Miele HS16, Operating Instructions Manual

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This vacuum cleaner can be used for
daily cleaning of carpets, rugs and ro-
bust hard flooring.
Miele offers a range of other floorheads,
brushes and accessories for other types
of flooring and special applications (see
“Optional accessories”).
Please observe the flooring manu-
facturer’s cleaning and care instruc-
tions.
Clean even hard flooring which is not
susceptible to scratching, as well as
flooring with gaps or deep crevices in it
with the brush protruding:

Press the

footswitch.
Vacuum carpets and rugs with the
brush retracted:

Press the

footswitch.
If the suction power of the adjustable
floorhead seems too high, reduce the
suction until the floorhead is easier
to manoeuvre (see “Use” – “Regulat-
ing the suction power”).
Adjustable floorhead (Fig. 12)
The adjustable floorhead can also be
used for vacuuming the stairs.

Risk of injury caused by falling
vacuum cleaner.
You may be injured if the vacuum
cleaner should fall from the stairs.
When vacuuming stairs, it is best to
start at the bottom of the stairs and
move upwards.
Unwinding the mains cable (Fig. 13)
 Pull the mains cable out to the re-
quired length.

Insert the plug into the socket.

Risk of damage due to overheat-
ing.
The mains cable may overheat after
a long period of use.
If vacuuming for longer than
30 minutes, the cable must be pulled
out all the way.
Rewinding the cable (Fig. 14)
 Switch off at the wall socket and un-
plug it.
 Step briefly on the cable rewind foot-
switch.
The cable will then retract itself fully into
the vacuum cleaner.
If you do not want the cable to retract
completely into the vacuum cleaner
you can stop it before it does. To do
this, take hold of the cable whilst re-
tracting it and give it a short pull when
you want the rewinding to end.
To switch on and off (Fig. 15)

Press the On/Off foot control

.
To regulate the suction power
The suction power can be regulated to
suit the type of flooring being cleaned.
Reducing the suction power reduces
the amount of effort required to man-
oeuvre the floorhead.
The vacuum cleaner has symbols on
the controls which indicate the type of
use the settings are suitable for.