3 Steam Brush SDRB 1000 A1 Steam Brush Operating instructions Ångborste Bruksanvisning Dampfbürste Bedienungsanleitung KOMPERNASS GMBH BURGSTRASSE 21 · D-44867 BOCHUM www.kompernass.com ID-Nr.: SDRB1000A1-07/10-V2 Höyrysilitysharja Käyttöohje Dampbørste Betjeningsvejledning SDRB 1000 A1 r e w q 0 2 3 1 9 4 8 t 5 6 7 CONTENT Safety instructions Intended Use Technical data Items supplied Description of the appliance Before the First Usage Operation PAGE 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 Filling with water...............................................................................................................................4 Attaching/detaching the brush attachment ...................................................................................5 Steam brush function........................................................................................................................5 Clothing care ....................................................................................................................................5 Curtain and soft furnishing care......................................................................................................6 Fluff brush ..........................................................................................................................................6 Ironing function .................................................................................................................................6 After using the steam brush .............................................................................................................7 Cleaning and care Storage Troubleshooting Disposal Warranty & Service Importer 7 7 7 8 8 9 Scale removal ...................................................................................................................................7 Read the operating instructions carefully before using the appliance for the first time and preserve this booklet for later reference. Pass the manual on to whomsoever might acquire the appliance at a later date. -1- STEAM BRUSH Safety instructions Risk of personal injury! · When the appliance is hot, grasp it only by the handle. · This appliance is not intended for use by individuals (including children) with restricted physical, physiological or intellectual abilities or deficiences in experience and/or knowledge unless they are supervised by a person responsible for their safety or receive from this person instruction in how the appliance is to be used. · Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance. · Never hold your hand over the steam spray or on hot metal parts. · You should not open the filler opening of the water reservoir while the iron is in use. First of all, remove the plug from the power socket and allow the device to cool down completely. · NEVER iron clothing while still wearing it! · NEVER direct jets of steam at other people or animals. · Under NO circumstance should you use the appliance if it shows visible signs of damage, has fallen or leaks water. Arrange for it to be repaired by qualified specialists. · Use only the ironing temperatures given in the care instructions for the material, or those suitable for it. Otherwise, you could damage the textiles. Should care instructions not be given or known, start with the lowest temperature setting. Risk of electrical shocks. · The rating of the local power supply must tally completely with the details given on the rating plate of the appliance. · To avoid possible dangers, arrange for a defective appliance to be checked and possibly repaired by qualified technicians, or contact our Customer Service Department. · Arrange for defective power plugs and/or cables to be replaced at once by qualified technicians or our Customer Service Department. · To disconnect from the power spource, pull only on the plug itself, not on the cable. · Never bend (kink) or crush the power cable. Arrange it in such a way that it can not come into contact with hot surfaces and such that no-one can step on it or trip over it. · After every usage, before cleaning the appliance and when refilling with water, remove the plug from the power socket. · Always unroll the power cable fully before switching on and do not use an extension cable. · Never touch the power cable or the power plug with wet hands. · Under no circumstances may the appliance be submersed in fluids or fluids be allowed to permeate the housing. Do not expose the appliance to humidity and do not use it outdoors. Should liquids enter the housing, unplug the appliance from the power socket immediately and arrange for it to be repaired by a qualified technician. Risk of fire! · Do NOT leave the appliance unsupervised when it is connected to mains power. · Put the appliance into storage only when it has cooled down. · Place the appliance on level and heat resistant surfaces only with the stand folded out. The appliance must be stood securely when it is put down. -2- · NEVER use the appliance adjacent to water contained in a bath, shower, wash basin or other vessels. The proximity of moisture presents a danger, even when the appliance is switched off. · You may not open the appliance housing. Permit only authorised technicians to repair a defective appliance. Items supplied Steam Brush Brush attachment Measuring beaker Operating instructions Attention! · Should the care instructions in the clothing item forbid ironing (Symbol ), you may not use the steam brush on it. Should you do so, the clothing item could be permanently damaged. · The water tank is to be filled exclusively with mains water (or a mix of distilled and mains water). You will otherwise damage the appliance. · You may not clean the appliance with solvents, alcohol or abrasive cleaning agents. These could cause damage to it. Description of the appliance 1 Water tank 2 Water fill opening 3 Temperature regulator 4 Unlocking device for the water tank 5 Heating-up control lamp 6 Suspension eye 7 Power cable with power plug 8 Steam blast button 9 Stand 0 Sole of the iron q Unlocking device for brush attachment w Brush attachment e Fluff brush r Clothes brush t Measuring beaker Intended Use This Steam Brush is intended exclusively for the smoothing and removal of crinkles, fluff and hairs on home textiles. It may only be used indoors and in a domestic household. All other use is deemed improper use. Before the First Usage · Remove