DeWalt DCMW220 - READ THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL BEFORE OPERATING YOUR MOWER; Safety Key; Adjusting Mower Height; To Set the Height of Cut

ENGLISH
10
2. Depress the battery release button
19
on the battery
pack and pull battery pack
18
out of tool.
Fig. H
11
18
19
21
READ THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL BEFORE
OPERATING YOUR MOWER
Refer to Figure A at the beginning of this manual for a complete
list ofcomponents. Save this manual for futurereference.

DANGER: Sharp moving blade. Do not operate
the mower in mulching mode if the rear door is not
closed under spring tension as serious injury could
result. Take your mower to the nearest service center
forrepair.

DANGER: Do not operate mower unless handle is
locked into position.

DANGER: Sharp moving blade. Never operate the
mower in bagging mode unless the hanger hooks on
the grass catcher are seated properly on the mower and
the rear discharge door rests firmly against the top of
the grass catcher as serious injury couldresult.

WARNING: Let the mower work at its own pace. Do
notoverload.
Adjusting Mower Height (Fig. I)
The height of cut is adjusted by the cut height adjust lever.
NOTE: If you are not sure which height to cut, begin
mowing with the cut height adjustment lever
12
positioned towards the rear of the appliance and adjust the
height down as needed, as shown in Fig.I.
To Set the Height of Cut
1. Pull the cut height adjustment lever
12
out of the
locking notch
22
.
2. Move the lever towards the rear of the appliance to raise
the height ofcut.
3. Move the lever towards the front of the appliance to
lower the height ofcut.
4. Push the height adjustment lever into one of the
lockingnotches.
Fig. I
12
22
Safety Key (Fig. J)

DANGER: Sharp moving blade. In order to prevent
accidental start-up or unauthorized use of your
Cordless Mower, a removable safety key
3
has been
incorporated into the design of your mower. The
mower will be completely disabled when the safety
key has been removed from themower.
NOTE: The safety key has a tether rope to allow for
storage on a nail, out of the reach of children. Do not
tether safety key tomower.

DANGER: Rotating blades can cause serious
injury. To prevent serious injury, remove safety
key and battery packs when unattended, or
when charging, cleaning, servicing, transporting,
lifting, or storingmower.
Fig. J
3
Starting Mower (Fig. K, L)

DANGER: Sharp moving blade. Never attempt
to override the operation of this switch box and
safety key system as serious injury couldresult.
NOTE: Mower is operational when batteries and safety key
areinstalled.
1. Insert safety key
3
into the ONOFF switch box
1
until
it is fully seated inside housing as shown in Fig. K. The
mower is nowoperational.
2. Your mower is equipped with a special ONOFF switch
box
1
. To operate the mower, push and hold the
ONOFF button
2
on the ONOFF switch box
1
, then
pull the bail handle
4
to the handlebar as shown
in Fig.L. Once the mower starts you can release
theONOFF button.
3. To turn the mower OFF, release the bailhandle
4
.