Philips FC8700 Using your robot, Starting and stopping, Cleaning mode selection FC8710, English

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Using your robot

Starting and stopping

1Press the on/off button (Fig. 22).

-- You can press the on/off button on the robot.

-- You can also press the on/off button on the remote control (FC8710) (Fig. 23).

Tip: If you press the on/off button on the docking station while the robot is charging, the robot starts cleaning as soon as the rechargeable battery is full (Fig. 24).

2The on/off indicator starts flashing slowly and the robot starts cleaning (Fig. 25).

3The robot cleans in auto-cleaning mode until its battery runs low. In auto cleaning mode. It follows repeated sequences of Z-pattern, random, wall-following and spiral movements (Fig. 26).

Note:To select an individual mode, press one of the mode buttons on the remote control (FC8710). See section ‘Cleaning mode selection’ for more details.

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When the battery runs low, the on/off indicator starts flashing quickly and the robot returns to the docking station to charge (Fig. 19).

You can also press the on/off button to interrupt or stop the cleaning run. If you press the on/off button again and there is still enough energy in the rechargeable battery,

the robot continues cleaning in the auto cleaning mode.

To make the robot return to the docking station before the rechargeable battery runs low, press the docking button on the remote control (FC8710).  (Fig. 27)

The on/off indicator lights up and the robot returns to the docking station (Fig. 28).

Note: If you did not start the robot from the docking station, it does not return to the docking station automatically when the rechargeable battery runs low. If there is still enough energy in the rechargeable battery, you can press the docking button on the remote control to make the robot return to the docking station. If the rechargeable battery is completely empty, you have to place the robot on the docking station manually.   

Cleaning mode selection (FC8710)

Next to the auto cleaning mode, this robot has four individual cleaning modes that can each be

activated by pressing the appropriate button on the remote control.

Z-pattern mode

-- In Z-pattern mode, the robot cleans by making Z-shaped loops through the room to clean large areas (Fig. 29)

Random mode

-- In this mode, the robot cleans the room in a mixed pattern of straight and crisscross movements. (Fig. 30)

Wall-following mode

-- In this mode, the robot follows the walls of the room to give the area alongside the walls an extra clean (Fig. 31).

Spiral mode

-- In this mode, the robot makes a spiral movement with the fan at turbo speed to clean

a dirty area thoroughly (Fig. 32).

Manual driving (FC8710)

1Use the arrow buttons above and below and to the left and right of the on/off button on the remote control to navigate the robot through the room (Fig. 33).