Electrolux Automower User manual

Automower

™

Operator’s Manual

Automower

™

Please read this Operator’s Manual

carefully before using the machine.

The concept behind the

Automower™ comes

straight out of nature -

the principle of the

grazing animal. Which

means basically that the

grass is cut a little and

often. This is not only

more efficient, it’s better

for the grass too.

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Symbols

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Symbols on Automower™

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Symbols in the Operator’s Manual

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Safety Instructions

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Use

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Transport

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Maintenance

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Presentation

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Function of Automower™

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Capacity

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Installation

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A. Preparations

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B. Planning the installation

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C. Placing the charging station

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D. Charging the battery

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E. Laying out the boundary wire

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F. Connecting the boundary wire

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G. Checking the installation

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H. Linking the Automower™ to the charging station

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More than one Automower™ in a garden

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Control panel

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Shortcuts

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Programs

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Select

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Numbers

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Main switch

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Menu functions

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Main menu

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1. Commands

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2. Timer

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3. Garden

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4. Settings

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Use

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Charging a discharged battery

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Starting the Automower™

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Using the timer

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Stopping the Automower™

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Restart

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Switching off the Automower™

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Adjusting the cutting height

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Maintenance

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Battery

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Winter Storage

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Cleaning

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Replacing the blades

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Trouble shooting

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Technical Data

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EU declaration of Conformity

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Symbols

Symbols on Automower™

These are the symbols on the lawn mower. Study them

carefully so you understand their signiﬁcance.

• The warnings and safety instructions in this

Operator’s Manual must be carefully followed if the

mower is to be used safely and efﬁciently.

• Keep your hands and feet away from the rotating

blades. Never place your hands or feet close to or

under the body when Automower™ is in operation.

• Never use Automower™ if persons, especially

children, or pets, are in the immediate vicinity.

• This product conforms to the applicable

EU Directives.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Read through the Operator’s Manual carefully

and understand the content before using your

Automower™.

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WARNING

Automower™ can be dangerous if

incorrectly used.

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Symbols in the Operator’s Manual

These symbols can be found in the Operator’s Manual.

Study them carefully so you understand their

signiﬁcance.

• Inspection and/or maintenance must be carried out

with the main switch set to ”OFF”.

• Always wear protective gloves when working with

the mower’s underframe.

• Never use a high-pressure washer or even running

water to clean the Automower™.

• The warning box warns of the risk of

personal

injury

, especially if the instructions are not followed.

• The information box indicates the risk of

material

damage

, especially if the instructions are not

followed. The box is also used where there is a risk

of user error.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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Safety Instructions

Use

• Please read the Operator's Manual carefully and

make sure you understand the instructions before

using Automower™.

• Check that there are no stones, branches, tools,

toys or other objects on the lawn that can damage

the blades and cause the mower to stop.

• Start the Automower™ according to the

instructions.

When the main switch is in the ”ON” position; make

sure you keep your hands and feet away from the

rotating blades. Never put your hands and feet

under the mower.

• Never lift up the Automower™ or carry it around

when it is running.

• Do not let persons who do not know how the

Automower™ works and behaves use the mower.

• Do not put anything on top of the Automower™ or

its charging station.

• Do not allow the Automower™ to be used with a

defective blade disc or body. Neither should it be

used with defective blades, screws, nuts or cables.

• Do not use the Automower™ if the main switch

does not work.

• Always switch off the Automower™ using the main

switch when you do not intend to use the mower.

• The Automower™ must never be used at the same

time as a sprinkler. In this case use the timer

function, see ”2. Timer” on page 29, so the mower

and sprinkler never run simultaneously.

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Transport

The original packaging should be used when

transporting the Automower™ over long distances.

To safely move from or within the working area:

1. Press the STOP button to stop the mower.

If the stop protection, (see page 39) used to

prevent theft, has been activated enter the ﬁrst

number of the PIN code.

You select the four digit PIN code when you start

the mower for the ﬁrst time, see page 24.

2. Switch off the main switch if the mower is to be

moved outside of the working area.

3. Carry the mower by the handle at the rear under

the mower. Carry the mower with the top against

your body.

Maintenance

• Inspect the Automower™ each week and replace

any damaged or worn parts.

Check especially that the blades and blade disc are

not damaged. Replace all blades and screws at the

same time if necessary so that the rotating parts are

balanced, see ”Maintenance” on page 46.

