Owner`s manual

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5 Preparing your wheelchair for use
5.1 Handling the wheelchair
Note: To dismantle the chair for transport or storage no tools are
required.
List of components when dismantled (components below are
related to the maximum detachable parts and dependent on the
type of seating system chosen):
1 pair of armrests
1 pair of legrests,
1 backrest (Std. Rehab/comfort seat only)
1 drive unit with seat frame
5.2 Preparation for transportation or storage
First remove the legrests if swing away legrests are attached.
Leave the armrests in the fold down position. (Fig.21,23)
disconnect the Hand Control,
(Fig.22), if necessary. Release
and lift off the backrest at the
frame. Now you can store the
chassis part. By releasing the
freewheel mechanism on the left
and right side of the chassis you
can move the drive unit as close
as possible to the place you want
to store it.
You can also drive the base
with the joystick up or down a
ramp into and out of a car for
transportation. Make sure,
when the chair is stored or left
in the car or anywhere else, the
controller is switched off and
the freewheel mechanisms
are engaged.
If there is a need to lift the drive
unit the big side frame tubes
should be used. Caution
should be taken if the chair
is in freewheel.
To remove the control pod.
To remove the control pod
you have to access the
motor controller through the
plastic cover between the
castor wheels and remove
the square remote control connector.
Place the control pod & arm in a safe place until required.
To reconnect the hand control just use the process in reverse.
5.3 Re-Assembling
Replace the backrest into the receivers and tighten the lever
screws carefully. If required reconnect the remote controller.
Attach the hangers. Make sure your
freewheel mechanisms are engaged.
Now you are ready to drive the chair.
WARNING - Never lift the wheelchair by
the armrests or the leg rests, since they
are detachable and harm could be done
to the user or to the wheelchair.
5.4 Brake release
(Fig. 24+25) By pulling the release levers on both sides of the
base into the up position the brakes are released from the
motors.
(Fig. 24a, 25a) By rotating the red lever outwards on both sides
of the motor the brakes are released from the motors.
Please ensure the controller is switched off before you engage
the freewheel levers – Failure to do so will increase the force
needed to push the chair.
This may only be used in an
emergency, or if you need to
manually push your wheelchair. It
is not intended for permanent use
or to push the wheelchair up/down
a slope with the user sitting in it.
Note: The chair’s automatic
braking system will not work
unless the brake release levers
are in the “drive” or down position.
WARNING - Motor surfaces can
be hot after use. Be careful not
to touch the motor casing when
disengaging the freewheel.
WARNING - Never attempt
to disengage the freewheel
mechanism whilst sitting on a
slope.
WARNING - Always ensure the
freewheel levers are returned to
the down / drive position.
Emergency Freewheel device
NOTE:
Incaseyourpowerchairistted
with the Emergency freewheel
device the following instruction
applies:
When switched off the powerchair
remains immobile due to the posi-
tive locking action of the automatic electromagnetic brakes built
onto the motors.
If you need to move the powerchair without the use of battery
power then operate the brake release levers (Section 4.5 - Fig 1
& 2) as described in section x.
However if the force needed to push the powerchair to too high
for you to manage then the Emergency Freewheel device may
be used. It should only be used with a user in the powerchair
in Emergency situations as the automatic brakes will become
inoperable.
WARNING
The automatic brakes become inoperative when the Emergency
Freewheel (in rear wheel drive mechanism) is disengaged al-
lowing the power chair to run free if left on an inline.
There is an independent device in each wheel that have to be
disengaged separately. DO NOT disengage the Emergency
Freewheel devices if the powerchair is located on a slope.
Disengaging one side may result in the chair turning on the
slope and disengaging both may result in the chair rolling down
the slope.
DO NOT disengage both the Brake releases and
Emergency Freewheel devices at the same time.
Fig. 24
Fig. 25
Fig. 21
Fig. 22
Fig. 23
Fig. 25a
Fig. 24a
Fig. 25b