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Please read the operating instructions carefully
before you use the line trimmer, in order to
prevent accidents and to ensure trouble-free
operation of the system. Make sure you keep the
instructions at hand for quick reference. If you
resell your pump or give it to another user,
please include these instructions in the sale or
the gift. The following symbols are used in the
instructions:
DANGER
This symbol draws your attention to work
processes or operating procedures that
have to be carefully observed in order to
prevent serious injury to the user or
another person.
CAUTION
This symbol draws your attention to
information you need to ensure that your
system is not damaged due to improper or
careless use.
PLEASE NOTE
The information
attention to
requirements.
For your safety
General safety notes
Always work with suitable clothing, wear eye
protection and gloves.
The trimmer may not be used by children or
persons who are not completely familiar with
these operating instructions. Laws and local
provisions can impose a minimum age for using
the trimmer.
Please observe a sufficient safety distance of
minimum 15 meters from any person nearby.
Interrupt your work with the trimmer when people
and above all when children or domestic animals
are around.
Only work when good lighting conditions prevail
or cater for appropriate artificial lighting.
Prior to use and after any impact, always check
the trimmer for its ability to function and for
damages. In a defective condition, the trimmer
can endanger the person using it. If necessary,
contact your dealer or an authorized service
dealer.
Never use the trimmer without or with damaged
protection devices.
GB 1
symbol draws your
essential technical
Prior to starting the trimmer, make sure that the
cutting head is not in contact with stones or other
foreign objects.
When starting the motor, and when the trimmer
is running, keep the cutting lines away from all
body parts, above all, from hands and feet.
After the trimmer has been switched off,
the cutting head rotates further for several
seconds.
Pay attention to the line cut-off device. It can
cause serious incised wounds. After pulling out
the line, always hold the trimmer in the normal
working position before it is switched on.
Do not start the trimmer when it is overturned or
when it is not in the working position.
Never use metallic cutting elements.
Use only original spare and accessory parts.
Pull out the mains plug, when you:

are not using the trimmer,

leave it without supervision,

clean it,

it is being transported from one place to the
other,

the connection and extension cable is
damaged,

manually set the length of the cutting line.
Make sure that venting openings are free of dirt.
Do not lift up or transport the trimmer by using
the connection cable; always use the handle.
When working, take a safe and stable standing
posture.
Always keep the area to be cut free of branches,
wires, stones etc.
Do not stride across gravel roads or paths with a
trimmer that is running.
Do not start the trimmer in closed or poor
ventilated rooms, or
explosive liquids, powder, gases or other such
elements.
In the working area, the user is liable to third
party for damages caused by using the trimmer.
Do not try to repair or to open the trimmer on
your own. Contact your dealer or an authorized
customer unit.
Translation of original user instructions
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