PROGRAMMABLE MAGNETIC EXERBIKE
MONITOR BC-8173II WITH LCD DISPLAY
8173II
SUMMARY :
This system is designed for programmable magnetic bike. There are 3 parts to this system
the monitor (BC-8173II), motor & controller and magnetic braking system.
A. Power up :
1. Before all, you should connect the connection cables with monitor together.
2. Install 4 UM-2 or R-14 batteries into the battery case on the back of monitor.
3. Batteries must be correctly positioned and mark sure the battery spring is properly
contacted with the batteries.
NOTE: The batteries must be removed from the appliance before it is scrapped
and they are disposed of safety.
4. If the power source is coming from ADAPTOR (6V 500mA), plug in the ADAPTOR.
NOTE: We strongly recommend using the adaptor, because power source is more
stable and continue than using batteries and you do not need to replace the batteries.
Pleas take off the batteries, if you would like to use the adaptor for a long period of
time.
5. After power up, all LCD segments will light up for 2 seconds & CPU will be reset the
resistance into level 1. And then the system goes into the initial mode. The displays will
be shown as fig. 2
**REMARK :
DO NOT CONNECT ANY ( AC, DC ) POWER SUPPLY
BEFORE COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED
1. If the connection cables were installed incorrectly, monitor will display “E1” on matrix
display and generate a beep sound. Before asking service, please examine if all
connection cables are well connected and then reset the power to release the beep
sound or press “ START / PAUSE (Hold to reset) “ button to restart system.
2. Using a period of time, if the power source can’t drive the motor and controller
smoothly, the monitor will display a sign of “E1”. Please take out the batteries and wait
for 15 seconds, and then reinstall the new batteries. If the monitor still shows “E1” and
beeps, please call service man.
3. If the monitor shows “ E2 ”message, please call service man.
B. Clock and Date Setting:
1) After power on the monitor, the top of the LCD will display “
PM
12:00
00
01
D
01
M
03
Y
”
and the hour display will flash.
2) Press ♁ or \ button to set up the hour value and then press the ENTER button to
confirm your setting value.
3) Minute display will flash. Press ♁ or \ button to set up the minute value and then
press the ENTER button to confirm your setting value.
4) The Letter of E will flash. It is means the language is English. Press ♁ or \ button to
choose the language you prefer to use. E means English; D means German; F means
French; I means Italian; S means Spanish; A means USA. The indication of date is
Month-Day-Year in USA and the others are Day-Month-Year.
5) The year display will flash. Press ♁ or \ button to set up the year value and then
press the ENTER button to confirm your setting value.
6) The month display will flash. Press ♁ or \ button to set up the month value and then
press the ENTER button to confirm your setting value.
7) The day display will flash. Press ♁ or \ button to set up the day value and then
press the ENTER button to confirm your setting value.
8) The display will go to the program 1.
Note:
If you would like to set alarm, cancel alarm or change clock and date setting, press the
♁ or \ button in the stop mode and go to the clock setting program. This program is
located behind of the program 12 and the window will show SET.
1. Hold the START/PAUSE button two seconds to enter the alarm setting. The
operating procedure is same as the clock setting above.
2. Press the START/ PAUSE to choose with alarm or without alarm function. With
alarm function, the window will display the bell picture. Without alarm function, the
bell picture will disappear from the window.
3. Hold the ENTER button two seconds to enter the clock and date modify function.
The operating procedure is same as the clock above.
Note:
When take off the adaptor or run out of battery will clear the data of clock and date.
C. KEY BOARD:
1. MODE : Change the display of Speed & Cal. Functions to RPM & Performance value
functions, and keep the other functions as the same.
2. ENTER : During PAUSE mode, press ENTER key to enter Time or Age(only in 11
th
&
12
th
program) setting.
3. START/PAUSE : To start or pause exercising.
Hold this button for 2 seconds can enter initial mode & reset all value
to zero.
4. ♁ : Selects Program or sets up the values of load level, time and age. Or set up the
values of clock, date and alarm.
5. \ : Selects Program or sets down the values of load level, time and age. Or set up the
values of clock, date and alarm.
D. OPERATING STEPS :
This system contains of 12 different programs and you can preset the workout time and
system will divide the time by 10 intervals. If you don’t preset workout time, system will
cont up the workout time in one-second increment. Without setting the workout time, the
time will count up and each interval will retain 3 minutes.
