ProForm 140 Manual

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1\f. Ide ntify the Righ tUp per Body Arm (8)\b which is
marked witha“Rig ht”sticker\b andor ien tit as
shown .
Have aseco ndperson hold the Right Upper
Bod yArm (8)near the Right Upper Body Leg
(6).
Att ach the Right UpperBod yArm (8) tothe
Ri ght Upper Body Leg (6)with three M8 x
16mm Patch Screws (1\f2) andthr ee M8 Split
Wash ers(1\f3).
Attach theLeft Upper Body Arm (9) to the
LeftUppe rBody Leg(7) inthe sam eway.
Se est ep \fon page 7.Tighten the M8 x16m m
Patc hScrew s(10 2).
Slide the Top Cover (27) dow nward andpre ss it
into the Righ tan dLeft Fra me Cove rs(21\b 22).
11. Ident ifythe Righ tHan dleb ar (1\f )\b which is
markedwit ha“Rig ht”sticker\b andorient it as
sho wn.
Have aseco ndperso nhol dthe Right
Han dleb ar(1\f) near the righ tside ofthe
Uprig ht(5).
In sert the Pulse Wire (1\f5) from the Right
Han dleb ar(1\f) intotheright sideof the Upright
(5)and pull itupwa rdoutof the topofthe
Uprig ht.
Tip: Av oid pinc hing the Pulse Wire (105 ).
Attach the Righ tHa ndl ebar (1\f) tothe Upright
(5)with twoM8x16m mPatch Screws(1\f2 )
and two M8 Split Washer s(1 \f3) .
Attach the Left Han dleb ar(11) in the same
wa y.
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Avoi dpinchi ngthe
P ul se Wires(10 5)
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13.Untieand disca rdthe wire tie attached tothe
Wire Harness (6\f).
Whi leasecond person holds the Console (33)
near theUpri ght (5)\b connect the wires on the
Cons ole to the Wire Harness (6\f)andtothe
Puls eW ires (1\f5).
In sert the excess wiredo wnw ardinto th e
Uprig ht(5) orupw ardinto theCon sole (33).
Tip: Av oid pinc hing the wire s.Attach the
Con sole (33)to the Upright (5) with four M4x
19mm Scre ws(156).
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12. Orie ntthe Rear Upright Cover (25) asshown .
Attach the Rea rUp righ tCove r(25) tothe
Uprig ht(5) with four M4 x19m mScrews (156).
Avoi dpinchi ng
the wires
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15.Mak esure that allpar tsof the elliptic alareproper ly tighte ned.Note: Anextra greasepacke tand some
hardware maybe left over afterassemb lyisco mp le te d. To protect thefloor or carpet fromdamage \bpl ace a
mat underth e elli ptical .24
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14. Orie ntthe Fro ntUp right Cover (24) assho wn.
Attach the Fron tUpri ghtCover (24) aro und the
Uprig ht(5) bypress ingthe tabs on the Fron t
Uprig htCove rin to the Rea rU pr ight Cover (25).
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HOWTO US ETHE ELLIPTICAL
HOWTO PLUG INTHE POW ERCOR D
Thisproduct mustbegrounded. Ifit shoul dma l-
fun ction orbrea kdown\b ground ing provides apath of
least resista ncefor electri ccur rent toreduce the risk
ofelectric shock.This product is equ ippe dwith aco rd
having anequip men t-groundi ngcon ductor anda
grounding plug.
P lug thepowe rcord into anappr opriate outlet that
isprope rlyinstalle dand grounded inaccorda nce
withallloc alcode sand ordina nces. Thisproduct
is for use onanominal 120-volt circuit.
IMPORT ANT: Theellipt ical isnot compatible with
GFCI-equippedoutlets.
A tempo rary
adapter may
beused to
connect the
power cord
toa2-p ole
rece ptacle as
shown at the
rig ht ifa
properly
grounded
out letisno t
available .The tempo rary adapter shouldbe use donly
unt ila prop erly gro und edoutlet canbeinstall edbya
qua lified electrician .
Thegre en-colore drigid ear\blug\b orthe like extend ing
from theadapt ermust be con nected toaperma nent
ground such asaprop erly gro unded outletbox cover.
