Philips Azur Excel Plus HI 556 Manual page 6

Filling with water (for steam-ironing and
spraying)
• You can fill this iron
with normal tap
water.
- Remove the mains
plug from the wall
socket before filling
the iron with water.
- Set the steam control
(B) to position O (= no
steam).
- Set the 3-positions
switch to position ∫
(fig. 9) and take the
cordless iron from the
stand (fig. 10).
- Stand the iron upright
and open the filling
funnel. Pour water
into the filling funnel
to a maximum of 230
ml (fig. 11). Use the
measuring beaker
with spout for this
purpose.
- Close the filling
funnel.
Ironing temperature
• Always check first to see whether a label with
ironing instructions is attached to the article to
be ironed. (See table.)
Follow these ironing instructions in all cases.
• If ironing instructions are missing but you know
the kind of fabric, then refer to the fabric table.
• The fabric table is valid for the materials only
and is not applicable to any applied finish,
gloss etc.
Fabric to which some kind of finish has been
applied (gloss, wrinkle, relief etc.) can best be
ironed at lower temperatures.
• Sort the laundry out according to ironing
temperature first: wool with wool, cotton with
cotton, etc.
• The iron heats up quicker than it cools down.
Therefore, start ironing the articles requiring
the lowest temperature such as those made of
synthetic fibres.
• If the fabric consists of various kinds of fibres,
you must always select the lowest ironing
temperature for the composition of those fibres.
(E.g. an article consisting of "60% polyester and
40% cotton" should be ironed at the temperature
indicated for polyester (1) and without steam.)
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If you do not know the kind(s) of fabric(s) the
article has been made from, find a spot which
will be invisible when wearing or using the
article. Try out the ironing temperature which is
most suitable there. (Start at a relatively low
temperature.)
• Pure woollen fabrics (100% wool) may be
pressed with the iron set to a steam position.
Preferably set the steam control to maximum
position and use a dry pressing cloth.
When steam-ironing woollen fabrics, shining of
the fabric may occur. This can be prevented by
turning the article inside out and ironing the
reverse side.
• Velvet and other textures which rapidly acquire
shiny spots should be ironed in one direction
only (with the nap) applying light pressure.
Always keep the iron moving.
• Silk and other fabrics likely to become shiny
should be ironed on the reverse side. To
prevent staining do not use the spray on silk or
other delicate fabrics.
Setting the temperature
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- Place the iron on the stand (fig. 12).
- Set the appropriate ironing temperature
indicated in the ironing instructions or in the
fabric table by means of the temperature dial
(fig. 13).
- Insert the mains plug
into the wall socket.
Pilot light (H) will now
come on (fig. 14).
- When the amber pilot
light (H) has gone out
and has come on
again you can start
ironing.
• The amber pilot light (H) will come on from time
to time during corded ironing.
• If you set the temperature control to a lower
setting after ironing at a high temperature, do
not recommence ironing before the amber pilot
light (H) first has come on and then has gone
out again.
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