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en Instruction manual

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Table of content

Safety information ...................................................................5

Intended use .............................................................................. 5

Safety information .....................................................................6

Proper use .................................................................................6

Your vacuum cleaner ..............................................................10

Replacement parts and special accessories .......................... 12

Initial use ................................................................................15

Putting the handle and the flexible hose together ..................15

Inserting the flexible hose .......................................................15

Putting the handle and the telescopic tube together ..............16

Inserting the telescopic tube into the floor nozzle .................16

Adjusting the telescopic tube ..................................................16

Connecting the appliance ....................................................... 17

Switching on and off................................................................17

Controlling the suction level .................................................... 18

Vacuuming ............................................................................... 19

Set the adjustable floor nozzle ................................................19

Vacuuming with accessories .................................................... 20

Parking aid .............................................................................. 20

Carrying the appliance ........................................................... 21

When the work is done ........................................................... 21

Disconnecting the appliance ..................................................21

Storing and transporting ........................................................22

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Table of content

Changing the filter ................................................................. 23

Replacing the dust bag ...........................................................23

Opening the lid ....................................................................... 23

Changing the dust bag ............................................................ 24

Cleaning the motor protection filter .......................................25

Replacing the exhaust filter .....................................................26

Vacuum cleaner with microhygiene filter .................................26

Vacuum cleaner with (H)EPA filter ............................................28

Cleaning instructions .............................................................30

Notes on energy label ............................................................ 31

Disposal...................................................................................32

Costumer Service ................................................................... 33

Conditions of guarantee ......................................................... 34

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Safety information

Please keep this instruction manual. When passing the vacuum
cleaner on to a third party, please also pass on this instruction
manual.

Intended use

This vacuum cleaner is intended for domestic use and not for
commercial use. Only use this vacuum cleaner in accordance
with the instructions in this instruction manual. The manufac­turer will not accept any responsibility for damage caused by
improper use or incorrect operation.

Therefore, please note the following points.

The vacuum cleaner must only be operated with:

 Original replacement parts, accessories or special accessories
 In order to avoid invalidating the warranty, we recommend that

you operate your appliance using only original dust bags.

In order to prevent injuries and damage, the vacuum cleaner
must not be used for:

 Vacuum-cleaning persons or animals
 Vacuuming up:

- insects or spiders.

- hazardous, sharp-edged, hot or glowing substances.

- damp or liquid substances.

- highly flammable or explosive substances and gases.

- ash, soot from tiled stoves and central heating systems.

- toner dust from printers and copiers.

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Safety information

Safety information

This vacuum cleaner complies with the recognised rules of tech­nology and the relevant safety regulations.

 The appliance may be used by children over the age of 8 years

and by persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental ca­pacity or by persons with a lack of experience or knowledge if
they are supervised or have been instructed on the safe use of
the appliance and the have understood the potential dangers of
using the appliance.

 Children must never play with the appliance.
 Cleaning and user maintenance must never be carried out by

children without supervision.

 Plastic bags and films must be kept out of the reach of children

before disposal.

>= Risk of suffocation.

Proper use

 Only connect and use the vacuum cleaner in accordance with

the specifications on the rating plate.

 Never vacuum without the dust bag or dust container, motor

protection or exhaust filter.
=> This may damage the vacuum cleaner.

 Always keep the vacuum cleaner away from your head when

using nozzles and tubes.

>= This could cause injury!

 When vacuuming stairs, the appliance must always be positi-

oned below the user.

 Do not use the power cord or the hose to carry or transport the

vacuum cleaner.

 For safety reasons, if this appliance's mains power cable beco-

mes damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, their
after-sales service department or a similarly qualified person.

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Safety information

 If using the appliance for longer than 30 minutes, pull out the

power cord completely.

 When disconnecting the appliance from the mains, pull on the

plug itself to remove it; do not pull on the power cord.

 Do not pull the power cord over sharp edges or allow it to be-

come trapped.

 When the cable is being automatically rewound, ensure that the

mains plug is not thrown towards persons, body parts, animals
or objects.

>= Use the mains plug to guide the power cord.

 Pull out the mains plug before carrying out any work on the

vacuum cleaner.

 Do not operate the vacuum cleaner if it is damaged. Unplug the

appliance from the mains if a fault is detected.

 For safety reasons, only authorised after-sales service person-

nel are permitted to carry out repairs and fit replacement parts
to the vacuum cleaner.

 Protect the vacuum cleaner from the weather, moisture and

sources of heat.

 Do not pour flammable substances or substances containing al-

cohol onto the filters (dust bag, motor protection filter, exhaust
filter, etc.).

