ProForm I Series 785f Manual

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1\f\bAttach the Water BottleHolder (37) tothe
Uprig ht(4) with two M4 x16 mm Scre ws(10 4)\b
374104 104
1\f
1313\b Whilease con dper son holds the Consol e(7 )
near the Uprig ht(4), conne ctthe conso lewire
to the Uppe rWire Harne ss(110) \bThen ,conn ect
th e co nso lepulse wires tothe PulseWire s (63 )\b
In sert the excess wiredo wnw ardinto th e
Uprig ht(4)\b
Tip: Av oid pinc hing the wire s.Attach the
Console (7)tothe Upright (4) with four M4x
16mm Scre ws(104)\b
See step \f.Tigh ten the M8x19m mPa tch
Scre ws (8\f)\b7
63110
10 4 4 Co nsol eWi re
P ul se
Wi res
Avoi dpinching
the wires
14\b Plugthe power adapterinto thejack on the back ofthe conso le(see HOW TOPLUG INTHE POWER
ADA PTER onpage 1\f)\b IMPOR TANT: Ifthe ellipti cal exercis er has been exposed tocold temperatures,
allow itto warm toroom tempe rature before pluggin gin the power adapter. Ifyou donot dothis, you
maydama gethe cons oledisplays orother electronic compone nts.
Make surethat allpart sare properly tightened beforeyouusethe elliptical exerciser. Note:Afterassem -
blyis completed, someextrapart sm ay be left over\b Place amat ben eath theellipt ical exerc iser toprot ectthe
flo or\b 
						

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HOWTO US ETHE ELLIPTICAL EXERCISER
HOWTO PLUG INTHE POW ERADAPTER
Plug one endof the included poweradap te r into the
jack onthe conso le\bPlug the other endof the powe r
ada pter intoan ap pro pria teoutle tth at isprop erly
inst alledin accord ance with alllocal codes and ordi -
nan ces\b
Note: The console canalso be oper ated withfour 1\b5V
Dbatterie s(no tinclud ed);alkal ine batte ries are rec-
ommend ed\bLocate the ba tter ycove ron the back of
the conso le\bRemo vethe battery cover,insertthe bat-
terie sinto the batter yco mpa rtment, and then rea ttach
the battery cove r\bMake sureto or ient the batter ies
as shown bythe diagr amsinside thebatte rycom -
partme nt.HOWTO MOVE TH EELLIP TICAL EXERCISER
Due to the size and weight ofthe elliptical
exerci ser,movi ng it requi restwope rsons. Standin
front of th e ellipt ica lexer ciser ,hol dthe upright, and
place one foot aga inst one of th e fr ont wheel s\bPul lon
the upr ight andhave aseco ndperso nliftthe handle
onthe ram punt il th e ellipt ica lexer ciser willrol lon the
front whe els\b Ca refully m ove the elliptical exerciser to
the desi red loca tion ,and the nlow eritto the floor\b
Pl ace
your foot
here
Pul lon
upr ight
Li ft her e 
						

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HOWTO EXE RCISE ONTHE ELLIPTICAL
EXERCIS ER
Tomou nt th e ellip tical exerciser, holdthe han dleba rs
andstep onto the pedal that is in the lowe rposition\b
Then, stepont o the oth er peda l\bPush thepeda lsun til
the ybeg into move withacontinu ousmotion \bNote :
Thecrank arms canturnin either direc tion. Itis
re com mended thatyouturn thecrankarms inthe
dire ction show nby the arr ow; howev er,for variety ,
you canturn thecrank arm sin the opposite direc-
tion.
To dismou ntthe elli ptical exer ciser, wait until the ped -
als come toacom plete stop\bNote: Theellipti cal
exe rcise rdoe snot haveafree whee l;the pedals
wil lconti nuetomov euntil the fly whe elstops.
Wh enthe ped alsare sta tiona ry,step offthe hig he r
ped alfirst \bThen ,ste poff the lower pedal\bHO W TO CHANG E TH EIN CLI NE OF THE RAMP
To vary th e mot ion ofthe peda ls, youcan change the
incline ofthe ram p\b To change the incline, pressthe
lat ch button ,pul lthe ram phandl e,andraise orlower
the ram pto the desi red incl in e level \bTh en, release the
lat ch button and engag ethe lat ch pin into one ofthe
adj ust ment hol es in the fram e\bThe white lineonthe
lat ch button must bevisibl e or th e latch pinis not fully
eng aged\b Make sure that the lat ch pin isfirm ly
engage din one ofthe adjus tm ent holes inthe
frame .
