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Question posted by jennifermharding on August 10th, 2014

Knee Lift

I've had the 4.2 for a couple of weeks now - and soo far so cgood - only today the knee lift for the foot stopped working, Any ideas? i can't see a setting anywhere that activates or deactivate its other than plugging it in.

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Answer #1: Posted by TommyKervz on August 10th, 2014 5:30 AM

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