 The vacuum cleaner is not suitable for use on construction sites.

=> Vacuuming up building rubble could damage the appliance.

 When not in use, switch off the appliance and pull out the mains

plug.

 At the end of its life, the appliance should immediately be ren-

dered unusable, then disposed of in an appropriate manner.

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Safety information

Please note:

!

The mains socket must be protected by at least a 16 amp cir-

cuit breaker.

If a circuit breaker is tripped when you switch on the vacuum

cleaner, this may be because other electrical appliances which
have a high current draw are connected to the same power
circuit.

To prevent the circuit breaker from tripping, select the lowest

power setting before switching the appliance on, and increase
the power only once it is running.

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Safety information

 Accessories

Your accessories (nozzle, suction pipe, etc.) may look different

from but work in the same way as those depicted in the illust­rations in this instruction manual.

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Your vacuum cleaner

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18

5 6

3

4

2

9 10 11

8

7

10

1

12 13

15 1614

Your vacuum cleaner

1 Adjustable floor tool
2 Flexible hose
3 Hose hand grip
4 Telescopic tube with ad-

justing sleeve
5 Power cord
6 Parking aid
7 Locking lever
8 Exhaust grille
9 Dust bag

10 Exhaust filter
11 Motor protection filter,

washable

12 Carrying handle
13 Dust bag compartment lid
14 Dust bag change indicator
15 Storage aid (on underside

of appliance)

16 On/off button and power

controller
17 Upholstery nozzle
18 Crevice nozzle

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Replacement parts and special accessories

A

A Dust bag BBZ41GXXLP

Type: PowerProtect Dustbag
Sparepart No.: 00575069

Contents:

- 4 dust bags with fasteners

- 1 micro-hygiene filter

PLEASE NOTE

!

Your appliance is a highly effici-

ent vacuum cleaner that can only
achieve its best cleaning results
using genuine dust bags.

Only if high-quality dust bags are

used, such as genuine Bosch dust
bags, can the figures specified on
the EU energy label pertaining to
energy efficiency class, suction
and dust retention capacity be
achieved.

Additionally, using inferior quality

dust bags (e.g. paper bags) can
have a significant impact on the
service life and performance of
your appliance.

Warranty claims can only be

made if genuine Bosch dust
bags are used.

For more information and to or-

der genuine Bosch dust bags, go
to

www.bosch-home.com/dust-bag

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Replacement parts and special accessories

B

C

B TURBO-UNIVERSAL® brush for

upholstery BBZ42TB

All-in-one brushing and vacu-

uming of upholstered furniture,
mattresses, car seats, etc. Espe­cially suitable for picking up pet
hair. The brush roller is driven by
the suction air flow through the
vacuum cleaner.

No separate electrical connec-

tion is needed.

C TURBO-UNIVERSAL® brush for

floors BBZ102TBB

All-in-one brushing and vacu-

uming of rugs and carpets as
well as all hard floor coverings.

Especially suitable for picking up

pet hair. The brush roller is dri­ven by the suction air flow of the
vacuum cleaner.

No separate electric connection

is needed.

D

D Hard-floor nozzle BBZ123HD

For vacuuming hard floors
(parquet, tiles, terracotta, etc.)

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Replacement parts and special accessories

E

F

E Motor protecting filter
Replacement part no.: 574 727

Protects the motor in your vacu-

um cleaner and thus increases
its service life.

Replace once a year.

F (H)EPA-filter

Replacement part no.: 576 833
Additional filter for cleaner ex-

haust air. Recommended for al­lergy sufferers.

Replace once a year.

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Initial use

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2

Click!

Click!

Putting the handle and the flexib­le hose together

Fig. 1

Push the handle onto the flexible

•

hose and lock it in place.

To remove the hand grip, press

•

the two catches together and pull
out the flexible hose.

Inserting the flexible hose

Fig. 2

Push the flexible hose adapter

•

into the air intake opening in the
vacuum cleaner lid until it locks
in place.

To remove the flexible hose, press

•

the two catches together and pull
out the hose.

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Initial use

3

4

Putting the handle and the tele­scopic tube together

Fig. 3

Push the hand grip into the tele-

•

scopic tube. To remove it, turn
the hand grip slightly and pull it
out of the tube.

Inserting the telescopic tube into
the floor nozzle

Fig. 4

Insert the telescopic tube into

•

the connecting piece of the floor
tool. To release the connection,
turn the tube slightly and pull it
out of the floor tool.

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5

Adjusting the telescopic tube

Fig. 5

Move the adjusting sleeve button

•

in the direction of the arrow to
unlock the telescopic tube and
adjust it to the length required.

