Philips HP6578 Poor epilating, Results, Growth, with the on/off button pointing, Work, Overheat

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Problem	Cause	Solution
Poor epilating	You move the epilator	Move the appliance against the direction of hair
results	in the wrong direction.	growth, with the on/off button pointing in the
		direction in which you move the epilator.

You place the epilating head on the skin at the wrong angle.

You have used a cream or depilatory cream prior to epilation.

The hairs are too short.

The epilator does	The socket to which
not work.	the appliance is
	connected does not
	work.

Make sure that you place the epilating head on the skin at an angle of 90° (see chapter ‘Using the epilator’).

Make sure your skin is clean, entirely dry and free from grease. Do not use any cream before you start epilating.

Sometimes the hairs are too short to be caught.The optimal length for easy removal of the hairs is

3-4mm.The hairs that are not caught during this session will be long enough to be removed when you epilate the next time.You can also try to catch the hairs by moving the appliance across the skin a few more times.

Make sure the socket is live. If you connect the epilator to a socket in a bathroom cabinet, you may need to switch on the light in the bathroom to make sure the socket is live.You could also use a working socket outside the bathroom.  

The overheat	When the epilator stops working and the speed
protection has been	setting indications and the charging light start flashing
activated.	red, the overheat protection has been activated. Let
	the appliance cool down.The lights stop flashing after
	30 seconds.When the appliance has cooled down,
	switch on the epilator again. If the lights start flashing
	again, the epilator has not yet cooled down
	sufficiently.
The	When the charging light lights up red continuously,
rechargeable batteries	the batteries are empty and you need to charge the
are empty.	appliance (see chapter ‘Charging’).You can also run
	the appliance from the mains when the batteries are
	empty.
The travel lock is	Press and hold the on/off button for 3 seconds until
active.	the speed setting indications flash white 2 times.The
	travel lock has been deactivated and you can press
	the on/off button to switch on the appliance.You can
	also insert the appliance plug into the inlet socket
	and the adapter into a wall socket to deactivate the
	travel lock.