Philips AC4005 User manual

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Contents
1 Important 2
Safety 2
2 Yourairpurier 4
Overview 4
3 Get started 5
Install lters 5
4 Usetheairpurier 6
Understand the air quality light 6
Switch on 6
Set the sensitivity of the air quality sensor 6
Auto mode 7
Select the fan speed 7
Eco mode 7
Set the timer 8
Activate child lock 8
5 Cleanyourairpurier 9
Clean the air purier 9
Clean the air quality sensor 9
6 Cleanthepre-lter 10
7 Replacethelters 11
Replace the activated carbon lter
and the HEPA lter 11
8 Troubleshooting 13
9 Guarantee and service 14
Order parts or accessories 14
10 Notices 15
Electromagnetic elds (EMF) 15
Recycling 15

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1 Important
Safety
Read this user manual carefully before you use
the appliance, and save it for future reference.
Danger
•Do not let water or any other
liquid or ammable detergent
enter the appliance to avoid
electric shock and/or a re
hazard.
•Do not clean the appliance
with water, any other liquid,
or a (ammable) detergent to
avoid electric shock and/or a
re hazard.
Warning
•Check if the voltage indicated
on the bottom or indicated
at the rear of the appliance
corresponds to the local
power voltage before you
connect the appliance.
•If the power cord is damaged,
you must have it replaced
by Philips, a service center
authorized by Philips, or
similarly qualied persons in
order to avoid a hazard.
•Do not use the appliance if the
plug, the power cord, or the
appliance itself is damaged.
•This appliance is not intended
for use by persons (including
children) with reduced physical
sensory or mental capabilities,
or lack of experience and
knowledge, unless they have
been given supervision or
instruction concerning use
of the appliance by a person
responsible for their safety.
•Children should be supervised
to ensure that they do not play
with the appliance.
•Do not block the air inlet and
outlet, e.g. by placing items on
the air outlet or in front of the
air inlet.

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Caution
•This appliance is not a
substitute for proper
ventilation, regular vacuum
cleaning, or use of an extractor
hood or fan while cooking.
•If the power socket used
to power the appliance has
poor connections, the plug
of the appliance becomes
hot. Make sure that you plug
the appliance into a properly
connected power socket.
•Always place and use the
appliance on a dry, stable, level,
and horizontal surface.
•Leave at least 20cm free space
behind and on both sides of
the appliance and leave at least
30cm free space above the
appliance.
•Do not place anything on top
of the appliance and do not sit
on the appliance.
•Do not place the appliance
directly below an air
conditioner to prevent
condensation from dripping
onto the appliance.
•Make sure all lters are
properly installed before you
switch on the appliance.
•Only use the original Philips
lters specially intended for
this appliance. Do not use any
other lters.
•Avoid knocking against the
appliance (the air inlet and
outlet in particular) with hard
objects.
Caution
•Always lift or move the
appliance by the handle at the
back of the appliance.
•Do not insert your ngers or
objects into the air outlet.
•Do not use this appliance when
you have used indoor smoke-
type insect repellents or in
places with oily residues, burning
incense, or chemical fumes.
•Do not use the appliance near
gas appliances, heating devices
or replaces.
•Always unplug the appliance
after use and before you clean it.
•Do not use the appliance in a
room with major temperature
changes, as this may cause
condensation inside the
appliance.
•To prevent interference, place
the appliance at least 2m away
from electrical appliances
that use airborne radio waves
such as TVs, radios, and radio-
controlled clocks.
•The appliance is only intended
for household use under
normal operating conditions.
•Do not use the appliance
in wet surroundings or in
surroundings with high ambient
temperatures, such as the
bathroom, toilet, or kitchen.
•The appliance does not
remove carbon monoxide
(CO) or radon (Rn). It cannot
be used a a safety device
in case of accidents with
combustion processes and
hazardous chemicals.