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WARNING

When the mower is turned upside down

the main switch must always be set to

the OFF position.

The main switch should be set to the

OFF position during all work on the

mower’s underframe, such as cleaning

or replacing the blades.

The beeps (5 beeps in 5 seconds) warn

that the blade disc is about to start, if the

beeps are not audible the Automower™

is set to sound off.

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Presentation

Congratulations on your choice of an exceptionally

high quality product.

To get the best results from your Automower™

requires knowledge of its function. This chapter

contains information you should be aware of when

planning the installation.

Installation of the Electrolux Automower™ includes

four main components:

Automower™

, an automatic lawn mower that mows

the lawn by moving in essentially an irregular pattern.

The mower is powered by a maintenance-free battery.

Charging station

, where your Automower™ returns

when the charge level in the battery becomes too low.

The charging station has three functions:

• To send control signals along the boundary wire.

• To send out signals so the Automower™ ﬁnds the

charging station.

• To charge the Automower™ battery.

Transformer

, which is connected between the

charging station and a 230V wall socket. The

transformer is connected to the wall socket via an

integrated power cord and to the charging station via

a 20 m long low voltage cable. The length of the low

voltage cable must not be changed.

Boundary wire

, laid in a loop around the Automower’s

working area. The wire is laid around the edges of the

lawn and around objects and plants that the mower

must not run into.

The length of boundary wire needed in an installation

is the circumference of the working area plus a few

extra metres to lay around ”islands”, objects and

plants. A few extra metres are also required for any

subsequent adjustments. The boundary wire supplied

for the installation is 250 m long. If this is not sufﬁcient

more wire can be purchased, with a connector, and

spliced onto the existing wire.

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Function of Automower™

Working method

The Automower™ automatically mows the lawn.

It continuously combines mowing and charging.

The charging station sends out a signal that the

Automower™ can sense at a distance of 6 - 8 metres.

The mower starts to seek out the charging station

when the capacity of the battery becomes too low. The

Automower™ does not mow when it is searching for

the charging station.

When the battery is charged the mower reverses, turns

around and leaves the charging station in a randomly

selected direction within the exit sector 90°-270°.

To make it easier for the Automower™ to reach all

parts of the garden you can manually set how the

mower will leave the charging station, see ”3. Garden”

on page 31.

When the Automower™ body hits an obstacle, the

mower reverses and selects a new direction.

Two sensors, at the front and back on the

Automower™, sense when the mower approaches the

boundary wire. The Automower™ overruns the wire by

up to 27 centimetres before it turns. The overrun length

can be set, see ”Drive past wire (3-2)” on page 34.

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The STOP button on the top of Automower™ is mainly

used to stop the mower when it’s running. When the

STOP button is pressed a cover opens, behind which

there is a control panel. The STOP button remains

depressed until the cover is closed again. This acts as

start inhibitor.

The control panel on the top of the Automower™ is

where you manage all the mower settings. The main

switch is also located on the control panel. Open the

control panel cover by pressing down the STOP button.

When the main switch is turned ON for the ﬁrst time, a

start-up sequence begins which includes: selection of

the language, time format, date format and four digit

PIN code, plus setting of the time and date, see

page 24.

The Automower™ can enter a sleep mode to save

power. The display on the control panel is then

completely dimmed.

The sleep mode is activated 25 minutes after the

STOP button has been pressed and then not reset to

the operating mode. Automower™ is then activated by

switching the main switch off and on.

The sleep mode can also be activated in the event of a

fault occurring during mowing or charging and which is

not rectiﬁed within 25 minutes. The Automower™ is

then activated by pressing the STOP button.

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Movement pattern

The mower’s movement pattern is irregular and is

determined by the Automower™ itself. A movement

pattern is never repeated. This mowing system means

the lawn is mown equally without any mowing lines.

If the Automower™ enters an area where it senses the

grass is longer than earlier, it can change the

movement pattern. It can then mow in a square pattern

to cover the area of longer grass more systematically.

Thereafter the mower returns to the irregular

movement pattern.

Capacity

The Automower™ is recommended for lawns up to

1,800 m

2

.

