MODEL MDE7550AGW M AY TA G N E P T U N E ® D R Y E R USER G U I D E TABLE Welcome ..................................................................... 1 Important Safety Instructions ............................. 1-2 Getting Started....................................................... 3-4 Laundry ................................................................. 3 Touchscreen ......................................................... 3 Status Display....................................................... 4 Operating Instructions ......................................... 5-8 Cleaning the Lint Filter...................................... 5 Loading the Dryer .............................................. 5 Adding Fabric Softener...................................... 5 Setting the Programme.................................. 5-8 Favourites at a Glance........................................ 9-10 Using Help .......................................................... 11-13 Troubleshooting ................................................ 11 OF CONTENTS Laundry Hints.................................................... 11 Operating Tips................................................... 12 Lock Out ............................................................ 12 Select Preferences ............................................ 13 Special Laundry Tips.................................................14 Care & Cleaning ...................................................... 15 Cleaning the Dryer .......................................... 15 Using the Drying Rack ............................................15 Service and Troubleshooting................................. 16 Troubleshooting ................................................ 16 Service Information ................................................ 17 Guide de l'utilisateur .............................................. 18 Benutzer-Handbuch ................................................ 36 Guía del Usuario ..................................................... 54 6 3716340 Welcome Welcome and congratulations on your purchase of a Maytag Neptune® dryer! Your complete satisfaction is very important to us. For best results, we suggest reading this material to help acquaint you with proper operating and maintenance procedures. Save time and money. If something should go wrong, we suggest consulting the "Service and Troubleshooting" section in the back of this book and in the HELP screen displays. It is designed to help you solve basic problems before consulting a servicer. However, should you need assistance in the future, it is helpful to: 1) Have complete model and serial number identification of your dryer. This is located on a data plate in the lower centre of the door opening. Record these numbers below for easy access: Date of Purchase __________________ Model Number ____________________ Serial Number ____________________ 2) IMPORTANT: Keep this guide and the sales receipt in a safe place for future reference. Please attach your sales receipt here. If you have questions, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the dryer. For service information, see page 17. NOTE: In our continuing effort to improve the quality of our appliances, it may be necessary to make changes to the appliance without revising this guide. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating your dryer. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons when using the appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following: Read all instructions before using the appliance. To avoid the possibility of fire or explosion: · Do not dry items that have been previously cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted with petrol, dry-cleaning solvents, other flammable or explosive substances as they give off vapours that could ignite or explode. Any material on which you have used a cleaning solvent, or which is saturated with flammable liquids or solids, should not be placed in the dryer, until all traces of these flammable liquids or solids and their fumes have been removed. There are many highly flammable items used in homes, such as: acetone, denatured alcohol, petrol, paraffin, some liquid household cleaners, some spot removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers. · Items containing foam rubber (may be labeled latex foam) or similar textured rubber-like materials must not be dried on a heat setting. Foam rubber materials when heated, can under certain circumstances produce fire by spontaneous combustion. Do not allow children to play on or in the appliance. Close supervision of children is necessary when the appliance is used near children. This appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision. Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance. Before the appliance is removed from service or discarded, remove the door to the drying compartment. Do not reach into the appliance if the drum is moving. Do not install or store this appliance where it will be exposed to the weather. Do not tamper with controls. Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance or attempt any servicing unless specifically recommended in published user-repair instructions that you understand and have the skills to carry out. Do not use fabric softeners or products to eliminate static unless recommended for dryer use by the manufacturer of the fabric softener or product. Clean the lint filter before or after each load. Keep the area around the dryer free from lint accumulation, dust and dirt. The interior of the dryer and exhaust duct should be cleaned periodically by qualified service personnel. This appliance must be properly earthed. See installation instructions for earthing this appliance. Do not sit or stand on top of the clothes dryer. Do not continue to use this appliance if it appears faulty. If the touchscreen clear membrane becomes damaged (for instance, by a split or hole), do not continue to use the machine until it has been repaired. