6
Control and display elements
Before we get to the actual instructions for operation, we would like to in-
troduce the v-max
+
’s most important components to you
.
Your v-max+ was prepared for you by AAT or your dealer so that when the
device is properly mounted, locked and connected, it is ready to use as
soon as you turn it on.
Please familiarize yourself with the device at first with an empty wheel-
chair to acquire a feeling for its functions as well as the panic switch.
6.1
Control unit
The wheelchair driver’s attendant controls all of the
v-max+'s functions by
means of the control unit.
6.1.1
Speed control
The speed control
allows you to pre-select speed.
F
Turn the speed control counter-clockwise all the way for minimum
speed.
You must begin with minimum speed when you use the
v-max+ for the
first time.
6.1.2
Rocker switch
With the rocker switch you determine the direction and speed (up to the
pre-selected speed) of the
v-max+.
F
Use the rocker switch carefully
.
To drive forward you press the longer back part of the rocker switch
.
To
drive backward, please press the rocker switch’s shorter front part
.
The v-max+
speeds up the more you press the rocker switch until you re-
ach the maximum pressure point. It slows down the more you release the
rocker switch
.
If you release the rocker switch entirely while driving, the power unit bra-
kes until the wheelchair comes to a standstill. To increase the braking ef-
fect, the power unit reverses the polarity.
Two seconds after standstill is reached, an electro-magnetic parking brake
becomes active
.
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