AiBOT RC 520A User manual
Use’s Manual
RC 520A
AiBO
T
Robotic
Vacuum
Cleaner
T
able
of
Contents
English
SAFET
Y
ADVISO
R
Y
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2
Safety Pre autions
Battery Pre autions
SPECIAL FEATURES ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3
MAJOR COMPONENTS AND ATTACHMENTS --------------------------------- 4
MAJOR COMPONENTS OF DOCKING STATION ------------------------------ 6
CONTROL PANEL & REMOTE CONTROL --------------------------------------- 7
CONTROL PANEL OF DOCKING STATION ------------------------------------ 10
INSTALLATION GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------------ 11
Install The Do king Station
Installation of Side Brushes
Dust Paper
Installing and Removing the Battery
CHARGING THE BATTERY ----------------------------------------------------- - - - 16
GENERAL OPERATION ------------------------------------------------------------- 17
Preparation for Operation
Basi Operation
Manual work
S hedule work
Stop operation
Safety Devi e
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE ---------------------------------------------- 18
Maintenan e
Clean The Dustbin
Clean The Intake
Clean Side Brushes
TROUBLESHOOTIN
G
AND FAQ
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2
2
1
Safety
Advisory
English
Read through the safety instru tions in this Operation Manual before
operating this produ t and keep this manual handy for future referen e.
Observe the basi safety rules to prevent any o urren e of a ident.
Safety precautions
1. Read the Operation Manual before use.
2. The unit is for indoor use only.
3. Keep the va uum away from water, as water may damage the unit.
4. Before operating the va uum remove any loose arti les on the floor su h
as lothes, paper, loose ables and extension ords as well as making
sure to lift urtains and drapes off the floor to avoid any possible a ident
.
5. Never stand on the va uum.
6. Never use the va uum to lean lighted igarette butts or hot ashes.
7. Never use the va uum to lean ombustible or highly volatile liquids.
8. Make sure exit doors leading outdoors are losed.
9. During operation, are should be taken to avoid the heat vent from
be oming logged during operation. This ould damage the va uum.
10. If the leaner is damaged or does not fun tion normally, do not use it.
11. The power should be turned off and the battery removed if the unit will not
be used for a long period of time.
Battery precautions
1. The battery is re hargeable. Use only the adaptor equipped with the
unit
Do not use the adaptor with any other unit.
2. Use only the battery supplied with your va uum.
3. Do not use the battery if the able or plug is damaged.
4. Never tou h the adaptor, plug or able with wet hands.
5. If the va uum requires leaning, unplug the unit and take out the battery
.
6. If you need to dispose the unit, the battery must be taken out of the unit.
7. Turn off the unit before taking out the battery.
8.
R
e y l
e
an
d
dispos
e
th
e
wast
e
batter
y
properl
y
.
2
Features
English
Congratulations! Yo
u
hav
e
mad
e
a
wis
e
hoi
e
t
o
ow
n
thi
s
R
C
520
A
(
R
VC) Rob
oti
Va uum Cleaner with Do king Station.
This revolutionary automati va uum leaner with a remote ontrol and dust paper
make it ideal for leaning floors of wood floor, tile, syntheti plasti tile and erami
tile. RC 520A is definitely an automati house helper. On e the RC 520A starts
working
, it runs in four ourses of movement, random -->spiral --> along the wall -->
spiral--> "Z" type--> spiral and finally returns to random. Its movements an over
most parts of the room.
The side brushes are ex ellent for sweeping dust and hair into the dust bin. After
finishing one round of the program, the unit will run the four ourses of movement
repeatedly to work ontinuously until the battery is running low or the preset lean
time is done.
Thes
e
movement
s
ensur
e
a
thoroug
h
leanin
g
o
f
th
e
room
.
With the remote ontrol, the unit an also run in single mode of random, spiral, alon
g
the wall and Z-type by pushing a button on the remote ontrol (refer to P.9) for your
desire.
With the do king station, when the battery is running low or the preset s hedule is
done, the unit is programmed to return to the do king station automati ally for
harging.
Rando
m
Spira
l
Alon
g
th
e
wal
l
Spira
l
"Z
"
T
yp
e
Spira
l
3
Pac age Contents
English
1
.