Peda ls
Crank
Arm
Han dleb ars
Ram p
Hand le
R am p
Lat ch
But ton 
						

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FEATURE SOF THE CONSOLE
Therevo lutiona ryconsol eoffer san array of fe atures
designed tomake your worko utsmoreeffective and
enjoyable\b Whe nyou usethemanual mode ofthe
console, youca nchan gethe resistance ofthe ped als
wit hthe touchofabutton \bWhi leyouexercise ,th e
co nsole willdisplay continuou sexer cise fe edba ck\bYou
canalso measur eyo ur hear trate using the handgrip
pulse sensor\b
Inaddit ion,the con sole offerstw elve train erwo rko uts
and six weig htloss workou ts\bEach workou tautomati -
cally chan gesth e resistance ofthe pedals asitgu ides
yo uthrou ghaneffective worko ut\bYou canevenconn ectyour MP3 playe ror CD player
to the conso leʼs soun dsyste mand listen toyour
favo rite musi cor audi obooks whi le you exerci se\b
Touse the manua lmode, seepage 15\b To use a
tra ine rw orkout ,see page17\b Touse awe ight loss
work out,seepage 18\bTo randomly selectawor k-
out ,see page 18\bTo use the sound syste m, see
page 19\b To cha nge consol ese ttings, seepage 19\b
Note:If there isashe etof clear plasticon the face
of the consol e,rem ove the plas tic.
CONS OLEDIAG RAM 
						

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HOWTO USE THEMANUALMODE
1. Begi npe dal ing orpress any button onthe
cons oletoturn onthe cons ole.
Amo ment after you begin peda lin g or press abut -
to n, atone will soun d,and thedispla ywill light\b
2.Selec tthe manual mode.
Each time youturn
o n the con sole, the
man ualmod ewill
be se lecte d\bIf you
have select eda
worko ut,re sele ct
th e manu almode
by pre ssing anyof
th e workou tbut tons
rep eated lyunt il
zero sappe arinthe displ ay\b
\f. Change theresistance ofthe peda lsas
des ired.
As you pedal,
cha ngethe resis -
ta nce ofthe pedals
by pre ssing the
Resist ance
incre ase and
decrea sebut tons\b Note: Afteryo upre ssthe but -
to ns, itwill take amo men tfo rthe pedals to reach
th e select edresista ncelevel\b
4.Foll owyour progr esswith the displ ay.
The lowerleft dis-
pla y—As you
exe rcise, the lower
left displa yca n
sho wthe elapse d
time and the dis -
ta nce (inmiles orkilom eters)tha tyou have
peda led\b Note: Wh enaworko utisse lect ed,th e
disp lay will showthe timerem aini nginthe workout
instea dof the ela psed time \bThe low erright
dis pla y—T helowe r
righ tdis pla y ca n
show the you rped -
alin g spee d(in
mi les or kil om eter s
per hour)and the app roxi mat e nu mber ofcal ories
that you have burn ed\b Thedispl ay also show s
yourheartrat e when you use the han dgrip pulse
se nso r(s ee ste p 5on page 16)\b
The uppe r
display—Th eupper
dis pla y ca n sho w
the ela pse dtime ,
the dis ta nc ethat
yo uhave pedaled ,
your pedalin gsp ee d, and the appro xima te numb er
of ca lo rie syo uhav eburn ed\b Pre ssthe Display but-
to n re peat ed lyun tilthe upp er disp lay show sth e
inf orma tionthat yo uare mo stinte re sted invie wing \b
Note: W hile informa tionis sh own inthe upperdis -
pla y,the sa me info rma tion will not be shown inthe
lowe rle ft or lowe rrig ht dis pla y\b
The low er
dis play—The low er
displ ay will sh ow a
track repre se ntin g
1/4 mile (40\f
met ers )\b As yo u
ex ercis e, in dic ato rs will appe ar in su cc essio n
around the track until th e entire track appears \bTh e
track will th en disa ppea rand the indicator swill
again begintoappear insucc ession
To change the vo lume levelof the co ns ole, pres s
the Volume incre ase and decrea se buttons \b
Note:The consol eca nshow pedal ing speed and
dista nce in eith er mi les or ki lom eter s\b To view or
change the unit of me asur ement ,see HOW TO
CHAN G E CO NSO LE SETTI NG S on page 19\b 
						

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5.Mea sure your heartrat eif desire d.
