Drive DeVilbiss AQUAJOY VALUE User manual

AQUAJOY VALU£ BATHLIFT
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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Table of Contents
AquaJoy VALU£ –Product description.............................................................................................................. 3
Scope.................................................................................................................................................................. 3
For your own safety............................................................................................................................................. 4
Important information........................................................................................................................................... 4
Notes concerning the storage battery, battery charger and hand control.............................................................. 4
Important safety rules .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Notes concerning Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC).............................................................................................. 6
Installation and use.............................................................................................................................................. 6
Unpacking............................................................................................................................................................ 6
First installation in the bath .................................................................................................................................. 7
Attaching and removing the covers.....................................................................................................................10
Installing the headrest (optional).........................................................................................................................11
Hand control.......................................................................................................................................................12
Operating the AquaJoy VALU£ in the bath..........................................................................................................13
Removing the lift from the bath ...........................................................................................................................14
Maintenance and care.........................................................................................................................................16
Maintenance of the bathlift................................................................................................................................16
Cleaning ...........................................................................................................................................................16
Maintenance of seat covers..............................................................................................................................16
Assembly of new cushion plugs for the bathlift covers ......................................................................................16
Maintenance of the battery charger...................................................................................................................17
Charging the storage battery.............................................................................................................................17
Transport / mobile use........................................................................................................................................18
Transport as two separate units........................................................................................................................18
Transport in an interlocked condition ................................................................................................................18
Appendix..............................................................................................................................................................19
Technical Data AquaJoy VALU£ bathlift............................................................................................................19
Troubleshooting................................................................................................................................................21
Notes concerning the disposal..........................................................................................................................21
Re-use/Recycling..............................................................................................................................................21
Warranty.......................................................................................................................................................... 22
Accessories and spare parts............................................................................................................................ 23
Explanation of symbols.....................................................................................................................................24
Type labels .......................................................................................................................................................24
Notes concerning these operating instructions..................................................................................................24

Thank you for deciding to buy a product made
For AquaJoy By Drive. From now on, this
lightweight, high-quality bathlift will make it a lot
easier for you to get in and out of your bath.
This bathlift conforms to the legal standards DIN
EN ISO 10535:2006 and DIN EN 60601-1:1996.
The AquaJoy VALU£ is built with high-quality,
recyclable lightweight plastic. This makes our
product easy to transport and stow away –and
ideally suited for use in the home or away.
The lithium-ion battery is located in the hand
control. The hand control itself can float in the
water. The drive motor and control electronics
are completely water tight, so you can use the
AquaJoy VALU£ even with the shower on.
The sturdy frame dismantles, enabling the seat to
be raised or lowered from 6 cm to 48 cm (2.4 to
18.9 in) height. The lifting rod lifts and lowers the
seat surface when the user pushes the up and
down buttons.
The drive unit with integrated backrest can be
folded down for removal and automatically locks
in to the seat base when the lift is raised. This
prevents unintentional tilting of the backrest.
Intelligent power control ensures that the lift can
only be lowered if sufficient power is available to
raise it again.
AquaJoy VALU£ - Product description
Scope
Bathing aids assist users with their daily hygiene.
These aids compensate, in whole or in part, for
restricted or lost physical functions. The goal of
using such aids is to enable their users to be
independent of help and to give them more
privacy.
Bathlifts are used to lower and raise a user in the
bath. Their use is recommended if the physical
mobility of a person’s upper and/or lower
extremities is significantly reduced making it difficult
to get into or out of the bath or to sit down and
stand up safely. In these cases, the use of a bathlift
is a great help to re-gain independence and privacy
in the bathroom.
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For your own safety
Important information
* Never use the AquaJoy VALU£ to climb in or out of
the bath. Never use it as a stand, lifting device,
ladder, support, or for any similar purposes outside
of the bath. The lift is to be used only in order to
take a bath.
* ALWAYS keep animals and children away from the
bathlift.
