4.0 General safety warning and user tips
4.1 General warnings
WARNING!
Always ensure that your wheelchair is switched off •
before attempting to transfer in or out.
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.
Never let anyone use your wheelchair without •
authorisation.
• Beawarethatthewheelchairmaycometoasudden
stop during operation. Sunrise Medical recommend
that a lap strap be worn at all times.
• Do not operate the wheelchair if it is behaving
abnormally or erratically.
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 MWD chair. Please read carefully
the section 4.30 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 ZIPPIE SALSA & SALSA M 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 descending or ascending
ramps, curbs or obstacles.
4.4 Routine service
The recommended service interval is one year. (See
service history table, section 14, Fig. 14.1).
4.5 Brake release
DANGER!
The Brake release, (freewheel), is only to be used in •
an emergency power breakdown situation e.g. Where
a large distance has to be covered to get the user
home or into a safe environment.
Brake release can also be used if a complete and •
catastrophic loss of power such as control system
failure or battery failure has occurred.
Brake release should not be habitually used as •
a means of transporting the user as if in a manual
chair.
When the power chair is functioning normally, the •
brake release should only be used to park or store the
unoccupied wheelchair.
Do not operate the freewheel device whilst seated in •
the wheelchair.
The freewheel device should only be operated by a •
person who has the strength and agility to be able
to fully manoeuvre the wheelchair safely, during
freewheel.
Please remember that you have no braking facility when
the Brake release, (freewheel), levers are moved from the
normal drive position to the freewheel position.
Fig. 4.3 and Fig. 4.4 .
DANGER!
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.
Fig. 4.3 Fig. 4.4
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