
4.0 General safety warning and user tips
4.1 General warnings
WARNING!
Always ensure that your wheelchair is switched off before •
attempting to mount or dismount.
Always ensure that you are able to operate all 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, especially •
if you intend using your wheelchair in poor light.
This wheelchair has been built to match the needs of 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.•
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 Backwards
with a FWD and MWD chair. Please read carefully the section
4.34 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 steps. It is unsafe
to do so and could cause personal injury or damage the chair.
The Groove has only been designed to climb a single step or
kerb.
We recommend that users with upper trunk instability 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 when the
freewheel levers are moved from the normal drive position to
the freewheel position (Fig. 4.1 and Fig. 4.2). 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 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., 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 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
Fig. 4.2
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