Automower™ mows about 75 m

2

per hour. How large

an area is mown depends primarily on the condition of

the blades and the type of grass, growth rate and

humidity. The shape of the garden is also signiﬁcant. If

the garden mainly consists of open lawns, the

Automower™ can mow more per hour than if the

garden consists of several small lawns separated by

trees, ﬂower beds and passages.

How long the Automower™ mows and recharges can

vary depending on, among others, the ambient

temperature. Up to about 25°C a fully charged

Automower™ mows for approximately 40 -60 minutes,

depending on the age of the battery and the thickness

of the grass. The mower then charges for about

45 minutes. Above 25°C both the mowing and charging

times gradually drop.

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Installation

This chapter describes how you install the

Automower™. Before starting the installation read the

previous chapter ”Presentation” on page 9 to page 12.

Carry out the installation in the following steps:

A. Preparations.

B. Planning the installation

C. Placing the charging station.

D. Charging the battery.

E. Laying the boundary wire.

F. Connecting the boundary wire.

G. Checking the installation.

H. Linking the Automower™ to the charging station.

The letters refer to the following headings.

To carry out a complete start-up of an Automower™

the charging station must be in position and

connected, the boundary wire connected, and the

mower connected to the charging station. To start the

mower without having completed the full boundary

installation it is possible to connect a temporary short

loop round the mower.

A. Preparations

1. If the lawn in the working area is longer than

15 cm, mow it using a conventional lawn mower.

Then collect the clippings.

2. Read carefully through all the steps before the

installation.

3. Check that all parts for the installation are

included:

The numbers in brackets refer to the detail

diagram ”Automower™, what’s what?” on

page 14.

• Operator’s Manual (22)

• Automower™

• Charging station (14)

• Boundary wire in the right length (16)

• Transformer (17)

• Low voltage cable (18)

• Staples (19)

• Boundary wire connector (20)

• Boundary wire coupler (21)

During installation you will also need:

• Hammer to simplify putting the staples in the

ground

• Combination pliers

• Straight spade, if the boundary wire is to be

buried

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Automower™, what’s what?

The numbers in the picture correspond to:

1. Charging strip

2. Cutting height adjustment cover

3. Front wheel

4. Drive wheel

5. Body

6. Stop button

7. Keypad

8. Display

9. Main switch

10. Handle

11. Chassis box with electronics, battery and

motors

12. Skid plate

13. Blade disc

14. Charging station

15. LED for operation check of the boundary wire

16. Boundary wire

17. Transformer with power cord

18. Low voltage cable

19. Staples

20. Boundary wire connector

21. Boundary wire coupler

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B. Planning the installation

Charging station

For examples of good positioning of the charging

station, see ”Garden shape (3-3)” on page 34.

First and foremost the charging station should be

positioned:

• Centrally in the main area, along the outer edge

and with a large free area in front of the station.

• In the shadow. The battery is spared if it is charged

in the lowest possible ambient temperature.

• On relatively level ground. The height difference

must not differ more than 10 cm between the front

and rear of the charging station.

• Close to a wall socket:

The charging station should be connected to a

230V wall socket via the low voltage cable and

transformer.

The supplied low voltage cable is 20 metres long.

The transformer must be placed where it is well

ventilated and is not exposed to direct sunlight. It is

also beneﬁcial if the transformer can be placed

under a roof.

It is recommended to use an earth fault-breaker

when connecting the transformer to the wall socket.

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Do not put the charging station in a corner or pocket in

the working area.

If the garden consists of two large lawns joined by a

passage, it may be difﬁcult for the Automower™ to ﬁnd

the entrance to the passage. Making it difﬁcult to work

efﬁciently in both areas. One way to make the mower

effectively reach both areas is to position the charging

station in the middle of the passage.

When the charging station needs to be placed in a

passage, it is appropriate to manually set the exit

direction, see ”Charge exit settings (3-1)” on page 31.

This will ensure both areas are mown equally and the

grass close to the charging station will not appear

downtrodden.

Boundary wire

For a successful installation the placement of the

boundary wire should be planned carefully. Planning is

simpliﬁed if you make a sketch of the working area,

including all obstacles. Draw how the boundary wire

should be routed on the sketch.

The boundary wire should be laid so it:

• Forms a loop around the working area for the

Automower™. Only original boundary wire ought to

be used. This is tinned and has a high quality

insulation to withstand the dampness in the ground.

• Is a maximum of 500 metres long.

• Maintains a maximum distance of 35 metres from

Automower™ in the entire working area.

