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System | Acentas | Activio | Polar | Suunto |
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Installation | (i) On USB stick (+) (ii) All drivers included (+) | (i) Easy installation (+) (ii) Driver problems (Win XP) (−) | (i) Installation by Polar personnel (+) (ii) Complicated installation process (−) (iii) Connectivity of LAN not existing (−) (iv) Permanent update function (−) | (i) No software included, download only on homepage (−) (ii) Same problem with drivers (−) (iii) Nevertheless, easily installed (+) |
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Menu navigation (intuitional, unproblematic) | (i) Automatic recognition of chest belts (+) (ii) Well-arranged & simple screen (+) | (i) Very good arrangement of functions & team function (+) (ii) Long-loading software (−) (iii) Manual recognition of chest belts (−) | (i) Long-loading software (−) (ii) Long recognition of each receiver unit (−) (iii) Complex software (−) (iv) Overloaded screen (−) (v) No automatically recording of data (−) | (i) Well-arranged & simple screen (+) |
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Features (user friendliness, help function, additional function, graphical representation of data, use and treatment of data) | (i) Simple personalisation of a subject (+) (ii) Complete pdf instruction manual (+) (iii) Good and easy graphical representation of data (+) (iv) Simple data recording & saving (+) (v) Good data export (+) (vi) No import of different systems’ data possible (−) | (i) Simple and fast recognition of active chest belts (+) (ii) Good team function (+) (iii) Clear separation of single and team players (+) (iv) Help function did not work (−) (v) Good and easy graphical representation of data (+) (vi) Good data comparison & treatment (+) (vii) Simple data print, pdf creation and export (+) (viii) No import of different systems’ data possible (−) | (i) Multifaced and user-friendly data creation (+) (ii) Comprehensive features (+) (iii) Extensive help function (+) (iv) Initial problems (−) (v) Good and easy graphical representation of data and saved sessions (+) (vi) Overloaded graphical presentation for several individuals (−) (vii) Email export (+) (viii) No import of different systems’ data possible (−) | (i) Unlabelled belts, boxes (−) (ii) Time-consuming data input (−) (iii) Missing “team” function of monitor software (−) (iv) Poor search function (−) (v) Good help function (+) (vi) Good and easy graphical representation of data (+) (vii) Separate connection of every single player (−) (viii) Simple data recording & saving (+) (ix) No additional features (−) (x) No import of different systems’ data possible (−) |
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