X13 & X13A O
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X13E & X13AE O
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7
Operation
General
1. Checktoseethatthecenterplateandproducttableareinplaceontheslicerandthegaugeplateis
completelyclosed.Theholesinthebottomofthecenterplatefitoverthebottommountingstudsin
theringguardandthecenterplatelockingknobisatthetopofthecenterplate.Theproducttable
slidescompletelyontothesupportarmandissecuredwiththeredproducttablelockingknob.
2. Iftheslicerisanautomatic,thenmakesuretheautomaticengageknobontherightsideofthetable
supportarmispushedin,towardstheleft.
3. Plugtheslicerin.Thepilotlight,betweenthestartandstopbuttonswillilluminate.
4. PushthegreenONbuttonandtheslicerbladewillstarttoturn.PresstheredSTOPbuttontostop
theknife.
Automatic Operation
5. Ifyouhaveanautomaticslicer,withtheslicerstopped,pulltheautomaticengageknobfullyouton
therightsideofthemachine.Thiswillputtheslicerintheautomaticmode.
6. Pushthespeedselectionbuttontochangethespeed:
OneilluminatedLEDindicates20slicersperminute(slowspeed)
TwoilluminatedLED’sindicates40slicesperminute(mediumspeed)
ThreeilluminatedLED’sindicates60slicesperminute(highspeed)
7. Pushingthestrokelengthselectionbuttonchangesthelengthofthestroke.Thisallowssmaller
productstobeslicedquicker,withoutthetablemovinganyfaster.Makesurethestrokelengthis
longerthanthewidthoftheproduct.
OneilluminatedLEDindicates1/3ofthetotalpossiblestrokelength
TwoilluminatedLED’sindicates2/3totalpossiblestrokelength
ThreeilluminatedLED’sindicatesfullstrokelength
8. PressthegreenSTARTbuttonandtheproducttablewillslowlycometoitsforwardpositiontofind
itshomeposition.Onceitgetsbacktothehomeposition,thenitwillstarttogobackandforthat
thepresetspeedandstrokelength.
9. PushtheredSTOPbuttonandthetablewillcompleteitsstrokeandstopinthehomeposition.
10.Aslongastheslicerremainsintheautomaticmodeitwillrememberitshomepositionandalways
startrightupwhenthegreenSTARTbuttonispushed.Itwillalwaysstartslowandgraduallybuild
uptoitsfullspeed.Thisisthe“softstart”feature.
11. Eachtimeyoutakethesliceroutoftheautomaticmode,andthenbackintotheautomaticmode,it
willalwaysfinditshomepositionbeforeitstartstorun(asindicatedinstep#8).
12.Eachtimeyouactivatetheslicerintoautomaticmode,thelastspeedandstrokelengthsettingswill
beremembereduntilpowerisdisruptedfromtheslicer(i.e.disconnectingthepowercordfrom
theoutlet).Oncepowerisreconnectedtotheslicer,thedefaultforautomaticisslowspeedandfull
strokelength.