Machine Overview; For Your Safety; General; Battery - Viking MA 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 Quick-clamping device
14 Motorstop lever
15 Height adjustment lever
16 Start button
17 Identification plate
18 Cover
19 Safety plug

20 Battery

21 Charger

4. For your safety

4.1 General

These safety regulations must be
observed when working with the
lawn mower.
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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
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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 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.
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.
Caution: Danger to health due
to vibrations.
Excessive exposure to vibrations
can result in damage to the
cardiovascular or nervous system,
particularly in persons with cardiovascular
problems. Please consult a physician if
you experience symptoms that may have
been caused by vibrational loads.
Symptoms of this kind principally affect the
fingers, hands or wrists and include
(incomplete list):
– numbness,
– pain,
– muscular weakness,
– skin discolouration,
– unpleasant tingling sensation.
Children, persons with impaired physical,
sensory or mental faculties or those
lacking the appropriate experience, or
persons who are not familiar with the
instructions, must never be allowed to use
the machine.
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