For Your Safety - Viking ME 339 Gebrauchsanleitung

10 Discharge flap
11 Rotary handle
12 Quick-clamping device
13 Motorstop lever
14 Height adjustment lever
15 Strain relief
16 Mains connection
17 Start button
18 Identification plate

4. For your safety

4.1 General
These safety regulations must be
observed when working with the
lawn mower.
Read the entire instruction
manual before using the machine
for the first time and keep it in a
safe place for future reference.
Ensure that you are familiar with the
controls and use of the machine.
Before initial use, advice should be
obtained from the specialist dealer or other
technician.
The lawn mower should not be operated
after the consumption of alcohol,
medications which impair reactions, or
drugs.
Never mow in the vicinity of other persons,
particularly children, or animals.
Be aware that the user of the machine is
responsible for accidents involving other
persons or their property.
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Only give (or lend) the machine to persons
who are familiar with this model and how to
operate it. Always provide them with the
instruction manual.
Caution – risk of accident:
The lawn mower is intended for private use
and only for mowing lawns; its use for
other purposes is not permitted and may
be dangerous or result in damage to the
machine.
Due to the physical danger to the user, the
lawn mower must not be used, for
example, for the following applications
(incomplete list):
– for trimming bushes, hedges and
shrubs,
– for cutting creepers,
– for the care of lawn roofs and balcony
boxes,
– for clearing paths (vacuuming, blowing,
clearing snow),
– for shredding or chopping tree or hedge
cuttings,
– for levelling earth mounds, e.g. mole
hills,
– for transporting clippings (except in the
grass catcher box provided).
Caution – risk of accident:
Only use accessories which VIKING has
supplied or authorised for use on this
machine. Furthermore, modifications to
the machine are not permitted.
Particular care is required during use in
public green spaces, parks, sports fields,
along roads and in agricultural and forestry
businesses.
Caution: Danger to health due
to vibrations.
Excessive exposure to vibrations
can result in damage to the cardiovascular
or nervous system, particularly in persons
with cardiovascular problems. Please
consult a physician if you experience
symptoms that may have been caused by
vibrational loads. Symptoms of this kind
principally affect the fingers, hands or
wrists and include (incomplete list):
– numbness,
– pain,
– muscular weakness,
– skin discolouration,
– unpleasant tingling sensation.
Children, persons with impaired physical,
sensory or mental faculties or those
lacking the appropriate experience, or
persons who are not familiar with the
instructions, must never be allowed to use
the machine.
Never allow children under the age of 16 to
use the machine.Local regulations may
specify a minimum age for users.
Risk of death from suffocation!
Packaging material is not a toy -
danger of suffocation! Keep
packaging material away from
children.
4.2 Transport
Always wear gloves to prevent
injuries from sharp-edged
components.
Switch off the machine prior to transport,
disconnect the power cable and allow the
blade to come to a standstill.
Note the information in the "Transport"
section ( 13.) when lifting the machine.
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