Wh enever the ada pter isused\b itm ust beheldin
place byame talscrew. Some2-pole receptacle out-
letbox covers arenot grounded. Contac ta
qua lifiedelec tric ian to det ermine ifthe outle tbox
cov erisgrounded beforeusing anadapter.HO WTO FOLD AND UN FOLD THEELLIPTIC AL
W hen the ellip tical is not in use\b the frame can be
fol de dout of th e way .Fir st\blift the latch undereach
pedal arm\band lif t the pedal arm soff the sleeves on
thecrank arms.
Next \brai se the ped alar ms until th e magne tson the
pedal armstouch th e ha ndl ebar s;the magnets will
ho ld the peda lar msin pla ce. The n\bhold thehandle
andlif t th e fr am eunt il it locks in avertical positi on.
Touse the ellip tical \bfir st hol dthe handle\b press the
lat ch but to n\b and low erthe fr am e.
Next \bpu ll the magn etson the pedal arms offthe han-
dlebar s.The n\blif t the latc hes under thepedal arms,
andset the ped alar ms onthe sleeves onthe crank
arm s.Rel ease the lat ches\b and make sure thatthe
pedal armsar esecur ely conn ected tothe crank arms.
DAN GE R:Improper connect ion
of the equi pment- grounding conductorcan
result in an incre ase dris k of electric shock.
Checkwith aqua lified electrician orservice -
manifyou are in do ubt as to whethe rthe
product isproperly grounded.Do not modify
theplug provided withthe product—if itwill
not fit the outle t,hav eaproper outletinstalled
by aqua lified elec trician.
Ground edOut letBo x
Adapt er
Lug
Met al Scr ew
Power Cor d
Lat ch
Sleeve
P edal Arm
H andl e
Latch
But ton
Pe dal
Arm
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HOWTO MOVE THEELLIPTIC AL
To move the ellipt ical\b firstfolditas describe don pag e
14.Next\b stand infront of the ellipti cal \bhold the
upright\b andplace onefoot again stone of th e whe els.
Pullthe uprig htuntil the ell iptica lroll son the wh eels.
Wit hthe help ofaseco ndper son\b careful lymove the
ell iptical tothe desire dlocati on\band thenlowe rit to
the floo r.
HO WTO LEVE LTHE ELLIPTIC AL
If the ellip tical
rocks slightlyon
yo ur floor durin g
use\b turn oneor
bot hof the lev-
eling feet
ben eath the
rear stabilize r
untilthe rocking
mo tion iselimi -
nated.
Ifthe fra me of
the ellip tical
flexes during
use\b turn the
ce nter leve ling
footun tilthe
flexing motionis
eliminate d.HO W TO EXERC IS E ON THE ELLIPTICAL
To mou nt the ellip tica l\b hol dthe upper body arms and
step ont o the peda lthat is in th e lowest position.Next\b
st ep ont o the oth er peda l.Push the pedals untilthey
beg in to move wit h acont inuous motion .
Not e: The crank arms cantur nin either direct ion.
It is rec ommended thatyou turn the crank arms in
the direc tion show nby the arrow ;howe ver,for
v ar iety you canturn the crank arms inthe oppo -
sit e di rec tion.
To dism ount the ellipt ical \bwa itunt il the peda ls come to
aco mple te stop. Not e: The ellipt ical does nothave
afre ewheel ;the peda lswill cont inue tomove until
the flyw heel stops. Whenthe pedals are stationar y\b
step off the highe rpedal fir st .Then \bst ep off the low er
ped al.
Level ing
Feet
Leveling
Foo t
UpperBo dy Arm s
Han dle bars
Pe dals
Cra nk
Arm
Pu llon
th e upr ight
P lace your
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FEATURES OFTHE CONSOLE
Theadvan cedconsole offersan arr ay of fe atu re s
designed toma keyour wor kouts more effe ctive and
enjo yable .
Whenyouuse the manual mode of th e co nsole\b you
canchang ethe resistan ceofthe pedals and the
incline ofthe ramp withthetouch ofabutto n. Wh ile
youex ercise\b the con solewill di spla yco ntinuou sexer -
cise feedb ack.You can also measu reyour heart rate
us ing the hand grip pulse sensor.
