Recommendations For Use - ARVA Evolution+ Mode D'emploi

using the arvaA
The ARVA EVOLUTION+ is a DIGITAL avalanche transceiver with right and left directional arrow
utilization. The device will automatically lock onto the closest victim. The user follows the
numbered instructions and the direction indicated by the numerical arrow which is illuminated.
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recommendations for use

Advance over the terrain SLOWLY to not head in a wrong direction in your haste. The entire
surface of the avalanche site must be covered. During a search or a test, be sure to: stay away
from any electrical device (high-voltage power line, radio, portable cellular phone) or establish a
radio silence. This list is not exhaustive.
This applies to any avalanche transceiver-type transmission-reception device. The distance
and direction display gives an indication of progress on a flux line and not of direct distance in
meters.
information for your own safety
When you go off ski trails with their assurance of safety, you head for a world of risks where an
avalanche, in particular, can happen. You therefore are enjoying your recreation in the moun-
tains under your own responsibility:
• Before leaving, get informed through representative organizations and mountain professio-
nals and get equipped. In particular, have an avalanche transceiver (an avalanche victim research
device), a shovel and an avalanche probe. This equipment is not an avalanche detector, nor a
total protection. Be careful – to be efficient, you have to be trained: train youself therefore to
use your ARVA!
• Never go out alone, do not follow just any ski trails: they are not an absolute guarantee of
safety. In doubt as to the stability of a slope that you must absolutely take, increase the distance
between you, or better, only go one at a time. And look out for each other.
• Last, know when to stop... Be vigilant: snow changes, the risk of an avalanche as well! Learn
therefore to know more about avalanches (get informed through the pertaining organizations).
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