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4 Operation 4.1 Main switch WARNING: Read the safety instructions carefully before you start your robotic lawnmower. WARNING: Keep your hands and feet away from the rotating blades. Never put your hands or feet close to or under the machine when the motor is running. WARNING: Never use the robotic lawnmower when persons, especially children, or pets, are in the cutting area. • Set the Main switch in the 1 position to start the robotic lawnmower. • Set the Main switch in the 0 position when the robotic lawnmower is not in use or if any work, inspection or maintenance is being carried out. When the main switch is set in the 0 position the motors on the robotic lawnmower cannot start. 4.2 Start 1. Set the Main switch to position 1. 2. Open the Automower® Connect app. 3. Select the Dashboard. 4. Select Start in the app. If the robotic lawnmower is parked in the charging station, it will only leave the charging station when the battery is fully charged and if the timer is set to allow the mower to operate. Note: Make sure that the START button on top of the robotic lawnmower is in the correct position. The robotic lawnmower does not start if the STOP button is activated. 4.3 Operating mode - Start When Start has been selected the following operation selections can be selected. • Main area • Override timer • Secondary area 4.3.1 Main area Main area is the standard operating mode where the robotic lawnmower mows and charges automatically. 1. Open Automower® Connect. 2. Select Dashboard in the Main menu. 3. Select Start 4. Select Resume on main area to start the robotic lawnmower. 4.3.2 Override timer Any timer settings can be temporarily overridden by selecting Override timer. 1. Select Dashboard in the Main menu. 2. Select Start. 3. Slide the horizontal bar of Override timer to find a suitable override duration. It is possible to override the timer up to 7 days. 4. Select a suitable override duration. 4.3.3 Secondary area For more information about Secondary area, see Secondary areas on page 17. If Secondary area is selected, the robotic lawnmower operates for a selected time period, or until the battery is empty. If the robotic lawnmower charges in the Secondary area mode, it will fully charge, drive out about 50 cm / 20 in. and then stop. This indicates that it is charged and ready to start mowing. 1. Select Dashboard in the Main menu. 2. Select a suitable time period, or to mow until the battery is empty. 40 - Operation 362 - 002 - 06.02.2018

Section	Page
Contents	2
Introduction	3
Memo	3
Product description	3
Capacity	3
Mowing technique	3
Working method	4
Movement pattern	4
Finding the charging station	4
Search method 1 - Irregular	4
Search method 2 - Follow guide wire	5
Search method 3 - Follow boundary wire	5
Product overview	6
Symbols on the product	7
Safety	8
Safety definitions	8
General safety instructions	8
IMPORTANT. READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USE. KEEP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE	8
Safety instructions for operation	8
Use	8
How to lift and move the robotic lawnmower	9
Maintenance	10
In the event of a thunderstorm	10
Installation	11
Presentation	11
Main components for installation	11
Preparations	11
Installation tools	12
Charging station	12
Best charging station location	12
Connecting the power supply	13
Installing and connecting the charging station	14
Charging the battery	14
Boundary wire	14
Plan where to lay the boundary wire	15
Working area boundaries	15
Boundaries within the working area	16
Secondary areas	17
Passages when mowing	17
Slopes	17
Laying the boundary wire	18
Eyelet for connecting the guide wire	18
Laying the boundary wire in towards the charging station	18
Splicing the boundary wire	19
Connecting the boundary wire	19
Installation of the guide wire	19
Laying and connecting the guide wire	20
Checking the installation	21
Connectivity	21
Automower® Connect	21
Getting started	21
Remote HMI	22
Husqvarna Fleet Services	22
How to start up the robotic lawnmower	22
First start-up sequence	22
Pairing with the Automower® Connect app	23
Guide calibration	23
Control panel	23
START and STOP button	23
The LED indicator lamp on the robotic lawnmower	23
Automower® Connect menu	23
Dashboard	23
Map	24
Map settings	24
Settings - overview	24
Timer	24
Timer suggestions Automower® 520	25
Timer suggestions Automower® 550	26
Edit timer settings	26
Edit current timer settings	26
Add a new timer setting	26
Cutting height	26
Operation	26
Weather timer	26
ECO mode	27
Spiral cutting	27
Installation	27
Finding the charging station	27
Charging station signal	28
Follow boundary wire	28
Follow guide wire	28
Guide > Disable / Enable	28
Lawn coverage	28
GPS assisted navigation	28
Area 1-5	28
Area 1-5 > Enable/disable	28
Area 1-5 > How? and How far?	28
Area 1-5 > How often?	28
Corridor width	29
Corridor width > Boundary	29
Corridor width > Guide	29
Exit angles	29
Exit angles > Sectors	29
Reversing distance	30
Drive past wire	30
Accessories	30
Mower house	30
Ultrasonic	30
General	30
Time & Date	30
Reset to factory settings	30
Security	30
New loop signal	30
Change PIN code	31
Theft protection	31
Alarm duration	31
Lifted	31
Turned upside down	31
STOP button pressed	31
Time lock	31
GeoFence	31
Automower® Connect	32
Overview of the settings structure (1)	33
Overview of the settings structure (2)	34
Overview of the settings structure (3) (Bluetooth short-range connectivity only)	35
Messages	36
My mowers	36
Yard layout examples	36
Open and level area	36
A number of islands and a 35% slope	37
L-shaped garden with a couple of islands and the charging station installed in the narrow area	37
U-shaped garden linked with a narrow passage	37
Unsymmetrical working area with a narrow passage and a number of islands	38
Three areas linked with two narrow passages	38
Large complex area with 3 guide wires	38
A secondary area	39
Operation	40
Main switch	40
Start	40
Operating mode - Start	40
Main area	40
Override timer	40
Secondary area	40
Operating mode - Park	41
Park until further notice	41
Start on next timer	41
Parking duration	41
The charging station's park button	41
Operating mode - Pause	41
Stop	41
Switch off	41
Charge a flat battery	42
Slope control	42
Maintenance	43
Introduction - maintenance	43
Clean the robotic lawnmower	43
Chassis and blade disc	43
Chassis	43
Wheels	43
Body	43
Charging station	43
Replace the blades	43
To replace the blades	44
Battery	44
Winter service	44
Troubleshooting	45
Introduction - troubleshooting	45
Fault messages	45
Information messages	48
LED indicator lamp on the charging station	50
LED indicator lamp on the robotic lawnmower	50
Symptoms	51
Finding breaks in the loop wire	52
Transportation, storage and disposal	55
Transportation	55
Winter storage	55
The robotic lawnmower	55
The charging station	55
After winter storage	55
Environmental information	55
Removal of battery for recycling	55
Technical data	57
Technical data	57
Warranty	59
Guarantee terms	59
EC Declaration of Conformity	60

