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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. 

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Philips HP6578 Poor epilating, Results, Growth, with the on/off button pointing, Direction in which you move the epilator