Sunbeam FA8600 Electric Pedestal Fan User Manual

Please read these instructions carefully

and retain for future reference.

Sunbeam Pedestal Fan

with Remote Control

Instruction Booklet

FA8600 40cm Pedestal Fan

Sunbeam is very safety conscious when

designing and manufacturing consumer products,

but it is essential that the product user also

exercise care when using an electrical appliance.

Listed below are important precautions for the

safe use of an electrical appliance.

•฀Read฀carefully฀and฀save฀all฀the฀instructions฀

provided฀with฀an฀appliance.

•฀Always฀turn฀the฀power฀off฀at฀the฀power฀outlet฀

before฀you฀insert฀or฀remove฀a฀plug.฀Remove฀฀

by฀grasping฀the฀plug฀-฀do฀not฀pull฀on฀the฀cord.

•฀Turn฀the฀power฀off฀and฀remove฀the฀plug฀

when฀the฀appliance฀is฀not฀in฀use฀and฀before฀

cleaning.

•฀Do฀not฀use฀your฀appliance฀with฀an฀extension฀

cord฀unless฀this฀cord฀has฀been฀checked฀฀

and฀tested฀by฀a฀qualified฀technician฀or฀฀

service฀person.

•฀Always฀use฀your฀appliance฀from฀a฀power฀฀

outlet฀of฀the฀voltage฀(A.C.฀only)฀marked฀฀

on฀the฀appliance.

•฀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.

•฀The฀temperature฀of฀accessible฀surfaces฀may฀be฀

high฀when฀the฀appliance฀is฀operating.

•฀Never฀leave฀an฀appliance฀unattended฀while฀฀

in฀use.

•฀Do฀not฀use฀an฀appliance฀for฀any฀purpose฀฀

other฀than฀its฀intended฀use.

•฀Do฀not฀place฀an฀appliance฀on฀or฀near฀a฀hot฀gas฀

flame,฀electric฀element฀or฀on฀a฀heated฀oven.฀

•฀Do฀not฀place฀on฀top฀of฀any฀other฀appliance.

•฀Do฀not฀let฀the฀power฀cord฀of฀an฀appliance฀hang฀

over฀the฀edge฀of฀a฀table฀or฀bench฀top฀or฀touch฀

any฀hot฀surface.

•฀Do฀not฀operate฀any฀electrical฀appliance฀with฀

a฀damaged฀cord฀or฀after฀the฀appliance฀has฀

been฀damaged฀in฀any฀manner.฀If฀damage฀is฀

suspected,฀return฀the฀appliance฀to฀the฀nearest฀

Sunbeam฀Appointed฀Service฀Centre฀฀

for฀examination,฀repair฀or฀adjustment.฀

•฀For฀additional฀protection,฀Sunbeam฀

recommend฀the฀use฀of฀a฀residual฀current฀

device฀(RCD)฀with฀a฀tripping฀current฀not฀

exceeding฀30mA฀in฀the฀electrical฀circuit฀

supplying฀power฀to฀your฀appliances.

•฀Do฀not฀immerse฀the฀appliance฀in฀water฀฀

or฀any฀other฀liquid฀unless฀recommended.

•฀฀Appliances฀are฀not฀intended฀to฀be฀operated฀฀

by฀means฀of฀an฀external฀timer฀or฀separate฀

remote฀control฀system.

•฀฀This฀appliance฀is฀intended฀to฀be฀used฀in฀

household฀and฀similar฀applications฀such฀

as:฀staff฀kitchen฀areas฀in฀shops,฀offices฀and฀

other฀working฀environments;฀farm฀houses;฀by฀

clients฀in฀hotels,฀motels฀and฀other฀residential฀

type฀environments;฀bed฀and฀breakfast฀type฀

environments.

Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions

If฀you฀have฀any฀concerns฀regarding฀the฀performance฀and฀use฀of฀your฀appliance,฀฀

please฀visit฀www.sunbeam.com.au฀or฀contact฀the฀Sunbeam฀Consumer฀Service฀Line.฀

Ensure฀the฀above฀safety฀precautions฀are฀understood.

•฀฀Do฀not฀use฀outdoors.

