Philips AC4085 User manual

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6 Cleaning the pre-lter and
humidication lter 20
Clean the pre-lter 20
Clean the humidication lter 22
Rinse the humidication lter 22
Descale the humidication lter 23
Cleaning schedule 24
7 Replacing the lters 25
Replace the Multi-care lter 25
Replace the activated carbon lter
and the HEPA lter 27
Replace the humidication lter 29
8 Adding the Multi-care lter 30
Activate the Multi-care lter 30
9 Resetting the lter lifetime
counter 31
10 Troubleshooting 32
11 Guarantee and service 35
Order parts or accessories 35
12 Notices 36
Electomagnetic elds (EMF) 36
Compliance with EMF 36
Recycling 36
Contents
1 Important 4
Safety 4
2 Your combi air purier and
humidier 7
What’s in the box 7
3 Getting started 8
Install lters 8
Prepare for humidication 9
4 Using the appliance 11
Understand the air quality light 11
Understand the humidity light indicator 11
Understand the auto mode 11
Understand the healthy air protect alert 11
Understand the healthy air protect lock 11
Switch on and off the appliance 12
Set the sensitivity of the air quality
sensor 13
Auto 14
Manual 14
Silent mode 14
Set the timer 14
Set the humidity level 15
Water level 16
5 Cleaning your appliance 17
Clean the body of the appliance 17
Clean the air quality sensor and
humidity sensor 17
Clean the water bucket 18
Clean the humidication lter tray 19

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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 can be used by
children aged from 8 years and
above and persons with reduced
physical, sensory or mental
capabilities or lack of experience
and knowledge if they have been
given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance
in a safe way and understand
the hazards involved. Children
shall not play with the appliance.
Cleaning and maintenance shall
not be made by children without
supervision.
•This appliance is not a toy.
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.
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.
•Do not spray any ammable
materials such as insecticides or
fragrance around the appliance.
•The water in the water bucket is
not suitable for drinking. Do not
drink this water and do not use
it to feed animals or to water
plants. When you empty the
water bucket, pour the water
down the drain.
Warning
•Check if the voltage indicated on
the bottom indicated at the rear

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appliance. Do not use any other
lters.
•Avoid knocking against the
appliance (the air inlet and outlet
in particular) with hard objects.
•Always lift or move the
appliance by both handles at the
sides of the appliance.
•Do not insert your ngers or
objects into the air outlet or
the air inlet to prevent physical
injury or malfunctioning of the
appliance.
•Do not use this appliance when
you have used indoor smoke-
type insect repellents or in
places with oily residues, burning
•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.
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

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•If you do not use the
humidication function for a long
time, clean the water bucket and
humidication lter tray. Dry the
humidication lter.
•If you need to move the
appliance, disconnect the
appliance from the power supply
rst. Then empty the water
bucket. Carry the appliance
horizontally by both handles on
the sides of the appliance.
•When the appliance is not used
for a long time, bacteria may
grow on the lters. Check the
lters after a long period of
disuse. If the lters are very dirty,
replace them (see the chapter
‘Replace the lters’).
•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
safety device in case of accidents
with combustion processes and
hazardous chemicals.
•Clean the water bucket every
day to keep it clean.
•Only ll the water bucket with
cold tap water. Do not use
ground water or hot water.
•Do not put any substance other
than water in the water bucket.
Do not put fragrance in the
water bucket.

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2 Your combi air purifier and humidifier
Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to Philips!
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Read this user manual carefully before you install and use the unit. Save it for future reference.
What’s in the box
Check and identify the contents of your package:
Quick start guideUser manual Warranty
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Air quality sensor
Filter 2: Multi-care lter (AC4141)
Sold separately from
AC4084
Filter 3: Activated carbon lter
(AC4143)
Filter 4: HEPA lter (AC4144)
Filter 5: Humidication
lter (AC4148)
Filter 1: Pre-lter
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Quick start guide

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3 Remove all the lters from the appliance.
4 Remove all packaging material from the
lters.
5 Put the lters back into the appliance.
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6 Slide the Multi-care lter (if available) into
the pre-lter.
3 Getting started
Install lters
The appliance comes with all lters tted inside.
Remove the packaging of the lters before you
can use the appliance. Remove all lters, unpack
them, and place them back into the appliance
described as follows:
Tip
•When you remove or insert lters, place the
appliance against a wall for more stability.
Note
•Insert the lters in the correct position.
•Make sure that you place the lters in the order
of HEPA lter, activated carbon lter, Multi-care
lter, and nally the pre-lter.
•The Multi-care lter is sold separately from
AC4084.
•Make sure that the side with the tag is pointing
towards you.
1 Place your ngers in the recesses of the
side panels.
2 Gently pull the top part of the front panel
out, then lift the top part of the front panel
towards you.
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Prepare for humidication
1 Pull the water bucket from the side of the
appliance.
2 Pull the humidication lter tray from the
appliance.
3 Remove the packaging material from the
humidication lter.
7 Place the pre-lter in the appliance.
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Note
•Make sure that the side with the two clips is
pointing towards you, and that all hooks of the
pre-lter are properly attached to the purier.
8 To reattach the front panel, mount the
panel onto the top of the appliance rst
(1). Then, gently place the panel against the
body of the appliance (2).
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7 Screw the top cap tightly back onto the
water bucket until you feel and hear a
rattling sound.
8 Place the water bucket back into the
appliance.
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4 Put the humidication lter back and slide
the humidication lter tray back to the
appliance.
5 Unscrew the top cap of the water bucket.
6 Fill the water bucket with cold tap water.