* In the event of malfunction or damage, please
contact your specialist dealer immediately. Do not
perform any makeshift repairs or
modifications. Repair work has to be carried out by
authorised specialist workshops or by the
manufacturer only. Non-adherence to this
provision will render our guarantee invalid.
* Only raise or lower the lifting rod when the
back- rest is in an upright position and fully locked.
* Do not use height adapters for this product.
* Do not store the product in the vicinity of heat
sources.
* Before transporting the bathlift please makesure
that the hand control is disconnected.
* If the lift has been exposed to low
temperatures for a long period of time (e.g. pro-
longed storage in a vehicle during winter), allow it
to warm up to room temperature be- fore using it,
so as to avoid damage.
* When using bath oils or salts, please observe the
recommended dosage –such additives may affect
the gliding behaviour of the crossbar mechanism.
* Do not use any acetic acid cleaners or deter-
gents for cleaning the AquaJoy VALU£!
Notes concerning thebattery,
battery charger and hand control:
* Use the hand control only to operate the bath-
lift.
* The bathlift must only be used with an original
hand control made for AquaJoy By Drive.
* Never throw the hand control into an open fire or
store it in the vicinity of fire or strong heat
sources.
* Do not open the hand control. This will invalidate
theguarantee.
* Use only the supplied battery charger tocharge
the battery.
* Do not use the hand control if the housing shows
any signs of damage.
* Use the battery charger only in dry rooms out-
side of the bathroom. Use the charging unit only for
charging the supplied storage battery.
* It is vital that the battery be fully
charged before the first use of the AquaJoy
VALU£ - there- after, it should be charged
after each use.
ATTENTION –VITAL INFORMATION
Fully read the instructions in this
manual prior to use. Failure to do
this may result in injury or damage
Please keep these
operating instructions
in a safe place!
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For your own safety
If the device is not used for long periods of time,
the battery should be re-chargedevery 3 months in
order to increase the longevity of the device.
Do not insert any conductive objects (e.g. need- les,
metal pins, etc.) into the jack socket of the hand
control.
Always disconnect the mains plug from the socket
before cleaning the battery charger.
Clean the battery charger with a dry cloth only.
The AquaJoy VALU£, battery charger and battery,
are built in a very robust way, but should not be
dropped. If you should find any visible and/or
audible signs of damage, do not use the bath- lift
and notify your specialist dealer immediately. We
recommend entering the address of your nearest
representative on the last page of these operating
instructions.
For further information, technical details and
addresses, please read the complete operating
instructions.
In the event of a malfunction, please read our
“Troubleshooting” Chapter in the Appendix to
these operating instructions. Please observe the
information and instructions given there. For your
own safety, please do not use the bathlift until any
defect or malfunction is remedied.
Important safety rules
a) Always sit down in the middle of the lift with your
back against the backrest, with your legs stretched
slightly forward and place your free hand either on
the edge of the bath or on your lap. Use the other
hand to operate the hand control to raise or lower
the lift.
b) Whilst raising or lowering the lift, do not place your
hand between the bath edge and the lift or
underneath the seat as this may cause injury.
c) Persons with severe or mental disabilities must never
be left unattended in the bath. Onlytake a bath
without any help if your ability allows you to do so –
otherwise, ask someone to assist you.
d) Before using the bathlift a test run should be
carried out to check for the correct raising,
lowering and EMERGENCY STOP functions.
e) If a malfunction has occurred, do not operate
the bathlift and ask your specialist dealer to
remedy the problem.
f) Do not use any objects that could get stuck in
the mechanism (e.g. brushes, etc.) whilst using
the bathlift!
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Notes concerning Electromagnetic Compatibility
(EMC)
This product is compliant with the protection
requirements set forth in the Council Directive for
the Harmonization of Legal Stipulations of the
Member States concerning Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMV, IEC 60601-1-2) (89/336/ EWG).