•฀฀Do฀not฀run฀the฀cord฀of฀the฀fan฀under฀

carpeting.฀Do฀not฀cover฀the฀cord฀with฀throw฀

rugs,฀runners฀or฀other฀floor฀coverings.฀

Arrange฀the฀cord฀away฀from฀traffic฀areas฀so฀

that฀it฀will฀not฀be฀tripped฀over.

•฀฀Do฀not฀use฀this฀fan฀in฀the฀immediate฀

surrounds฀of฀a฀bath,฀shower,฀laundry฀area฀

or฀swimming฀pool.

•฀฀Be฀sure฀the฀fan฀is฀placed฀on฀a฀dry,฀even฀

surface.฀Do฀not฀use฀on฀soft฀surfaces,฀such฀

as฀beds.

•฀฀When฀operating฀with฀the฀oscillation฀

function,฀do฀not฀place฀the฀fan฀in฀a฀position฀

that฀may฀restrict฀or฀impede฀its฀movement.

•฀฀Keep฀your฀fan฀away฀from฀heat฀sources,฀

corrosive฀gases฀and฀avoid฀direct฀sunlight.

•฀฀This฀fan฀is฀only฀to฀be฀used฀with฀the฀base฀

fitted฀and฀in฀good฀condition.

•฀฀Disconnect฀the฀power฀plug฀before฀

dismantling,฀assembling฀or฀before฀cleaning.

•฀฀Always฀unplug฀the฀fan฀when฀not฀in฀use.

•฀฀The฀fan฀must฀not฀be฀used฀if฀the฀guards฀are฀

damaged฀in฀any฀way.

•฀฀Do฀not฀insert฀or฀allow฀foreign฀objects฀to฀

enter฀any฀ventilation฀or฀exhaust฀openings฀

as฀this฀may฀cause฀electric฀shock฀or฀fire,฀or฀

damage฀to฀the฀fan.

•฀฀Never฀insert฀fingers฀or฀any฀other฀objects฀

through฀the฀guards฀whenever฀the฀power฀

plug฀is฀connected,฀especially฀while฀

running.

•฀฀Avoid฀touching฀moving฀parts฀of฀the฀fan.฀

•฀฀Do฀not฀attempt฀to฀move฀your฀fan฀whilst฀

it฀is฀operating.฀If฀your฀fan฀needs฀to฀be฀

moved,฀please฀ensure฀that฀it฀is฀turned฀off฀

and฀you฀use฀the฀carry฀handle฀on฀top฀of฀the฀

pedestal.

•฀฀When฀disposing฀of฀the฀fan฀at฀the฀end฀of฀its฀

useful฀life,฀follow฀local฀regulations.

•฀฀Do฀not฀coil฀the฀power฀cord฀too฀tightly฀

around฀the฀motor฀housing,฀as฀this฀may฀

damage฀the฀cord.

Safety Precautions For

Your Pedestal Fan

1.฀Always฀locate฀your฀fan฀on฀a฀level฀surface.

2.฀Your฀pedestal฀fan฀should฀be฀located฀in฀a฀

dry,฀cool,฀well฀ventilated฀location.฀Keep฀

your฀fan฀away฀from฀heat฀sources,฀corrosive฀

gases฀and฀avoid฀direct฀sunlight.

3.฀Do฀not฀attempt฀to฀move฀your฀pedestal฀fan฀

whilst฀it฀is฀operating.฀If฀your฀fan฀needs฀to฀

be฀moved,฀please฀ensure฀that฀it฀is฀turned฀

off฀and฀you฀use฀the฀carry฀handle฀on฀top฀of฀

the฀fan.

Locating Your Pedestal Fan

Features Of Your Sunbeam

Pedestal Fan

Metal Grille

Easily฀assembled,฀50cm฀secure฀grille.

Plastic Fan Blades

3฀blades฀to฀effectively฀move฀the฀air฀about฀

your฀room.

Control Panel

Simply฀press฀the฀on/off฀button฀to฀turn฀the฀

unit฀on.฀Use฀the฀other฀buttons฀to฀select฀wind฀

mode,฀timer,฀speed฀and฀oscillation฀functions.

Solid Base

Makes฀your฀pedestal฀fan฀stable฀฀

and฀secure.

