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The parts of the machine Contents: How to use the machine 2 The part of the machine 2 The control panel 3 Opening the door 3 Sorting the washing 4 Detergent 5 Which program should I use? 6 Program examples 6­7 Care of the machine 8 Safety 9 If the machine won't work 9 Technical details 10 Installation 10­11 Removing the transport braces Adjusting the feet Building in the machine Electrical installation Water supply Draining connection Service and guarantee 11 Instructions summary 12 How to use the machine Choosing the right program Top panel Detergent and fabric conditioner compartment Door Outer door (depending on model) Environment facts Choose the right program You can save considerable energy by not using 'stronger' programs than necessary. · Press the -button to save water. · Press the Economy button and reduce the temperature to save energy. · Use the higher spin speed, to remove the maximum amount of water, so reducing the energy required in subsequent tumble drying. Economy button Pressing the Economy button extends the main wash by 22 minutes. This allows you to reduce the temperature and yet obtain as good a result as if you had used a higher temperature for the shorter period. The Economy button + lower washing temperature reduces pollution. Detergent Using more detergent does not improve the washing performance, but merely imposes an extra load on the environment. Try reducing the amount of detergent you use, and increase it only if the results are unsatisfactory. 2 1. Turn on the main switch 2. Open the door by pressing If the door does not open, see below. The control panel Program control knob The program control knob must be turned clockwise only. Program options Thermostat knob Knob for centrifugations spin speed Indicating lamp Lights to show that the power is turned on. Safety device Ensures that a child cannot change the temperature setting. Press the button while turning the temperature knob to a higher temperature (clock-wise). See also page 9. Rinse level For a normal rinse water level, press the button. To get Super rinse level, release the button. No spin Main On/Off switch Must be pressed in when opening the door. Press this button to omit all spins in all programs. Programs 1­4 will pump water out after the last rinse: programs 6, 7 and 9 will stop with water still in the machine. Door opening The door can be opened only when the program control knob is at the end of a program, as shown by the red mark. If it has stopped anywhere else, turn it to position 10 to pump out the water. Economy button Pressing the Economy button extends the main wash by 22 minutes. This allows you to reduce the temperature and yet obtain as good a result as if you had used a higher temperature for the shorter period. The Economy button + lower washing temperature reduces pollution, and helps the environment. Delayed start Press this button and the machine will start 5 hours later. OBS! Check that the main switch is on, push this button and choose program. (The program control knob have to be on red marks, indicating the program finishing points, when the main switch is pressed in.) Quickwash button Use this button for small loads. Pressing it omits two rinses and the intermediate spin in programs 1­3. One rinse is omitted in programs 6 and 7. 3 3. Load the washing into the drum . . . . . . and close the door. Press firmly: the door cannot be closed by slamming. Sorting the washing Sort washing by: * how dirty it is * colour * material Check the fabric care label in the garment. The table shows suitable programs for different materials and quantities. Textil care label Material Cotton, linen, white and pale coloured garments Cotton, linen, darker coloured garments Polyester, cotton/polyester, nylon: white garments Polyester, cotton/polyester, nylon: coloured garments Rayon, acetate, acrylic. Garments with more sensitive colours 3 Articial silk and very delicate garments. Garments with the IWS or Superwash symbols Suitable programs White wash, 90° (or 60°) White wash, 60° + E Coloured wash, 60° Coloured wash, 40° + E White synthetics wash, 60° Coloured synthetics wash, 40° Delicates wash, 40° Quantity of washing 4.5 kg Full drum 4.45kg Full drum 2.2 kg 1/2 drum 2.2 kg 1/2 drum 2.2 kg 1/2 drum 1.5 kg 1/3 drum 1.5 kg 1/3 drum Remember . . . * The dye can run in new coloured garments, so they should be washed separately for the first few times. * Turn delicate garments inside out to reduce the risk of colour streaking etc. * Empty pockets and leave them inside out. * Close zips to prevent them snagging garments. Delicates wash, 30° Wool, 40° Stain removal The golden rule is to remove a stain as soon as possible. The fresher it is, the easier it is to remove. Stain Felt tip or ball pen Mildew Nail varnish Pine resin Chewing gum Rust Oil, grease, fat Paint Candle wax Treatment Dampen with methylated spirit. Rinse off the dye that is dissolved, and repeat the process. Soak in yoghourt for 24 hours. Rinse and wash. For white fabrics, use a detergent containing optical whitener. Acetone (but not on acetate fibres). Methylated spirit to remove any residual colour. Methylated spirit or turpentine. Cool with ice cubes or in the freezer, and rub off carefully. Oxalic acid solution. Turpentine or stain remover and luke-warm soapy water. Remove immediately in accordance with the instructions on the paint tin. Dried paint cannot be removed. Allow to harden. Break it up and pick it off. Apply two thicknesses of kitchen paper on each side of the fabric, and press with a hot iron. Remove any residual grease mark with stain remover, and wash as usual. Cold water for fresh blood. For dried blood, use an enzyme detergent, possibly with oxalic acid. Methylated spirit, followed by washing with enzyme detergent. Wash at high temperature. Oxalic acid can also be tried. Wash at high temperature: use a detergent with optical whitener. Blood Grass Berries and fruit stains