AAT S-max, Original User Manual

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1 General information
Con gra tu la tions! With the ac qui si ti on of this stair clim bing sys tem you have
a de vi ce that will quic kly be co me a re li ab le and in dis pen sa ble part ner in
trans por ting phy si cal ly dis ab led peo ple.
With the s-max you are able to trans port one per son sa fe ly and ef fort less ly
up- and downs tairs; even win ding stairs are no pro blem for the s-max. Dri -
ving on slo pes is also pos si ble. The sa fe ty bra kes on both si des of the s-max
en su re your sa fe ty.
Na tu ral ly the s-max is also suit ab le to dri ve on le vel ground. The de vi ce is
light weight, fle xi ble and does not take up much spa ce.
The s-max is ca pa ble of clim bing stairs up to a step height of 22 cm. The mi -
ni mum depth of the step’s sur fa ce must be 12 cm re gard less of the type of
stairs (re gu lar straight stairs or win ding stairs).
The ne ces sa ry step width con cer ning straight stairs is the width of the s-max
plus an ex tra 10 cm for ma no euv ring.
The mi ni mum plat form size for u-sha ped stairs de pends on fac tors such as
the wheelchair’s di men sions, etc. Your AAT re pre sen ta ti ve or your aut ho ri -
zed dea ler are hap py to ad vi se you.
The sti cker with the device’s se ri al num ber is lo ca ted in si de the batteries’
dra wer. Re mo ve the bat te ry pack and read the num ber.
1.1 How to use this user's manual
The user's ma nu al is part of the de li very pa cka ge and in struct you step by
step about the safe and ade qua te use of the s-max. Ope ra ting the s-max ta -
kes a cer tain skill.
Plea se read this user’s ma nu al ca re ful ly and par ti cu lar ly take note of the sa -
fe ty in struc tions be fo re you use the s-max for the first time.
Af ter rea ding, plea se sto re this user's ma nu al at an ap pro pria te pla ce for
furt her re fer en ce.
1.2 Instruction
In the in te rest of your sa fe ty the s-max may only be ope ra ted by trai ned per -
son nel.
In struc ti on on how to ope ra te the de vi ce is part of the de li very pa cka ge and
ta kes pla ce with your aut ho ri zed dea ler or an AAT re pre sen ta ti ve.
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Plea se read this user’s ma nu al ca re ful ly and par ti cu lar ly take note
of the sa fe ty in struc tions be fo re you use the s-max for the first time.
1.3 Care and maintenance
One of the most im por tant aspects con cer ning the main ten an ce of the s-max
is char ging the sea led lead acid bat te ries. They are part of the bat te ry pack
and must be char ged every time af ter using the de vi ce.
Ot her than that your s-max does not need much care or main ten an ce. More
ex ten si ve in struc tions you find in chap ter 8.
1.4 Warranty and liability
For da ma ge that was cau sed by ina de qua te use dis re gar ding this ma nu al we
as su me no lia bi li ty what soe ver. (Plea se read chap ter 9 for more de tai led in -
for ma ti on con cer ning war ran ty and lia bi li ty).
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