Roboti
Cleane
r
2. Do king station
3. Re hargeable battery
4. Dusting holder
5. Side brushes - 2
6. Adaptor (DC 30V 1000mA)
7. Remote ontrol
8. Dust bin filter
9. Dust paper - 3
10. Multi-language user manual (on CD-ROM
11. Multi-language qui k guide
1
.
2
.
3
.
4
.
5
.
6
.
7
.
8
.
9
.
10
.
1
1
.
4
Name
of
Parts
English
I
R
re eive
r
Dus
t
ful
l
indi ato
r
V
a uu
m
swit
h
Cove
r
Sele tio
n
butto
n
Bumpe
r
Hea
t
ven
t
DC
ja
k
Conta
t
point
s
Anti
-
li
f
f
senso
r
Powe
r
swit
h
Anti
-
li
f
f
senso
r
wit
h
adjustable window
Sid
e
brus
h
Anti
-
li
f
f
senso
r
Whee
l
Removabl
e
sensor swit h
5
Contro
l
pane
l
Caster
Intake Valve
Doc ing
Station
English
1
.
Do kin
g
statio
n
2. Mounting Bra ket
3. S rews - 2
Contro
l
Pane
l
So ke
t
fo
r
adapto
r
Hoo
k
Slo
t
6
Control
Panel
English
T
im
e
swit
h
butto
n
V
a uu
m
Swit
h
butto
n
I
R
re eive
r
Dus
t
ful
l
indi ato
r
LE
D
Displa
y
Displa
y
o
n
s ree
n
Indi atio
n
Powe
r
o
n
mode
:
I
f
th
e
uni
t
i
s
no
t
swit he
d
t
o
leanin
g
mode within 15 se , it will swit h to onservation mode.
Conservatio
n
mode
:
T
w
o
dot
s
flashing
.
Chargin
g
mode
:
Uni
t
i
s
i
n
Chargin
g
state
.
Chargin
g
mode
:
Batter
y
i
s
full
y
harged
.
60
-
minut
e
workin
g
mode
:
Th
e
time
r
wil
l
oun
t
dow
n
whil
e the unit is working.
30
-
minut
e
workin
g
mode
:
Th
e
time
r
wil
l
oun
t
do
w
n
whil
e the unit is working.
Do kin
g
mode
:
Th
e
uni
t
i
s
sear hin
g
fo
r
do kin
g
statio
n
for harging.
Batter
y
Low
:
Batter
y
need
s
t
o
b
e
harged
.
Aut
o
ut
-
o
f
f
mode
:
Th
e
uni
t
i
s
bein
g
lif
ted
up off the
floor.
Wheel
s
jamme
d
o
r
b
atter
y
lo
w
wit
h
no
t
enoug
h
pow
e
r
to return to do king station.
Th
e
batter
y
i
s
no
t
orre tl
y
installed
.
T
abl
e
1
7
Control
Panel
English
2. The Sele tion Button - “Fun tion”:
Sequen
e
o
f
“FUNCTION” butt
on
pressed
1
st
Press
“TIME” indi ator
“60” LED
is on.
Fun tio
n
60-minute working time with
do king
fun tion
ON
(Note1)
2
nd
Press
3
rd
Press
“30” LED
is on.
“00” LED
is on.
30
-
minut
e
workin
g
tim
e
wit
h
do king fun tion ON
Stop
Note1
:
Do kin
g
fun tio
n
on
:
Th
e
uni
t
wil
l
ret
ur
n
t
o
th
e
do kin
g
statio
n
t
o
harg
e
th
e
batter
y
.
T
abl
e
2
3
.
Cleanin
g
Mod
e
Swit hing
:
【
CLEANING MODE
】
CLEANING TIME
CLEANIN
G
MOD
E
INDIC
A
T
OR
:
* FLASHING: LOW VACUUM MODE
* SOLID: HIGH VACUUM MODE
* OFF: MOPPING MODE (VACUUM OFF)
Pres
s
V
a uu
m
butto
n
o
n
remot
e
ontro
l
t
o
swit
h
th
e
leanin
g
mod
e
between
LOW - HIGH - MOP
4. Dust Full Indi ator: When the “Dust Full Indi ator” lights up, the dust bin needs
leaning (refer
to
p.18).