If there aresheet s
ofclea rpl ast icon
the metal con -
tac tson the
handgri ppul se
sensor ,remov e
theplas tic.To
mea sure your
heart rate,holdthe
h andg rippuls e
sensor withyour
palms resting
against the met alcontacts\b Avoidmoving your
handsorgrippi ng the contac tstightly.
Wh enyou rpulse is
detect ed,a fla shing
heart symbo lwill
a ppea rin the dis -
pla y, an dthe nyour
heart ratewill
appea r\bFor the most accura tehear trate reading,
hold the con tacts forat lea st15 seco nds\b Note: If
youcontinue tohold the handg rip pul se sensor,
th e displa ywill showyour heart rate forupto30
seco nds\bIfthe displ ay does not showyour heartrate, make
su re that your hands are posi tioned asdescr ibed\b
Becareful not to move your hands exce ssivel yor
to squeeze the met al con tacts tigh tly\b For optim al
perfo rm an ce, clean the met al contacts using asoft
clot h; nev eruse alcohol ,abras ives, orchem i-
cal sto clean thecont acts.
6.Turn onthe fan if desi red.
Press the Fan but ton repea tedly to turn onthe fan
orto tur noff the fa n\b N ot e: If th e pe dals donot
move for abou tth ir ty seco nds, the fan will turnoff
aut omatica lly\b
7. When you are fini shed exerci sing, theconsole
will turn offaut oma tic al ly .
If the pedal sdo not move for sever alseconds, a
tonewill so und and the consol ewill pause\b
If the pedal sdo not move for sever alminutes and
thebuttons are not presse d,the con sole will tur n
off and the disp lay will be reset \b
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HOW TO USEA TR AINER WOR KOU T
1. Begin pedaling orpress any button onthe
consol eto turn onthe console.
A momen taf teryo ubegi nped aling orpress abut -
ton,a tone willsound, andthe displ aywill light\b
2.Sele ctatra ine rwork out.
Toselect atrain er
workou t,pre ssthe
Int erval, Varia ble,
Plat eau ,Mou ntain,
W alk/ Run, or
Te rrain button
re pe ate dly untilthe
n ame ofthe
d esire dwo rkou t
app ears inthe dis -
play \bThe worko ut
time and aprof ile of the resistance level sfo rth e
wo rkou twill also appear in the displ ay\b
\f. Begin pedaling tostar tthe workout.
Each worko utisdivide dinto \f0, 30or45 one -
min ute se gme nts\b One resistance level is
prog rammed for each segm ent\bNote: Thesa me
resista ncelevelmay beprog ram med for con secu -
tive segme nts\b
Th eresista ncelevel forthe first segme ntwill
app ear inthe display forafew seco nds\b During
the worko ut,th e workout profi lewill sh ow you r
prog ress (seethe draw ingabove) \bThe flash ing
se gme ntofthe pro file repr esents thecurre ntseg -
mentofthe worko ut\bThe height ofthe flash ing
se gme ntind icat esthe resistance levelfor the cur-rent segm ent \bA tthe end ofeach segment ofthe
wor kout ,a ser ies of ton es will soun dand thenext
segmentofthe pro file will begi nto fla sh\b Ifa differ -
entre sist an ce level is pr og rammed for the next
segment,th e resi stance leve lwi ll app ear inthe
displ ay fo r a few secon dsto aler tyou \bThe resi s-
tance ofth e pedal swill th en cha nge\b
If the resi stance level for the curren tsegm entis
too high ortoo lo w ,you canmanual lyover ride the
setting by pr essi ngth e Resi sta nce buttons\b
IM POR TA NT: When thecurre ntsegment ofthe
workout ends, the pedal swi ll aut omatically
adjust to the resi stance level progr ammedfor
the next segme nt.