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Understand the auto mode
The built-in air quality sensor automatically
measures the ambient air quality, and selects the
most appropriate fan speed.
Understand the healthy air
protect alert
The lter lights indicate that the lter has to be
cleaned or be replaced.
Different healthy
air protect alert
lights
Follow this
Filter light /
ashes.
Clean the pre-lter and
descale the humidication
lter.
Filter light
ashes.
Replace the Multi-care lter.
Filter light
ashes.
Replace the activated
carbon lter and the HEPA
lter.
Filter light
ashes.
Replace the humidication
lter.
Understand the healthy air
protect lock
This appliance is equipped with the Healthy
air protect lock to make sure that the lters
are in optimal condition when the appliance is
operating. When the lter is almost full and has
to be replaced, the specic lter light ( / /
) start to ash.
When you do not replace the lter in time:
»The appliance stops operating and it
is locked.
»The specic lter light ( / / )
illuminate continuously.
4 Using the
appliance
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 appliance 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.
Understand the humidity light
indicator
The appliance is equipped with a built-in
humidity sensor. The CURRENT HUMIDITY
lights (30%, 40%, 50% or 60%) show the current
humidity.
Note
•The accuracy of the humidity indication is
approximately plus or minus 5%.
•It takes some time to measure the humidity level
in the room.

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»The air quality light shows the current
air quality.
»The CURRENT HUMIDITY light
shows the current humidity level.
3Press the

button to switch off the
appliance.
Note
•Humidier cannot be used alone without air
purier operating.
•If the water bucket is empty, the humidier is
switched off, but the air purier still operates. In
this way the appliance operates as an air purier
only (PURIFIER light and REFILL WATER light
are on).
Note
•The appliance is locked after the lter light
ashing for approximately 2 weeks.
•Approximately one day before the appliance
locks, it beeps every 30 minutes to inform you
that the lter needs to be replaced.
Switch on and off the
appliance
The appliance always operates under air
purication combined with humidication.
If you want to operate the appliance only as an
air purier, you need to empty the water in the
water bucket.
1 Plug the appliance into the power supply.
»All lights go on twice and you hear a
beep. Then, the lights go out again.
2Press the

button to switch on the
appliance.
»The PURIFIER and HUMIDIFIER lights
are on.

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»The purier beeps twice and the
fan speed light ( ) ashes to show
the current sensitivity level of the air
quality sensor.
Fan speed light Sensitivity level
SILENT extra sensitive
sensitive
standard
3Press the SPEED button to adjust the
sensitivity level of the air quality sensor.
»One of the SPEED lights ( SILENT,
, or ) goes on to show the preferred
sensitivity level of the air quality sensor.
4 Press and hold the SPEED and HUMIDITY
SET buttons again to conrm the setting.
Note
•When you change the sensitivity, the appliance
automatically starts operating at the set
sensitivity level whenever you switch on the
appliance.
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
appliance allows you to adjust the sensitivity
of the air quality sensor. If you set it to higher
sensitivity level, the appliance 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:
Note
•When it is set to a higher sensitivity, the appliance
starts cleaning the air at lower pollution levels to
make the air even cleaner.
1 Make sure the purier is on.
2Press the SPEED and the HUMIDITY SET
buttons simultaneously.

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Tip
•If the air quality light is in blue or in deep purple
color, this means the air quality is good or
excellent, and you can select a lower fan speed.
•On the other hand, if the air quality light is in
red or in purple color, this means the air quality
is bad or fair. You can select the fan speed to
clean the air quickly.
Silent mode
In silent mode, the air lter operates very
quietly.
1Press the SPEED button to select the silent
mode.
»The SILENT light goes on.
To change to another fan speed, press the
SPEED button.
Set the timer
With the timer function, you can let the
appliance operate for a set number of hours.
When the set time has elapsed, the appliance
automatically switches off.
You can use the timer function in the following
situations:
Change the fan speed
Auto
1Press the SPEED button to select AUTO
mode.
Note
•In auto mode, you can set the desired humidity
level (40%, 50%, 60% in your room (see chapter
‘Set the humidity level’).
Manual
You can manually select the desired fan speed,
which overrides the auto mode.
1Press the SPEED button once or more
times to select the desired fan speed
(AUTO, SILENT, or ).

