Philips FC8710, FC8700 manual 8ENGLISH, Preparing for use, Installing the docking station, Charging

8ENGLISH

Preparing for use

Installing the docking station

1Insert the small plug of the adapter into the socket on the docking station (1) and insert the adapter into the wall socket (2). The display of the docking station lights up (Fig. 13).

2Place the docking station on a horizontal, level floor against the wall (Fig. 14).

Note: Make sure that there are no obstacles or height differences 80cm in front, 30 cm to the right and 100 cm to the left of the docking station.

Charging

When charging for the first time and when the rechargeable battery of the robot is empty,

the charging time is four hours.

Your robot can be charged in two ways:

-- On the docking station, either manually or automatically during use; -- By connecting the robot directly to the mains

Note:When the rechargeable battery is fully charged, your robot can clean for up to 100 minutes.

Charging on the docking station

1Place the robot on the plugged-in docking station (Fig. 15).

2Press the power switch to switch on the robot (Fig. 16).

3The on/off indicator on the display starts flashing (Fig. 17).

4When the rechargeable battery is fully charged, the on/off indicator on the display stops flashing (Fig. 18).

Charging automatically during use

1When the robot has finished cleaning or when only 15% of the battery power remains,

it automatically returns to the docking station to recharge.When the robot returns to the docking station, the on/off indicator flashes quickly (Fig. 19).

2When the rechargeable battery is fully charged, the battery indicator on the display of the robot stops flashing.

Note:The robot only returns to the docking station automatically when it started cleaning from the docking station.

Charging directly from the mains

1Insert the small plug of the adapter into the socket on the robot (1). Insert the adapter into a wall socket (2) (Fig. 20).

2Press the power switch to switch on the robot.

3When the robot is connected to the mains correctly, the lon/off indicator starts flashing.

This indicates that the robot is charging.

4When the rechargeable battery is fully charged, the on/off indicator of the robot stops flashing.

Preparing the room for a cleaning run

-- Before you start the robot on its cleaning run, make sure that you remove all loose and fragile

objects from the floor (Fig. 21).