User manual
Always leave the hose connected to the appliance during the lter-cleaning process to prevent
dust from coming out of the appliance.
3 Press the cover release button (1) and open the cover (2) (Fig. 34).
4 Turn the lter-cleaning handle until it has made 6 full circles (Fig. 35).
5 Close the cover rmly (‘click’).
You have to clean the lter cylinder by turning the lter-cleaning handle after each vacuuming
session. This prevents the lter cylinder from clogging and helps maintain optimal suction power.
If you fail to clean the lter cylinder with the lter-cleaning handle a number of vacuuming sessions
in a row:
- the lter-cleaning reminder light ashes for 15 seconds (types without display) (Fig. 27).
- the lter-cleaning reminder symbol on the display ashes for 15 seconds (types with
display). (Fig. 26)
Use the lter-cleaning handle to clean the lter cylinder after every vacuuming session.
Always unplug the appliance before you empty the dust bucket.
The dust bucket is not dishwasher-proof.
Empty the dust bucket as soon as the dust level has reached the round disc of the lter cylinder
case.
1 Switch off the appliance and remove the mains plug from the wall socket.
2 To disconnect the hose, press the release button (1) and pull the hose out of the appliance
(2) (Fig. 12).
3 To unlock the cover, press the cover release button (1). Swing open the cover (2). (Fig. 36)
4 Lift the dust bucket out of the appliance (Fig. 37).
5 Press the release button for the lter cylinder unit on the bucket handle (1) and remove the
lter cylinder unit (2) (Fig. 38).
6 Hold the dust bucket over a dustbin and empty it (Fig. 39).
7 Clean the dust bucket with cold tap water and some washing-up liquid.
8 If you want to clean the lter cylinder unit, remove the lter cylinder from the lter cylinder
case. Hold the lter cylinder case with one hand. Grab the top of the lter cylinder (not the
handle) with the other hand and turn it anticlockwise (1). Then lift the lter cylinder out of
the case (2) (Fig. 40).
9 To clean the lter cylinder, gently tap it against the dustbin to release all ne dust from the
lter cylinder. (Fig. 41)
If you persistently fail to turn the lter-cleaning handle when the lter-cleaning reminder light (for
types without display) or the lter-cleaning reminder symbol on the display (for appliance with
display) ashes, the lter cylinder clogs up with dirt and the suction power decreases over time.
If this happens, unclog the lter cylinder in the following way:
- Hold the lter cylinder over a dustbin and clean it with the cleaning brush supplied. Gently
brush from the top of the lter downwards along the ribs of the lter (Fig. 42).
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