How To Use

Turning the PM On/Off

The PM will turn on when you:

Start to pull
Press Menu/Back
Insert a LogCard or USB cable
Insert batteries or battery pack

The PM turns off after four minutes of inactivity on a workout screen, or after one minute on the Main Menu screen.

General Operation

The PM automatically displays your workout data as soon as you start skiing. It is not necessary to press any buttons if you do not want to.
Press Menu/Back to go back to the previous display.
Press Change Units or Change Display at any time during and after your ski to view different units and a different presentation of your workout data.
We encourage you to explore the menu and experiment with the buttons!

Additional Information

Additional information is also available at concept2.com/us/service/monitors.

Just Ski

Just Ski is designed for those days when you would rather not push any buttons or pre-set your workout. Your first pull will turn on the PM and start recording your workout time and distance automatically. You may also select Just Ski to set up the PM screen before you start skiing.

Note: You must ski for at least one minute for results to be saved in memory or on your LogCard.

Just Ski allows you to ski up to 50,000 meters.

Select Workout

The PM lets you choose or create a wide variety of workouts. You can choose from the Standard List of pre-set workouts provided on the PM, or you can create workouts of your own and build your own Custom List. If you have a LogCard, you can store your five favorite workouts (Favorites) on the LogCard.

The ReSki function allows you to “re-ski” a saved workout (in Memory or on the LogCard) by skiing against a Pace Skier driven by a split-by-split* replay of the saved workout. You can also race a Pace Skier in a New Workout by entering a pace for the Optional Pace Skier setting when you set up the workout.

*Understanding Splits: Your workout results will be displayed and stored in two ways: as a final result for the total distance or time, and as a set of points along the way called splits. The splits show how your pace varied through the workout. If you select a workout from Standard List, Custom List, or Favorites, the duration of the split will be set for you. If you set up a New Workout you have the opportunity to set the split duration. The PM divides you New Workout into five segments, or splits, unless you alter the split duration during set up. Interval workouts are not formatted to utilize splits.

To edit Custom List you must have a LogCard inserted. From Main Menu select More Options > LogCard > LogCard Utilities > Edit Custom List. This enables you to copy workouts from Favorites on your LogCard to the Custom List on the monitor.

Games

The PM3 comes with the Fish Game. The PM4 also includes the Darts Game and Target Training.

For more information on these, see the Games page.

Racing (PM4 Only)

The PM4 enables you to set up races with up to eight PM4-equipped SkiErgs without using a computer. This can be done wirelessly or by using Ethernet patch cables available from Concept2.

For more information and resources, visit concept2.com/us/racing/c2monitors.

Information/Help

The PM contains on-board information to help you if the manual is not available. This section includes a brief skiing lesson with an animation of proper skiing technique, an explanation of the drag factor, information about batteries and more. We encourage you to press the Information button from the Main Menu and read through the information provided.

More Options

The More Options menu provides the following functions and utilities:

Display Drag Factor: Drag factor is a measure of fan load. The PM self-calibrates by recalculating the drag factor every stroke so you get a true measure of your effort regardless of the damper setting or changing conditions.
Utilities: Allows you to re-set the date, time or language. You can also adjust the contrast of the LCD, check battery status and add workouts to the Custom List.
Connect Suunto HR: (PM4 only) Suunto heart rate chest belts can be used to display and record your heart rate. Each Suunto chest belt has a unique ID number. Use this menu to select your chest belt’s ID number. Save your ID number to a LogCard to have the LogCard automatically recognize your Suunto chest belt (for future workouts). Garmin and other ANT SPORT chest belts may also be used. For more information, visit concept2.com/heartrate.
Memory/LogCard: The PM stores workouts in two ways. If no LogCard is present, the PM will store your most recent workouts in Memory. The oldest are automatically deleted. If a LogCard is inserted before a workout, the workout data is stored on the LogCard, which stores approximately 300 workouts. The LogCard enables you to track your total and monthly meters and your performance during each split or interval of your workout (including heart rate, if available). You can view your workouts listed by date or by type. Workout data can be moved from Memory to LogCard.
Switch Users: Enables you to switch from one user to another on a shared LogCard.