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When using an electrical appliance, always follow basic precautions,
including the following:
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING APPLIANCE.
WARNING:
To reduce the risk of fire,
electric shock, or injury:
• Do not use outdoors or on wet
surfaces.
• Close supervision is necessary
when any appliance is used by or
near children. Do not allow vacu-
um cleaner to be used as a toy or
to run unattended at any time.
• Keep hair, loose clothing, fin-
gers, feet and all parts of body
away from openings, rotating agi-
tators and other moving parts. Do
not operate cleaner in bare feet or
when wearing open toe shoes or
sandals.
• Do not pick up anything that is
burning or smoking, such as ciga-
rettes, matches, or hot ashes.
• Do not use to pick up flamma-
ble or combustible liquids such as
gasoline or fine wood sandings or
use in areas where they may be
present.
• Avoid picking up hard, sharp
objects with the cleaner. They may
damage the cleaner.
• Always turn off this appliance
before connecting or disconnect-
ing hose.
• Unplug cleaner before connect-
ing the powered pet hair cleaning
tool.
• Do not use without dirt cup or
filters in place. Empty cup fre-
quently when picking up very fine
materials such as powder.
• Use extra care when cleaning on
stairs.
• Do not put any object into
openings. Do not use with any
opening blocked; keep free of dust,
lint, hair, and anything that may
reduce air flow.
• Do not pull or carry by cord,
use cord as a handle, close door
on cord or pull cord around sharp
edges or corners. Do not run
appliance over cord. Keep cord
away from heated surfaces.
• Always disconnect cord from elec-
trical outlet before servicing the
cleaner.
• Turn cleaner off and unplug
when not in use.
• Do not unplug by pulling on
cord. To unplug, grasp the plug,
not the cord. Never handle plug or
appliance with wet hands.
• The use of an extension cord is
not recommended.
• Do not use with damaged cord
or plug. If appliance is not working
as it should, has been dropped,
damaged, left outdoors, or
dropped into water, take it to a
Hoover Sales and Service Center
or Authorized Hoover Warranty
Service Dealer.
• Use vacuum cleaner only for its
intended use as described in the
instructions.
• Use only attachments recom-
mended by Hoover; others may
cause hazards.
Important safeguards . . . . . . . . 3
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Carton contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cleaner description. . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Embedded DirtFinder™
feature
(some models)
. . . . . . 8
Cleaning rugs . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using tools . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Powered pet hair cleaning
tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16
Cleaning stairs . . . . . . . . . 10
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Emptying dirt cup . . . . . . 10-11
Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Replacing headlight . . . . . . . 12
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clearing blockages . . . . . . . . 16
Agitator brush roll. . . . . . 12-13
Agitator brush roll belt . . . . . 13
Replacing powered pet hair
cleaning tool brush roll . 14-15
Replacing powered pet hair
cleaning tool belt . . . . . . . . 15
Thermal protector . . . . . . . . 15
Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Parts & accessories mail
reorder form . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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www.hoover.com
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Owner’s Manual
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