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10 Operating the Hedge Trimmer
► If the trigger can be pulled: Do not use your hedge trimmer
and contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
Release slide or trigger lockout is faulty.
► Push the release slide (1) in the direction of the switch
lever with your thumb and hold it there.
► Depress the trigger lockout lever and hold it in that
position.
► Pull the trigger.
► Let go of the trigger, trigger lockout and release slide.
► If the trigger, trigger lockout or release slide is stiff or does
not spring back to the idle position: Do not use your hedge
trimmer and contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
The trigger, trigger lockout or release slide has a
malfunction.
Switch Lever
► Remove the activation key.
► Depress the switch lever and release it again.
► If the switch lever is stiff or does not spring back to its idle
position: Do not use your hedge trimmer and contact your
STIHL servicing dealer.
The switch lever has a malfunction.
Switch on the hedge trimmer
► Insert the activation key.
► Depress the switch lever and release it again.
► If the cutting blades have run or are running: Do not use
your hedge trimmer and contact your STIHL servicing
dealer.
The trigger has a malfunction.
► Push the release slide (1) in the direction of the switch
lever with your thumb and hold it there.
► Depress the trigger lockout lever and hold it in that
position.
► Pull the trigger and hold it there.
► If the cutting blades run: Do not use your hedge trimmer
and contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
The switch lever has a malfunction.
► Depress the switch lever and hold it in that position.
The cutting blades run.
► If 3 LEDs flash red: Remove the activation key and contact
your STIHL servicing dealer.
There is a malfunction in the hedge trimmer.
► Release the switch lever.
The cutting blades stop running after about 1 second.
► If the cutting blades continue to run after 1 second:
Remove the activation key and contact your STIHL
servicing dealer.
Your hedge trimmer has a malfunction.
9.2 Checking the Built-In Battery
► Press the button.
The LEDs glow or flash.
► If the LEDs do not glow or flash: Do not use your hedge
trimmer and contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
There is a malfunction in the built-in battery.
10.1 Holding and Controlling the Hedge Trimmer
► Hold the hedge trimmer with one hand on the control
handle – wrap your thumb around the control handle.
► Hold the hedge trimmer with the other hand on the loop
handle – wrap your thumb around the loop handle.
10 Operating the Hedge Trimmer
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