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Operator´s manual
Auto Mower
Please read these instructions carefully and make sure
you understand them before using the machine. English
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We congratulate you in becoming a new owner of a Husqvarna Auto Mower. You have chosen a product that we hope will fulfil and even exceed the expecta- tions you have a right to demand. Automatic lawn mowing is a new step in development, which in- volves a new way of thinking and behaviour, not least from the consumer himself. The Auto Mower is in many ways a revolutionary product. It allows you to have a well-kept lawn throughout the season with a minimum of inspection and maintenance. The docum
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SYMBOL EXPLANATION/LIST OF CONTENTS Symbols on the Auto Mower List of contents Symbol explanation IMPORTANT! Read through the Operator’s Manual Symbols on the Auto Mower ................................................ 1 carefully and make sure you understand it Symbols in the Operator’s Manual ...................................... 1 before you start to use the Auto Mower. Safety regulations Use ...................................................................................... 2 WARNING! Tr
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SAFETY REGULATIONS Use Transport • Read through the Operator’s Manual carefully and make sure you understand its contents before using the Auto Mower. STOP • Check that there are no stones, twigs, tools, toys or other objects on the lawn that can damage the blades or WARNING! cause the mower to stop. Never move the Auto Mower with the cover ! lowered. The blades can then rotate and • Start the Auto Mower in accordance with the instructions. cause personal injury. Keep your hands and feet away fr
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PARTS OF THE AUTO MOWER 9 1 10 6 2 7 3 4 25 8 5 24 1 1 2 3 4 2 5 67 8 3 STOP ON 4 90 # 15 11 3 1 2 3 4 1 4 5 67 8 STOP ON 5 2 6 90 # 23 22 12 13 14 17 19 16 18 20 21 What is what? 1. Handle and cover rest 14. Power switch 2. Box containing computer, battery and wheel motors 15. Charging station 3. Cutting disc 16. Loop wires 4. Protective disc 17. Transformer with mains power cable 5. Loop sensor 18. Low-voltage cable 6. Hinged cover 19. Staples 7. Drive wheel 20. Operator’s Manual 8. Front whee
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FUNCTION Auto Mower Technical data Operating principle Battery NiMH special battery, 12 V The Auto Mower mows your lawn automatically. When its battery runs down it moves to its charging station to recharge. Mowing system Cutting disc with three pivoting blades When the battery is fully charged, the Auto Mower starts Cutting height Variable adjustment, approx. 3–9 cm mowing again. Weight 7.1 kg The Auto Mower is controlled by a built-in computer that Length 72 cm consists of a circuit board with
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INSTALLATION The accompanying wheel plates should be placed underneath Planning the installation and in front of the charging station. They reduce wear to the lawn and give the mower a firm base to ensure reliable charg- To get a good mowing result, you must install the charging ing. See the illustrations for examples. station and boundary wires carefully. Read through the whole of this section before you begin the installation. When the Auto Mower is released into the working area the length of
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INSTALLATION If the charging station has to be placed in a passage, the grass Installation of the charging station in the passage around the charging station could be mown too often. To avoid this the Auto Mower can be programmed to Secure the charging station to leave the charging station in any chosen direction within the the ground using the six nails range 45–315°. You simply enter the angles between which you supplied. want the mower to leave the charging station. See the chapter on “Use” (
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≥ 2 m INSTALLATION There is a momentary switch on the charging station for testing. How far inside the outer edge of the working area the boundary A continuous beep when the switch is switched on indicates wire should be placed depends on what lies immediately outside that the charging station is receiving power and that the search the area. If there is a high obstacle, such as a wall or fence, or and boundary wires are connected. A series of beeps indicates delicate flowers, just outside the ar
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INSTALLATION The Auto Mower can mow Trees, bushes and the like that can withstand the Auto Mower areas with an incline of up to pushing against them do not need to be screened off by the around 15° (27 cm difference in boundary wire. The Auto Mower will reverse anyway when it height per metre). Steeper hits an obstacle. However, these obstacles must be higher than areas must be cordoned off the front edge of the chassis, which means about 10 cm or 15 with the boundary wire. If the more. Similarl