the steam brush from the packaging. · Remove all possible adhesive tags and protective foils from the steam iron. Technical data Rated voltage: Output: 220-240V~50Hz 1000 W Attention! Plastic bags can be dangerous. To avoid fatalities through suffocation, keep plastic bags out of the reach of children. -3- · Fill the water tank 1 with water (See chapter "Filling with water"). · Insert the power plug 7 into a correctly installed and earthed mains power socket. · Hold the steam brush horizontally. · Place the temperature regulator 3 at the position "MAX". · Heat the steam brush up at the highest setting for a few minutes. By doing this you will clear production residues from the sole 0 of the appliance. · Activate the steam shot button 8 a few times, so that steam exits from the soleplate 0. · Then iron a redundant piece of material, this will remove any impurites that may possibly be on the sole of the iron 0. Do not use chemically distilled water. This would irreparably damage the appliance. Should the mains water at your locality be rated as hard, it is recommended that you mix mains water with some distilled water. Otherwise, the jets for the steam blast function could calcify (become blocked) prematurely. To extend the optimal steam blast function, mix mains water with distilled water according to the table. Water hardness very soft / soft medium hard very hard Ratios - distilled water to mains water Note: On the first heating up of the appliance a small volume of smoke and smell may be generated, caused by production residues. This is completely normal and is not dangerous. Provide for sufficient ventilation, for example, open a window. 0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 Operation The water hardness level can be queried at your local water works. Information · Should the care instructions in the clothing item forbid ironing (Symbol ), you may not use the steam brush on it. If you do so, the clothing item could be permanently damaged. · Do NOT use the appliance on leather, velvet, impregnated furniture or steam sensitive materials. If you do, the material/furniture could become damaged. Attention! Before refilling with water, ALWAYS remove the plug 7 from the mains power socket! There is a risk of electric shock! · Lift the water tank 1 up vertically, in that you slide the release 4 for the water tank 1 to the rear until the water tank 1 allows itself to be lifted off. Grasp the water tank 1 with your thumb and index finger on the hatched markings to lift it vertically upwards. The temperature controller 3 remains on the appliance and is not lifted off. · Open the water fill opening 2 to the water tank 1. · Using the measuring beaker t, fill the water tank 1 with mains water to the "Max" marking, but no further. -4- Filling with water Attention! NEVER fill the water tank 1 with chemical substances, cleaning agents or fluids other than mains water (or a mix of mains and distilled water). · Close the water fill opening 2 to the water tank 1. Ensure that the lug on the water fill opening 2 sits in the indentation on the lid. Only in this way is the water tank 1 properly closed. · Replace the water tank 1 back onto the appliance. The water tank 1 must audibly engage with the unlocking device for the water tank 4. · By pressing the steam blast button 8 you can now produce jets of steam. The appliance is now ready for use. Notice: To release the first steam blast after heating the appliance up, it can happen that you may need to press the steam blast button 8 several times in succession. Attaching/detaching the brush attachment Attention! Attention! NEVER attempt to attach or detach the brush attachment w when the appliance is heated up. Risk of Burns! · To use the steam and brush function, place the brush attachment w onto the steam brush. · To do this, slide the brush attachment w all the way along the guide to the end. The unlocking device of the brush attachment q must engage audibly. · To be able to use the ironing function, remove the brush attachment w from the steam brush. · To do this, press the unlocking device q downwards and, at the same time, pull the brush attachment w away to the front. The steam brush can be used with all clothing items. Caution is to be exercised with heat-sensitive materials such as synthetics, polyamides or artificial silk. With these materials you should first check at a concealed part (inside seam) that the hot steam will not cause any damage to the garment. Do not touch these materials directly with the hot sole of the iron 0. Use only the steam blast. Clothing care · Suspend the crumpled garment from a coat hanger. · With one hand pull the garment flat, then steam it from top to bottom. The combination of steam and clothes brush r will gently remove all creases. · Use light pressure with the clothes brush r and guide the appliance from top to bottom over the garment. You can thereby press the steam blast button 8 in short intervals. Steam brush function · Place the brush attachment w onto the appliance. This must engage audibly with the unlocking device on the brush attachment q. · Insert the power plug 7 into a correctly installed and earthed mains power socket. · Position the temperature regulator 3 at ···. The heating-up control lamp 5 glows. As soon as the set temperature has been reached, the heating-up control lamp 5 goes out. Notice: You can repeatedly press the steam blast button 8 until the heating-up control lamp 5 glows or water drips from the sole of the iron 0. Then, wait until the heating-up control lamp 5 extinguishes before activating a further blast of steam. · Should the heating-up control lamp 5 start to glow during the process, release the steam blast button 8 and wait a few seconds until the heating-up control lamp 5 extinguishes. Information When using the steam blast function, always place the temperature regulator 3 at the position ··· . At lower settings the temperature is not sufficient to generate a steam blast. -5- Note: Should you press the steam blast button 8 whilst the heating-up control lamp 5 is glowing the result will be condensed water instead of steam, and water will drip from the sole of the iron 0. · Leave the garment on the clothes hanger to cool down before putting it on. Washing label Type of material Temperature regulator 3 Chemical fibres, · (low e.g. viscose, temperature) polyester Silk, Wool (medium temperature) (high temperature) ·· C ...