• Does not lie on a sharp incline. The Automower™

may ﬁnd it difﬁcult to reverse back, especially in

damp weather conditions when there is a large risk

of skidding.

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Include the possibility in the planning that adjustments

may need to be made to the loop. In doing so

remember:

• Leave a few extra metres of wire at the beginning

and end, close to the charging station.

• Place a few extra metres of wire about every

30 metres around the entire loop.

All extra wire should be laid in tight, parallel loops.

If staples are used, the parallel loops should be

placed under the same staple.

Remember the following with regard to the working

area boundaries:

• If a high obstacle, for example a wall or fence,

borders the working area, the boundary wire should

be laid 35 cm from the obstacle. This will prevent

the Automower™ from colliding with the obstacle

and reduce body wear.

• If the working area borders against, for example,

pools of water the boundary wire should be

supplemented with a fence or the like. The height

must then be at least 15 cm. This will prevent the

Automower™, under any circumstances, coming

outside of the working area.

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Extra wire must not be placed in coils outside

the boundary wire. This can disrupt the

Automower™.

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• If the working area borders against a small ditch, for

example, a ﬂower bed or a small elevation, e.g. a

low verge (3-5 cm), the boundary wire should be

laid 30 cm inside the working area. This prevents

the wheels from driving into the ditch or up onto the

verge.

• If the working area borders against a ﬂat path or the

like that lies level with the lawn, it is possible to

allow the Automower™ to run a little over the path.

The boundary wire should then be laid 10 cm from

the edge of the path.

Remember the following with regard to the working

area boundaries:

• Automower™ can mow areas with a slope of up to

33 cm per metre inside the working area. Areas that

slope more must be demarcated by the boundary

wire. If any part of the working area’s outer edge

has a gradient of 1:5 (20 cm/m) or more, the wire

should be laid inside where the slope starts. The

Automower™ may ﬁnd it difﬁcult to turn at the loop

where the ground slopes steeply.

• Use the boundary wire to demarcate areas inside

the working area, for example, ﬂower beds and

fountains. Lay the wire up to the area, around it and

then return along the same route. If staples are

used, the wire should be laid under the same staple

on the return route.

• Obstacles that can withstand a collision, for

example, trees or bushes higher than 15 cm, do not

need to be demarcated by the boundary wire. The

Automower™ will turn when it collides with this type

of obstacle.

However, for the most gentle and silent operation,

it is preferable to demarcate all ﬁxed objects in and

around the working area.

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• Obstacles that slope slightly, for example, stones or

large trees with raised roots, should be demarcated

or removed. The Automower™ can slide up onto

this kind of obstacle causing the blades to be

damaged.

Remember the following with regard to secondary

areas and passages:

• If there are secondary areas close to the main area

the boundary wire should be laid so that these

areas form an ”island” outside of the main area.

Secondary areas are working areas without the

charging station, but which are encircled by the

same boundary wire as the main area. The

Automower™ must be moved manually between

the main and secondary areas.

If the garden consists of two areas where one area

is much smaller than the other and the areas are

only connected by a very long narrow passage,

it may be suitable to create a secondary area.

• In order for the loop system to work well, the wires

in passages where the Automower™ is to run

through must not lie too close together.

A passage should be at least 2 metres wide so the

Automower™ can ﬁnd it and make its way through

it. The minimum spacing between the wires in a

passage is 130 cm.

The transition between a large area and a passage

should be, if possible, designed like a ”funnel”, with

rounded corners, to make it easier for the

Automower™ to enter the passage.

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C. Placing the charging station

1. Place the charging station according to your plan.

2. Connect the low voltage cable to the charging

station.

Only use original cable and transformer.

3. Connect the low voltage cable to the transformer.

The connectors may be slightly difﬁcult to connect,

as they are moisture-proof.

4. Connect the transformer’s power cord to a 230V

wall socket. It is preferable to use an earth-fault

breaker as recommended.

D. Charging the battery

The Automower™ is supplied with an uncharged

battery. As soon as the charging station is connected, it

is possible to charge the mower.

1. Set the main switch to the OFF position.

2. Place the Automower™ in the charging station to

charge the battery while you are laying the

boundary wire.

From an uncharged state the battery takes about

1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours until it is fully charged.

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Automower™ cannot be used before the

installation is complete.

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