Parts Identification

1.฀Locking฀Screw

2.฀Front฀Guard

3.฀Guard฀Clip

4.฀Guard฀Ring

5.฀Blade฀Knob

6.฀Fan฀Blade

7.฀Guard฀Locking฀Nut

8.฀Rear฀Guard

9.฀Base฀Locking฀Nut

10.฀Handle

11.฀Motor฀Cover

12.฀Screw

13.฀Rear฀Stand฀Screw

14.฀Cord฀Clip

15.฀Stand

16.฀Height฀adjustment฀Locking฀Clip

17.฀Extension฀Shaft฀

18.฀Base

19.฀Control฀Panel

20.฀Remote฀Control

1 2 34 56 7 8

1.฀Unpack฀all฀the฀components฀from฀the฀box.

2.฀Unfasten฀the฀interlocking฀nut฀and฀blade฀

knob฀from฀the฀front฀of฀the฀motor฀฀

(See฀Figure฀2)฀and฀place฀to฀one฀side.

3.฀Attach฀the฀rear฀fan฀blade฀grill฀and฀ensure฀it฀

is฀in฀the฀correct฀orientation฀with฀the฀“UP”฀

and฀the฀two฀holes฀aligned฀at฀the฀top฀฀

(See฀Figure฀1).฀Firmly฀screw฀on฀the฀

interlocking฀nut.

4.฀Mount฀the฀fan฀blade฀onto฀the฀motor฀shaft;฀

and฀fasten฀the฀blade฀knob฀firmly฀by฀turning฀

in฀an฀anti-clockwise฀direction.฀฀

See฀Figure฀2.

5.฀Open฀the฀front฀guard฀clip฀and฀attach฀฀the฀

fan฀blade฀grill฀with฀the฀“UP”฀word฀(which฀

appears฀on฀the฀inside฀of฀the฀grill),฀the฀

Sunbeam฀logo฀should฀be฀straight.฀Push฀the฀

round฀edges฀of฀the฀grill฀firmly฀together฀with฀

the฀back฀grill฀and฀lock฀the฀clip.฀Using฀a฀

Phillips฀head฀screwdriver,฀tighten฀the฀screw฀

provided.฀See฀Figure฀3.

Assembling Your Pedestal Fan

Figure฀1

Figure฀2

Figure฀3

Assembling Your Pedestal Fan (continued)

Connecting The Stand base, extension shaft,

upper shaft and base locking nut

1.฀Locate฀the฀base฀locking฀nut.

2.฀Insert฀the฀lower฀extension฀shaft฀firmly฀into฀

the฀base฀and฀attach฀the฀moulded฀securing฀

knob฀to฀the฀underside฀of฀the฀base฀and฀

tighten.฀(Refer฀Figure฀4).

3.฀Insert฀the฀upper฀shaft฀into฀the฀extension฀

shaft฀and฀secure฀with฀the฀rear฀stand.฀Screw฀

using฀a฀flat฀head฀screw฀driver.

Figure฀4

Figure฀5

Remote Control

Remote control

Operates฀within฀8฀metres฀of฀the฀

Pedestal฀Fan.฀

Fan speed button

Choose฀from฀3฀speed฀settings,฀

low฀medium฀or฀high.

Wind Mode

You฀have฀a฀choice฀of฀2฀Nature฀or฀

Sleep฀airflow฀types.

When฀used฀in฀nature฀mode,฀the฀

fan฀speed฀is฀randomly฀adjusted,฀

giving฀the฀feeling฀of฀a฀natural฀

breeze.฀

When฀set฀to฀Sleep฀Mode฀the฀

fan฀speed฀decreases฀after฀30฀

minutes฀from฀high฀to฀medium,฀

then฀medium฀to฀low.฀

Oscillation

Your฀pedestal฀fan฀oscillates฀70°,฀

distributing฀cool฀air฀throughout฀

the฀room.

Preset/Timer

The฀preset฀timer฀allows฀you฀to฀

set฀your฀pedestal฀fan฀to฀turn฀฀

off฀after฀1,฀2฀or฀4฀hours.

Using the remote control

1. Point the remote towards the control panel

on the front of the pedestal to operate.

Inserting or changing the batteries

1. Slide battery tray at the base of the unit.

2. Insert the button cell battery provided with

your pedestal fan.

3. Slide battery tray into the base of the remote

control unit.

