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Important recommendationsSafety instructions

•Pleasereadtheseinstructionscarefullybeforefirstuse. Thisproducthasbeendesignedfordomesticuseonly. Intheeventofany commercialuse,inappropriateuseorfailuretocomplywiththeinstructions,themanufactureracceptsnoresponsibilityandthe guaranteewillnotapply.

•Foryoursafety,thisapplianceconformstotheapplicablestandardsandregulations(LowVoltage,ElectomagneticCompatibility, EnvironmentalDirectives,asapplicable...).

•Yoursteamgeneratorisanelectricalappliance. Itshouldbeusedundernormalconditions. Itisintendedfordomesticuseonly. •Yourgeneratorisfittedwith2safetysystems:

-apressurereleasevalvewhich,intheeventofamalfunction,releasesanyexcesssteam;

-athermalfusetopreventtheappliancefromoverheating.

•Alwaysplugyoursteamgeneratorinto:

-anelectricalinstallationwithvoltagebetween220Vand240V.

-anearthedsocket.

Connectingtothewrongvoltagemaycauseirreparabledamagetotheapplianceandwillinvalidateyourguarantee.

Ifyouareusingamainsextensionlead,ensurethatitiscorrectlyrated(10A)withanearth,andisfullyextended.

•Completelyunwindthepowercordfromitsstoragespacebeforeconnectingtoanearthedsocket. •Iftheelectricpowercordortheiron-unitisdamaged,itmustbereplacedbyanApprovedServiceCentreinordertopreventany danger.

•Donotunplugtheappliancebypullingonthecord.

Alwaysunplugyourappliance:

-beforerinsingouttheboilerorbeforefillingthewatertank,

-beforecleaningyourgenerator,

-aftereachuse.

•Theappliancemustbeusedandplacedonaflat,stable,heat-resistantsurface. Whenyouplacetheironontheironrest,make surethatthesurfaceonwhichyouplaceitisstable. •Thisapplianceisnotintendedforusebypersons(includingchildren)withreducedphysical,sensoryormentalcapabilities,orlack ofexperienceandknowledge,unlesstheyhavebeengivensupervisionorinstructionconcerninguseoftheappliancebyaperson responsiblefortheirsafety.

•Childrenshouldbesupervisedtoensurethattheydonotplaywiththeappliance.

•Neverleavetheapplianceunattended:

-whenitisconnectedtothemains,

-untilithascooleddown(around1hour).

•Thesoleplateandgeneratoriron-restcanbecomeveryhotandcauseburns:nevertouchtheseparts. Nevertouchtheelectriccordswiththesoleplateoftheiron.

•Yourappliancegivesoffsteamwhichcancauseburns. Handleyourironcarefully,particularlywhenusingtheverticalsteam function. Neverdirectthesteamtowardspersonsoranimals. •Beforeunscrewingtheboilerrinsecap,waituntilthegeneratoriscold(unpluggedformorethan2hours). •Whilerinsingouttheboiler,neverfillitdirectlyunderthetap. •Ifyouloseordamagetheboilerrinsecap,haveitreplacedbyanapprovedServiceCentre. •Neverimmerseyoursteamgeneratorinwateroranyotherliquid. Neverholditunderthewatertap. •Theappliancemustnotbeusedifithasfallentothefloor,showsevidenceofdamage,leaksorfailstofunctioncorrectly. Never dismantleyourappliance. Toavoidanydanger,haveitinspectedinanapprovedservicecentre.

Environment protection first !

Yourappliancecontainsvaluablematerialswhichcanberecoveredorrecycled.

￿Leaveitatacivicwastedisposalcentre.

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