Husqvarna AUTOMOWER 420 Guide Rapide page 6

1. PL ACEMENT OF AND CONNECTING THE CHARGING STATION
See chapters 3.2 and 3.3 in the Operator's Manual
1. Place the charging station at a central position in the working area, with a lot of open space in front of the charging station
and on a relatively horizontal surface.
2. Connectthepowersupply'slowvoltagecabletothechargingstationandthepowersupply.
3. Connectthepowersupplytoa100-240Vwallsocket.
4. Place the robotic lawnmower in the charging station to charge the battery while the boundary wire is laid. Set the main
switch to position 1.
2. PL ACEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY WIRE AND THE GUIDE WIRE
See chapter 3.4 in the Operator's Manual
1. Lay the boundary wire so that it forms a loop around the working area.
2. Make an eyelet at the point where the guide wire will later be connected.
3.  R untheguidewiretothepointontheboundaryloopwheretheconnectionwillbemade.Avoidlayingthewireattight
angles.
3. CONNECTING THE BOUNDARY WIRE AND THE GUIDE WIRE
See chapter 3.5 in the Operator's Manual
1. Narrowpassagesinthegardenmakeitdifficultfortheroboticlawnmowertofindthechargingstation.Therobotic
lawnmowercanbeleadtoremotegardenareasusingtheguidewire.Theguidewirealsohelpstheroboticlawnmowerto
quicklyfindthechargingstation.
2.  L aytheguidewireunderthechargingstationandatleast2metres=meters(US)straightoutfromthefrontedgeofthe
charging station.
3. Open the connectors and lay the wire ends in the recesses on each connector.
4. Press the connectors together using a pair of pliers.
5. Cutoffanysurplusboundarywire.Cut1to2cmabovetheconnectors.
6.  P resstheconnectorsontothecontactpins,markedAL(left)andAR(right),onthechargingstation.Itisimportantthatthe
right-handwireisconnectedtotheright-handcontactpin,andtheleft-handwiretotheleft-handpin.
7. Fasten the connector to the contact pin marked G1 on the charging station.
4. CONNECTING THE GUIDE WIRE TO THE BOUNDARY WIRE
See chapter 3.6 in the Operator's Manual
1. Cuttheboundarywire with a wire cutters at the centre of the eyelet that was made in step 2.2.
2.  C onnecttheguidewiretotheboundarywireusingtheaccompanyingcouplers.Pressthecouplerscompletelytogether
with a pair of pliers.
5. STARTING AND STOPPING
See chapters 4.3 and 4.4 in the Operator's Manual
STARTING
1. Open the cover by pressing the STOP button.
2. Set the main switch to position 1.Whenyoudothisforthefirsttime,astartupsequencestartswhereyouselectafour
digitPINcodeamongotherthings.
3. Press the START button and close the cover.
STOPPING
Press the STOP button.
6. ADJUSTING THE ROBOTIC L AWNMOWER TO SUIT THE SIZE OF YOUR L AWN
See chapter 6.3 in the Operator's Manual
Themowingresultsdependonmowingtime.AdjustthemowingtimetosuityourgardenusingtheTimerfunction.You
decidewhattimesduringthedaytheroboticlawnmoweristowork.Theroboticlawnmowercutsapproximately90m²per
houranddayforAutomower®420,135m²forAutomower®430X,167m²forAutomower®440and210m²forAutomower®
450X.Forexample,ifyourgardencomprises1200m²ofgrass,themowershouldwork13hoursadayforAutomower®420,
9hoursadayforAutomower®430X,7hoursadayforAutomower®440and6hoursadayforAutomower®450X.
7. MAINTENANCE
See chapter 8 in the Operator's Manual
1.  T hemainswitchshouldbeinthe0positionduringallworkontheroboticlawnmower'schassis,suchascleaningor
replacing the blades.
2.  N everuseahigh-pressurewasherorevenrunningwatertocleantheroboticlawnmower.Neverusesolventsforcleaning.
Replacethebladesregularlyforthebestmowingresult.
3.  A llconnectionstothechargingstation(powersupply,boundaryandguidewire)mustbedisconnectedifthereisariskofa
thunderstorm.
4. Fully charge the battery at the end of the season before winter storage.
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