Setting Up The Bathlift In The Bathtub; Removing The Bathlift From The Bathtub - Aquatec ORCA Mode D'emploi

2. Insert the power plug (2, fig. 3) of the charger into
the power socket.
The red indicator lamp (5, fig. 9) on the hand control
stays on until the battery is fully recharged.
3. Pull the charger out of the power socket.
4. Push the unlocking sleeve (5, fig. 3) upwards and
disconnect the jack plug of the charger from the
jack socket on the hand control.
5.2

Setting up the bathlift in the bathtub

CAUTION!
The seat may slip if the suction cups do not
adhere properly.
●
Before you set up the bathlift, clean the
bathtub and the suction cups.
● Do not move the bathlift once you have
installed it in the bathtub.
Important!
●
The suction cups have to be attached.
● The battery in the hand control must be fully
charged.
●
The spindle foot must be fully retracted.
●
When lifting, please remember: The seat
weighs 7.7 kg and the backrest weighs
4.6 kg (without the hand control).
● If your bathtub has a handrail, use the side-
flap diverter (optional).
1. Place the seat (2, fig. 4) onto the base of the emp-
ty bathtub. The spindle foot retainer (3, fig. 4)
must point towards the end of the bathtub oppo-
site the drain (1, fig. 4).
2. Fold the sideflaps of the seat outwards (fig. 5).
3. Place the backrest (without the hand control) (1,
fig. 6) onto the seat so that the hooks (2, fig. 6) in
the backrest fit in the hinges (3, fig. 6) of the seat
plate (4, fig. 6).
CAUTION!
There is a risk of damage if the spindle foot
slips out.
●
Before you fold up the backrest, check
whether the spindle is fully retracted.
●
After you have folded the backrest up,
check whether the spindle foot is in the
spindle foot retainer.
4. Carefully lift the backrest by pulling it up to the
limit position at the head end (fig. 6).
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5. Plug the jack plug with the unlocking sleeve (3,
fig. 7) on the curled cable (2, fig. 7) of the hand
control (1, fig. 7) onto the jack plug (4, fig. 7) until
the locking mechanism engages noticeably.
The bathlift is now ready for use.
5.3

Removing the bathlift from the bathtub

1. Let the water out of the bathtub.
2. Lower (1, fig. 8) the bathlift with the DOWN button
(4, fig. 9), until the backrest is at the stop in low-
ered limit position.
3. Unlock the jack socket on the curled cable of the
hand control by pushing up the unlocking sleeve
(3, fig. 7) and pull it off the jack plug (4, fig. 7).
Important!
●
When folding the backrest down, ensure
that the curled cable (2, fig. 7) of the hand
control does not get caught.
●
Do not fold the backrest down if there is wa-
ter in the bathtub.
4. Take hold of the backrest at the head-end with
one hand and fold it forwards up to the limit posi-
tion (2, fig. 8).
Important!
When lifting, please remember: The seat
weighs 7.7 kg, and the backrest weighs 4.3 kg
(without the hand control).
5. Pull the backrest up off the seat (3, fig. 8) and out
of the bathtub.
6. Fold the sideflaps on the seat inwards (4, fig. 8).
Important!
Release the suction cups at the rear simulta-
neously.
7. To release the rear suction cups, pull the straps (6,
fig. 1).
8. Lift the rear end of the seat further (5, fig. 8).
This releases the front suction cups.
Important!
If you have installed the height adapters (op-
tional), you also have to pull the straps on the
front suction cups to release them.
9. Take the seat out of the bathtub.
10. Carefully put away all components of the bathlift.
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