Operating The Hedge Trimmer; Cutting - Stihl HSA 56 Instruction Manual

10 Operating the Hedge Trimmer

► If the switch lever is stiff or does not spring back to its idle
position: Contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
The switch lever has a malfunction.
Switching On
► Fit the battery.
► Depress the switch lever and release it again.
► If the cutting blades have run or are running: Contact your
STIHL servicing dealer.
The trigger has a malfunction.
► Depress the trigger lockout and hold it in that position.
► Pull the trigger and hold it there.
► If the cutting blades run: Contact your STIHL servicing
dealer.
The switch lever has a malfunction.
► Depress the switch lever (1) and hold it in that position.
The cutting blades run.
► If 3 LEDs flash red: Remove the activation key and contact
your STIHL servicing dealer.
There is a malfunction in the hedge trimmer.
► Release the switch lever.
The cutting blades stop running after about 1 second.
► If the cutting blades continue to run after 1 second:
Contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
Your hedge trimmer has a malfunction.
10 Operating the Hedge Trimmer

10.1 Cutting

► Use lopping shears or a chain saw to cut out thick
branches first.
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► Hold the hedge trimmer with one hand on the control
handle – wrap your thumb around the control handle.
► Hold the hedge trimmer with the other hand on the loop
handle – wrap your thumb around the loop handle.
► Starting at one side of the hedge, swing the hedge trimmer
from the bottom upwards in an arc.
► Lower the nose of the hedge trimmer.
► Walk slowly and steadily forwards.
► Again swing the hedge trimmer from the bottom upwards
in an arc.
► Cut the other side of the hedge.
► Hold the cutting blades at an angle of 0° to 10° to the top
of the hedge as you swing the hedge trimmer horizontally.
► Swing the hedge trimmer back and forth horizontally in an
arc.
The cuttings fall to the ground.
English
0-10°
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