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Driving your electric wheelchair
Driving your electric wheelchair
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13.9
The driving programmes / drive levels
The PARAVAN electric wheelchair has four different driving programmes, or drive levels. You can select the
drive level you want or final driving speed of your electric wheelchair on the control panel.
You can reach the maximum final speed of the relevant drive level by pushing the joystick forward as far as
it goes.
The functions of each of the drive levels are as follows:
›
Drive level 1
Highest level of control of the electric wheelchair
20% of final speed, for travelling around rooms.
›
Drive level 2
40% of final speed.
›
Drive level 3
60% of final speed.
›
Drive level 4
80% of final speed.
›
Drive level 5
For experienced drivers/users only
Maximum final speed.
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See Section "16 Controls"
13.10 Driving manually, manual operation
Fig. 27: Brake release lever (emergency
release)
›
If you want to push the electric wheelchair, you must move both
brake release levers
on the left and right-hand side to
"UNLOCK"
(their downward position).
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L
Do not switch to
"UNLOCK"
on sloping surfaces! In this setting
the drive motor has no braking function!
Settings on the brake release lever
LOCK
›
Lever in its upward position
= drive, braking system active!
UNLOCK
›
Lever in its downward position
= for pushing, braking system disabled!
13.10.1
Use of the brake release lever (emergency release)