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CONTENTS
1 For your safety 7
1.1 Intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 Hazard warnings . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.3 Danger levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Getting started 14
2.1 Mounting the telescopic handle . . 14
2.2 Power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3 Attaching the accessory head . . . 18
2.4 Removing and replacing
the accessory head. . . . . . . . . . 18
2.5 Standby position and
power setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.6 Adjusting the handle height . . . . 21
2.7 Carrying the Kobold VK200
Upright Vacuum Cleaner . . . . . . 22
2.8 Switching the device on and off,
setting the power
performance level . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.9 Filter fill level indicator,
filterbags, motor protection filter . 25
2.10 Dovina fragrance chip . . . . . . . 27
3 Operation 28
3.1 Kobold EB400
Automatic Electric Brush . . . . . 29
3.1.1 Operating display and floor mode . 30
3.1.2 Floor cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.1.3 Combination with older vacuum
cleaner models. . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.2 Kobold VF200 Carpet Freshener . . 35
3.2.1 Carpet cleaning with the
Kobold VF200 Carpet Freshener . . 35
3.2.2 Cleaning the Kobold VF200 Carpet
Freshener after use . . . . . . . . . 40
3.3 Kobold SP530 DuoClean . . . . . . 42
3.3.1 Accessories for the Kobold
SP530 DuoClean . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.3.2 Switching the Kobold SP530
DuoClean on/off . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.4 Kobold PB440 Electric Upholstery
Brush and Mattress Cleaning Set
MP440/MR440 . . . . . . . . . . . 53
3.4.1 Cleaning upholstery with the
Kobold PB440 Electric
Upholstery Brush . . . . . . . . . . 53
3.4.2 Cleaning mattresses with the
Kobold PB440 Electric Upholstery
Brush and the Mattress Cleaning
Set MP440/MR440 . . . . . . . . . 55
3.5 Kobold ESS200
Electric Suction Hose . . . . . . . . 60
3.6 Additional accessories . . . . . . . 61
3.6.1 Kobold TR15 Telescopic Tube . . . 61
3.6.2 Kobold VD15 Variable Nozzle. . . . 63
3.6.3 Kobold SD15 Soft Nozzle . . . . . . 65
3.6.4 Kobold FD15 Flexo Nozzle . . . . . 66
4 Maintenance 69
4.1 Spare parts and consumable
materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.2 Maintaining Kobold VK200
Upright Vacuum Cleaner . . . . . . 71
4.2.1 Exchange Kobold FP200 3in1
Premium Filterbag . . . . . . . . . 71
4.2.2 Cleaning and/or exchanging the
Kobold VK200 motor protection
filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.2.3 Removing the power cord from
the Kobold VK200 Upright Vacuum
Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.3 Kobold EB400
Automatic Electric Brush . . . . . . 76
4.3.1 Checking and cleaning . . . . . . . 76
4.3.2 Taking out the brush to clean or
exchange it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.4 Kobold SP530 DuoClean . . . . . . 78
4.4.1 Checking and cleaning the
sealing lip frame . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.4.2 Checking the suction channel . . . 80
4.5
Kobold PB440 Electric Upholstery
Brush and Mattress Cleaning Set
MP440/MR440 . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.6 Additional accessories . . . . . . . 83
5 Troubleshooting 84
6 Disposal and environmental
protection 96
6.1 Device disposal . . . . . . . . . . . 96
6.2 Disposing of the packaging . . . . . 96
6.3 Information on environmental
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7 Warranty 99
8 Services 99
9 Technical details 100
10 EU energy label classification 105