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Congratulations on your purchase of a Bosch vacuum
cleaner from the BBH3/BCH3 series.
This instruction manual describes various BBH3/BCH3
models, which means that some of the equipment fea-
tures and functions described may not apply to your
model. You should only use original Bosch accessories,
which have been specially developed for your vacuum
cleaner, to achieve the best possible vacuuming re-
sults.
Please fold out the illustrated pages.
Your vacuum cleaner
1 Floor nozzle with electric brush
2 Brush roller release button
3 Dust container
4 Outer filter unit
5 Filter cartridge with motor protection filter and foam
filter
6 Motor unit
7 Extendable crevice nozzle*
8 Combination nozzle*
9 Hand stick handle
10 Hand stick sliding switch
11 Accessory holder for extendable crevice nozzle
12 Accessory compartment for combination nozzle
13 Floor nozzle release button
14 Hand-held cordless vacuum cleaner release button
15 Hand-held cordless vacuum cleaner handle
16 Hand-held cordless vacuum cleaner sliding switch
17 Battery charging status indicator
18 Dust container release button
19 Charging cable*
20 Brush roller guide rod
21 Brush roller
Before using the appliance for the first
time
Fig.
1
Open the accessory compartment and remove the
combination nozzle.
Carefully place the handle onto the main housing
and screw it into place.
Place the combination nozzle in the accessory com-
partment and close it.
Fig.
2
Plug the hand stick into the floor nozzle and lock it
into place.
To release the floor nozzle, press the release button
and pull the hand stick out of the nozzle.
Charging
!
Caution:
Before using the vacuum cleaner for the first time,
fully charge the batteries.
To charge the appliance, only use the charging cable
included with the appliance. The charging cable
must only be connected and operated as specified
on the rating plate. Do not charge the appliance at
temperatures below 0 °C or above 40 °C.
Fig.
3
To charge the vacuum cleaner, place it near to a so-
cket. The appliance can be left standing anywhere
on the floor.
Fig.
6
Plug the charging cable into the connection at the
rear of the appliance.
Plug the charging cable plug into the socket.
The charging indicator is flashing slowly in white
when the appliance is charging.
Once the battery is fully charged, the charging indi-
cator lights up white and goes out after a few minu-
tes. The battery will stop charging. Disconnect the
appliance from the mains briefly to check. The indi-
cator will then light up white again.
It is safe to leave the appliance connected to the
charging cable and socket even when it is fully char-
ged.
It is normal for the charging cable and hand stick to
become hot and this is not a cause for concern.
Battery state indicator
Operating status
LED indicator
Normal mode
White LED lit
Battery capacity below
20%
Red LED flashing slowly
Battery flat
LED off
Charging
White LED flashing slow-
ly
Battery is fully charged
White LED remains lit
continuously for 2 minu-
tes, then goes out
Over-/undertemperature
protection
Red LED remains lit
continuously for 10 se-
conds, then goes out
* Depending on model