Inaddition \bthe console offerseig htee nonb oard work -
outs—f ivecalorie sworkouts\b fiveintensity workouts\b
fourspe edworko uts\band four incl ine worko uts. Each
wo rkout automatica llycha nges theresista nceofthe
ped alsand the inclin eof the ramp andpro mpts youto
vary you rpe daling pace asitguide syo uthrou ghan
effective workou t.Theconsol ealso fe at ur es an iFitLi ve mo de that
enab les the conso le to com muni cat ewith your wir e -
le ss net wor kthr oug han optional iFi tLive modul e.
With the iFi tLi ve mod e\b you candownloa dper sonal -
ized wor kout s\bcreat eyo ur ow nwor kou ts\btrack your
wor kout resul ts\b race against other runn ers\band
access man yot her fe at ur es. To purchas ean iFit
Live modul eat any time, gotowww.iFit.c omor
callthe tel ephone number onthe front cover of
this manua l.
Yo ucan even connect yourM P3 player orCD player
tothe consol eso und syst emandlist en to your favorite
m usi cor aud iobooks while you exercise.
To turnon the pow er,see page 17. To use the
manual mode, seepag e17. To us ean onboar d
workout ,see page 19.To use an iFi tLive workout ,
seepage 21. To use thesound system, seepage
22.Tochange consolesettings, seepage 22.
Not e: If th er eis a sh eet ofplast ic on the displ ay\b
remove the plast ic.
CO NSO LEDIAG RAM 
						

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HOWTO TURN ONTHE POWER
IMPORT ANT: If the ellipt ical has been expo sedto
col d temperatur es,allow itto warm toroom tem-
peratu rebefore turning onthe power .If you donot
dothis, youmay dama gethe cons oledisplays or
otherelectri cal compone nts.
Plug inthe power cord (see
HO WTO PLUG IN TH E
POW ERCORD onpage
14 ).Next\b locate the power
swit chon the frame near
the powe rco rd. Make sure
tha tthe powe rswitch isin
the reset positio n.
Thedisp laywill then light andthe console will be
ready foruse .
Note: Whenyou turn onthe power forthe first
time, theramp will calibr ateaut omatica lly.The
ramp willmove upward anddownward as itca librates.
Wh enthe ramp stops movin g\bthe ramp iscalibrated .
IMPORT ANT: If the ramp does notcalibrate auto-
matical ly,seeHOW TOCALIBR ATETHE RAMP on
page 2\fand manually calibr atethe ramp.
HO WTO USE THEMANUAL MODE
1. Begi npeda ling orpress any button onthe
cons oletotur non the console.
See HO WTO TURN ONTHEPOWER above .
2.Selectthe manua lmode .
Pre ss the Manu albutton onthe console. Note: If
youarenot con necte dto iFi tLi ve\b the manu al
modewill beselecte dau tomati cally.\f. Change the resi stance ofthe pedals andthe
incl ine ofthe ramp asdesi red.
Asyou pedal \bcha ngethe resi sta nce ofthe pedals
bypre ssin gthe Digi tal Resi stance in cr ease and
decrease but tons.
N ot e: After you press the butto ns\b it will take a
mom ent for the ped als to re ach the selected resis-
tance le vel .
To vary th e mot ion ofthe peda ls\b youcan change
the incl ine ofthe ram p.To chan gethe incline\b
pr ess the Pow erRam p incr ease and decrease
buttons.
N ot e: After you press the butto n\b it will take a
mom ent for the ramp to reach the selected incl ine
level .
4. Fol low your progres swit h the display.
The displ ay can show the fol low ing workout
inf or mat io n:
C al ori es (C al s.)—Thi sdispl ay m od ewil lshow the
appro xi m at e num berofcalories you have burned.
Cal ori es perH our (C al s.\bHr )—Th is display mode
will sh ow the approxi ma tenumber of calori esyou
arebur ning perhour .
Dist ance (D ist .) —Th is displ ay mod ewill show the
distance th at you have pedal ed in miles orkilom e-
ter s.
Incl ine —Thi sdispl ay mo de will sho wthe incli ne
level ofthe ram pfo r a few seconds each time the
incl ine level changes.
Reset
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Pul se —This displaym ode willshow yourheart
rat e wh en youuse the handg rip pul se sen sor (see
step 5).