8
Remote
Control
English
I
R
Aut
o
Spiral
V
a uu
m
swit
h
Rando
m
Along the wall
Do kin
g
“Z” type
Forwar
d
Sto
p
T
ur
n
Lef
t
T
ur
n
Righ
t
Ba k
war
d
1
.
Two
"AAA
"
batterie
s
required
.
2. Button fun tions:
Ke
y
Presse
d
AUTO
FORWARD
LEFT
RIGHT
STOP
BACKWARD
VACUUM
DOCKING
SPIRAL
RANDOM
ALONG THE
WALL
Z
TYP
E
A tio
n
Refer to Table 2 for pressing AUTO button.
Move forward with va uum on and will stop when bumper en ounter
any obsta le or by pressing “STOP” button.
Turn left: Press and hold the button to make it turn left ontinuously.
Turn right: Press and hold the button to make it turn right ontinuously.
Stop the unit immediately.
The unit moves ba kward for 20 m. The unit doesn't have the ba k anti-
liff sensor to prevent it from falling from stairs when moving ba kward.
Swit h the va uum power or turn off va uum and sweeper (with mop
fun tion on only).
Sear h the do king station for re harge.
Move in spiral pattern with va uum on until the bumper en ounters an
obsta le or stairs, then the unit will ontinue operate to in AUTO mode
with 60
minutes working time or until battery low.
Operate in random mode ontinuously with 60 minutes working time or until
the battery low.
Operates he along-the-wall mode ontinuously with 60 minutes working
time or until the battery low.
Operates in Z type mode ontinuously with 60 minutes working time or
until
the
battery
lo
w
.
9
Doc ing
Station
Englis
h
Present
T
ime
Setting
Battery Indi ator
Hou
r
Minut
e
Da
y
o
f
W
ee
k
Completed
setting
for time of
leaning
1
2
3
4
Fun tion
of
buttons
1. “Set”: Press Set to swit h between setting the present time and the working
s hedule.
A.
Set
present
time:
Press “SET” on e, “SET CLK” will flash.
Press “Sele t” to swit h among time setting modes of Hour, Minute, and Week.
Press
“+”
and
“-”
to
adjust amount.
B.
Set
working
s hedule:
Press “SET” twi e, “ ” on the left side of the s reen will flash.
Press “Sele t” to swit h between “Hour”/ “Minute” / “Week” for the setting. If the time
setting been done before, the s reen will show “--:--”, press “+” and “-” to adjust the
digits.
2. “+” and “-” : Press to adjust the amount.
Format
of
s hedules:
a. Work everyday (Su ~ Sa).
b. Five days a week (Mo ~ Fr).
. Six days a week (Mo ~ Sa).
d. Two days a week (Su and Sa).
e.
On e
a
week.
When
the
unit
is
su essfully
do ked
at
the
do king
st
ation,
the
battery
indi ator
on
the LCD display of the do king station will flash and the LED display on the unit will
run in ir ular motion to indi ate the unit is in harging state.
1
0
With “ ” shown on the LCD display indi ates the working s hedule is ompleted.
Doc ing
Station
English
INS
T
AL
L
TH
E
DOCKIN
G
S
TA
TIO
N
1.
T
ea
r
o
f
f
t
h
e
adhesiv
e
tap
e
fro
m
t
h
e
ba
k
o
f
t
h
e
do kin
g
statio
n
mountin
g
bra ket
in
Fig.
1.
Affix
the
mounting
bra ket
to
the
wall,
and
keep
both
sides
of
the
wall
where the
do king
station
is
mounted
free
of
obsta les.
The distan e
to
the
left
and
to
the
right
of
the
do king
station
should
be
at
least 100
m
and
30
m
In
Fig.
2.
2.
Remove the
do kin
g
statio
n
fro
m
t
h
e
mountin
g
bra ke
t
t
he
n
plu
g
i
n
th
e
D
C
ja k
and
store
the
ex ess
ord
in
the
ba k
of
the
do king
station.
3.
I
t
i
s
bes
t
t
o
se ur
e
th
e
do kin
g
statio
n
t
o
th
e
wal
l
wit
h
th
e
en losed
s rew
s.
Fig
.
1
Fig
.