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2 Your air purifier
Congratulations on your purchase, and
welcome to Philips!
To fully benet from the support that Philips
offers, register your product at
www.Philips.com/welcome.
Read this user manual carefully before you
install and use the unit. Save it for future
reference.
Overview
Check and identify the product parts.
cFilter 1: Pre- lter
dFilter 2: Activated carbon lter
eFilter 3: HEPA lter
b
a
c d e
aControl panel
bAir quality sensor

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3 Get started
Installlters
The appliance comes with all lters tted
inside, but you have to remove the packaging
of the lters before you can use the appliance.
Remove all lters, unpack them, and place them
back into the appliance as described below.
Tip
•When you remove or insert lters, place the appliance
against a wall for more stability.
Note
•Insert the lters in the correct position.
1 Place your ngers in the recesses of the
side panels and gently pull the top part of
the front panel towards you.
2 Lift the hooks at the bottom of the panel
out of the bottom of the appliance.
3 Remove all the lters from the appliance.
4 Remove all packaging material from the
lters.
5 Put the HEPA lter back into the appliance.
Note
•Make sure that the side with the tag is pointing towards
you.
6 Place the activated carbon lter into the
pre-lter.
7 Place the pre-ler in the appliance.
Note
•Make sure that the side with the two projections is
pointing towards you, and that all hooks are properly
attached to the appliance.

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8 To reattach the front panel, insert the
bottom hooks into the bottom of the
appliance rst. Then, push the panel against
the body of the appliance.
4 Use the air
purifier
Understand the air quality
light
Color of the air quality
light
Air quality level
Blue good
Purple fair
Red bad
The air quality light automatically goes on when
the purier is switched on.
Note
•The built-in air quality sensor measures the air quality
and automatically selects the appropriate color of
the air quality light.When the air is clean, the color
of the air quality light is in blue.When the air quality
deteriorates, the color of the air quality light changes to
purple or red.
Switch on
1 Plug the air purier into the power supply.
» All lights go on from left to right in
cycle.Then, the lights go out again.
2 Press the

button to switch on the
purier.
» The indicator of fan speed goes
on.
3 Press the

button to switch off the
purier.
Set the sensitivity of the air
quality sensor
People with certain health problems (for
example: allergies or asthma) have a greater
need for healthy air. For this reason, the purier
allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the air
quality sensor. If you set it to higher sensitivity
level, the purier starts cleaning the air at lower
pollution level.
There are 3 sensitivity levels:
• standard
• sensitive
• extra sensitive
The pollution sensor is set to standard
sensitivity.You can adjust the sensitivity of the air
quality sensor in the following way.

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Note
•When it is set to a higher sensitivity, the purier starts
cleaning the air at lower pollution levels to make the
air even cleaner. Plug the purier before adjusting the
sensitivity of the air quality sensor.
1 Press and hold the and button
simultaneously for 3 seconds.
» The purier beeps and one of the
lights ( , or ) goes on to show
the current sensitivity level of the air
quality sensor.
Timer light Sensitivity level
extra sensitive
sensitive
standard
2 Press the button to adjust the
sensitivity level of the air quality sensor.
» One of the lights ( ,
or ) goes on to show the preferred
sensitivity level of the air quality sensor.
3 Press and hold the and button
simultaneously for 3 seconds to save the
selected level.
» The purier beeps to indicate your
adjustment is saved.
Note
•When you change the sensitivity, the purier
automatically starts operating at the set sensitivity level
whenever you switch on the purier.
Tip
•In the sensitivity setting mode, make sure you press
the button within 10 seconds, otherwise, it will
automatically save the last setting.
Auto mode
After choosing the auto mode ( ), the
built-in air quality sensor automatically measure
the ambient air quality.The appliance selects the
most appropriate fan speed for the measured
air quality.
Select the fan speed
You can select the desired fan speed.
Note
•When you select a fan speed, you can also use the
timer function (see section "Set the timer"). In this case,
one of the lights ( , or ) and the HOUR light (
, , or ) are on.
1 Press the

button to switch on the
purier.
2 Press the button once or more times
to select the desired fan speed ( , or
).
Eco mode
In the eco mode ( ), when the air is clean
and the air quality light is in blue for more than

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10 minutes, the appliance stops running while
the lights go on.
If this continues for 30 minutes, the air quality
sensor will measure the air quality again, and
automatically selects the appropraite speed
setting or back to eco mode.
Set the timer
With the timer function, you can let the purier
operate for a set number of hours.When the
set time has elapsed, the purier automatically
switches off.
1 Press the

button to switch on the
purier.
2 Press the

button to activate the timer.
» The timer indicator ( , , or )
goes on.
3 Press the

button repeatedly to choose
the number of hours you want the purier
to operate.The corresponding indicator
(, , or ) goes on.
To deactivate the timer function, press the

button repeatedly until the

indicator ( ,
, or ) is out.
Activate child lock
You can activate the child lock function.
1 Press the button to activate the child
lock.
» The child lock indicator lights up.
2 Press and hold the button again for 3
seconds to deactivate the child lock.
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Note
•In child lock mode, the appliance will not sound.

