ThrottleControl
ThethrottlecontrolisvariablebetweenFastandSlow .
Movingthrottleleverforwardwillincreaseenginespeedand
movingthrottlelevertotherearwilldecreaseenginespeed
(Figure5).
Blade-ControlSwitch(PowerTake-off)
Theblade-controlswitch,(PTO),engagesanddisengages
powertothemowerblades(Figure5).
Fuel-PresenceWindow
Thefuelwindowlocatedontheleft-handsideofthemachine,
canbeusedtoverifythepresenceofgasolineinthetank
(Figure6).
Height-of-CutLever
Theheight-of-cutleverallowsyoutolowerandraisethedeck
fromtheseatedposition.Whenyouraisethelever(toward
you),thedeckisraisedfromtheground,andwhenyou
lowerit(awayfromyou),itlowerstotheground.Adjustthe
height-of-cutonlywhilethemachineisnotmoving(Figure
15).
KeyChoice
®
Switch
Thisswitchallowsyoutomowinreversewhenitisactivated.
Toactivateit,turntheswitchtoonandreleaseitafterthe
PTOisengaged.Todeactivateit,disengagethepower
take-off(PTO)(Figure6).
Operating-in-ReverseWarningLight
TheOperating–in–Reversewarninglightwillilluminate
whenevertheKeyChoicekeyisusedtodeactivatethe
operating–in–reverseinterlock.Itisareminderthatthe
interlocksystemisdeactivated.Thelightgoesoutwhenever
thePTOisdisengagedortheengineisshutoff.Whenthe
lightison,lookbehindanduseextracautionwhenbacking.
SmartPark
™
Switch
Theparkingbrakeisactivatedelectronically.
Engagetheparkingbrakebyoneofthefollowingactions:
•PressingtheSmartPark
™
switchtotheOnposition
(Figure5).
•Theparkingbrakeengagesautomaticallywhenthe
operatorleavestheseatandthetractioncontrolpedal
isinneutralposition.
•Theparkingbrakeautomaticallyengages5to6seconds
aftertheignitionswitchisturnedtotheOffposition(if
notalreadyengaged).
Todisengagetheparkingbrake,presstheSmartparkswitch
totheOffpositionwiththekeyintherunposition.
HourMeter
Thehourmeterrecordsthenumberofhourswhenthe
operatorisintheseatandtheignitionswitchisintheON
position(Figure7).
Figure7
1.Hourmeterlocationbehindtheseat
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