Res istance (Resist.) —Thisdispl ay m ode will
sho wthe resista ncelevelof the peda lsfor afew
seco ndseach time theresistan celevel chang es.
RPM —This displaym ode willshow yourpeda ling
speedinrevolu tionsper minu te(rpm).
S tri de —This display mode willsh ow th e total
number ofstrides you have pedaled.
Time —W henthe man ual mod eis selecte d\bthis
disp lay mode will show theelapse dtime. When a
worko utisse lecte d\bthis displ aymode will sho w
th e time remain ing in the wor kout.
The mat rixoffe rs sever aldisp laytabs.Press the
incre ase anddecre asebutto nsnext tothe Enter
butto nunt ilthe desired tabis show n.
Inc line —This tab will show aprofi leof th e inclin e
setting sof the wor kou t.A new segment will ap pea r
at th e end of each minute.
Spe ed—This tab willshow aprofi leof th e sp eed
set ting sof the wor kou t.A new segment will ap pea r
at th e end of each minute.
My Trai l—Th istab willsh ow atra ck that repre -
sen ts64\f revo lutions (1/4 mile or 4\f\f mete rs). As
you exercise\b the white rectan glewill sh ow you r
pro gress. TheMy Trai ltab willal so show thenum-
ber of laps youare com pleting.
Cal orie —This tab willshow theapproximate
amo unt of ca lorie syo uhave burned. Thehe ight of
each segme ntrepre sents theamo untofcalories
burned durin gtha tsegm ent.
Asyou exercis e\bthe worko utinte nsity levelbar will
indicat ethe approxima teinte nsitylevel ofyour
exer cis e.Pr ess the Hom ebutto n to exi tthe man ualmode or
awor kout andret ur nto the defaultmenu (see
HOWTO CHAN G E CO NSO LE SETTINGS on
page22to se tth e def aultm en u).If necessar y\b
press the Hom ebut to n ag ain.
Whe nawire le ss iFit Live mod -
ule is conn ected\bth e wir el ess
symb olat the top of the dis -
pl ay will sh ow th e strengt hof
your wire less signal .Four arcs
in dicat eful lsi gn alstrengt h.
Change the vo lum e
level ofthe conso le by
pr essi ngthe Volum e
incr ease anddecr ease
but tons.
5. Meas ure your heart rat eif desired.
If ther eare
sheet sof plas tic
on the metal
cont actson the
handgri ppul se
sensor ,rem ove
theplast ic. To
me asur eyou r
hear trat e\b hol d
the han dgrip
pul se sen sor wit h
your palmsrest -
ing aga inst the met al cont acts.Avoid moving
yourhands orgrippi ng the conta ctstightly .
Whenyour pulse isdet ected\ba heart symbolin
wi ll flash in th e displ ay each time your heart beats\b
one or tw oda shes will a pp ear \band then your heart
rate will be show n.For the mostaccurate heart
rate readi ng\bhold the contact sfor atleast 15sec -
onds.
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Ifthe displa ydoes notshowyou rhea rtrate\b make
sure that you rhan ds are posi tioned as described.
Be care fulnotto move yourhandsexce ssively or
tosqu eeze the meta lcon tacts tightly. Foroptima l
performa nce\bclean the metal contact susing asoft
clo th;nev eruse alcohol, abrasives, orchemi -
calsto clea nthe cont acts.
6. Turn onthe fanifdesired.
Th efan has high and
lo w sp ee dse tting s.
Press the Fa n
increa sebut ton
re pe atedly toturn on
orincrea sethe spe ed
ofthe fan .P ress the
Fa nde crease but ton repea tedly todecre asethe
sp ee dor turn off the fan.
No te:If the ped als donot move forabo ut th irty
se con ds\b the fan will turnoff autom atica lly.
7. Whe nyou arefinished exer cising, unplugthe
power cord.
Ifthe ped als do not move forsever alseconds\b a
tonewill soundand the console will p ause .
Ifthe ped als do not move forsever almin utes and
the butt on sare not pre ssed\b theconsole willturn
offandthe disp lay will be rese t.