1. DETAIL OPERATION OF PROGRAM 1
ST
~ PROGRAM 10
TH
a. To enter the initial mode, press the START/STOP key for over 2 seconds.
b. Then press ♁ or \ key to choice the exercise program you prefer. The profile will
be displayed on the graphic LCD.
c. After finished program setting, press ENTER key to enter Time setting.
d. The press ♁ or \ key to set up your desirous workout time.
e. After finished time setting, press ENTER to exit or press START key to start
exercising.
f. When start exercising, your present workout interval will be flashing in rate of 0.5
second on & 0.5 second off.
g. During exercising you can press ♁ or \ key to increase or decrease your workout
resistance freely.
h. Or you can press PAUSE key to enter PAUSE mode and then press START key
again to restart your exercising again.
i. When you finished workout you select, you can press Start button to begin your
exercise again.
2. DETAIL OPERATION OF PROGRAM 11
TH
~ PROGRAM 12
TH
: (Heart-rate-control)
This is a very unique program. It allows the monitor to adjust the workout resistance
according to your heart rate automatically. If you Present heart rate is greater than
your Target heart rate, CPU will decrease the workout resistance automatically. And if
your Present heart rate is smaller than your Target heart rate, CPU will increase
workout resistance.
FORMULA OF PROGRAM 11
TH
: (60% OF MAX. HEART RATE)
YOUR MAXIMUM HEART RATE = 220 - YOUR AGE
TARGET HEART RATE = 60% * YOUR MAXIMUM HEART RATE
FORMULA OF PROGRAM 12
TH
: (85% OF MAX. HEART RATE)
YOUR MAXIMUM HEART RATE = 220 - YOUR AGE
TARGET HEART RATE = 85% * YOUR MAXIMUM HEART RATE
a. During PAUSE mode, press START/PAUSE key for over 2 seconds to enter initial
mode.
b. Then press ♁ or \ to enter Heart-rate-control program (11
TH
or 12
TH
program).
And the screen will show as Fig of program 11 or program 12 at the last page of this
instruction manual.
c. Then press ENTER key to enter Time setting.
d. After that press ♁ or \ key to set up your desirous exercise time.
e. Repeat step c & d to set up your age.
f. After completion all setting START/PUASE key to start exercising.
**REMARK : If press PAUSE key for over 256 seconds, system will enter HALT mode and
all displays will turn off automatically.
E. FUNCTIONS
After receiving signals, all functional values will be shown up on the screen automatically.
**REMARK :
1. The PULSE rate will be displayed after detected 4 stable pulse signals and it will be
updated by receiving every 2 signals.
2. Each pulse rate signal will be accompanied with one “♥” symbol flash.
FUNCTIONS DISPLAY VALUE
TIME
00:00 ~ 99:59 (COUNT UP)
05:00 ~ 99:00 (COUNT DOWN)
SPEED 0.00 ~ 99.9 KPH (or MPH)
DISTANCE 0.0 ~ 999.9 Km (or Mile)
RPM 0 ~ 999
CALORIE 0.0 ~ 99.9 ~ 100 ~ 999 Kcal
PERFORMANCE VALUE 0 ~ 999
AGE 1 ~ 99
PULSE 40 ~ 240
F. MOTOR PROTECTION :
This is a warning message to users for reminding them if there’s something wrong with
this system.
1. Whenever turn on the power switch, CPU will check if the small motor is at level 1
(Resistance/effort = 1). If not, the monitor will send command to driver motor to level 1.
If there’s no response from the motor, monitor will show “E1” on graphic display.
2. During exercising, if you press ♁ or \ key to adjust workout level but the motor does
not response and repeated three times. The monitor will display the “E1” and generate
a beep sound. You can press Start/Pause key to stop the beeping.
**In above condition, it’s better to check if all the connections between monitor and
motor are normal and whether the motor is working well or not. Then you can re-start
the monitor. If the monitor still presents “E1” & beeps, it’s better to call service man.
G. LCD CONTRAST CALIBRATION :
1 During PAUSE mode, press & hold ENTER & ♁ keys simultaneously for over 2
seconds to enter LCD CONTRAST CALIBRATION mode.
2 Then you can press ♁ or \ key to adjust the LCD contrast to be lighter or darker.
3 After completion LCD CONTRAST CALIBRATION, press START/PAUSE KEY to exit.
4 There are 16 different LCD contrast level can be adjustable.
MANUAL
RAMP
FITNESS TEST
ROLLING
VALLEY
RANDOM
FAT BURN
PLATEAU
INTERVALS
MOUNTAIN
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