HP 6409 manual Cleaning the epilating head, Cleaning the shaving head, Replacement, Environment

6Dry the attachment before you use or store it.

Cleaning the epilating head

1Switch off the appliance.

2Remove the adapter from the wall socket (1) and pull the appliance plug out of the appliance

(2)(Fig. 19).

3Push the epilating head in the direction of the arrow (1) and remove it from the appliance

(2)(Fig. 12).

4Remove loose hairs with the cleaning brush (Fig. 21).

5Rinse the epilating head under the tap for 5-10 seconds while turning it (Fig. 22).

6Shake the epilating head firmly and dry it thoroughly with a tea towel (Fig. 23).

Note: Make sure the epilating head is completely dry before you place it back onto the appliance.

Cleaning the shaving head

1Switch off the appliance.

2Remove the adapter from the wall socket (1) and pull the appliance plug out of the appliance

(2)(Fig. 19).

3Push the shaving head in the direction of the arrow

(1)and remove it from the appliance (2). (Fig. 24)

4Remove the shaving foil from the shaving head (Fig. 25).

5Clean the shaving foil, the cutter block and the hair chamber with the cleaning brush.

Do not exert any pressure on the shaving foil to avoid damage.

6You can also rinse the shaving head and its parts under the running tap.

7Put the protection cap on the shaving head after use.

8Rub a drop of sewing machine oil onto the shaving foil twice a year.

Replacement

If you use the appliance two or more times a week, we advise you to replace the shaving foil and the cutter block

every 1 to 2 years.

A worn or damaged shaving foil may only be replaced

with an original Philips shaving foil (type no. HP6116).

A worn or damaged cutter block may only be replaced

with an original Philips cutter block (type no. HP2911).

Environment

-Do not throw away the appliance with the normal household waste at the end of its life, but hand it in at an official collection point for recycling. By doing this, you help to preserve the environment (Fig. 26).

Guarantee & service

If you need information or if you have a problem, please visit the Philips website at www.philips.com or contact the

Philips Customer Care Centre in your country (you find its phone number in the worldwide guarantee leaflet).

If there is no Customer Care Centre in your country, go to your local Philips dealer or contact the Service Department of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal

Care BV.

Troubleshooting

If the appliance does not work or does not work

properly, first check the list below. If the problem is not

mentioned in this list, the appliance probably has a defect. In that case we advise you to take the appliance to your dealer or to an authorised Philips service centre.

	Problem	Cause	Solution
	Poor	You move	Move the appliance
	epilating	the epilator in	against the direction
	results.	the wrong	of hair growth, with
		direction.	the on/off slide
			pointing in the
			direction in which you
			move the appliance.
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Problem	Cause	Solution
	You place	Make sure that you
	the epilating	place the appliance
	head on the	perpendicularly onto
	skin at the	the skin (see chapter
	wrong angle.	‘Using the appliance’).
	You used a	Make sure your skin
	(depilatory)	is clean, entirely dry
	cream prior to	and free from grease.
	epilation.	Do not use any cream
		before you start
		epilating.
		Make sure that the
		hairs to be removed
		have a length of
		at least 3mm to
		guarantee proper hair
		removal.
	The	Do not use the
	sensitive area	sensitive area cap
	cap is on the	when you epilate
	epilating head	your legs, as the cap
	when you	reduces the number
	epilate your	of active epilating
	legs.	discs. NB: Never use
		the epilator without
		the precision cap
		when you epilate your
		underarms or bikini
		line.
The	The socket	Make sure the
appliance	to which the	socket is live. If you
does not	appliance is	have connected
work.	connected is	the epilator to the
	not live.	socket in a bathroom
		cabinet, you may
		need to switch on
		the bathroom light to
		activate the socket.

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