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pair a polar H10 to my new fenix 6 sapphire

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over 3 years ago

hii , im new to garmin devices , im about to buy a fenix 6 sapphire in a flash sale but i also found the polar H10 on discount  too , the problem im not sure if i can pair the polar H10 with the fenix or the garmin pairs only to garmin's chest straps ?

  • 0 5 months ago in reply to 53bc6a5b980c4f559a60f7e77fff204c

    Correct, any external HR will override the built-in optical HR sensor. Unfortunately you can't easily check if the external sensor is active by checking if the LEDs on the back of the watch are off, as these are always on (one reason being Garmin Pay).

    You have to pay careful attention after selecting the activity, an alert will show "H10 connected" (if you named your sensor "H10". As the H10 supports BLE and ANT+, you get two new sensors while you are setting it up with your watch. I recommend setting up both, name them so you can tell them apart, then set the BLE variant Off and use the H10 with ANT+ with your watch, and with BLE with your phone or other device.

    I use a H10 with my F6X and it is very good, but not better than a very oldskool  Garmin HRM-1G from 20 years ago. I bought the H10 for use with the Polar sensor logger app that provides ECG and the other Polar app that can read the memory of the H10, never got it working though. I also like that it has the old 5 KHz transmission for use with gym equipment.

  • 0 5 months ago in reply to Steve
    Steve said:
    I only see one heart rate which is the normal 265 display, no option on activity to chooses 

    Yes, that's how it works. If you want to be sure that only the strap is used, disable the wrist OHR sensor. Easiest done by enabling the "Jacket" Power Mode in the activity settings.

  • 0 5 months ago in reply to Data

    thanks, so i can clearly see in polar beat the h10 is ant only with ble off, gymlink is also switched on with polar beat, so clicking an activity the same h10 number flashes on quickly connected, then checking sensors and accessories  on the watch i can see the other polar h10 is not connected, so I'm nearly home and dry on this right ? I will assume when h10 is connected that this is the heart rate I am seeing and not the garmin. Anyway, so why are we using the chest monitor, is this for a more accurate read? I believe the heart monitor is the more accurate , thks 

  • 0 5 months ago

    I added the respiratory rate field to my run layout, that way I can see if the external HRM disconnects while running: no respiratory rate -> disconnected