enabling you to fine-tune your fitness program to get maximum results.

Please Note:

People with cardio-pacemakers must not use this heart rate monitoring watch due to possible interference

effects. Please note that this heart rate monitoring watch is not a piece of medical equipment. It is

important that you consult your doctor to define your personal limits for heart rate, exercise intensity

and duration.

Parts and Accessories

- FiT18 Heart Rate Monitor

- TE-15 Transmitter with elastic strap

- Owners manual

2- Information regarding functions and features of the watch

Activate the watch

If your watch does not show any numbers on the display after purchasing, then it has to be activated first. In

order to do this, please press and hold MODE button until numbers appear on the display.

Operation button and features

The heart rate is monitored with the use of the chest belt or transmitter belt. When you press S1

(mode) button, the Heart-rate will show the value ZERO because it need around 1 minute to search

for the chest belt or transmitter belt. The Heart Icon will turned on, and the reading of the heart-rate

will be shown.

The watch has 10 modes: Time, Date, Stopwatch, Heart-rate in-zone time, Heart-rate above-zone time,

Heart-rate below-zone time, Maximum Heart-rate, Average Heart Rate, Percentage of Maximum Heart-rate,

Calorie counter.

Battery: CR2032 (3V button cell), one each in watch and belt

Display: LCD with blue EL backlight (activated for 3 seconds by pressing button)

Operating temp.: 0°C to 55°C

Water resistance: The watch is water resistant against rainwater, water during showering

and normal bathing and swimming.

Do not under any circumstances

push any buttons when under water or use the watch for diving.

Warning: Wild or jerky movements under water and also athletic

swimming can cause unwanted activation of buttons allowing water

to enter into the watch!

HRM functions: Measuring range 30-240 heart beats per minute and corresponding

display

Training monitoring: Programming training zones with optional alarm function when beyond

training zone.

Upper limit adjustable from 31-240, lower limit from 30-239.

Watch functions: Display of hours, minutes and seconds (12 or 24 hr format)

Calendar with month, day and weekday for the years 2000-2099

Stopwatch: Stopwatch with 1/100 resolution for the first hour thereafter 1 second

resolution

Time measuring up to 99 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds

3- Important information for heart rate monitoring

General information

- Please consult your doctor for your ideal and non-harmful training information (maximum pulse rate) if

you have problems with your heart or have, in your lifetime, had a medical intervention on your heart.

- If you have just begun your training or are you planning on beginning regular training we strongly

recommend that you set up a trainings plan with a doctor or fitness coach.

Heart rate monitoring with a chest belt

For persons with intensive physical activities (sports such as cycling, jogging etc.) and trainings where a

focus is placed on the use of training zones, using a heart rate monitor is of great value.

Following rules apply hereby:

- The wireless pulse rate transmission distance from the chest belt to the watch is up to 1 meter or

approximately your arm’s length.

- Monitoring requires a good contact of the measuring surface to your body. The belt must be well attached

to the body (so that the transmitter containing the battery is in the middle of the body or rather over the

heart in the upper part of the chest muscle and just below the base of the breastbone). Avoid areas with a

lot of hair.

- Moisten the contact surfaces (left and right of the transmitter) with a conductive fluid (contact gel is

ideal, sweat or saliva. Normally tap water is also suitable.)

- In a dry and cold climate it may take a while for the transmitted values to become stable. This problem

will resolve itself as soon as you begin to sweat from physical activity.

- Incorrect or missing transmission of data can be caused by the following:

• The chest belt has insufficient contact with the body (skin is too dry or chest belt does not fit correctly)

• Weak or empty batteries in the chest belt or in the watch

• Your heart rate is under 30 beats per minute

• Electro magnetic disturbances in the area (transformer station, electrical overland lines, thermionic

screens from PCs and TVs, electric motors, in the car etc.)

