Handicare ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS, Руководство пользователя

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Operating instructions
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3.3.2 Switching on the Midway and the Atlantic
Switching on the Midway and the Atlantic is done in the same way.
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Switch on the wheelchair by pressing the on/off button.
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Check the battery indicator to make sure the batteries have sufficient power for the journey you are planning.
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Check the lighting.
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Check the speed indicator to ensure that the correct speed is selected for the journey you are planning. If desired, select another
speed as follows:
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Press the increase-speed knob (on the right-hand side of the controller) or the reduce-speed knob (on the left-hand side of
the controller), see Figure 17.
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View the speed indicator to check whether you have selected the correct speed.
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Push the joystick forward to move forward with the wheelchair.
3.3.3 Switching on the Antibes
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Switch on the wheelchair by pressing the on/off button.
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Check the battery indicator to make sure the batteries have sufficient power for the journey you are planning.
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Check the lighting.
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Check the speed indicator to ensure that the correct speed is selected for the journey you are planning. If desired, select another
speed as follows:
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Press the ‘mode’ key once.
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Move the joystick to the right to set to a higher speed; move the joystick to the left to set to a lower speed.
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By pushing the joystick forward once and then releasing it, the joystick will return to the drive function.
3.3.4 Moving away
By moving the joystick to a position in between neutral and maximum, a driving speed is selected. This selection is continuously
adjustable.
On the Midway and the Antibes, steering is also done using the joystick: when driving forward, the wheelchair will move into the
direction in which you move the joystick.
Driving on sandy roads, especially if covered with loose sand, will use up a lot of energy. Keep in mind that your batteries will be
depleted more quickly.
Avoid long-term driving through rain, and through deep puddles, mud, high grass, snow, etc.
3.3.5 Brakes
By releasing the joystick of the wheelchair (moving it to its neutral position), the wheelchair will brake on the motor. As soon as the
wheelchair has come to a standstill, you will hear a click, indicating that the parking brake is applied.
3.3.6 Coming to a standstill and making an emergency stop
During the braking action, the motor acts as the brake. Upon coming to a standstill, the electric parking brake is applied. The
wheelchair is now in parking position.
To make an emergency stop, move the joystick in the opposite direction.
3.3.7 Switching off
Switch off the wheelchair by pressing the on/off switch (see Figure 17 on page 24)
If the wheelchair is equipped with a flipover joystick module, mounted in a tray, the wheelchair has to be turned OFF before the
joystickbox is flipped over, to avoid unwanted activities of powered functions.
3.3.8 Transfer
Warning!
Switch off the wheelchair before making a transfer. The parking brake will be applied automatically.
There are 2 possibilities for making a transfer in or out of the wheelchair:
Transfer sideways:
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position the wheelchair as closely as possible to the object of transfer (for example a table or a bed)
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remove one of the arm rests.
Transfer forward:
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position the wheelchair as closely as possible to the object of transfer (for example a table or a bed)
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fold up the foot plates, swivel the leg rests aside and, if applicable, remove the calf strap.