Machine Overview; For Your Safety; General - Viking ME 339 Manuel D'utilisation

3. Machine overview

1 Upper handlebar
2 Lower handlebar
3 Housing
4 Motor hood
5 Rear wheel
6 Front wheel
7 Grass catcher box
8 Upper transport handle
9 Lower transport handle
10 Discharge flap
11 Rotary handle
12 Quick-clamping device
13 Motorstop lever
14 Height adjustment lever
15 Strain relief
16 Mains connection
17 Start button
18 Identification plate
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4. For your safety

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4.1 General

These safety regulations must be
observed when working with the
lawn mower.
Read the entire instruction
manual before using the machine
for the first time and keep it in a
safe place for future reference.
Ensure that you are familiar with the
controls and use of the machine.
Before initial use, advice should be
obtained from the specialist dealer or other
technician.
The lawn mower should not be operated
after the consumption of alcohol,
medications which impair reactions, or
drugs.
Never allow children under the age of 16 or
other persons who are unfamiliar with the
instruction manual to use the lawn mower.
Local regulations may specify a minimum
age for users.
Never mow in the vicinity of other persons,
particularly children, or animals.
Be aware that the user of the machine is
responsible for accidents involving other
persons or their property.
Only give (or lend) the machine to persons
who are familiar with this model and how to
operate it. Always provide them with the
instruction manual.
This machine is not suitable for use by
persons (in particular children) with
impaired physical, sensory or mental
faculties or those lacking the appropriate
experience and/or knowledge, unless
supervised by a person responsible for
their safety or having received instructions
on use of the machine from such person.
Children must be supervised, in order to
ensure that they do not play with the
machine.
Caution – risk of accident:
The lawn mower is intended for private use
and only for mowing lawns; its use for
other purposes is not permitted and may
be dangerous or result in damage to the
machine.
Due to the physical danger to the user, the
lawn mower must not be used, for
example, for the following applications
(incomplete list):
– for trimming bushes, hedges and
shrubs,
– for cutting creepers,
– for the care of lawn roofs and balcony
boxes,
– for clearing paths (vacuuming, blowing,
clearing snow),
– for shredding or chopping tree or hedge
cuttings,
– for levelling earth mounds, e.g. mole
hills,
– for transporting clippings (except in the
grass catcher box provided).
Caution – risk of accident:
Only use accessories which VIKING has
supplied or authorised for use on this
machine. Furthermore, modifications to
the machine are not permitted.
Particular care is required during use in
public green spaces, parks, sports fields,
along roads and in agricultural and forestry
businesses.
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