or demineralised water or rain water should not be used in your iron. Also do not use boiled, filtered or bottled water.
3 • Using for the first time
Plug in the iron (fig.2) and set the temperature control dial (fig.3) to ••• to heat the appliance.
A little smoke and a slight smell may be emitted, but this is only temporary.
Unplug the iron (fig.4) and fill the water tank (§ 4 Filling the water tank).
To remove any impurities in the iron's steam chamber, unplug the iron and hold it over a sink horizontally. Push the steam control into the Self Clean position : steam will now begin to build up.
After a few seconds water will emerge from the soleplate, rinsing any impurities out of the steam chamber (fig.5).
Move the steam control to steam 
position after approx.
1 minute. Plug in the iron and allow the iron to heat up again. Wait until the remaining water has evaporated. Unplug from the mains and allow the iron to fully cool down.
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4 • Filling the water tank
IMPORTANT Before filling the water tank, unplug the iron and
set the steam control to dry position 
.
Tilt the iron. Open the filling inlet (fig.6). Pour in water up to the max mark (fig.7). Close the filler inlet (fig.8) and return the iron to the horizontal.
5 • Setting the temperature
Set the iron temperature to suit the type of material using the temperature control dial (fig.3).
Temperature control*: The temperature control light indicates that the soleplate is heating up. When the temperature control light goes off (fig.9), the set temperature is reached and you can begin ironing.
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