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5 Clean your air
purifier
Note
•Always unplug the purier before you clean it.
•Never immerse the purier in water or any other liquid.
•Never use abrasive, aggressive, or ammable cleaning
agents such as bleach or alcohol to clean any part of
the purier.
•Only the pre-lter is washable. Other air purier lters
are NOT washable nor vacuum cleanable.
Cleantheairpurier
Regularly clean the inside and outside of the
purier body to prevent dust from collecting.
1 Wipe away dust with a soft dry cloth from
the body of the purier.
2 Clean the air inlet and the air outlet with a
soft dry cloth.
Clean the air quality sensor
Clean the air quality sensor every 2 months for
optimal functioning of the purier. Clean it more
frequently if you use the purier in a dusty
environment.
Note
•When the humidity level in the room is very high, it is
possible that condensation develops on the air quality
sensor. As a result, the air quality light may indicate that
the air quality is bad even though it is good. In this case
you have to clean the air quality sensor or use one of
the manual speed settings.
1 Clean the air quality sensor inlet and the
air quality sensor outlet with a soft brush.
2 Remove the air quality sensor cover.
3 Clean the air quality sensor, the dust inlet
and the dust outlet with a lightly moistened
cotton swab.
4 Dry them with a dry cotton swab.
5 Reattach the air quality sensor cover.

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6 Clean the pre-
filter
Note
•The pre-lter is washable.
•Clean the pre-lter when the replacement light (滤网1)
ashes to ensure optimal functioning of the appliance.
1 Switch off the purier and unplug it.
2 Place your ngers in the recess of the
side panels and gently pull the top part of
the front panel towards you.Then lift the
hooks at the bottom of the panel out of
the top of the purier.
3 To remove the pre-lter, grab the two
projections and pull the lter towards you.
4 Pull the activated carbon lter out of the
pre-lter.
5 Wash the pre-lter under a running tap. If
the pre-lter is very dirty, use a soft brush
to brush away the dust.
6 Air dry the pre-lter.
7 Place the activated carbon lter into the
pre-lter.
8 Put the pre-lter back into the purier.
Attach all hooks properly to the purier.

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9 To reattach the front panel, insert the
bottom hooks into the bottom of the
purier rst. Then, push the panel against
the body of the purier.
10 Plug the air purier into the power supply.
Press the

button to switch on the
purier. Then, press and hold for 3
seconds to reset the lter. The replacement
light (滤网1) will turn off.
Note
•Alternatively, you can clean the pre-lter by removing
the dust with a vacuum cleaner.
•Make sure that the pre-lter is completely dry. If it is still
wet, bacteria may multiply in it and shorten the lifetime
of the pre-lter.
•Make sure that the side with the two projections is
pointing towards you, and that all hooks of the pre-lter
are properly attached to the purier.
7 Replace the
filters
Note
•The indicator of the lter replacement (滤网2&3)
indicates the activated carbon lter and HEPA lter
have to be replaced.
Replace the activated carbon
lterandtheHEPAlter
Note
•The activated carbon lter and the HEPA lter are not
washable nor vacuum cleanable.
Replace both the activated carbon lter and
HEPA lter when the indicator (滤网2&3) goes
on.This will last for approximately 2 weeks.
On the last day of the 2 weeks, the indicators
will continue goes on. All buttons on the control
panel are locked except

button and
button. After resetting the lter, the control
panel unlock.
Tip
•When you remove or insert lters, place the purier
against a wall for more stability.
Note
•Insert the lters in the correct position.
•Make sure you place the lters in the order of HEPA
lter, and then the activated carbon lter.
•Make sure that the side with the tag is pointing towards
you.

