Kärcher SGV 6/5 Bedienungsanleitung Seite 18

Cleaning of Coated or Lacquered Surfaces
When cleaning painted or plastic-coated surfaces, as
found on kitchen and living room furniture, doors, par-
quet, linoleum; wax, furniture polish, plastic surfaces or
paint can come loose or stains can be created. When
cleaning these surfaces, briefly steam a cloth and wipe
the surfaces with it.
WARNING
Health risk, risk of damage. Observe all indications on
the detergent used.
ATTENTION
Detergent solutions with a pH-value higher than 13 (al-
kaline) and smaller than 2 (acidic) can damage the ap-
pliance.
Note: For considerate treatment of the environment use
detergent economically.
Kitchen area
Floorings, e.g. safety tiles Universal floor cleaner RM
Sanitary area, e.g. show-
er, floorings with limescale
deposits
For further information, please request product informa-
tion sheet and EU safety data sheet of the relevant de-
tergent.
Detergent spray bottle
Only SGV 6/5:
Note: The supplied spray bottle is empty.
 Fill the spray bottle with the detergent.
Prepare cleaning solution
Only SGV 8/5:
 Mix fresh water (max. 40 °C) and detergent in a
clean container (concentration as per the instruc-
tions for the detergent).
Fill detergent container
Only SGV 8/5:
 Pull out the detergent container.
 Unscrew the screw cap of the detergent container.
Note: For technical reasons (automatic bleeding of
the pumps) there can be water in the detergent
container.
 Fill detergent container with cleaning solution.
 Screw the screw cap of the detergent container
back in.
 Slide the detergent container all the way in to the
stop.
Fill the fresh water reservoir
ATTENTION
Never fill fresh water tanks with demineralised water or
detergent. This can damage the appliance or cause
malfunctions.
 Pull out fresh water container.
 Unscrew the screw cap of the fresh water contain-
er.
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Detergent
Grease and protein re-
mover RM 731 (alkaline)
743 (alkaline)
Porcelain stoneware RM
753 (alkaline)
Floor Deep Cleaner CA
20C (acidic)
Start up
 Fill the fresh water container with at least 3 litres of
water.
Note: Regular tap water can be used.
 Screw the screw cap of the fresh water container
back in.
 Slide the fresh water container all the way in to the
stop.
Attaching the Accessories
DANGER
Risk of scalding! In order to prevent steam from escap-
ing when accessories are disconnected, the safety
catch on the steam switch must be pulled out.
 Check accessory for safe connection prior to use.
Accessories with plug connection
 Open the cover of the accessory outlet, plug the ac-
cessory plug in the accessory outlet and snap it in
place audibly.
 Connect accessory: Connect the handle or the
steam suction hose with the desired accessory.
Slide parts into each other until the accessory lock
snaps into place.
 Disconnect accessory: Hold the accessory lock
down and pull the accessory parts apart.
Accessories with screw connection
 Connect and hand-tighten screwable accessories.
Replacing the inserts of the floor nozzle
Illustration
Replacing the inserts of the hand nozzle
Illustration
Always place the machine in a horizontal position during
operation.
Only SGV 8/5:
– Text or a line/bar presentation is shown on the dis-
play.
– The line/bar presentation depicts a certain period of
time. At the beginning of the period of time 10 bars
are shown, which are replaced by lines from the
right to the left until 10 lines are shown in the end.
Factory-set display language
– EU/CH: German
– GB: English
Users, whose national language is not available as
the display language:
 Select English as the display language.
Selecting the display language
Available display languages:
– German
– English
– French
– Spanish
– Japanese
 Set the rotary switch on the appliance to "0/OFF".
 Set the handwheel on the handle to cold water.
 Press the suction button and the steam switch.
 Set the rotary switch to cold water/suction opera-
tion.
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EN
Operation
Display
Text
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