AUSTRIALPIN AB20Y-SET, Manual

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Operating instructions:
1. Installation
a) Clip the carabiner HMS RONDO autolock
selfie into the belay loop of your climbing
harness. Make sure that the selfie-bar encloses
the belay loop, so that it is not possible for the
carabiner to twist or turn. see illustration 3
b) Place the rope into the rope uptake of the
FISH. Make sure the rope is placed in the
correct direction. The rope faces for brake hand
and climber must correspond to the graphic
depiction on the device. see illustration 4
c) Feed the carabiner through the carabiner
slits on the FISH and through the rope loop.
Make sure that rope and both carabiner slits
are clipped into the carabiner and that the
carabiner closure is correctly locked. Make
sure that the slackening cock of the FISH points
towards the person who is securing and the
operating bar points away from the person.
see illustration 5
2. Feeding out the rope
Method 1: Tube principle (sticht principle)
see illustration 6
Method 2: place the thumb of your brake hand
under the operating bar of the FISH and move
the device horizontally away from you. Make
sure that your brake hand loosely encloses the
free rope end with tunnel-grip. The other hand
pulls the rope through the device.
see illustration 7
3. Pull in the rope
The lead hand reels in the rope, the brake hand
is briefly raised and pulls the rope through
the device. Then the brake hand returns
immediately down to where it was. Move your
brake hand with tunnel-grip back to the device.
see illustration 8a, 8b, 8c
4. Catch the jerk of the fall
Hold the free end of the rope in fully enclosing
grip, keep your brake hand below.
5. Slacken off
Method 1: Use your lead hand to operate the
slackening cock. see illustration 9
The brake hand encloses (tunnel-grip) the
free rope end. If the slackening cock is pulled
completely toward the body, the slackening
speed is strongly braked or brought to a full
stop, depending on rope diameter.
Method 2: Hold the free rope end with both
hands. Place the thumb of one hand under the
operating cock of the FISH and move the device
horizontally away from you or pull it upwards.
see illustration 10
6. Rapelling
For rapelling, lay the device in place (as
depicted in illustration 11) and secure with a
brake knot. Tie a knot in the rope end.
Special instructions for use:
The FISH has an autotube function. In case
of a fall, the device blocks independently and
without any additional hand movement or
strength. IMPORTANT: the free rope end must at
all times be firmly held by the brake hand (with
tunnel-grip, see illustration 12). Always tie a
knot in the free rope end in order to prevent the
rope from slipping completely through!
Never hold the device completely enclosed.
see illustration 13
Always make sure that all component parts
of the system are properly connected with