ACCLIMATINGYOURCAT
ToacclimateyourcattothenewLitterMaid
®
AdvancedAutomaticSelf-Cleaning
litterbox,wesuggestfollowingthisprocedure.
• PlacetheLitterMaid
®
unitnexttoyouroldlitterbox.
• SetittorunautomaticallybypressingtheON/OFFbuttonON.
Important:WhentheOn/OffbuttonisintheOffpositionitonlydisables
therakefunction.
• Donotcleanouttheoldlitterbox.Catsprefertouseacleanbox,andthe
LitterMaid
®
litterboxwillalwaysbeclean.
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LEDoperation,functionandwhytheyblink:
Greenoncontrolpanel PowerLEDindicatorislitwhenpowertotheunit
ison.LEDislocatedoncontrolpanel.
Blinkinggreenoncontrolpanel LEDblinks(2timespersecond)indicating
batteriesarelow.
LEDblinks(1timepersecond)whentherake
assemblyhasencounteredablockage.
Blueonionizer IonicaircleanerLED(behindtherake)isonly
litwhentheionizerisoperating.
Redoncontrolpanel SleeptimerLEDiscontinuallylitwhensleep
modeisactivated.
Blinkingredoncontrolpanel Occursduringthesleepmodeprogramming.
• Ifyourcatisshy,donotoperatetheLitterMaid
®
litterboxautomatically
for2to3days.DoitmanuallybypressingtheON/OFFbuttononceandthen
turningitoff.
• ManuallyactivatetheLitterMaid
®
litterbox2to3timesadayforthefirst
2to3days,toletyourcatgetusedtogoingintotheLitterMaid
®
litterbox,and
howitsoundsandworks;youcanthensetittocleanautomatically.
• AssoonasyourcatisacclimatedtotheLitterMaid
™
litterbox,setittoclean
automatically.PresstheON/OFFbuttontoONandremovetheoldlitterbox.
Note:DonotplaceyourLitterMaid
®
litterboxinawetenvironmentorindirect
sunlight.Donotuseoutdoorsoronpatios.
CareandCleaning
Thisproductcontainsnouserserviceableparts.Referservicetoqualifiedservice
personnel.
SensorCovers
Thetwosensorslocatedontheinteriorsidepanelsareprotectedbysensorcovers
thatneedtobekeptdustfree.Afterchangingoraddinglitter,wipeeachsensor
withasoft,dryclothtoremovedust.
LitterTray
Useonlyhardclumpinglitter.Lowqualityornon-clumplinglitterwillimpair
performanceandmaydamageyourunit.
Toemptyandcleanlittertray:
• Checktomakesurerakeisinhomeposition.
• PresstheON/OFFbuttontoturnunitOFF.
Important:WhentheOn/OffbuttonisintheOffpositionitonlydisablesthe
rakefunction.
• Unplugunitandremovebatteriestopreventaccidentalactivationoftheunit.
• Removethewastereceptacle.
• Removetherake.
• Removethetophousing.
• Disposeoftheusedlitter.Toensureproperdisposaloflitter,follow
manufacturer'sinstructionsonlitterpackage.Wipethelittertraywithadamp
cloth.Iffurthercleaningisnecessary,thelittertraycanbefullyimmersedin
waterandwashedwithamilddetergent.
Important:Donotsoakorimmersethetophousinginwater.Tocleanwipewith
dampcloth.Drytheunitcompletelybeforereassembling.
• Beforereassembling,spraylittertraysurfacewithnonstickcookingspray
orsiliconespray,andwipewithasoft,drycloth.Thiswillhelptoprevent
wasteclumpsfromadheringtothesurfaceofthetray.
RemovingDisposableWasteReceptacle
Werecommendavoidingcontactwithwastematerial.Wearrubberorlatex
gloveswhenhandlinguseddisposablewastereceptacle.
HelpfulInformation
IfyouneedtoacclimateyourcattotheLitterMaid
®
AdvancedAutomatic
Self-Cleaninglitterbox,referto"AcclimatingYourCat"inthisuseandcarebook.
Unitwillworkwithoutsettingtheclockwhenunitisturnedon.
Ifyourunitisnotworkingproperly,referto"Troubleshooting"inthisuseandcare
book.
Batteries(Werecommendusingbatteriesonlyasaback-up):
• Pushuponcenterridgestoopenbatterycompartmentdoor.
• Removethebatterydoor.
• Followthediagraminthecompartmenttoinstall8AAAlkalinecellbatteries
(batteriesnotincluded).
Justasyouralarmclockcontinuestorunonbatteriesifthereisapowerfailure,
theLitterMaid
®
litterboxwillcontinuetooperateaslongasbatteriesare
installed.Changethebatteriesperiodically.
Sensors
Sensors(locatedoninteriorsidepanels)mustbekeptclean.
Wipesensorswithasoft,dryclothtokeepthemdustfree(U).
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