iRobot Roomba Robotic FloorVac - Manual (Page 3)

Getting Started
Unpacking the Box
Remove the contents of the box, and unpack all items from the Styrofoam packing material.
You will have a Roomba Pro | Pro Elite Robotic FloorVac packed for shipping, as well as the following:
1. Rechargeable NiMH Battery (packed inside your Roomba)
2. Charger AC Adapter
3. Two (2) Virtual Wall Units — each unit requires two (2) D-size batteries (not included)
4. Two (2) Replacement Filters
5. Owner’s Manual (the document you’re reading)
6. Quick Start Guide, Letter from the CEO of iRobot, and Warranty Registration Postcard (not shown in Figure 3)
Roomba Pro Elite also contains:
Rechargeable NiMH
Roomba Battery Rechargeable NiMH
Roomba Battery
Two Replacement Filters Two Replacement Filters
Charger
AC Adapter
Charger AC Adapter
Roomba Pro
Intelligent FloorVac
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2 Virtual Wall Units 2 Virtual Wall Units
Roomba Remote
Wall Mount Unit
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Roomba Pro Elite
Intelligent FloorVac
Once you have unpacked your Roomba, check to make sure that you have all the parts shown here:
Figure 3: Contents of package
for Roomba Pro. for Roomba Pro Elite.
7. Roomba Remote — requires two (2) AA-size batteries
(not included)
8. Wall Mount Unit
9. Five (5) wall anchors for installing the Wall Mount Unit
10. Five (5) screws for screwing into wall anchors or directly into
wood, for installing the Wall Mount Unit
11. Five (5) rubber screw hole plugs for finishing the Wall Mount Unit.
Remove your Roomba from its protective plastic bag and turn it upside
down, so the wheels are facing up.You will notice a protective cardboard
sheath enclosing the Edge-Cleaning Side Brush (see Figure 2). Carefully
disengage the cardboard sheath and twist ties from the black, flexible
Side Brush, being careful to protect the Side Brush from damage. Turn
your Roomba back over.
Figure 2: Carefully remove the
protective cardboard sheath
and twist ties packed around
the Spinning Side Brush.
Roomba Standard Charger
UL Approved
Class 2 Transformer
Input: 120VAC 60Hz 0.3A
Output: 24VDC 500mA
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules.
Operation is subject to the following conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
Introducing the Roomba Pro | Pro Elite FloorVac
Welcome to the next generation of Roomba innovation and convenience. The new Roomba Pro and Roomba Pro Elite
Robotic FloorVacs have all the great features of the original Roomba, plus many improvements. Roomba Pro and Pro Elite
are easier to use and maintain, and feature new ways to clean what you want, where you want, and when you want —
at the touch of a button.
Your Roomba Pro | Pro Elite FloorVac is a hard-working, robotic floor-cleaning appliance that eliminates the need to
push it or follow it around. It keeps your hard-surface floors and low- to medium-pile carpets barefoot clean with a
unique three-stage cleaning process. Roomba effectively cleans most common household floor surfaces with little or no
human supervision.
How Roomba cleans a room
When Roomba starts a typical cleaning cycle it
first travels around the floor in a spiral pattern
(see Figure 1). Its Non-Marring Bumper will contact
a wall, or it may try to find a wall after spiraling for
a while. Roomba follows the wall for a short period
of time, using its spinning, Edge-Cleaning Side Brush
to move debris away from the wall and into the
Vacuum’s path. After cleaning along a portion of the
wall or other object, Roomba crisscrosses the room in
straight lines. For most of Roomba’s cleaning cycles,
Roomba repeats this cleaning pattern until its cleaning
time has elapsed, providing maximum coverage
of the room. In new Spot Cleaning mode (new in
Pro and Pro Elite), Roomba cleans a 3-foot-diameter
area using a slow, high-efficiency spiral pattern. This
pattern allows Roomba to focus intense cleaning over a
soiled area. In new MAX Cleaning mode (Pro Elite or
Remote), Roomba excels at cleaning multiple rooms, or
an extra large area — at the touch of a single button. SOFA
STAIRS
START
TABLE
LAMP
Figure 1: A typical Roomba cleaning pattern.
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