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1

Initial use

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Connecting the appliance

Fig. 6

Holding the power cord by the

•

plug, pull out to the required
length and insert the plug into
the mains socket.

7

Switching on and off

Fig. 7

Press the ON/OFF button in the

•

direction of the arrow to switch
your vacuum cleaner on.

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Initial use

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Controlling the suction level

Fig. 8

Turn the control knob to infinitely
adjust the suction level to the level
required.

 Low power range =>

For vacuuming delicate materi­als, e.g. delicate upholstery, cur­tains, etc.

 Medium power range =>

For daily vacuuming of lightly
soiled floors.

 High power range =>

For vacuuming durable floor co­verings, hard floors and heavily
soiled surfaces.

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Vacuuming

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Set the adjustable floor nozzle

Fig. 9

 Rugs and carpets =>

 Hard floors/parquet =>

If you are vacuuming up large par­ticles, make sure that you vacuum
them up successively and carefully
to ensure that the vacuum channel
of the floor nozzle does not be­come blocked.
If necessary, you should raise the
nozzle in order to better vacuum
up the dirt particles.

Caution:

!

Floor nozzles are subject to a

certain amount of wear, depen­ding on the type of hard floors
you have (e.g. rough, rustic tiles).
You must there-fore check the un­derside of the floor nozzle at re­gular intervals. Worn undersides
of floor nozzles may have sharp
edges that can damage sensitive
hard floors, such as parquet or li­noleum. The manufacturer does
not accept any responsibility for
damage caused by worn floor
nozzles.

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Vacuuming

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Vacuuming with accessories

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Fig.

Attach the nozzles to the suction
pipe or handle as required:

Upholstery nozzle for vacuuming

•

upholstered furniture, curtains,
etc.

Crevice nozzle for vacuuming cre-

•

vices and corners, etc.

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Parking aid

11

Fig.

You can use the parking aid on

•

the back of the vacuum cleaner if
you want to stop vacuuming for a
short time.
Once you have switched off the

•

appliance, slide the hook on the
floor tool into the recess on the
rear of the appliance.

Vaccuming

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When the work is done

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Carrying the appliance

12

Fig.

To overcome obstacles, e.g. steps,
the appliance can also be carried
by the handle on the appliance
body.

Disconneting the appliance

13

Fig.

Pull out the mains plug.

•

Briefly pull on the power cord

•

and then release it (the power
cord retracts automatically).

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When the work is done

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Storing and transporting

14

Fig.

To store/transport the appliance,
you can use the storage aid on the
underside of the appliance.

Stand the appliance upright on

•

its end.

Slide the hook on the floor tool

•

into the recess on the underside
of the appliance.

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Changing the filter

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16

Replacing the dust bag

Please note: Always switch off

!

the appliance before changing
the filter.

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Fig.

If the dust bag change indicator in

•

the lid is filled completely yellow
when the floor tool is lifted from
the floor with the highest pow­er setting selected, the dust bag
must be changed, even though
it may not yet be full. Even if the
dust bag is not full, it may still
need changing, due to the type of
dust which has been vacuumed.

First check that the nozzle, suc-

tion pipe and flexible hose are
not blocked, as this would also
lead to the dust bag change indi­cator being triggered.

The hand grip can easily be de-

•

tached from the hose to remove
blockages.

Opening the lid

16

Fig.

Unlock the lid by pulling on the

•

locking lever in the direction of
the arrow.
Open the lid in the direction of

•

the arrow.

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Changing the filter

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Changing the dust bag

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Fig.

Close the dust bag by pulling on

•

the locking tab.

Take out the dust bag.

•

Insert a new dust bag.

•

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Push the dust bag fully into the

•

holder.

Please note:

!

the lid will only close if a dust bag

has been inserted.

Changing the filter

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Cleaning the motor protection fil­ter

2

The motor protection filter should
be cleaned regularly by knocking

1

out the dirt and rinsing.

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Fig.

Open the dust bag compartment

•

lid. Figure

Release the motor protection fil-

•

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ter from the catch by pulling it
sideways, and pull it out in the
direction of the arrow.

Clean the motor protection filter

•

by tapping out the dirt.

If it is very dirty, the motor pro-

•

tection filter should be rinsed.
The filter must then be left to dry

•

for at least 24 hours.

After cleaning, refit the motor

•

protection filter into the appli­ance, lock it in place and close
the dust bag compartment lid.

You can order a new filter from our
after-sales service using the fol­lowing replacement part number:
574 727.

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Changing the filter

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Replacing the exhaust filter

Vacuum cleaner with microhygie­ne filter

This should be replaced with every
replacement filter pack

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Fig.

