Vango AVINGTON 400 Aufbauanleitung

TENT PITCHING INSTRUCTIONS – AVINGTON 400/500/600 (UK)
FLYSHEET FIRST PITCHING:
• Assemble poles and lay them on the ground
• Open out flysheet and position in required direction
• Insert all poles through the pole sleeves on outside of fly sheet
• Attached the angled joints to the roof poles
• Locate one end of each pole at one side of the tent into the metal pin system
attached to the groundsheet
• Make sure poles locate into correct pin system, all poles follow corresponding
flysheet seams to pin system
• Tighten all the tensions straps at the base of the poles.
• Securely peg out the rear corners of the tent
• Ensure the tent is in a straight line
• The groundsheet should be flat and wrinkle free
• Peg out the remaining poles and pegging points using pin pegs at the base of
poles
• Attach all flysheet pole clips onto poles
• Peg out ALL guy lines using pin-pegs ensuring that guy line fabric attachment points are evenly tensioned.
• Pre-Attached Front Extension
• To erect the pre-attached canopy, insert the pole into the sleeve, connect to Ring and Pin system, tighten the tension straps and attach pole clips
to pole.
• Pull canopy away from tent until roof of canopy is taut.
• Pull porch taut, away from main body of tent and peg down the corners of the porch through the shock-cord pegging points using pin-pegs
• To roll away the pre-attached canopy, roll it away along the top until the guylines and webbing are rolled away neatly, flip the already rolled
section to the underside of the canopy and continue rolling
• Secure with the toggles provided
INNER ATTACHMENT:
• Open out inner tent inside flysheet and position doorways to correspond with the living area
• Suspend the inner by attaching toggles of inner tent through rings on inside of flysheet
• The inner attachments are colour coded to match the clips on the roof of the flysheet
• Do the rear first and work forward
• It is advisable to remove the inner when taking down the tent when wet.
TENSION BAND SYSTEM:
• Remove Tension Band System from pockets and attach into the corresponding clips at the apex of the pole
• Adjust the straps until they are taut
• DO NOT OVERTENSION. Excess tension will alter the shape of the tent
• Tension bands are designed to stabilise the tunnel structure of the tent
• The bands are not required to be used in calm weather
RING AND PIN SYSTEM:
• Locate one end of pole onto the corresponding metal pin (figure 2)
• Peg the corners of the tent through the metal rings using pin-pegs (figure 2)
• Pegs should be positioned at a 45 degree angle to ensure maximum grip
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