1. Place the pedestal fan on a flat level surface

2. Adjust the height by unlocking the height

adjustment clip on the lower shaft. Raise the

shaft to your selected height and engage the

clip to lock into place. Insert the plug into a

230/240 V power outlet and turn the power

on.

Note: Only adjust the height when the fan is

switched off.

3. Press the on/off button on the fan or the

remote control. The fan will start at low

speed.

Selecting a fan speed

1. To select a fan speed simply press the

‘speed’ button on either the fan or remote

control repeatedly to select the desired

speed from the 3 settings available.

The LED lights indicate the selected speed

setting.

Note: If you will not be using the fan for a

length of time, it is advisable to turn the power

off at the wall socket and unplug the power

cord.

Using Your Pedestal Fan

Using Your Pedestal Fan (continued)

Oscillation

Press the oscillation button to turn on.

To turn oscillation off, press the oscillation

button again.

Tilting Head

4 position vertical

3 position horizontal

Timer

Pre-set to turn off

To pre-set the timer to turn the fan off, press

the timer button to switch to timer mode. Press

the 1, 2 or 4 hours timer button to select.

When this set time is reached, the fan will

switch OFF automatically.

Using Your Pedestal Fan (continued)

Operations

1. ON/OFF

Press this symbol to control the fan power

on or off. Touch one time, fan shows power on,

for one more time, the fan is power off.

2. Wind Speed

Press this symbol to control the wind

speed. Press one time show the low

speed

, press two times shows the medium

speed

, press three times shows the high

speed.

press more times, wind, speed

circulates as this sequence.

3. OSC

This just turns oscillation on or off with each

press.

Care and Cleaning

•฀฀Ensure฀that฀your฀pedestal฀fan฀is฀switched฀

off and disconnected from the power outlet

before cleaning.

•฀Carefully฀wipe฀your฀fan฀using฀a฀clean฀

soft cloth. Do not use abrasive cleaners

or brushes to clean the fan as these will

scratch and damage the surface

•฀Take฀care฀that฀excessive฀dust฀does฀not฀build฀

up in or around the motor body. Use a dry

soft brush or vacuum cleaner to remove it.

•฀Do฀not฀allow฀the฀motor฀or฀other฀electrical฀

components฀to฀be฀exposed฀to฀water.

•฀Always฀store฀your฀fan฀in฀a฀cool฀dry฀place฀

when not in use, preferably in the original

box.

Should฀you฀experience฀any฀difficulties฀with฀your฀

product฀during฀the฀warranty฀period,฀please฀contact฀฀

our฀customer฀service฀line฀for฀advice฀on฀1300฀881฀

861฀in฀Australia,฀or฀0800฀786฀232฀in฀New฀Zealand.

Alternatively,฀you฀can฀send฀a฀written฀claim฀to฀

Sunbeam฀to:

Australia

Units฀5฀&฀6,฀13฀Lord฀Street฀

Botany฀NSW฀2019฀Australia

New Zealand

26฀Vestey฀Drive฀

Mt฀Wellington,฀Auckland฀New฀Zealand

Upon฀receipt฀of฀your฀claim,฀Sunbeam฀will฀seek฀to฀

resolve฀your฀difficulties฀or,฀if฀the฀product฀is฀defective,฀

advise฀you฀on฀how฀to฀obtain฀a฀replacement฀or฀refund.

To฀assist฀us฀in฀managing฀warranty฀claims,฀we฀

recommend฀you฀register฀your฀product฀as฀soon฀as฀

practicable฀after฀purchase฀by฀creating฀a฀MySunbeam฀

account฀on฀our฀website฀and฀send฀a฀copy฀of฀your฀

original฀receipt฀to฀Sunbeam.

In฀order฀to฀make฀a฀claim฀under฀our฀warranty,฀you฀must฀

have฀the฀original฀proof฀of฀purchase฀documentation฀for฀

the฀product฀and฀present฀it฀when฀requested฀.฀

Should฀your฀product฀develop฀any฀defect฀within฀฀

2฀years฀of฀purchase฀because฀of฀faulty฀materials฀or฀

workmanship,฀we฀will฀replace฀or฀repair฀it,฀at฀our฀

discretion,฀free฀of฀charge.฀A฀product฀presented฀for฀

repair฀may฀be฀replaced฀by฀a฀refurbished฀product฀฀

of฀the฀same฀type฀rather฀than฀being฀repaired.฀

Refurbished฀parts฀may฀be฀used฀to฀repair฀the฀product.