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1 Switch off the purier and unplug it.
2 Place your ngers in the recesses of the
side panels and gently pull the front panel
towards you.
3 Lift the panel off the hooks at the bottom
of the purier.
4 Remove all the lters from the purier.
5 Remove all packaging material from the
new lters.
6 Place the new HEPA lter in the purier
rst.
7 Then, place the new activated carbon lter
into the pre-lter.
8 Put the pre-lter back into the purier.
Attach all hooks properly to the purier.
9 To reattach the front panel, insert the
bottom hooks into the bottom of the
purier rst. Then, push the panel against
the body of the purier.
10 Plug the air purier into the power supply.
Press the

button to switch on the
purier. Then, press and hold for 3
seconds to reset the lter. The replacement
light (滤网 2&3) will turn off.
3”

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8 Troubleshooting
This chapter summarizes the most common
problems you could encounter with the purier.
If you are unable to solve the problem with the
information below, contact the Consumer Care
Center in your country.
Problem Possiblesolution
The
indicator
of has
been on
continuously.
The lter is full. Replace the lter
and reset the purier.
No air
comes out
of the air
outlet.
The purier is not connected
to the power supply. Plug the
purier into the power supply
and switch on.
The airow
that comes
out of the
air outlet is
signicantly
weaker than
before.
• The pre-lter is dirty. Clean
the pre-lter (see ‘Clean the
pre-lter’).
• You have not removed all
packaging material from the
lters. Make sure that you
have removed all packaging
material.
The air
quality
does not
improve,
even though
the purier
has been
operating
for a long
time.
• One of the lters has not
been placed in the puri-
er. Make sure that all lters
are properly installed in the
following order, starting with
the innermost lter: 1) HEPA
lter, 2) activated carbon lter,
and 3) pre-lter.
• The air quality sensor is wet.
The humidity level in your
room is high and causes con-
densation. Make sure that the
air quality sensor is clean and
dry (see ‘Clean the air quality
sensor’).
The color
of the air
quality light
always stays
the same.
• The air quality sensor is dirty.
Clean the air quality sensor
(see ‘Clean the air quality
sensor’).
• There is not enough ventila-
tion in the room. Open a
window, to improve the air
circulation.
I need
cleaner air
because
I have an
allergy.
You can change the air quality
sensor sensitivity (see 'Set the
sensitivity of the air quality
sensor’) to make the purier
clean the air even better.
The purier
is extra
loud.
• You have not removed all
packaging material from the
lters. Make sure that you
have removed all packaging
material.
• You can change the fan speed
to lower fan speed level.
The purier
still indicates
that I need
to replace
a lter, but I
already did.
Perhaps you did not press the
button properly. Plug in the
purier, press the

button and
press and hold the button
for 3 seconds.
No
response
from the
buttons.
Check whether the child lock is
activated.
The lights
go on, but
the purier
does not
run.
Check whether the appliance is
in eco mode.

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9 Guarantee and
service
If you need information or if you have a
problem, please visit the Philips website at
www.philips.com or contact the Philips
Consumer Care Center in your country (you
will nd its phone number in the worldwide
guarantee leaet). If there is no Consumer Care
Centre in your country, go to your local Philips
dealer.
Order parts or accessories
If you have to replace a part or want to
purchase an additional part, go to your Philips
dealer or visit www.philips.com/support.
If you have problems obtaining the parts, please
contact the Philips Consumer Care Center in
your country (you will nd its phone number in
the worldwide guarantee leaet).
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Recycling
Never dispose your product with other
household waste. Please inform yourself about
the local rules on the separate collection of
electrical and electronic products.The correct
disposal of your old product helps prevent
potentially negative consequences on the
environment and human health.
10 Notices
The making of unauthorized copies of copy-
protected material, including computer
programs, les, broadcasts and sound
recordings, may be an infringement of
copyrights and constitute a criminal offence.
This equipment should not be used for such
purposes.
Electromagneticelds(EMF)
This Philips appliance complies with all
applicable standards and regulations regarding
exposure to electromagnetic elds.
CompliancewithEMF
Koninklijke Philips N.V. manufactures and sells
many products targeted at consumers, which,
like any electronic apparatus, in general have
the ability to emit and receive electromagnetic
signals.
One of Philips’ leading Business Principles is to
take all necessary health and safety measures
for our products, to comply with all applicable
legal requirements and to stay well within
the EMF standards applicable at the time of
producing the products.
Philips is committed to develop, produce and
market products that cause no adverse health
effects. Philips conrms that if its products are
handled properly for their intended use, they
are safe to use according to scientic evidence
available today.
Philips plays an active role in the development
of international EMF and safety standards,
enabling Philips to anticipate further
developments in standardization for early
integration in its products.
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