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INSTALLATION In exceptional cases and over short distances the wires can be laid closer together, i.e. in a narrow passageway or in the final metre approach to the charging station. If so, it is important that the wires are equally spaced. Search wire Boundary wire Fence Since the Auto Mower follows the path of the search wire, it must be laid at least 40 cm away from any obstacle to prevent the Auto Mower from bumping into anything on its way to the charging station. ≥ 40 cm Extra wire We recom
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INSTALLATION If the Auto Mower leaves the charging station before the Installation, step by step boundary wire has been installed completely, it will stop in front of the charging station and alarm “sense no signal from the The wires must be connected to the charging station’s terminal wire”. This alarm will stop automatically when the boundary wire block, as shown in this wiring diagram, when steps 3-11 in is connected. You can also switch off the Auto Mower’s alarm these installations instruct
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USE Start and stop Adjusting the cutting height STOP WARNING! There are rotating blades under the Auto ! Mower. Never put your hands or feet close to or under the body of the Auto Mower while the motor is running. The cutting height can be adjusted to any height between around 3 (setting 1) and 9 cm (setting 5), which is roughly equivalent to 4–10 cm for a heavier petrol-driven mower. WARNING! • Switch off the Auto Mower by lifting the cover, entering the Read carefully through the safety regula
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USE Charging an empty battery These instructions apply when Auto Mower is new, or after a long period of storage. If the Auto Mower has been used recently it does not need to be started in the charging station, see the chapter “Start and stop”. Place the Auto Mower in the charging station for 60 minutes The charging pins must be in contact with the charging station contact plates. Set the Auto Mower power switch to “STOP” for the battery to be charged gently. Set the power switch to on The beep
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USE The volumes of the operating and error sounds can be set individu- Settings ally between 0 and 4, where 0 = silent and 4 = loudest: The keypad is used to deactivate the theft alarm, enter the Operating sound 2 # volume # (preset volume = 1) security code and to change some of the Auto Mower’s settings. * Error sound 3 # volume # (preset volume = 1) * If you have started to enter a value by pressing buttons on the Start-up sound 4 # volume # (preset volume = 2) * keypad and wish to cancel the
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USE The start and stop times can be zeroed by keying in * 35 #. This Sector not does not affect the setting of the clock. permitted The number of hours it takes to mow an area depends on many factors, such as its size, the shape of the working area and the rate of grass growth. To start off with, a suitable working time 2 can be calculated as 1 hour per 100 m mowing area, which for 2 700 m results in 7 hours. After you have used the Auto Mower for a few weeks you will be able to judge whether th
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USE Sound and lamp indications This table shows the Auto Mower’s sound and lamp signal indications. When the mower cover is opened and the alarm has been switched off, the LEDs on the keypad panel will light for 12 seconds. A green LED indicates an information message and a red LED an error message. To see the latest error message again, enter 20 #. * LED Meaning LED Sound Meaning Sound LED 1 flashes LED 4 flashes 3 beeps The Auto Mower is outside of 3 3 2 beeps Charging in progress. per second
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MAINTENANCE Replacing the blades Cleaning STOP The cutting disc is bolted to the cutting motor shaft and carries NOTE! three blades that are thrown outwards by centrifugal force when Never use a high pressure washer, or even running the disc rotates. The blades are each held in the blade disc by water, to clean the Auto Mower, as water can get into their own special screw. the electronics and destroy sensitive components. To replace a blade: 1. Rotate the protective plate so that its holes are l
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TROUBLE SHOOTING Trouble shooting chart Refer to “Sound and lamp indications” for explanations of the Auto Mower indications. Before trouble shooting, first charge the Auto Mower battery in the charging station to eliminate faults due to low battery charge. Read through the entire Operator’s Manual to make sure that the fault cannot be easily solved by using the keypad commands or the power switch. Fault indication Possible cause Action The Auto Mower cannot The transformer is not connected to t
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TROUBLE SHOOTING Observation Possible cause Action The Auto Mower goes If this only happens at certain places on Check by moving the position of the outside the working area the lawn it may be caused by metal boundary wire. objects (fencing, iron strengthening bars etc.) or cables buried nearby. The working area is sloping too steeply. Ensure that the boundary wire has been laid in accordance with the installation instructions. The boundary wire has been laid wrongly Ensure that the boundary wir
