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2. ASSEMBLY
DANGER! Risk of injury!
Cut injury when the product starts accidentally.
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Before you assemble the product, make sure that the mains
cable is disconnected.
To assemble the trimmer [ Fig. A1 / A2 ]:
1. Put the top part of the handle
1
and the trimmer head
2
together until
they make a click (click). Ensure that the two arrows
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face each
other. The cable must not be stretched or caught when you do this.
2. Put the bottom handle
3
on the top part of the handle
1
until it makes
a click (click). Ensure that the two arrows
B
face each other.
3. Put the cover
4
on the trimmer head
2
while you
feed the cutting filament
5
through the opening in the cover
4
.
4. Put the cover
4
on the trimmer head
2
until it makes a click (click).
Make sure that all cams lock in position.
3. OPERATION
DANGER! Risk of injury!
Cut injury when the product starts accidentally.
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Before you connect, adjust or transport the product,
disconnect the mains cable and transport the product by
the bottom handle.
To connect the trimmer [ Fig. O1 ]:
DANGER! Electric shock!
To avoid damage to the mains cable
8
the extension
cable
6
must be inserted into the cable lock
7
.
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Before you operate the product insert the extension cable
6
into the cable lock
7
.
1. Loop the extension cable
6
, insert the loop into the cable lock
7
and
pull tight.
2. Connect the plug
8
of the product into the socket
9
of the extension
cable
6
.
3. Connect the extension cable
6
into a 230 V mains socket.
Work position [ Fig. O2 ]:
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Hold the product by the top part of the handle
1
and the bottom
handle
3
so that the trimmer head
2
is tilted a small distance forward.
Make sure, the filament does not touch hard objects such as walls, stones
and fences to prevent the filament from welding together or breaking.
To start the trimmer [ Fig. O3 ]:
DANGER! Risk of injury!
Risk of injury if the product does not stop when you
release the start button.
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Do not bypass the safety devices or switches. For example do
not attach the start button
0
to the handle.
To start:
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Push the start button
0
on the top part of the handle
1
.
To stop:
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Release the start button
0
.
To extend the cutting filament (Tip mechanism) [ Fig. O4 / O5 ]:
The tip mechanism operates when the motor operates. The best
result occurs only with the maximum cutting filament length. During first
operation, it can be necessary to extend the cutting filament many times.
1. Start the product.
2. Hold the trimmer head
2
parallel to the ground and briefly tap the
trimmer head
2
onto a solid surface (prevent constant pressure for
extended periods).
The cutting filament
5
is automatically extended with a mechanism
that can be heard and adjusted to the correct length with the filament
limiter
q
. If necessary tap many times again and again.
4. MAINTENANCE
DANGER! Risk of injury!
Cut injury when the product starts accidentally.
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Before you maintain the product, make sure that the mains
cable is disconnected.
To clean the trimmer [ Fig. M1 ]:
DANGER! Electric shock!
Risk of injury and risk of damage to the product.
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Do not clean the product with water or with a water jet
(in particular high-pressure water jet).
The airflow slots must always be clean.
1. Clean the airflow slots
w
with a soft brush (do not use a screwdriver).
2. Clean all movable parts after each operation. Especially remove any
grass and dirt from the cover
4
.
To replace the filament cassette [ Fig. M2/M3 ]:
DANGER! Risk of injury!
Risk of injury from metal cutting parts!
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Do not use metal cutting parts or replacement parts and
accessories not approved by GARDENA.
Only use original GARDENA Filament Cassettes.
You can order Replacement Filament Cassettes from your
GARDENA dealer or directly from the GARDENA Customer Service.
For Art. 9805 SmallCut 300 / Art. 9806 SmallCut Plus 350:
GARDENA Filament Cassette for Turbotrimmers Art. 5307.
1. Push in cassette cover
e
on the two locking clips
r
at the same time
and remove.
2. Remove the filament cassette
t
.
3. Remove all dirt.
4. Pull approximately 15 cm of the cutting filament
5
out of the new
filament cassette
t
through the hole in the plastic ring
z
.
5. First put the cutting filament
5
through the metal sleeve
u
.
6. Put the cutting filament
5
around the guide pin
i
.
7. Put the filament cassette
t
into the filament cassette holder
o
.
8. Attach the cassette cover
e
on the filament cassette holder
o
until
you hear both locking clips
r
make a click.
When attaching the cassette cover
e
, the cutting filament
5
must be
put around the guide pin
i
and must not be caught.
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If the cassette cover
e
cannot be fully installed, turn the filament
cassette
t
back and forth, until the filament cassette
t
is fully in the
filament cassette holder
o
.
5. STORAGE
To put into storage:
The product must be stored away from children.
1. Disconnect the mains cable.
2. Clean the product (see 4. MAINTENANCE).
3. Stow the product in a dry area where it has protection from frost.
Recommendation:
The product can be hung up by the handle. The cutting head is not put
under too much strain if the product is stowed hanging up.
Cables
Use only permitted extension cables as per HD 516.
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Ask your electrical specialist.
If the product got hot during operation, let it cool down before storage.
