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To recline the Captain Seat, simply pull the lever on the right side of the seat
and lean back. The backrest angle can be changed step-less from 90° to
134°.
Pull the recline lever on Captain Seat
17.
Handling the mechanical brakes
This chapter provides information of mechanical brakes for the assistant.
The drive motors of the wheelchair have electro mechanical brakes. The brake
can be released to set the wheelchair into freewheel mode. In freewheel mode
the wheelchair can be pushed. This might be necessary to move the
wheelchair in certain cases.
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Release the mechanical brakes
To release the mechanical brakes, take the following steps.
Look for the lever at the side of the
wheelchair. Turn the lever downward to
release the mechanical brakes and turn
it upward to engage the brake for
driving mode. Around the lever is an
instruction sticker which shows the
direction to release or engage the
mechanical brake. Refer to the figure at
the right side.