New in Version 4.6

PC Coach has some exciting news for RS200 and CS200 owners. PC Coach Elite version 4.6 (released 12/18) adds the capability to download data from these two monitors, and get lap data as well as your summary data.

Downloading Workout Data from Polar RS200 and CS200

The Polar RS200 made a big splash recently when it entered the market as an affordable system with running speed and distance. Its sleek modern look and lightweight, comfortable feel quickly made it the model of choice for many runners. Truly, it does a great job with the basics of speed and distance with heart rate. Runners not interested in big-time features such as 5-second sampling, downloading and compatibility with cycling-inputs are drawn to its reasonable price, and its smaller lighter ‘footprint’ on the wrist. Likewise, the CS200 serves cyclists with a similar positioning.

Now comes round two of big surprises from these little wonders. The big news here is that these models were secretly packed with more power than Polar has told, because they download much more workout data than anyone knew. Although not supported in Polar’s software products, the RS200 and CS200 actually download, for each of sixteen workouts, not just workout summary data, but also information about every lap, such as time, distance, heart rate and pace. The engineers here at PC Coach have tapped into that power and are bringing it to you with newly announced support for these two fabulous new monitors in release 4.6 of PC Coach. (This feature will be included in all versions of PC Coach and the training bundles.)

Now you can use your RS200 or CS200 with PC Coach and get a graphical display of your workouts showing all the details of every lap. Just press the lap button at every significant change (end of warm-up, start and end of each interval, etc.) and you’ll get a graph that does a pretty good job of representing your workouts, even interval sessions, in spite of the lack of sampled datapoints.

Or use this feature combined with the autolap feature and you can go for a run or ride and count on the monitor to save a lap for you every so often, based either on distance or time. This results in a good record of your changes in heart rate plus pace or speed throughout the workout without having to remember to save the laps manually.

The RS200 and CS200 are relatively new additions to Polar’s lineup. They represent a new generation of products that are much easier to understand and use than past models. Their screens are large and very readable, and flexible without burdening the user with a lot of features that are not central to the task. Athletes who want all the features and full sampled-data graphs will still prefer the S625X or S725X models of course, but for a large number of only ‘moderately-fanatical’, these less expensive models will be a very interesting alternative.

If you are interested in buying the RS200sd or CS200, please call us at 800-522-6224. If you wish to buy PC Coach, call us or visit our store.

If you own a RS200, CS200 or any other monitor that downloads with SonicLink (the watch beeps to download your data), and you have trouble downloading, the problem could be your microphone.

We have a low-cost microphone that we have tested with SonicLink monitors, and it works great. If you are having trouble downloading, consider getting the PC Coach SonicLink mic.

Available from PC Coach for just $15.

In addition to compatibility with the RS200 and CS200 monitors, PC Coach 4.6 includes corrections to various scheduling problems in the Benson and Galloway training plans.

If you already have PC Coach Elite 4.X but not yet 4.6, visit our support site (after 12/17) to download a free update: www.pccoach.com/support/supp_elite_latest.htm