10
Quickie Jive
4.0 general safety warning and user tips
4.1 general warnings
warnIng!
Always ensure that your wheelchair is switched off
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before attempting to mount or dismount.
Always ensure that you are able to operate all
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controls from a comfortable position. Paying attention
to your posture is essential to ensure your continued
comfort and well being.
Always make sure that you can be seen clearly,
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especially if you intend using your wheelchair in poor
light.
This wheelchair has been built to match the needs of
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a particular user. If used by another user then it may
need to be adjusted and reprogrammed.
Do not let children or others use your wheelchair.
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4.2 features and options
note:
Some of the options shown in this manual may
not be available in your country and may also restrict
the overall physical limits of the standard product (e.g.
max. speed, user weight limit, etc.). Those limitations are
marked on the order form, in the technical manual and
in this owner’s manual. For further information please
consult your Sunrise Medical authorised dealer.
4.3 kerbs
danger!
Never descend a kerb Forwards with a RWD chair or
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Backwards with a FWD and MWD chair. Please read
carefully the section 4.33 on kerb climbing in this
manual before attempting to mount and dismount any
kerbs in your wheelchair.
Do not attempt to climb or descend a series of
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steps. It is unsafe to do so and could cause personal
injury or damage the chair. The Jive has only been
designed to climb a single step or kerb.
We recommend that users with upper trunk instability
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wear further customised restraint systems to keep
the upright body position during decending or
ascending ramps, curbs or obstacles.
4.4 routine service
The recommended service interval is one year. (See
service history table in section 16).
4.5 emergency freewheel
danger!
Please remember that you have no braking facility
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when the freewheel levers are moved from the
normal drive position to the freewheel position (
Fig.
4.1
). Always ensure an attendant is with you when
bringing the chair into the freewheel mode.
The wheelchair must never be left with one or both
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levers in the freewheel position. For an enhanced
description of this facility and its limitations to use
please see later section at 5.4.
4.6 emc - radio transmitting devices.
warnIng!
When operating two-way radio, walkie-talkies, C.B.,
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amateur radio, public mobile radio and other powerful
transmitting devices the wheelchair should be
brought to a halt and turned off.
The operation of cordless, mobile telephones
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and cell phones including hands-free devices is
permitted but if abnormal operation of the wheelchair
is encountered then the chair must be brought
immediately to a halt and turned off.
note:
the electrical systems of the wheelchair may
disturb the performance of alarm systems in retail shops.
4.7 emergency braking
There are three ways to stop your wheelchair:
1. Simplest and safest way to stop the wheelchair is to
release the joystick (see Hand Control section 7
). This
will bring the chair to a halt in a controlled manner.
2. Pulling back the joystick will brake the chair abruptly with
a fast stop
3. Switching the control system off whilst the chair is in
motion will also bring the chair to a halt.
warnIng!
This third method is only to be used in an emergency
situation as the stopping action is very abrupt.
Fig. 4.1