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4 Operation

4.1 Main switch

WARNING:

Read the safety instructions

carefully before you start your robotic

lawnmower.

WARNING:

Keep your hands and feet away

from the rotating blades. Never put your hands

or feet close to or under the machine when the

motor is running.

WARNING:

Never use the robotic lawnmower

when persons, especially children, or pets, are

in the cutting area.

•

Set the

Main switch

in the

position to start the

robotic lawnmower.

•

Set the

Main switch

in the

position when the

robotic lawnmower is not in use or if any work,

inspection or maintenance is being carried out.

When the main switch is set in the

position the

motors on the robotic lawnmower cannot start.

4.2 Start

Set the

Main switch

to position

Open the Automower

Connect app.

Select the

Dashboard

Select

Start

in the app.

If the robotic lawnmower is parked in the charging

station, it will only leave the charging station when

the battery is fully charged and if the timer is set to

allow the mower to operate.

Note:

Make sure that the

START

button on top of the

robotic lawnmower is in the correct position. The robotic

lawnmower does not start if the

STOP

button is

activated.

4.3 Operating mode - Start

When

Start

has been selected the following operation

selections can be selected.

•

Main area

•

Override timer

•

Secondary area

4.3.1 Main area

Main area

is the standard operating mode where the

robotic lawnmower mows and charges automatically.

Open Automower

Connect.

Select

Dashboard

in the Main menu.

Select

Start

Select

Resume on main area

to start the robotic

lawnmower.

4.3.2 Override timer

Any timer settings can be temporarily overridden by

selecting

Override timer

Select

Dashboard

in the Main menu.

Select

Start

Slide the horizontal bar of

Override timer

to find a

suitable override duration. It is possible to override

the timer up to 7 days.

Select a suitable override duration.

4.3.3 Secondary area

For more information about Secondary area, see

Secondary areas on page 17

. If

Secondary area

selected, the robotic lawnmower operates for a selected

time period, or until the battery is empty.

If the robotic lawnmower charges in the

Secondary area

mode, it will fully charge, drive out about 50 cm / 20 in.

and then stop. This indicates that it is charged and ready

to start mowing.

Select

Dashboard

in the Main menu.

Select a suitable time period, or to mow until the

battery is empty.

- Operation

362 - 002 - 06.02.2018