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 WARNING: For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion or to prevent property damage, personal injury or death. ­ Do not store or use petrol or other flammable vapours and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance. WARNING: Do not place into your dryer items that have been spotted or soaked with vegetable oil or cooking oil. Even after being washed, these items may contain significant amounts of these oils. The remaining oil can ignite spontaneously. The potential for spontaneous ignition increases when the items containing vegetable oil or cooking oil are exposed to heat. Heat sources, such as your clothes dryer, can warm these items, allowing an oxidation reaction in the oil to occur. Oxidation creates heat. If this heat cannot escape, the items can become hot enough to catch fire. Piling, stacking or storing these kinds of items may prevent heat from escaping and can create a fire hazard. All washed and unwashed fabrics that contain vegetable oil or cooking oil can be dangerous.Washing these items in hot water with extra detergent will reduce, but will not eliminate, the hazard. Always use the "cool down" programme for these items to reduce the items' temperature. Never remove these items from the clothes dryer hot or interrupt the drying programme until the items have run through the "cool down" cycle. Never pile or stack these items when they are hot. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS 2 GETTING STARTED LAUNDRY To dry a load of laundry the following steps are taken. They are discussed in greater detail in later sections. 1. 2. 3. 4. Clean the lint filter. Load the dryer properly. Add fabric softener sheet (if desired). Set dryer programme. TOUCHSCREEN Touchscreen - An interactive display that responds with the touch of a finger. Note: Exposure of the touchscreen to direct sunlight is not recommended. Home - Takes you immediately to the first screen. Off - Stops the dryer and turns off the display. Home timed dry sensor dry air fluff (no heat) freshen up crease removal favourites Favourites - Quick access to your named cycles. Back - Takes you to the previous screen. Help - Quick access to Troubleshooting, Laundering Hints, Operating Tips, Lock Out and Select Preferences. Start/Pause - Press this pad to start a cycle. Once started, pressing this pad will stop the dryer at any point in the cycle. If there are no words on the touchscreen, open the door, touch any key (except OFF), or touch the screen to "wake" the controls. The machine will beep three short beeps if an invalid key sequence is pressed. Power Outage ­ If the machine is running during a power cut, the machine will go into "PAUSE" mode. When power returns, the screen will display a power failure message. Press "OK" to continue. Special Note: As you use the touchscreen, if you feel you are lost, press Back or Home. 3 STATUS DISPLAY ESTIMATED TIME After pressing Start/Pause, this display will show the estimated time remaining in the programme. PROGRAMME STATUS After pressing Start/Pause, this display will show which part of the programme is running (time/sensor dry, drying, cooling, air fluff, crease removal or freshen up). LOAD STATUS (SENSOR DRY ONLY) When running a Sensor Dry programme, the display will show the current dryness level of the load (sensing, least dry, less dry, normal dry, more dry or most dry). END OF PROGRAMME When the dry programme is complete the screen will then go blank, until it is touched or the door is opened. If the remind chime is selected, it will chime at the end of the programme, every 5 minutes for up to 2 hours. 4 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS CLEANING THE LINT FILTER The lint filter is a "slide-in" filter located at the front of the door opening. Remove lint from filter and replace. WARNING: Do not operate the dryer without the lint filter in place. LOADING · · THE DRYER The maximum clothes load for the Maytag Neptune® dryer is 8 kg Cottons. When only one or two articles need drying, add a few similar items to improve tumbling and drying efficiency. When drying large, bulky items such as a blanket or duvet, it may be necessary to reposition the load during the cycle to ensure even drying. Load the dryer properly... · By placing only one wash load in the dryer at a time. · By avoiding very small loads or mixing heavyweight or lightweight clothes. WARNING: Do not overload the dryer, as a reduction in efficiency or damage to the machine may result. ADDING FABRIC SOFTENER After loading the dryer, a fabric softener sheet may be added to control static cling. Add a fabric softener sheet (if desired)... · Before the load becomes warm. This helps prevent greasy-looking softener stains. · And remove any used softener sheets from the dryer to prevent softener stains. SET THE PROGRAMME There are five choices for dryer programmes. Select the appropriate programme and follow the touchscreen prompts. SENSOR DRY Sensor Dry is the fastest and most energy efficient drying method. There are two sensor bars monitoring the drying progress. When it has dried to the desired setting, the dryer will cool down to minimize creases. Options for dryness levels include Least Dry to Most Dry. Least Dry will leave the clothes feeling slightly damp for touch up ironing. Most Dry will completely dry items. To use this programme, select "Sensor Dry" from the Home Screen. See the following section for more details on using Sensor Dry. 5 TIMED DRY This programme allows you to specify an amount of dry time. All temperature settings are available. To use this programme, select "Timed Dry" from the Home Screen. See the following section for more details on using Timed Dry. AIR FLUFF PROGRAMME The Air Fluff programme is used for heat sensitive items or those needing to be freshened (e.g., sweaters, camping gear, shower curtains, etc.) It provides tumbling without heat for a specified amount of tumble time. To use this programme, select "Air Fluff" from the Home Screen. FRESHEN UP PROGRAMME The Freshen Up programme is used to help remove odours from items. Adding a fabric softener sheet assists in freshening. It provides an initial 5 minutes of heated tumble followed by 10 minutes of unheated tumbling. To use this programme, select "Freshen Up" from the Home Screen. CREASE REMOVAL PROGRAMME The Crease Removal programme will release creases from items that are clean and dry but slightly creased, such as from a crowded closet, packed suitcase, or from sitting in the dryer too long after the end of the cycle. It provides 10 minutes of heated tumbling and 5 minutes of cool down tumbling without heat. To use this programme, select "Crease Removal" from the Home Screen. 6 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS CONT. SETTING A SENSOR DRY PROGRAMME If there are no words on the touchscreen, open the door, touch an ...