Our฀replacement฀or฀repair฀warranty฀only฀applies฀

where฀a฀defect฀arises฀as฀a฀result฀of฀faulty฀material฀

or฀workmanship฀during฀the฀warranty฀period.฀Your฀

warranty฀does฀not฀cover฀misuse฀or฀negligent฀handling฀

(including฀damage฀caused฀by฀failing฀to฀use฀the฀

product฀in฀accordance฀with฀this฀instruction฀booklet),฀

accidental฀damage,฀or฀normal฀wear฀and฀tear.

Your฀warranty฀does฀not:

•฀cover฀freight฀or฀any฀other฀costs฀incurred฀in฀

making฀a฀claim,฀consumable฀items,฀accessories฀

that฀by฀their฀nature฀and฀limited฀lifespan฀require฀

periodic฀renewal฀(such฀as฀filters฀and฀seals)฀or฀any฀

consequential฀loss฀or฀damage;฀or

•฀cover฀damage฀caused฀by:฀

-฀power฀surges,฀power฀dips,฀voltage฀supply฀problems,฀

or฀use฀of฀the฀product฀on฀incorrect฀voltage;฀

-฀servicing฀or฀modification฀of฀the฀product฀other฀than฀

by฀Sunbeam฀or฀an฀authorised฀Sunbeam฀service฀

centre;฀

-฀use฀of฀the฀product฀with฀other฀accessories,฀

attachments,฀product฀supplies,฀parts฀or฀devices฀฀

that฀do฀not฀conform฀to฀Sunbeam฀specifications;฀or

-฀exposure฀of฀the฀product฀to฀abnormally฀corrosive฀

conditions;฀or

•฀extend฀beyond฀3฀months฀if฀the฀product฀is฀used฀

in฀commercial,฀industrial,฀educational฀or฀rental฀

applications.

The benefits given to you by our warranty are in addition

to other rights and remedies under law in relation to the

product.

In Australia our goods come with guarantees that cannot

be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are

entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure

and for compensation for any other foreseeable loss or

damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired

or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality

and the failure does not amount to a major failure.

Our goods also come with guarantees that cannot be

excluded under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees

Act.

If฀your฀warranty฀claim฀is฀not฀accepted,฀we฀will฀inform฀

you฀and฀if฀requested฀to฀do฀so฀by฀you,฀repair฀the฀

product฀provided฀you฀pay฀the฀usual฀charges฀for฀such฀

repair.฀You฀will฀also฀be฀responsible฀for฀all฀freight฀and฀

other฀costs.

Should฀your฀product฀require฀repair฀or฀service฀after฀the฀

warranty฀period,฀contact฀your฀nearest฀Sunbeam฀service฀

centre.฀For฀a฀complete฀list฀of฀Sunbeam’s฀service฀

centres,฀visit฀our฀website฀or฀call฀our฀customer฀service฀

line฀for฀advice฀on฀1300฀881฀861฀in฀Australia,฀฀

or฀0800฀786฀232฀in฀New฀Zealand.

This Sunbeam product is covered by a 2 year replacement or repair

warranty, which is in addition to your rights under the Australian Consumer

Law (if your product was purchased in Australia) or New Zealand Consumer

Guarantees Act (if your product was purchased in New Zealand).

2 Year Warranty

is a registered trademark.

Need help with your appliance?

Contact฀our฀customer฀service฀team฀or฀visit฀

our฀website฀for฀information฀and฀tips฀on฀

getting฀the฀most฀from฀your฀appliance.฀

In Australia

Visit www.sunbeam.com.au

Or call 1300 881 861

In New Zealand

Visit www.sunbeam.co.nz

Or call 0800 786 232

Made in China.

Due to minor changes in design or otherwise,

the product may differ from the one shown in this leaflet.

ABN 45 000 006 771

Units 5 & 6, 13 Lord Street

Botany NSW 2019 Australia

Unit 3, Building D

26 Vestey Drive

Mt Wellington Auckland

New Zealand

Sunbeam Corporation is a division of GUD Holdings Ltd.

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