However, the occurrence of electrical interference
cannot be ruled out completely under certain
conditions, i.e. in particular, if mobile phones or
other electrical devices are used.
In the vicinity of the bathlift, do not operate any
life-preserving or life-supporting devices or any
devices that may cause health hazards for users in
the event of malfunction. Such devices may be
subject to electrical interference under certain
conditions, or they may adversely affect the proper
functioning of the bathlift.
If you should detect any malfunctions or unusual
behaviour with your bathlift or in the vicinity or
during the operation of other electrical devices,
please make the bathlift inoperative and notify your
specialist dealer.
For your own safety
Installation and use
Unpacking
Please check the shipping carton for completeness
–it should contain the following parts:
1. AquaJoy VALU£ unit with integrated backrest
and hand control (with integrated battery)
2. Seat unit with side flaps
3. Battery charger
4. Operating Instructions
5. 4 x suction cups, 75mm diameter for assembly
on baseplate NB –if larger 130mm suckers are
ordered these will be assembled prior to
despatch.
6.
If one of these parts should be missing or
damaged, please inform your specialist dealer.
Unpack the charging unit first, then the remaining
parts. The shipping carton may be kept for later use
(i.e. transportation or storage of the bathlift).
Prior to using the device for the first time
we recommend charging the storage
battery. Please follow the information given
in Chapter “Charging the Battery”.
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NB. Please follow these instructions if standard 75mm suckers are ordered –if 130mm (Large) suckers are ordered
then they will already be assembled.
First installation in the bath
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1 –Mushroom Head –2 –Stopper
1) First insert the rear suction cups with
the movable stoppers in front into the
underside of the baseplate.
3) Press the stopper flush into the opening
in the plate from the top.
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1 - Aeration Flap
2) Move the mushroom head of the suction cup
towards the small opening into its end position
by turning slightly. Ensure that the aeration
flaps point towards the rear.
4) Insert the front suction cups in the same
way, but also press the aeration flaps into
the re- cesses in the baseplate. The front
suction cups are thus automatically aerated
when taken out.
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Important note:
The suction cups hold the bathlift firmly in place on
the bottom of the bath. Therefore, the suction
cups at the underside of the AquaJoy VALU£ must
be clean and dry. The bath itself must also be clean
and dry. We recommend cleaning the suction cups
and bathtub regularly with commercial cleaning
agents, so as to achieve highest possible suction.
1. Make sure that the bottom of the bath is empty
and clean (remove anti-slip mats or similar, if
necessary).
2. Place the seat unit with the suction cups
attached to the baseplate into the empty bath.
Make sure that the rear suction cups are
located close to the bevelled edge of the bath.
3. Now insert the drive unit with integrated back
rest into the bearing blocks of the seat unit (see
illustration).
Attention! It is very important
that both guide pins are inserted
into the bearing blocks!
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1 –Bearing Block –2 –Guide Pin
Please make sure that the red stop lever is in the
correct position.
4. Now hold the backrest at the hand grips and
using the other hand tilt it backwards (see
illustration) until the drive unit rests against the
baseplate.
1 –Hand Grip
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5. Connect the hand control to the bathlift. To do
this, plug the jack socket onto the jack plug until it
catches in and the red ring at the jack is unseen.
The bathlift is now ready for movement.
Note: if there is a risk of the backrest
colliding with the back of the bath,
reposition the base further away from
the end of the bath.
6. Make sure that the lifting rod is positioned
correctly in the unlock ramp.
Correct
Incorrect
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Attaching and removing the covers
The covers can be attached and removed very
easily.
To attach the cover, place it correctly on the surface
of the backrest and press the fastening buttons
completely into the holes provided in the backrest
and seat (or seat and side flaps see illustration).
Backrest Cover
Backrest Cover
Seat Cover (Comfort Cover Shown)
Seat Cover
To remove the covers, lift the two fastening
buttons with two fingers; then pull them out.
The bathlift can also be used without covers.
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