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You can set the desired humidity level only in
AUTO mode. When the humidity of the room
reaches the desired level, the humidity stays at
this level constantly.
• Press the HUMIDITY SET button once or
more times to set the desired air humidity
to 40%, 50% or 60%.
»The corresponding HUMIDITY SET
light (40%, 50% or 60%) goes on.
Note
•If you do not set the humidity level, the
HUMIDITY SET light goes off. The humidier
humidies the air under AUTO mode and the
preset humidity level is 50%.
•If you change the fan speed (SILENT, or ),
the humidier automatically operates according
to the fan speed level and the AUTO mode
deactivates.
•If you want to increase the humidity level in
shorter time, you can select higher fan speed.
•The appliance comes with a smart memory
function, it can memorize the settings when
the appliance is switched off (e.g. electricity
shortage). When the appliance is plugged in/
switched on again, it automatically starts at the
previous setting.
Situations You will see
Choose a fan
speed manually
(see ‘Manual’).
One of the SPEED lights
( or ) and one of the
TIMER lights ( , , or )
are on.
The appliance
is in auto mode
(see ‘Auto’).
The AUTO light is on.
One of the SPEED lights
(SILENT, or ), and one
of the TIMER lights ( , , or
) are on.
The appliance is
in silent mode
(see ‘Silent
mode’).
The SILENT light and one
of the TIMER lights ( , , or
) are on.
1Press the TIMER button to activate the
timer.
»The TIMER light ( , , or ) goes on.
2Press the TIMER button repeatedly to
choose the number of hours you want the
appliance to operate. The corresponding
TIMER light goes on.
To deactivate the timer function, press the
TIMER button repeatedly until the TIMER light
( , , or ) is out.
Set the humidity level
Note
•Make sure that the water bucket is lled with
water when you want to use the humidication
function (see the chapter ‘Get started’, section
‘Prepare for humidication’).

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Water level
The water level in the water bucket is visible
through the water level window on the side of
the appliance. When there is not enough water
in the water bucket, the REFILL WATER light
ashes to indicate that you have to rell the
water bucket.
Note
•Appliance can operate under air purication
only when the water in the bucket is out and
the REFILL WATER light ashes. Humidication
function can only be activated when the bucket
is lled with water.

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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 the air quality is good. In this case you
have to clean the air quality sensor or use one of
the manual speed settings.
1 Clean the inlet and outlet of the air quality
and air humidity sensors with a soft brush.
2 Remove the cover of the air quality and air
humidity sensors.
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appliance
Note
•Always unplug the appliance before you clean it.
•Never immerse the appliance 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 appliance.
•Only the pre-lter and humidication lter are
washable. Other air purier lters are NOT
washable nor vacuum cleanable.
Clean the body of the
appliance
Regularly clean the inside and outside of the
appliance to prevent dust from collecting.
1 Wipe away dust with a soft dry cloth from
the body of the appliance.
2 Clean the air inlet and the air outlet with a
soft dry cloth.
Clean the air quality sensor
and humidity sensor
Clean the air quality and humidity sensors
every month for optimal functioning of the
appliance. Clean it more frequently if you use
the appliance in a dusty environment.

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4 Screw the top cap tightly back onto the
water bucket.
5 Shake the bucket to and fro with both
hands to clean the inside of the water
bucket.
6 Unscrew the top cap of the water bucket.
7 Empty the water bucket into a sink.
8 Rinse the inside of the water bucket with
fresh water several times.
3 Clean the sensors, the dust inlet and the
dust outlet with a lightly moistened cotton
swab.
4 Dry them with a dry cotton swab.
5 Reattach the sensor cover.
Clean the water bucket
Clean the water bucket every day to keep it
hygienic.
1 Unscrew the top cap of the water bucket.
2 Fill the water bucket for 1/3 with water.
3 Add some mild washing-up liquid to the
water in the water bucket.

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9 Screw the top cap tightly back onto the
water bucket.
Clean the humidication lter
tray
Clean the humidication lter tray every week
to keep them hygienic.
1 Remove the water bucket out of the
appliance. Then remove the humidication
lter tray from the appliance.
Note
•Remove the water bucket rst before you can
remove the humidication lter tray.
2 Take the humidication lter out of the
humidication lter tray.
3 Rinse the humidication lter tray under a
running tap.
Note
•If necessary, use a mild detergent to clean the
humidication lter tray. In this case, rinse the
humidication lter tray thoroughly.
4 Dry the humidication lter tray with a
soft, dry cloth.
5 Place the humidication lter back and
slide the humidication lter tray back to
the appliance.

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6 Cleaning the
pre-filter and
humidification
filter
Note
•Only the pre-lter and humidication lter are
washable. All other lters are not washable.
• Rinse the humidication lter every week
to keep it hygienic.
• When the lter light / ashes, you
have to clean the pre-lter and descale the
humidication lter.
• The light ashes approximately for every
two weeks.
Note
•The lter light / keeps ashing for 24 hours.
•After you have cleaned the pre-lter and descale
the humidication lter, the light stops ashing
and the lter lifetime is reset automatically.
•When you turn off the appliance, the light stops
ashing.
Clean the pre-lter
Note
•Clean the pre-lter when the lter light /
ashes to ensure optimal functioning of the
appliance.
1 Switch off the appliance and unplug it.
2 Place your ngers in the recesses of the
side panels, then lift and detach the bottom
of the font panel towards you. Gently lift
the top part of the front panel out of the
appliance.
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