The appliance produces a strange smell. The attachment and/or the filter glass is dir ty. Clean the attachment carefully. If you are unable to clean the attachment properly, contact the Consumer Care Centre in your countr y, your Philips dealer or a Philips ser vice centre to replace the attachment. You have not shaved the area to be treated properly. If there are hairs on the area to be treated, these hairs may get burnt when you use the appliance. As a result, you notice a strange smell. Shave the area to be treated properly before you use the appliance. If shaving causes skin irritation, trim hairs as shor t as possible and use a comfor table setting. You stored the appliance in a dusty environment. The strange smell disappears after a few flashes. The skin feels more sensitive than usual during treatment. The light intensity you use is too high. Check if you have selected the right light intensity. If necessar y, select a lower light intensity. You did not shave the areas to be treated. Shave the areas to be treated before you use the appliance. If shaving causes skin irritation, trim hairs as shor t as possible and use a comfor table setting. The UV filter of the light exit window is broken. If the UV filter of the light exit window is broken, do not use the appliance anymore. Contact the Consumer Care Centre in your countr y, your Philips dealer or a Philips ser vice centre. The appliance is defective. Contact the Consumer Care Centre in your countr y, your Philips dealer or a Philips ser vice centre. 26 EngliSh Problem Possible cause Solution I experience an unacceptable pain sensation when I use the appliance. You did not shave the areas to be treated Shave the areas to be treated before you use the appliance. If shaving causes skin irritation, trim hairs as shor t as possible and use a comfor table setting. You treated an area for which the appliance is not intended. You must not use the appliance on your face, inner labia, vagina, anus, nipples, areolas, and inside the nostrils and ears. Men must not use it on their face or scrotum. You have used a light intensity which is too high for you. Reduce the light intensity to a level that is comfor table for you. See chapter ‘Preparing for use’, section ‘Setting the light intensity’. The appliance is not suitable for your skin colour. Do not use the appliance if you have a ver y dark skin. Do not use it either if your body hair is light blond, red, grey or white. The treated areas become red after the treatment. Slight redness is harmless and normal and disappears quickly. No action required. The skin reaction after the treatment lasts longer than usual. You have used a light intensity which is too high for you. Select a lower light intensity the next time. See chapter ‘Preparing for use’, section ‘Setting the light intensity. If the skin reaction lasts longer than 3 days, contact your doctor. The hair-removal results are not satisfactor y. You have used a light intensity which is too low for you. Select a higher light intensity the next time. You did not make enough overlaps when you used the appliance. For proper hair-removal results, you have to make overlaps when you use the appliance. See chapter ‘Using the appliance’, section ‘Subsequent use’, step 9. EngliSh 27 Problem Possible cause Solution You do not use the appliance as often as recommended. To remove all hairs successfully and to prevent the hair root from becoming active again, the treatments have to be repeated once ever y two weeks for the first two months.To ensure that your skin stays smooth, we advise you to repeat the treatment ever y four to six weeks.The time between treatments may var y based on your individual hair regrowth and also across different body areas. If too many hairs grow back between treatments, simply shor ten the treatment inter val again, but do not treat any area more often than once ever y two weeks. When you use the appliance more frequently than recommended, you do not increase the effectiveness but you do increase the risk of skin reactions. The appliance is not suitable for your hair or skin colour. Do not use the appliance if your body hair is light blond, red, grey or white. Do not use the appliance either if you have ver y dark skin. Hair star ts to grow again in some spots on the treated areas. You did not make enough overlaps when you used the appliance. For proper hair-removal results, you have to make overlaps when you use the appliance. See chapter ‘Using the appliance’, section ‘Subsequent use’, step 9. Hair star ts to grow again as par t of the natural cycle of hair growth. This is normal. It is par t of the natural cycle of hair growth that hair star ts growing again.The hairs that come back, however, tend to be softer and thinner. 28 ESpanol Contenido Introduccion 29 Ventajas 29 Tecnologia “Luz pulsada intensa” (Intense Pulsed Light, IPL) para uso domestico 29 Prevencion eficaz del crecimiento del vello para una piel suave todos los dias 29 Tratam...