AirQ AQ150 User manual

AQ150
User Guide
Adjustable Scent System
Updated Feb. 03, 2015
Original Instructions

Table of Contents
Welcome to AirQ™............................................................................................................... 3
Safety Precautions .............................................................................................................. 6
Controls and Display ........................................................................................................... 8
Setting Up AirQ ................................................................................................................... 9
Equipment and Accessories ........................................................................................... 9
Getting Started ............................................................................................................... 9
Removing the Cover ................................................................................................... 9
Removing the Battery Insulator ................................................................................ 10
Connecting to Power ................................................................................................ 10
Inserting the Cartridge .............................................................................................. 11
Setting the Clock ...................................................................................................... 11
Selecting Operating Mode........................................................................................12
24/7 Mode Setup ...................................................................................................... 12
Program Mode Setup ...............................................................................................12
Replacing the Cover and Inserting the Director Attachment .................................... 14
Setting the Scent Control .........................................................................................15
Room Size Chart....................................................................................................... 15
Room Placement Considerations ............................................................................. 16
Adjusting the Scent Level ......................................................................................... 16
Scent Cycles............................................................................................................. 16
Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 17
Frequently Asked Questions ............................................................................................. 18
Care and Maintenance ...................................................................................................... 23
Specications .................................................................................................................... 24

