Makita LXT XRU16 Series Instruction Manual page 10

Speed adjusting
You can select the tool speed by tapping the main
power button. Each time you tap the main power button,
the level of speed will change.
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► 1. Speed indicator 2. Main power button
Speed indicator
Automatic Torque Drive Technology
When you turn on the Automatic Torque Drive
Technology (ADT), the tool runs at optimum rotation
speed and torque for the condition of grass being cut.
To start ADT, press and hold the reverse button until
the ADT indicator turns on. After that, tap the main
power button to select the cutting tool attached to the
tool. Light the lamp beside
blade, marking to select nylon cutting head.
To stop ADT, press and hold the reverse button until the
ADT indicator turns off.
Mode Rotation speed
High 0-7,000 /min
Medium 0-5,500 /min
Low 0-4,600 /min
marking to select cutter
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► 1. marking 2.
4. Main power button 5. Reverse button
Indicator
(Cutter blade)
(Nylon cutting
Reverse button for debris removal
WARNING:
the battery cartridge before you remove entan-
gled weeds or debris which the reverse rotation
function can not remove. Failure to switch off and
remove the battery cartridge may result in serious
personal injury from accidental start-up.
This tool has a reverse button to change the direction of
rotation. It is only for removing weeds and debris entan-
gled in the tool.
To reverse the rotation, tap the reverse button and pull
the switch trigger while depressing the lock-off lever
when the cutting tool is stopped. The speed indicators
and ADT indicator start blinking, and the cutting tool
rotates in reverse direction when you pull the switch
trigger.
To return to regular rotation, release the trigger and wait
until the cutting tool stops.
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► 1. Speed indicator 2. ADT indicator 3. Reverse
button
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marking 3. ADT indicator
Mode Cutting tool
ADT Cutter blade
ADT Nylon cutting
head
head)
Switch off the tool and remove
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Rotation
speed
3,500-7,000
/min
3,500-5,500
/min
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