SlopeSafety
•Mowacrossthefaceofslopes;neverupanddown.Use
extremecautionwhenchangingdirectiononslopes.
•Donotmowonexcessivelysteepslopes.Poorfooting
couldcauseaslip-and-fallaccident.
•Donotmowneardrop-offs,ditches,orembankments.
Youcouldloseyourfootingorbalance.
StartingtheEngine
1.Pulltheblade-controlbartothehandle(Figure15).
Figure15
2.Pushtheelectric-startbutton(electricstartmodelonly)
(Figure16)orpulltherecoil-starthandle(Figure17).
Note:Iftheelectric-startbuttonhasbeenremoved,
insertitintheelectricstarter;refertoFigure16
(electric-startmodelonly).
Figure16
Electric-startmodelonly
1.Electric-starter3.Electric-startbutton
(installed)
2.Electric-startbutton
Figure17
Note:Ifthemachinedoesnotstart,contactan
AuthorizedServiceDealer.
UsingtheSelf-PropelDrive
Tooperatetheself-propeldrive,simplywalkwithyourhands
ontheupperhandleandyourelbowsatyoursides,andthe
machinewillautomaticallykeeppacewithyou(Figure18).
Figure18
StoppingtheEngine
Releasetheblade-controlbar(Figure19).
Note:Removetheelectric-startbuttonwheneveryouleave
themachine(electric-startmodelonly).
Important:Whenyoureleasetheblade-controlbar,
thebladeshouldstopwithin3seconds.Ifitdoesnot
stopproperly,stopusingyourmachineimmediatelyand
contactanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
Figure19
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