Operation; Brakes And Steering - GETINGE Arjohuntleigh Enterprise E8000X Notice D'utilisation

4. Operation

The following chapter describes how to operate the bed.
WARNING
Operate the brake pedals with your feet while wearing suitable
shoes. Do not operate the pedals with your hands.

Brakes and steering

The pedals have three positions as shown below:
BRAKE
The brake pedals at the foot end of the bed can be linked by a
Brake pedal
bar
full width bar.
Position the bed so that all the castors line up in the direction
Using the
steering castor
of travel. Raise the pedals to lock the steering castor and move
the bed by pushing it from the opposite end.
The steering castor may be at either end of the bed, as specified
by the customer.
Brake pedal appearance may alter slightly on actual product, but
functionality and user instructions remains unchanged.
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• BRAKE: brakes are applied on all four castors.
• FREE: all four castors are free to rotate and swivel.
• STEER: all four castors can rotate, but the steering
castor (see below) is locked so that it cannot swivel. This
helps to keep the bed on a straight line.
FREE STEER