Operation Manual

15
Setting water hardness
Theresinsreducewaterhardness,prolongingtheworkinglife
of the appliance.
Theltermustberegeneratedwhenthe and lights
on the appliance control panel come on steadily. To customise
thewarningaccordingtothewaterused,proceedasfollows:
• checkthehardnessofyourwaterusingtheindicatorpa-
per D1provided:
-dipthepaperinthewaterfor1second,
-shaketoremoveexcesswater;
-waitfor1minute;
-comparetheresultwiththefollowingtabletoconrm
the hardness of your water.
0 - 9 °F
10 - 18 °F
19 - 36 °F
36 °F
⋀
0 - 9 °F
10 - 18 °F
19 - 36 °F
36 °F
⋀
• settheapplianceaccordingtothehardnessmeasured:
- use a coin to turn the water hardness regulator to the
position corresponding to your water hardness:
Filling the reservoir
Makesurethecableisunpluggedfromthemainssocket.
• Releasethereservoir(g.1)andremove;
• Fillthereservoir,takingcarenottoexceedtheMAXlevel
markedonthereservoir(g.2).
• Reinsertthereservoirfully(g.3);
• Models with cable wind button: extractthecableas
farastheyellowmark(g.4).Thecable must beextrac-
ted when the appliance is plugged into the mains power
supply.
• Models without cable wind button:extractthecable
completely (g. 4).
• Plugtheapplianceintoamainssocket.
Please note:
Thersttime youusethe appliance,the steamgeneratoris
empty.
Whenllingthesteamgeneratorforthersttime,itwilltake
longertoheatupastheairmustbeeliminatedfromthesteam
generatorandreplacedbythewater.
During lling/heating it is normal for the pump to make a
noise.
Theappliancewillalso runout ofwatermuch morequickly
thanwithsubsequentlls.
Operation
• Pressthe button(g.5).Thelightonthebuttonand
the light on the iron come on. The light ashes on the
control panel.
• Whenthe lightcomesonsteadily,theapplianceis
ready to use.
• Todeliversteam,pressthesteambuttonB2(g.6).
• NEVERresttheironinaverticalpositionwhileironing.
• DUALVAP(certainmodelsonly)(g.7):placetheselector
on the symboltodeliversteamfromthewholesole-
plate;placetheselectoronthe symboltodeliverste-
amfromthewholesoleplate;placetheselectoronthe
• Safetransport:theironhasalockingsystemtoavoidit
beingaccidentlydroppedduringtransportorwhensto-
red after use.
 Tolocktheironinposition,insertthetipinthehousing
ontheironrest,resttheirononthebaseandplacethe
lock/releaseslideC6inthe position (g. 8). To re-
leasetheiron,placetheslideinthe position and
extracttheiron(g.9).Duringironing,leavetheslidein
the position.
Use
Soft
Medium
Medium-hard
Very hard
Soft Medium
Medium-hard Very hard
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