Welcome to AirQ™
Welcome to a new world of air freshening. You have purchased the most advanced
air-freshening and scenting technology available anywhere. AirQ™employs recently
patented indoor air quality technology with proven success in a wide range of
commercial locations.
Now this revolutionary technology is available for your home or ofce. AirQ is
engineered to provide a signicantly better scent effect than the most expensive
scented candles, aerosols, plug-ins and sticks in a bottle. Many of these products
have good scents, but the delivery systems have safety and performance
deciencies. AirQ is the very rst home air freshener to offer several features
you will never do without again.
•AirQ can be controlled. It is the only air freshener the user can adjust for different
room sizes and scent-strength preference.
•AirQ is the rst fully automatic air freshener that allows the user to preprogram
operating times.
•AirQ is also an eco-friendly air freshener. It uses no heat. Unlike candles, it pro-
duces no sooty hydrocarbons; unlike many aerosols, oil burners, candles and
plug-ins, it produces no harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
AirQ’s technology evenly distributes fragrance throughout a space. Most systems
burn fragrance oil (scented candles, oil burners) or evaporate it using heat and
alcohol (aerosols, plug-ins, wicks and sticks). AirQ does not. AirQ delivers 100% of
the perfumer’s creation without any change. What does this mean for you?
Very simply, the best air-freshening experience you can get.
Importantly, AirQ scents are formulated with the highest quality fragrance ingre-
dients, no phthalates and none of the many chemicals restricted by the workplace
inhalation standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
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Welcome to AirQ™
The AirQ™User Guide is easy to read with simple instructions. We urge you to read
it carefully and completely.
Don’t like reading manuals? Please review the separate Quick Start Guide included
with the AirQ.
AirQ Applications and Uses:
AirQ is used to improve indoor air by erasing odors and freshening the air with a
pleasant scent. This is accomplished by introducing an ultra-low quantity of odor
neutralizers and fragrance ingredients to blend into the air. AirQ’s tiny droplets,
100 times smaller than an aerosol droplet, are extremely light, so they oat easily
into the air and disperse throughout a space to create an even scent effect.
There are two basic applications for AirQ: ambient scenting and odor control.
The inherent technology addresses both at the same time.
1. Ambient Scenting
Ambient Scenting is the use of a scent to create a mood or ambience. Even if your
home has no particular odor issue, you may simply wish to make the area smell
a certain way to create an ambience or image of the space that reects you and
complements or enhances the décor. AirQ offers a variety of choices in scents to
help you achieve this.
2. Odor Control
Odor Control is the use of AirQ to inhibit our ability to detect a bad odor and to
replace the bad odor with an appealing aroma. This is a typical use of conventional
air fresheners.
Older homes often have that “Victorian” smell that suggests it is musty and not
clean. A very light use of AirQ™can solve this problem.
Pet odors are a major problem for the pet owners and their guests. If you live with
and love a pet, its odor is often not an issue. For your guests, the experience can
be very different. Cat urine, for example, can be locked into wood oors or located
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Welcome to AirQ™
in spaces that are impossible to reach and clean. AirQ can erase these odors and
replace them with a fresh and clean scent.
Many people use scented candles to deal with odors. The result is usually unsatis-
factory and temporary. A candle fragrance may be pleasing before it is lit, but once
lit, the waxy and sooty by-products of burning fragrance oil combine with the bad
odors you are trying to remove and create a third smell, which can be even more
unpleasant than what you are attempting to eliminate.
AirQ can deal with virtually all household odors from a child’s room, bathroom or
kitchen to a basement.
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Safety Precautions
AirQ Appliance Precautions
•Must be used only with the supplied and approved Power Supply.
•DO NOT position AirQ within the reach of young children or pets.
•Unit will not operate properly if positioned sideways or upside down. AirQ must
not be tilted or turned upside down when fragrance cartridge is inside. Tilting the
AirQ will cause the fragrance to spill.
•NEVER put your nose to the output of AirQ. Within 12 inches of the output, the
fragrance is highly concentrated. The improper inhalation of high concentrations of
fragrance may cause irritation including watery eyes, headache, cough and upper
respiratory discomfort.
•DO NOT position AirQ so that the output is directed at a surface closer than
12 inches. Use the Director attachment to help avoid this.
•Exercise care while changing cartridges when AirQ™is placed on furniture or
surfaces that may be harmed by contact with the liquid fragrance.
•Do not immerse in or place near water, sink or bathtub.
•Unplug before cleaning.
•Be sure that the unit is placed on a stable surface, far from any ame, source of
sparks or ignition, heat source, or electrical equipment.
•The product must only be supplied at safety extra low voltage corresponding to
the marking on the appliance.
•This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced
physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, un-
less they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appli-
ance by a person responsible for their safety.
•Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
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Safety Precautions
AirQ Cartridge Precautions
READ THE SAFETY INFORMATION SHEET ENCLOSED WITH EACH CARTRIDGE.
SPILLS: KEEP THE LID ON TO AVOID DRIPS AND SPILLS on furniture, carpets
and fabrics. If there is a drip or spill, blot immediately with a damp cloth and then
wash with soap and water. For carpets and fabric, blot up a small spill or place
dry towels on a larger spill. Allow the towels to absorb as much liquid as possible.
Switch damp towels for dry towels until no more liquid can be absorbed from the
spill. Cover the remaining portion of the spill with baking soda and allow it to set for
3 minutes before vacuuming. Repeat this process up to two more times if needed.
If the smell of perfume persists, professional cleaning may be required. Spills on
wood or other porous and painted surfaces must be cleaned immediately with soap
and water to avoid severe damage.
While AirQ formulations do not contain ingredients deemed harmful to the skin, if
there is skin contact, wash with soap and water. If there is contact with the eyes,
irrigate the eye with fresh water for 5 minutes. If there is any eye irritation, consult a
physician immediately
Take care to NOT drop a cartridge. It may crack, causing fragrance to spill.
Call Prolitec Product Safety and Support toll-free at 1-866-387-4333 or
visit www.airq.com.
For online safety instructions, visit www.prolitec.com/manuals/manuals.htm
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Controls and Display
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Power Button
Set Button Adjust Buttons
LCD Screen
Fragrance
Cartridge
Locking
Tab
Cartridge Vent
Settings
Dial

Setting Up AirQ™
Equipment and Accessories
Remove AirQ™from the container. Included:
1. AirQ Cube 3. Director Attachment
2. Power Supply (includes world- 4. Fragrance Cartridge (sold separately)
plug assortment, not shown)
Getting Started
Removing the Cover
The cover of the cube is removable as shown below.
To remove cover, locate release tab at bottom of the unit, press in, and lift cover up
and off with other hand. Power must be turned off when removing and replacing
AirQ cover.
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Setting Up AirQ™
Removing the Battery Insulator
Remove the yellow battery insulator tab at bottom of appliance.
Connecting to Power
1. Connect the power cord to the underside of the appliance.
2. Attach appropriate, country-specic plug to power block.
3. Plug the power block into an AC outlet within reach of the location you have
chosen for AirQ.
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