Before Use; Using For The First Time - Rowenta FOCUS Instructivo De Operación

Environment protection first !
Your appliance contains valuable materials which can be recovered
or recycled.
Leave it at a local civic waste collection point.

BEFORE USE

1 • Unpacking
Take the iron out of the box and remove all the stickers.
IMPORT NT Before doing anything else, remove the soleplate protector
(fig.1)!
2 • Which type of water may be used ?
Your iron has been designed to operate using untreated tap water up to 3
mmol/liter.
However, if your water is very hard, you can mix 50% untreated tap water with
50% distilled or demineralised water.
IMPORT NT Heat concentrates the elements contained in water during eva-
poration. The types of water listed below contain organic waste or mineral
elements that can cause spitting, brown staining or premature wear of the
appliance: - water from clothes dryers, scented or softened water, water from
refrigerators, batteries or air conditioners, pure distilled or demineralised
water or rain water should not be used in your iron. lso do not use boiled,
filtered or bottled water.
3 • Using for the first time
Plug in the iron (fig.2) and set the temperature control dial (fig.3) to ••• to heat
the appliance.
little smoke and a slight smell may be emitted, but this is only temporary.
Unplug the iron (fig.4) and fill the water tank (§ 4 Filling the water tank).
To remove any impurities in the iron's steam chamber, unplug the iron and hold
it over a sink horizontally. Push the steam control into the Self Clean position :
steam will now begin to build up.
fter a few seconds water will emerge from the soleplate, rinsing any impuri-
ties out of the steam chamber (fig.5).
Move the steam control to steam
iron and allow the iron to heat up again. Wait until the remaining water has eva-
porated. Unplug from the mains and allow the iron to fully cool down.
position after approx.1 minute. Plug in the
4 * depending on model