Precautions For Use - X-lite X-551 Sécurité Et Instructions D'utilisation

- Never use the helmet if the inner comfort padding and the cheek pads have not
been correctly and completely restored.
- Delicately hand-wash in lukewarm water (max. 30°C) and neutral soap.
- Rinse off with cold water and dry up at room temperature away from direct
sunrays.
- Never machine-wash the inner comfort padding.
- The inner polystyrene is an easily deformable material, in fact it is apt to change
or get partially destroyed to help absorb shocks.
- Use a damp cloth to clean it and let it dry at room temperature away from
direct sunrays.
- Do not modify the helmet's internal polystyrene components in any way.
- Never use tools or equipment of any sort to carry out the steps described above.
• VISION PROTECTION SYSTEM (VPS)
The new and exclusive inner Vision Protection System (VPS) is a
antiscratch-treated sunscreen. Using it is very simple and practical: Just pull it down
or up to respectively activate it or remove it from the field of vision. It is useful in all
sorts of situations, both on long journeys out of town and shorter town trips.
Moreover, the innovative fastening system allows you to assemble and disassemble
the sunscreen without the need for any tools for ordinary maintenance and cleaning
operations.
VPS OPERATION
The VPS mechanism allows activating the sunscreen by simply lowering it until it par-
tially covers the visor field of vision. In this way, the desired light transmittance reduc-
tion is achieved. At any time, independent of the visor, the VPS can be deactivated
with a simple movement and easily pulled up to restore the normal conditions of vis-
ibility and protection guaranteed by the approved helmet visor. To deactivate the
VPS, push the slider towards the back side of the helmet (Fig. 12A) until you hear the
click, which means the slider and VPS are correctly in place. To activate the VPS,
push the slider forward (Fig. 12B). The VPS has been designed to ensure an easy,
quick and tool-free disassembly.

PRECAUTIONS FOR USE

The current approval standards (ECE22-05) state that the visor minimum light transmit-
tance levels must be greater than 80% when riding at night and not less than 50%
when riding during the day. For this reason, when riding during the day under particu-
larly bright weather conditions, e.g. very strong sunlight caused by high intensity and/or
incidence of the sunbeams, the use of sunglasses - which have a transmittance much
lower than 50% - turns out to be advisable, if not absolutely necessary, to reduce eye
fatigue on long trips. Sunglasses reduce the risk of direct dazzling as opposed to the
use of mere approved visors. However, the use of sunglasses makes it difficult to per-
form any manoeuvres in emergency situations when the maximum visibility range of the
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