Coffee, tea and red wine 4 4. Add the detergent and fabric conditioner (if used) to their respective compartments. How much detergent should I use? Detergent packets indicate the quantities that should be used. The machine has a capacity of 4.5 kg of washing. If you have only a small load, you can reduce the amount of detergent. Powder detergents Follow the instructions on the packet. Tip the powder into the pre-wash and main wash compartments. Pre-wash detergent Main wash detergent Fabric conditioner Liquid detergents Pour liquid detergent directly into the main wash compartment, just like a powder detergent. You can use thin liquid detergent only with the main wash, and not with the pre-wash. This means that you must use programs 2, 3 or 4. Adding it for program 1 will mean that it is rinsed away with the prewash water. If you are using a detergent ball or dosing bag, load it with the washing and select programs 2, 3 or 4. Fabric conditioner compartment For best washing performance, only use low sudsing detergent. Clean the detergent compartment regularly Fabric conditioner Pour the fabric conditioner into the insert in the left-hand compartment. Follow the instructions on the container, but do not fill to above the level of the syphon lip. If you do, the syphon will immediately discharge the conditioner into the main or pre-wash and degrade washing performance. 1. Pull out the compartment and remove the fabric conditioner insert. 2. Select any program. 3. Clean the compartment with a brush while water flows through it. 4. When finished, select program 10 to pump the water out of the machine. 5 5. Set the required temperature on the thermostat . . . 6. Press any required program option buttons 7. Chose cenrtifugations spin speed... What the figures on the program knob mean 9 Wool program 9. Start wool 10 Pumping out Which program should I choose? You can naturally select a standard program or, by combining your preferred temperature setting, program and option selection, produce a program to suit your requirements. The programs below are suggestions. 1­5 Whites/Colors 1. Start Whites/Colors with prewash 2. Start Whites/Colors, main wash** 3. Start Quick wash program 4. Start Rinse program 5. Long spin * Fabric care label Type of fabric Fill Pro- Option gram button Temperature Time, minutes White Cottons with pre-wash White Cottons without pre-wash Fast colors *** White Cottons Fast colors + Economy Quick wash Synthetics colours, white Quick synthetics * 1 2 2 2 2 3 6 7 7 9 E 60-95° 110-125 60-95° 85-110 40-60° 75-85 40° 40° 40° 40° 40° 75 95 50 50 40 6­8 Synthetics 6. Start long Synthetics wash** 7. Start short Synthetics wash 8. Short spin The marks indicate program finishing points. The door can be opened only when the pointer is against a mark. ** When you choose program 2 (6) the knob advances directly to 3 (7). The machine still performs all stages of program 2 (6) . Superquick Quick Wash program The machine has a special Quick Wash program, which saves both time and energy. The program can be used at any temperature. If the load is small, you can also press the button and speed the program up even more. Wool, Handwash 30-40° 35-40 30-40° 40-45 6 . . . and start the program with the program knob. 7. The machines starts and works through the stages shown below. If you change your mind . . . . . . and want a different program: Turn the program knob and program selector to the required positions, and choose the temperature you want . . . or want to interrupt the program Turn the program knob to10 to make the machine pump out. After about two minutes, you can open the door. If you add more washing and restart the machine, check that there is detergent left in the detergent compartment. Remember ­ turn the program knob clockwise only. Points to note: · The Wool program cannot be modified by the option buttons, except for (no spin). · The main wash water is always cooled by the admission of cold water before pumping out in order to prevent risk of scalding, shrinking and wrinkling. · Before starting to spin, the machine checks that the load is evenly distributed in the drum. If not, it redistributes the load by turning at normal drum speed and then makes another attempt to start spinning. Waterconsump-tion, lit. Automatic operations: Pre-wash Main wash 3 rinses Spin 2 rinses * Appr. Energi Spin consump. kWh * Time use figures are based on inlet cold water 20°C, inlet cold water 60°C. Energy use figures includes use of hot water. 80 73 73 73 73 39 39 39 36 65 1,1-1,7 ** This program is ideal for small, 0,8-1,5 slightly soiled loads, which only need freshening. For best results, use only 1/3 of the normal recommended dosage of detergent. 0,5-0,8 0,5 0,6 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,6 *** Programme used for AU Energy Rating Label Acc. to AS2040, dry load 4,5 kg The machine finishes these programs with a short spin. Press if you do not want any spin at all. The machine stops with the final rinse water still in it. Turn the program knob to 10 to pump out the machine. Or you can turn it to 8 for pumping out followed by a short spin. Most garments can withstand a short, careful spin. 7 9. When the machine has stopped: Open the door · After a program, which concludes by pumping out the water, the door can be opened directly. · After a program which stops with water in the machine, turn to 6 ­ pumping out 7 ­ spinning 8 ­ pumping out After pumping out (and spinning) the door can be opened. by pressing User -Maintenance Instructions ­ Care of the machine Check the needle trap and outlet pump The machine has a needle trap which will trap needles, hairpins, coins and similar items. Clean it at intervals as follows: 1. Open the lower cover in front of the pump, pull the small drain hose and drain off water into a shallow bowl after removing the plug from the end of the hose (1). 2. Turn the pump cover anticlockwise to the position shown in (2). This uncovers the drain holes and water will ...