Whenyou arefinished exercising\b pre ssthe power
switch tothe off posi tion and unpl ug th e power
co rd. IMP ORTAN T:Ifyou donot dothis ,the
ele ctri cal compone ntsonthe ellipti calm ay
wea rpre mature ly.HO WTO USE AN ONBOA RD WO RKOUT
1.Begi npeda ling orpress anybutton onthe
cons oleto turn onthe consol e.
See HO WTO TUR NON TH EPO WER onpage
17.
2. Sel ec tan onboard workout .
To sel ect anonbo ardwo rko ut\bpr ess theCalor ies
bu tton \bth e In tensi ty but ton\b the Speed button\b or
the Incli ne button re peat edl yun til the desi red
wor kout appear sin th e displ ay.
When you selec tan onboard workout\b thedisplay
willshow thedurat ionofthe workout andthename
ofthe work out.Aprof ileofthe speed setti ngs of
the workout willappear inthe matrix .
The resi stance level \bth e ra mp incl in e level \band
the targ et rpm for the fir st segm entwillalso
appear in the matr ix.
I f you select acalor iework out\bthe approx imat e
number ofcal ories you will burn willappear inthe
name ofthe workout .
\f.Begi npeda ling to sta rt the workout.
Each worko ut is divide dint o one- minute seg-
ment s.One re sist ance leve l\b one ramp incline
level \ban done tar get rpm (spe ed)is program med
for each segm ent.Note : The same resistance
level \bram pincl ine level \band /o r tar get rpm may be
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Duringthe
worko ut\b
th e prof iles
on the
spe edand
inclin etab s
will show
you r
pro gress.
The flashin gsegm entof the profil erepresen tsthe
curre ntseg ment of the wor kout. Theheigh tof the
fla shing segmen tind icates thetarg etspee dor th e
inclin elevel forthe curren tsegm ent.
Atth e end of each segme ntofthe workout\b a
seriesof tone swill sound andthe next segment of
th e prof ile will begin toflash. Ifa different resis-
ta nce level\bramp inclinelevel \band/or targetrpmis
pro gramme dforthe next segm ent\btheresista nce
leve l\bra mp incline level\band /o r tar get rpm will
appea rin the display forafew se conds toalert
you .Th eresista nceof th e ped als and the incline
leve lof the ram pwill thenchan ge.
As you exercise \byou will be prom pte d to keep
you rpe daling speednear thetarget rpm forth e
curre ntseg ment .When anupwar d-poin ting arrow
appea rsinthe display\b incr ease your pace. When
adown ward-poin tingarrow appear s\bdecrea se
yourpa ce. Whe nno ar row appea rs\bmain tain your
curre ntpace.
IMP ORT ANT: Thetarget rpm isintended onlyto
provi demoti vation. Your actua lpedaling speed
may beslowe rtha nthe targe trpm. Makesure
to pedal ataspee dthat iscom forta bleforyou.Ifthe re sist ance leve lor incl ine level forthe cur-
rent segm entis to o high or too low \byou can
man ually over ride the settin g by pressing the
Digital Resi stance but to ns orthe Pow er Ram pbut -
ton s.IM PO RTA NT: When the cur rent segm ent
ofthe wor kout ends, the pedals wil lautom ati-
cal lyadj ust to the resistance lev el
programme dfor the nex tsegment and the
ramp will aut omat ical ly adj ust to the incline
levelprogram medfor the next segm ent.
Not e: The caloriegoal is an estimate ofthe
num berofcalor ie s that you will burn during
the wor kout .The actual num berofcalor ies
tha tyou burn will depend onyour weight. In
addition, if you manual ly change theresist ance
levelor if your pedal ing speed doesnotmatch
the ta rget rpm duringthe workout, thenum ber
ofcal ori es you burn will be affect ed.
Thewor kout will cont inue in th is wa yuntil thelast
segm ent ends.To stop the wor kout at any time\b
st op peda ling .Th etim e will fla sh in the displ ay.To
re su me the wor kout \bsi m ply resu me pedal ing.
4.Follow your progr ess with the display.
See step4on pa ge 17.
5. Meas ure your heart rat eif de sired.
See step 5on page 18.
6. Turn onthe fan if desi red.
See step 6on page 19.
7. When you are fini shed exerci sing, unplug the
pow ercord.
See step 7on page 19.
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