• Please note that the transmission distance of approximately 1 meter from a transmitter belt of a person

in your immediate area can also be received on your watch. The overlapping of the signal from your

belt and the foreign belt usually leads to very high monitored rates. This is also possible with chest belts

from other brands! A bit of extra distance between you and the other person or wearing the watch on

the other wrist usually solves this problem.

• High amounts of chlorine in swimming pools and the salt content in sea water can, because of increased

conductivity, affect monitoring.

4.2 Operating modes

In order to reach the next operating mode, press the S1 button.

4.3 Programming the Time

In the TIME operating mode, press and hold S1 (MODE) button for 2 seconds will enter the time setting

mode

Press S1(MODE) key for 2 seconds will quite the setting mode

If there is no key press for 30 second during setting, it will quit the setting mode, any changed item will be

in effective.

4.7 Stopwatch Operation

- Press S5 (ST/SP) button to start the stopwatch. The In-Zone time, Above-zone time, Below-Zone time,

Maximum Heart-rate, Percentage of Maximum Heart rate, Average Heart-rate, Calorie is recorded only

when stopwatch is start to run. Press S1 (Mode) button to go through these records.

- Press S5 button to stop the stopwatch.

- Press and hold S5 for 2 seconds to reset the Stopwatch. The In-Zone time, Above-zone time, Below-Zone

time, Maximum Heart-rate, Percentage of Maximum Heart rate, Average Heart-rate, Calorie is recorded

only when stopwatch will reset to ZERO.

5- Care instructions and battery changing

It is recommended, after each training and competition, to carefully clean the watch and the chest belt with

warm water perhaps also with a bit of skin kind soap, rinse off and cleanse from sweat and skin particles.

Then please rinse well and dry with a soft towel. At no time should aggressive cleaning solutions be used!

According to use it may sooner or later become necessary to change the batteries. You can change the

batteries in the watch and in the belt yourself. In each case you must pay close attention that on the watch

as well as on the belt the seals are replaced correctly. Putting in the screws and watchband holders requires

a bit of routine and patience, any damages caused to the instruments hereby do not fall under the warranty.

In case of doubt we recommend having the batteries exchanged in a good specialist shop.

EKHO Brand Americas, LLC

EKHO

3500 Nicollet Ave S

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408

612-922-3766

www.ekho.us

4- Operating the watch

The EKHO FiT18 offers heart rate monitor with time/date and a stop watch, and different records of your

exercise performance. With its five push buttons, it is very easy to operate.

4.1 Buttons functions

S1 (MODE)

- Time display

- Date display

- Activation of connection between the chest belt and watch

- Switch to different records of your heart rate

- Define the Maximum Heart-rate Value and Minimum Heart-rate Value in Stopwatch operating mode

S2 ( + )

- " + " adjustments in setup mode

S3 ( – )

- " – " adjustments in setup mode

S4 (ALERT)

- Activate the sound alert when Heart-rate is exceed the defined maximum heart-rate value, or is below the

defined minimum heart-rate value

S5 (ST/SP)

- START/STOP for the stopwatch

- Press and hold for 2 seconds to reset the stopwatch

S2

MODE

+

-

ST/SP

ALERT

S1

S3

S5

S4

S2

MODE

+

-

ST/SP

ALERT

S1

S3

S5

S4

S1

S1

S1

S1

S1

S1

S1

S1

Time

Average Heart Rate

Percentage of Maximum

Heart Rate

Date

Maximum Heart Rate

Calorie Consume

Stop Watch

Below-Zone Time

Time

In-Zone Time

Above-Zone Time

S1

Press and hold S1

(MODE) for 2 secs

S1

S1

Time Select 12-Hour or 24-Hour display

Press S2 (+) button or S3 (-) button to select

Press and hold S1 (MODE)

for 2 secs to exit the setting

Set Hour

Press S2 (+) button or S3 (-) button to adjust

Reset Second to Zero

Press S2 (+) button or S3 (-) button to reset

Set Minute

Press S2 (+) button or S3 (-) button to adjust

S1

S1

Setting the Personal Profile for Calorie consumption calculation

In the Calorie operating mode, press and hold S1 (MODE) button for 2 seconds will enter the Date setting

mode

Press S1(MODE) key for 2 seconds will quite the setting mode

If there is no key press for 30 second during setting, it will quit the setting mode, any changed item will be

in effective.