Open the dust bag compartment

•

lid. Figure

Release the filter holder by mo-

•

16

ving the locking lever in the direc­tion of the arrow.
Remove the micro-hygiene filter.

•

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The micro-hygiene filter can be

•

rinsed out.
The filter must then be left to dry

•

for at least 24 hours.

Changing the filter

19

Remove the micro-hygiene filter.

•

Insert the new micro-hygiene fil­ter into the appliance.

Insert the filter holder into the

•

appliance and lock it in place.

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Changing the filter

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Vacuum cleaner with (H)EPA filter

The (H)EPA filter is designed so
that it does not need to be repla­ced, provided the appliance is
used as intended in the household.
To ensure that the vacuum cleaner
is working at its optimum power
level, the (H)EPA filter should be
rinsed out after one year. The fil­tering action of the filter remains
intact, even if the filter surface be­comes discoloured.

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Fig.

Open the dust bag compartment

•

lid. Figure

Unlock the (H)EPA filter by mo-

•

16

ving the locking lever in the direc­tion of the arrow and remove the
filter from the appliance.

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Tap out the filter unit and rin-

•

se it under running water.
Alternatively, the unit can be clea­ned in a washing machine at max.
30 °C using a gentle program­me and the lowest spin speed.
TIP: To protect other laundry

items, put the filter unit into
a laundry bag.

Changing the filter

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Once the (H)EPA filter has dried

•

completely (at least 24 hours),
insert it back into the appliance
and lock it in place.
Close the rear flap.

•

After vacuuming fine dust particles
(e.g. gypsum, cement, etc.), clean
the motor protection filter by tap­ping it out or, if necessary, replace
the motor protection filter and ex­haust filter.

You can order a new filter from our
after-sales service using the fol­lowing replacement part number:
576 833.

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Cleaning instructions

Always switch off the vacuum cleaner and disconnect the power
cord from the mains before cleaning the vacuum cleaner. The
vacuum cleaner and plastic accessories can be cleaned with an
ordinary plastic cleaner.

Caution: do not use a scourer, glass-cleaning agent or

multipurpose cleaning product. Never immerse the va­cuum cleaner in water.

Subject to technical modifications.

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Notes on the energy label

This vacuum cleaner is a general purpose vacuum cleaner.
To achieve the declared energy efficiency and cleaning perfor­mance class on carpet and hard floor, please use the interchan­geable universal nozzle.

The values provided on the energy label have been determined
according to the prescribed measuring process (in accordance
with EN60312-1).

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Disposal

hu

bg

Ez a készülék az elhasznált villamossági és elektronikai
készülékekről szóló 2012/19/EU irányelvnek megfelelő
jelölést kapott.
Ez az irányelv a már nem h

asznált készülékek visszavé-
telének és hasznosításának EU-szerte ér vényes kereteit
határozza meg.

Този уред е обозначен в съответствие с европейска-
та директива 2012/19/EC
за стари електрически и електронни уреди (waste
electrical and electronic equipment - WEEE).

"This appliance is labelled in accordance
with European Directive 2012/19/EU con­cerning used electrical and electronic ap­pliances (waste electrical and electronic
equipment - WEEE). The guideline deter­mines the framework for the return and
recycling of used appliances as applicable
throughout the EU."

Disposal information

 Packaging

The packaging is designed to protect the vacuum cleaner from

being damaged during transportation. It is made of environmen­tally friendly materials and can therefore be recycled.

Dispose of packaging that is no longer required at an appropri-

ate recycling point.

 Old appliances

Old appliances still contain many valuable materials. Therefore,

please take appliances that have reached the end of their ser­vice to your retailer or recycling centre so that they can be recy­cled. For current disposal methods, please enquire at a retailer
or your local council.

 Disposal of filters and dust bags

Filters and dust bags are manufactured from environmentally

friendly materials. Provided they do not contain substances that
are not permitted in household waste, you can dispose of them
with your normal household waste.

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Costumer service

GB Great Britain
BSH Home Appliances Ltd.
Grand Union House
Old Wolverton Road
Wolverton
Milton Keynes MK12 5PT
To arrange an engineer visit, to order spare parts and accesso-

ries or for product advice please visit:
www.bosch-home.co.uk
or call
Tel.: [phone]*

*Calls from a BT landline will be charged at up to 3 pence per minute. A call
set-up fee of up to 6 pence may apply.

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Conditions of guanrantee

For this appliance the guarantee conditions as set out by our
representatives in the country of sale apply. Details regarding
same may be obtained from the dealer from whom the appli­ance was purchased. For claims under guarantee the sales
receipt must be produced.

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