2
1
1
n
T
esting
English
Proo
f
T
es
t
Try
one
of
these methods
to
test
the
installation
of
the
do king
station. If
the
va uum
does not go
ba k
to
the
do king
station
and
harge
su essfully,
then
adjust
the
do king
station
to
the
proper
height.
1.
T
es
t
t
h
e
unit: Pres
s
dow
n
t
h
e
sele tio
n
bu
t
ton
,
d
o
no
t
r
elease
,
a
n
d
tur
n
o
n
the
power
swit h
of
the
unit,
when
the
unit
begins
to
move,
release
the
sele tion
button.
The
unit
will
swit h
the
mode
to
return
to
the
Do king
Station
for
harging (see
Fig.3).
2. Test
by
remote
ontrol: Turn
on
the
power
swit h
of
the
unit,
press
the
button
"Do king"
on
the
remote
ontrol,
the
unit
will
return
to
the
do king
station
for
harging (see
Fig.4).
Fig. 3
Sele tio
n
swit
h
“Keep pressing”
Fig
.
4
Pres
s
"
Do kin
g
"
Powe
r
swit
h
on
12
Insert the Battery
English
1.
Before
inserting
or
removing
the
batter
y
,
t
urn
o
f
f
the
power
swit h.
2. Press
and
slide
out
the
over
in
the
dire tion
of
the
arrows
as
shown
in
Fig.5.
3. Insert
(unplug
if
removing)
the
battery
plug
into
the
so ket
(
note
the dire tion)
as
shown
in
Fig.6.
4. Pla e
the
battery
in
the
battery
ompartment
and
lose
the
battery
over.
Make
sure
the
over
snaps
into
the
slot.
Fig
.
5
Fig.
6
Batter
y
so ke
t
1
3
Side
Brush
Installation
English
1
4
Put the brushes in the holders then mount the brush as shown in Fig.5. and Fig.6.
Fig
. 5
Fig
. 6
Sid
e
brus
h
PUSH
DOWN!
Holde
r
Dust Paper
Installation
English
DUST
P
APER
NOTE:
Do not use the mopping function on carpet
.
At the same time you should remove the side brushes to prevent any
damage to
them.
Installing
the
Dust Paper
1. Insert the border of the dust paper into the grip slot of the dust paper holder
as shown in Fig.10.
2. Put the two bolts of the dust mopping paper holder in the two holes (inside
the two big wheels) and li k the holder on the bottom of the leaner as
shown in Fig.11.
Fig.1
0
Gri
p
slo
t
Dust pape
r
spe ially for leaner
Dust
holde
r
Fig
.
1
1
Dus
t
Holde
r
lo k
s
int
o
th
e
smal
l
hol
e
1
5
Battery
Charging
English
1
.
Befor
e
harging
,
make sure the batter
y
i
s
installed orre tly.
2. There are two ways to harge the battery:
A. Make sure the do king station is installed properly, pla e the unit in the do king
station as shown in fig.12, and make sure the onta t points at the ba k of the uni
t
is onne ted with the onta t plate of the do king station.
B. Plug the DC end of the adaptor into DC ja k on the side of the unit first, and then
plug the AC end of the adaptor into the AC power outlet on the wall. (Conne t the
adaptor to the unit first before onne ting to the AC power outlet.) Refer to Fig.13.
Fig
.
1
2
Fig
.
1
3
DC
ja
k
Adapto
r
plu
g
3.
Fo
r
a
ne
w
batter
y
o
r
if
th
e
batter
y
ha
s
not been used for
ove
r
3
months, th
e
batter
y
should be harged for 12 hours before operation.
4. It takes at most 6~7 hours to fully harge the battery.
5. During the harging state, the LED display on the ontrol panel will flash in a ir ula
r
motion lo kwise.
6. The LED display on the ontrol panel will show FL when the battery is fully harged.
1
6
General
Operation
English
Preparatio
n
f
o
r
Operatio
n
1. Install
the
do king
station,
side
brushes
and
battery
as have been
explained.
2.
Turn
on
the
power
swit h
on
the
side
of
the
unit,
and
harge
the
batter
for
eight
hours prior
to
the
first
operation.
3.
To
ensure
the
best
effi ien y
of
the
unit,
remove
any
lothes,
paper,
able, extension
able
s attered
on
the
floor,
roll
up
the
urtains
and
drapes
if
any
to
avert
the
possible
a ident.