Press and hold S1

(MODE) for 2 secs

S1

S1

or

Set Target Calorie

Press S2 (+) button or

Press and hold S1 S3 (-) button to adjust

(MODE) for 2 secs

to exit the setting

Set Gender

Press S2 (+) button or

S3 (-) button to adjust

Set Height

Press S2 (+) button or

S3 (-) button to adjust

Set Weight

Press S2 (+) button or

S3 (-) button to adjust

S1

S1

Set Age

Press S2 (+) button or

S3 (-) button to adjust

4.4 Programming the Date

In the DATE operating mode, press and hold S1 (MODE) button for 2 seconds will enter the Date setting

mode

Press S1(MODE) key for 2 seconds will quite the setting mode

If there is no key press for 30 second during setting, it will quit the setting mode, any changed item will be

in effective.

Press and hold S1

(MODE) for 2 secs

Date Set Year

Press S2 (+) button or S3 (-) button to adjust

Press and hold S1 (MODE)

for 2 secs to exit the setting

Set Month

Press S2 (+) button or S3 (-) button to adjust

S1

Set Day

Press S2 (+) button or S3 (-) button to adjust

S1

4.5 Stopwatch and Heart-Rate Monitoring

At stopwatch operating mode, the stopwatch icon is displayed at the upper right corner,

The watch will listen to your chest belt for your heart-rate reading, and the heart-icon is shown.

Information:

- When stopwatch is running, the stopwatch icon is flashing.

- If the stopwatch timing is within 1 hour, the display will be

Minute : Second : 1/10 second.

- If the stopwatch timing is equal or over 1 hour, the display will be

Hour : Minute : Second.

Stopwatch time is equal or over 1 hour

- If the received heart-rate reading is less than the Lower Heart-rate setting value, a “Down-arrow” icon is

flashing and you will hear the beep sound if the ALERT function is enable by press S4 (ALERT) key. If

the ALERT function is turned on, the sound-wave icon is shown.

- If the received heart-rate reading is greater than the value of the Upper Heart-rate setting value, an

“Upper-arrow” is flashing and you will hear the beep sound if the ALERT function is enable by press S4

(ALERT) key. If the ALERT function is turned on, the sound-wave icon is shown.

- If the ALERT function is turned on, the sound-wave icon is shown.

Stopwatch time is less than 1 hour

4.6 Heart-rate Target Zone Setting Mode

- At Stopwatch mode, press S1 (MODE) for 2 seconds to enter Target Zone Setting Mode. First set the

Upper Zone Limit (the Defined Heart-rate Value), and then follow is the setting of the Lower Zone Limit

(the Defined Minimum Heart-rate Value)

- Press S1 (MODE) key for 2 seconds will quite the setting mode. If there is no key press for 30 second

during setting, it will quit the setting mode, any changed item will be in effective.

Setting Lower Zone Limit

(the Defined Minimum Heart-rate Value)

(preset value: 30, Range 30 ~ 230)

Setting Upper Zone Limit

(the Defined Maximum Heart-rate Value)

(preset value: 240, Range 40 ~ 240)

S4

S1

4.8 Calorie

The Calorie counting function is operated when stopwatch is running, otherwise there is no value to be

displayed. The Calorie consumption can be shown in Decrement Mode or Increment mode. Press S5

(ST/SP) button to select increment or decrement mode.

If calorie counting is at decrement mode, when calorie-counting value reach zero, the zero digit will

flash.

If calorie counting is at increment mode, when the calorie-counting value reach the target calorie

value, there is no indication, and the calorie counting continues to increment.