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be reset by deactivating.
Critical error in Hövding when cycling
Clear repeated warning signal with the Front LED (13) with
a flashing red light. Please contact your retailer or Hövding
via hovding.com if your Hövding experiences a critical error.
BLUETOOTH®
Hövding is equipped with Bluetooth®5 BLE. The app is
available on the App Store and Google Play. For more infor-
mation visit hovding.com. Bluetooth®pairing is activated
by holding down the Multifunction button (15) for 3 sec-
onds. Hövding will exit the Bluetooth®pairing mode when
the device is unplugged or after 1 min.
HÖVDING’S SERIAL NUMBER
The serial number (5) is located on the inside of the collar
folded into a pocket by the arrow with the text “Serial
Number” (M + 9 digits). The serial number will not be visible
if there is a basic cover or seasonal cover fitted.
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE
Regularly check to ensure that Hövding does not have any
visible damage; if this occurs, contact your retailer or our
customer service team at hovding.com for further informa-
tion. Do not use Hövding if it is visibly damaged. Hövding
must not be repaired, sewn in, disassembled or altered.
Hövding can withstand rainy weather but must not be sub-
merged or exposed to water in any other way. Do not dry
Hövding with an external heat source such as a hair dryer
or in a microwave oven. Hövding cannot be washed. Any
stains can be removed by gently rubbing the collar with
a damp cloth. The basic cover is washable (see washing
instructions on its inside).
HAIRSTYLES, HEADGEAR AND HEADPHONES
Most hairstyles and many headgears do not pose any
problem for an inflation of the airbag. For information about
hairstyles and headgears that are not recommended to use
with Hövding, visit hovding.com.
Small in-ear headphones can be used with Hövding. For
safety reasons, cycling with headphones is however not
recommended, as there is a risk that you will not hear sig-
nals from the traffic or signals emitted by Hövding.
FLYING WITH HÖVDING
Visit hovding.com for current information.
WHEN DOES HÖVDING PROVIDE PROTECTION?
Hövding will react and inflate in response to movements
that lies outside the programmed normal cycling pattern
(by the cyclist when in an accident). The airbag in Hövding
reaches full inflation within about one tenth of a second
(0.1 second). If impact to the head occurs before Hövding
has reacted and managed to fully inflate, Hövding will not
provide adequate protection. Examples of such situations
include objects that fall from above directly down onto
the cyclist’s head, incidents where the cyclist cycles into
a tree branch at head level and incidents in which a cyclist
collides directly with a flat-fronted vehicle.
Hövding cannot guarantee full protection against sharp
objects.
In exceptional cases, Hövding may inflate in incidents that
are not considered accidents. A safety margin has been
built into the product so that Hövding will more likely react
than not (better for Hövding to register one accident too
many than one too few). As soon as Hövding is activated,
it compares the cyclist’s movement pattern with the
programmed movement pattern 200 times per second.
Thousands of tests have been made in order to determine
what is a normal cycling movement pattern. Hövding can
interpret movements that differ from this pattern as an
impending accident and will in such cases inflate in order to
protect the cyclist.
AFTER INFLATION
An inflated Hövding cannot (due to safety reasons) be
reused but should (just like a traditional bicycle helmet) be
replaced with a new one after an accident.
LIFE SPAN
Expected lifetime for Hövding is circa 5 years, depending
on the frequency of use.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Hövding should only be activated if it is fitted correctly
around the neck and if the cyclist is sitting on their bicy-
cle (see CYCLING WITH HÖVDING).
• Do not cover any of the three split seams (2) on Hövding;
for example, with a scarf, hood, etc.
• When Hövding reaches a temperature of below -10 °C
(14 °F), it will emit a warning signal (read more about
Hövding’s signals at hovding.com) indicating that the
temperature is too low and that it cannot start. When
Hövding returns to temperatures above -10 °C (14 °F), it
will start up again.
• Hövding should not be used if the internal temperature of
the product is below -10 °C (14 ° F) or above 50 °C (122 °F).
• The activation system contains a magnet that activates
Hövding. It is therefore important to make sure that the
activation system (female) on the right-hand side of the
collar does not come into contact with other magnets
(magnetic locks, speakers, etc.).
• Hövding contains delicate parts and should be handled
carefully. Keep out of reach of children.
EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
We, Hövding Sverige AB, Box 17020, SE-200 10 Malmö,
Sweden declare under that the following Personal Protec-
tive Equipment Hövding 3 “Airbag for urban cyclists” is in
conformity with Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal
protective equipment (PPE) Directive 2011/65/EU of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on
the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances
in electrical and electronic equipment Regulation (EC) No
1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evalua-
tion, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws
of the Member States relating to the making available on
the market of pressure equipment (PED) Directive 2014/53/
EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member
States relating to the making available on the market of
radio equipment (RED) Directive 2013/29/EU of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the