Basi
c
operatio
n
Manua
l
w
or
k
1.
Press
the
AUTO
on
the
remote
ontrol
or
press
FUNCTION
on
the
unit.
(FUNCTION
will
work
only
while
the
unit
is
not
onne ted
to
the
do king
station
)
and
sele t
the
work
time:
“60”
or
“30”.(refer
to
table
2.)
2.
After
two
se onds,
the
unit
will
begin
leaning
automati ally.
3.
After
the
work
is
ompleted,
the
unit
will
emit
a
warning
buzz
and
stop
or
return
to
the
do king
station
depending
on
the
fun tion
sele ted (refer
to
table
1). If the LED
display
shows
Lo
(battery
low)
at
the
same
time,
the
unit
will
emit
a
buzz
every
minute
until
you
swit h
off
the
power
swit h,
the
battery is exhausted
or
returned
to
the
do king
station.
Wor
king Time
1. Set
up
the
s hedule
a ording
to
the
manual
of
CONTROL
PANEL
O
F
DOCKING
STATION.(refer
to
page
9.)
2. The
unit
will
work
a ording
to
the
s hedule
set.
Sto
p
o
peratio
n
1. To
stop
the
operation
of
the
unit
immediately,
you
an
turn
off
the
power
swit h, lift
the
unit
off
the
floor, and the
unit
will
stop
after
three
se onds
or
press
“STOP”
on
the
remote
ontrol.
2. If
you
want
the
unit
ontinue
to
work,
pla e
the
unit
on
the
floor
and
pres
s
the “AUTO”
button
on
the
remote
ontrol.
1
7
General
Operation
English
Safet
y
Device
s
1.
The
unit
will
STOP
when
it is
lifted
up
from
the
floor.
2.
The
unit
will
STOP
if the
wheels
are
jammed
for
more
than
10
se onds.
3.
Adjustable
anti- liff
sensors
(refer
to
p.5).
I
f the distan e between the
stair and the ground is shorter than usual (around 2-3 m),
you an
adjust the windows of both "Anti- liff" sensors.
T
he
windows
are
adjustable
a ording
to
the
height
of
the
step
and
the
olor
of
the
floor.
The
windows
have
four
settings:
3,2,1,0.
The
default
setting
is
“3”.
The
smaller
the
number
is,
the
shorter
distan e
an
be
dete ted. You an
adjust
the
windows
if
ne essary
.The
s ale
of
the
windows
must
be
the
same
in
order
the
unit
to
fun tion
normally.
4. If the olor of the floor is dark (e.g. Bla k), it means the refle tivity of
the floor will onfuse RC 320A and it might move ba kward
ontinuously. Under this ir umstan e, open the window position to
the max (’2’ or ‘3’ positions).
5.
Removable
ba k
sensors
swit h
is
to
in rease
or
restri t
the
mobility
of
the
unit
and
they an
be
removed
or
added
based
on
the
ondition
of
the
environment.
1
8
Maintenance
and
Cl
eaning
English
Maintenanc
e
The operation and maintenan e of the leaner is very simple. Clean the dust and dir
t
left in the dustbin and on the filter. It is not ne essary to lean the intake and the sid
e
brushe
s
ever
y
time
.
Clea
n
t
h
e
Dust bi
n
1. Press on the positions as indi ated in Fig.14.
2. Release the dust bin from the grip slot and take out the dust bin as shown in Fig.15
.
3. Open the upper over of the dust bin as shown in Fig.16.
4. Lift up and take out the filter as shown in Fig.17.
5. Throw away the dust and dirt from the dust bin as shown in Fig.18.
6. Rinse the dustbin with tap water as shown in Fig.19, it is not ne essary to wash
it every time.
7. Clean the filter with a toothbrush as shown in Fig.20. The filter should be hanged
every three months, if used frequently. If the filter is broken, repla e with a new one
immediately. A broken filter may ause damage to the unit.
8. Dry thoroughly, repla e the filter and the dust bin lid as shown in Fig.21.
9. Repla e the dust bin and ensure it is fastened orre tly as shown in Fig.22.
1
9
Fig
.
1
4
Fig
.
1
5
Grip slot for the dust bin.
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