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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 |
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| 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
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. |