Stanley FATMAX SFMCMW2653 - Operation Procedures; Grass Collection Bag Installation; Installing and Removing Battery Pack; Adjusting Cutting Height

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Grass Collection Bag(Fig.C)

DANGER: Remove safety key and battery pack, when
opening rear door cover and installingbag.
1. Lift the rear door cover
11
and place the grass collection
bag
12
onto the mower so the bag hooks
35
rest on the
lugs
18
as shown in Fig.C. Then lower the rear doorcover.
OPERATION

DANGER: To reduce the risk of serious personal
injury, turn unit off, remove safety key, and remove
battery pack before making any adjustments or
removing/installing attachments or accessories. An
accidental start-up can causeinjury.
Installing and Removing the Battery
Pack(Fig.A, D)

DANGER: MAKE CERTAIN THE SAFETY KEY IS
REMOVED TO PREVENT ACTUATION BEFORE
REMOVING OR INSTALLINGBATTERY.
NOTE: For best results, make sure the battery pack is
fullycharged.
To Install Battery Pack
1. Lift and hold the battery port cover
9
up to expose the
battery port
19
.
2. Slide a battery pack
20
into the battery port until an
audible click is heard(Fig.D). Make sure the battery pack is
fully seated and fully latched intoposition.
3. Close the battery port cover. Ensure the cover is fully closed
before startingmower.
To Remove Battery Pack
1. Open the battery port cover
9
as describedabove.
2. Depress the battery release button
21
on the mower and
pull battery pack
20
out oftool.
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 and side
discharge door are 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 bag hooks on the grass
collection bag are seated properly on the mower and the
rear discharge door rests firmly against the top of the grass
collection bag as serious injury couldresult.

WARNING: Let the mower work at its own pace. Do
notoverload.
Adjusting Mower Height(Fig.E)
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
10
positioned towards
the rear of the appliance and adjust the height down as needed,
as shown in Fig.E.
To Set the Height of Cut
1. Pull the cut height adjustment lever
10
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.
Safety Key(Fig.F)

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 pack when
unattended, or when charging, cleaning, servicing, transporting,
lifting, or storingmower.
Starting Mower(Fig.G)

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 battery 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.G. 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
5
to the handlebar as shown in Fig.G. Once the
mower starts you can release theONOFFbutton.
3. To turn the mower OFF, release the bailhandle
5
.

WARNING: Never attempt to lock a switch or bail handle
in the ONposition.
NOTE: Once the bail handle has returned to the original
position it will activate the “Automatic Braking Mechanism”. The
motor is mechanically braked and the mower blade will stop
rotating in three seconds orless.
Mower Overload
To prevent damage due to overload conditions, do not try to
remove too much grass at one time. Slow down your cutting
pace, or raise the cutheight.