Thewor kout will co ntin ue in thi s way until thelast
segmentends\b Tostop the wor kout atany tim e,
stop pedal ing\b Aton ewi ll sou nd and thetime will
st op count ing\b Torest artthe wor kout, simply
resum epedal ing\b
4. Foll owyour progres swit h the display.
Seestep 4on page 15\b
5. Measure yourheartrate if des ired.
S ee step5on pa ge 16\b
6. Turn onthe fan if des ire d.
See step6on pa ge 16\b
7. Whe nyou arefinis hed exerci sing, theconsole
will tur nof faut omat ical ly.
S ee step7on pa ge 16\b
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HOWTOUSE AWEIGHT LOSSWORKOU T
1.Begin pedal ing orpres sany button onthe
console toturn onthe console.
Amo men tafter you beginpedal ingorpre ssabu t-
to n, atone will sound ,and thedisp laywillligh t\b
2. Select awei ght loss workout .
Tosele ctawe ight
loss worko ut,pre ss
the Wt \bLoss button
un tilthe name of
th e de sired worko ut
appears inthe dis -
pl ay \bTh eworko ut
timeand apr ofile of
the resist ance lev-
els fo rthe wor kout
will also appear in
the disp lay\b
\f. Begin pedal ing tosta rtthe work out.
Each worko utisdivi ded into 30one-minu teseg -
ments\b One resist ance levelis pr ogr am med for
ea ch seg men t\bNote :The sameresi sta nce level
maybe progr amme dfor conse cutive segme nts\b
There sista ncelevel forthe first segment will
appear inthe disp lay fo r a few seconds\b Durin g
the worko ut,the worko utprofile willshow your
progre ss(se ethe dra win gabo ve)\b Thefla shing
se gmen tof the profi lerep rese ntsthe current seg-
me ntofthe wo rkou t\bThe height of th e fla shing
se gmen tindica testhe resi sta nce level fo r th e cu r-
re nt seg men t\bAtth e en dof each segmen tof the
wo rkout ,a se ries ofton eswill soun dand thenext
segmen tof the profi lewill begi nto flash\b Ifa differ -
entresist ance levelis pr ogr ammed forthe next
se gmen t,the resistan celevel will ap pear inthe
display fora few sec onds toaler tyou\b Theresis -
tance of the peda lswill then chang e\bIfthe resi stance leve lfor the current segm entis
to o high ortoo low ,you can manu ally overr ide the
setting bypressi ngth e Resi stance buttons\b
IMPO RTA NT: When the current segment ofthe
wor kout ends,the pedal swill autom atically
adjust to the res ista nce leve lprogram medfor
the next segment .
Thewor kout will cont inue in thi s way until thelast
segm entends\b Tostopthe wor kou tat any tim e,
sto pped aling\b Aton ewill so und and the tim e wi ll
sto pcoun ting \bTo re st art the worko ut, sim ply
re sum eped alin g\b
4. Follow your progre ss wit h the display.
See step 4on page 15\b
5. Measure yourheart rat eif de sired.
Se estep 5on page 16\b
6. Tur non the fan if des ir ed.
Se estep 6on page 16\b
7. When youarefini shed exer cising, theconsole
will turn offaut oma tic al ly .
Se estep 7on page 16
HO WTO RANDO M LY SELECT A WORKOUT
To rando mlyse le ct one of th e tr ai ner orweight loss
wo rko utsfor your exercise sessi on,press theRandom
button once\b The name of a wor kout, theworkout
time, andapro file of th e resi stance levelsfo r the
wo rko ut will ap pear in th e displ ay\b
You canthe nstar tthe wor kout if de sired oryou can
press the Ran dom button asecon dtime torandoml y
select anot hertraine ror wei ght loss workout\b
You canalso press the Random button athird tim e to
re turn to the man ual mode \b
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HOWTO USE THESOUN DSYSTEM
To play music oraud ioboo ksthro ugh theconso leʼs
so und syste mwh ile you exer cise,plug anaudio cable
(not includ ed)int othe jack on the console andin to a
jack onyou rMP 3player orCD player; mak esur e
thatth eaudio cable isfully plugge din.
Ne xt, press theplay button onyour MP3 player orCD
player\b Adju stthe volume level usingthe volum eco n-
trol onyour MP3 player orCD player\b
HO WTO CHANGE CONSOLE SETTINGS
Thecon sole feature sa user mod ethat allows youto
se lect aunit ofmea surementand abackl ightoption
for the console andto view consol eusage informatio n\b
1.Selectthe usermo de.
