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To select a pile
height
setting
Turn off cleaner. Select a pile height set-
ting by tilting the cleaner
back until front
wheels are lifted slightly
off the floor as
illustratedo
Slide the adjustment
lever to the correct
setting.
SUGGESTED
PILE HEIGHT
SETTINGS
You may need to raise the height to make
some jobs easier, such as scatter rugs
and longer pile carpets.
Suggested
set-
tings are:
HIGH: shag carpet,
long pile, plush, scat-
ter rugs,
MED: medium
to long pile.
LOW: short to medium
pile,
EX LOW: very low pile_
WARNING
Personal
Injury
Hazard
DO NOT place hands or feet
underneath
the unit when chang-
ing from the bare floor
to the car-
pet pile height setting.The
agitator
begins
to revolve
rapidly
when the
vacuum
is turned
on and is in the
carpet
setting,
SOME
MODELS
Bare floor
setting:
Slide the carpet/bare
floor selector
alI the way back and down
toward the bottom
of the nozzle until it
locks into place°
In this position
the brush assembly
does
not revolve.
This setting should
be used
for cleaning
hardwood
and tile floors and
when
any attachments
(tools)
are
used.
Carpet
setting:
Slide the selector
all the
way forward
and up to the carpet
position.
In this position
the brush assembly
will
turn. When
carpets
are being cleaned
the
selector
should be in this position.
Attention:
Refer to your carpet manufac-
turers cleaning
recommendations.
Some
more delicate
carpets
may require that
they be vacuumed
with the agitator turned
off, to prevent carpet damage.
NOTE:
For longer belt life, turn vacuum
off before moving selector,
otherwise
make sure the selector
is pushed
fully
and quickly
as possible
to the desired
position.
Failure to do so can cause the
belt to rub on the selector
shaft and may
result in the belt becoming
hot and creat-
ing a burning
rubber smell.
Carpet/Bare
Floor Selector
To Bare Floor
Position
\
To Carpet
Position

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