Toselect the use rmod e,press andhold down the
Displa ybu tton for afew seco ndsuntil the user
mod einfo rmat ionappe arsinthe disp lay\b
2 Selecta bac klight option ifdesir ed.
The console has
th ree backlight
option s\bThe ON
option keeps the
backlight on while
th e co nso leison\b
The AUT Oop tion
kee psthe backlight
on on lywh ile you
are pedaling\b The
OFF option turns the ba cklig htoff\b
The upperdisp laywill show thecurrently selected
backlight optio n\bPress theResi stance incre ase
butto nrepe ated lyto select thedesi redbacklight
option \b\f. Select auni tof measur ement ifdesire d.
Theconsol eca nshow peda ling speed and dis-
tance in either mile s or kilom ete rs\b
The lo we rrigh tdi spl ay will sh ow the selected unit
ofmeasu reme nt\bA n E forEn glish miles oran M
formet ric kil om eter swill appe arin the lower right
di spl ay\bTo change the unitof me asurement, press
the Resi stance decrease button rep eatedl y\b
Not e: Whe nyou replace the batter ies, itmay be
necessaryto resel ectth e uni tof measurem ent\b
4. View cons oleusage inform ation ifde sired.
The lo we rle ft disp la y will sh ow the total numberof
hours th at the con solehas been usedsince the
ellipt ica lexer ciser was pur cha sed\b
5. Exi tthe user mode.
Press the Displ ay but ton to save the con sole set-
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Inspectandtighte nallpar tsof the elliptical exerciser
re gularly \bRep lace anywor npar tsimmedia tely\b
To clean the ellip ticalexer ciser, useada mp clo thand
a small amountofmild soap\b IMPORT ANT:To avoid
da mage tothe cons ole,keep liquids awayfrom
the consol eand kee pthe console outofdir ect
sunlight.
CO NSOLE TROUBLESHOOTING
Ifthe con sole does not displ ayyou rheart rate when
youho ldthe hand grip pul se sensor, orifthe displaye d
heartrat eapp ears to be too highor too low, see step
5on pa ge 16\b
HO WTO ADJ UST THEDRIVE BELT
If the pe dals slipwhile
youare peda ling,eve n
while the resista nceis
adjusted tothe high est
level,the drive belt ma y
nee dto be adju sted\bTo
adju stthe drive belt,first
us eafla tscre wdriverto
ro tate the righ tDisc (71)
counte rclockwise \bThe n,
remov ethe righ tDisc from the right Disc Mount(7\f)\b
Locate and loosen theM10 x\f\fm mBo lt(89)\b Next,
tighten the M8 x38m mHe xScrew (88)untilthe Drive
Belt (11 3)istig ht\bThe n,retighten theM10 x\f\fmm
Bolt \b
Re attach theright disc byrotati ngit clockwise into the
right disc mount \bHO WTO ADJU ST THE REED SWI TCH
Ifthe consol edo es not disp lay cor rect feedba ck,the
reed switch shoul dbe ad just ed\bTo adjust thereed
swi tch, fir st use aflat scr ewdriver to rotate theleft disc
cou nter clo ckwi se\bThen, rem ove the left disc from the
leftdi sc moun t\b
Locate the Re ed Switc h(3 8)\b Loo sen, but do not
remo ve,the indic ate dM4 x16 mm Reed Switc hSc rew
(69 )\bSlid ethe Re ed Switc hsligh tlyclo se rto or aw ay
from aMagnet (43 )on the Pulley (1 9)\b Th en, ret igh ten
the M4 x16mm Screw\b Turn th e Pu lleyfo ra mom ent\b
Re pea tuntil th e co nso le disp lays corre ct fe edb ack\b
Reat tach th e lef tdi sc by rot ating itclockwise into the
leftdi sc moun t\b
HOWTO GREA SE THERO LLE RS
See the EXPLO DED DRAWI NG near theend ofthis
manu al\bIf the Rol le rs (5 1) squ eakwhen movingon
the Ramp (3) ,appl ya sma ll a mo unt ofwhite mari ne
grea seequ ally to each Roller \bS pr ead thegrease
evenly ar ound th e Rol ler s\b Pedal the elliptical exercis-
erunt ila thi n film of gr ease is dist ributed alongthe
Ramp;wipe off any exce ssgrea se\b
MAIN TEN ANC EAND TROU BLESHOOTING
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