Instruction booklet Condenser Dryer ZTE278 Dear Customer Thank you for choosing one of our high-quality products. With this appliance you will experience the perfect combination of functional design and cutting edge technology. Convince yourself that our appliances are engineered to deliver the best performance and control - indeed we are setting the highest standards of excellence. In addition to this you find environmental and energy saving aspects as an integral part of our products. To ensure optimal and regular performance of your appliance please read this instruction manual carefully. It will enable you to navigate all processes perfectly and most efficiently. To refer to this manual any time you need to, we recommend you to keep it in a safe place. And please pass it to any future owner of the appliance. We wish you much joy with your new appliance. The following symbols are used in this user manual: Important information concerning your personal safety and information on how to avoid damaging the appliance. General information and tips Environmental information Contents Important safety information. . . . . . . .3 Product description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Bedienfeld. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .7 Drying programmes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Drying hints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Care and cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Something not working?. . . . . . . . . . 22 Technical data. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .24 Consumption values. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Environment concerns. . . . . . . . . . . .26 Adjusting level of conductivity. . . . . . 27 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2 Important safety information In the interest of your safety and to ensure the correct use, before installing and first using the appliance, read this user manual carefully, including its hints and warnings. To avoid unnecessary mistakes and accidents, it is important to ensure that all people using the appliance are thoroughly familiar with its operation and safety features. Save these instructions and make sure that they remain with the appliance if it is moved or sold, so that everyone using it through its life will be properly informed on appliance use and safety. General safety · It is dangerous to alter the specifications or attempt to modify this product in any way. · This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory 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. · Make sure that small pets do not climb into the drum. To avoid this, please check into the drum before using. · Any objects such as coins, safety pins, nails, screws, stones or any other hard, sharp material can cause extensive damage and must not be placed into the machine. · In order to avoid danger of fires caused by excessive drying, do not use appliance to dry the following items: Cushions, quilts and the like (these items accumulate heat). · Items such as foam rubber (latex foam), shower caps, waterproof textiles, rubber backed articles and clothes or pillows fitted with foam rubber pads should not be dried in the tumble dryer. · Always unplug the appliance after use, clean and maintenance. · Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the machine yourself. Repairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious malfunctioning. Contact your local Service Centre. Always insist on genuine spare parts. · Items that have been soiled with substances such as cooking oil acetone, petrol, kerosene, spot removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers should be washed in hot water with an extra amount of detergent before being dried in the tumble dryer. · Danger of explosion: Never tumble dry items that have been in contact with inflammable solvents (petrol, methylated spirits, dry cleaning fluid and the like). As these substance are volatile, they could cause an explosion. Only tumble dry items washed with water. · Risk of fire: items that have been spotted or soaked with vegetable or cooking oil constitute a fire hazard 3 and should not be placed in the tumble dryer. · If you have washed your laundry with stain remover you must execute an extra rinse cycle before loading your tumble dryer. · Please make sure that no gas lighters or matches have accidentally been left in pockets of garments to be loaded into appliance WARNING! Never stop a tumble dry before the end of the drying cycle unless all items are quickly removed and spread out so that the heat is dissipated. RISK OF FIRE! Installation · This appliance is heavy. Care should be taken when moving it. · When unpacking the appliance, check that it is not damaged. If in doubt, do not use it and contact the Service Centre. · All packing and transit bolts must be removed before use. Serious damage can occur to the product and to property if this is not adhered to. See relevant section in the user manual. · The final part of a tumble dryer cycle occurs without heat ( cool down cycle ) to ensure that the items are left at a temperature that ensures that items will not be damaged. · Any electrical work required to install this appliance should be carried out by a qualified electrician or competent person. · Care must be taken to ensure that the appliance does not stand on the 4 electrical supply cable. · If the machine is situated on a carpeted floor, please adjust the feet in order to allow air to circulate freely. · After having installed the appliance, check that it is not pressing or standing on its electrical supply cable. · If the tumble dryer is placed on top of a washing machine, it is compulsory touse the stacking kit (optional accessory). Use · This appliance is designed for domestic use. It must not be used for purposes other than those for which it was designed. · Only wash fabrics which are designed to be machine dried. Follow the instructions on each garment label. · Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer. · Do not overload the appliance. See the relevant section in the user manual. · Clothes which are dripping wet should not be placed in the dryer. · Garments which have been in contact with volatile petroleum products should not be machine dried. If volatile cleaning fluids are used, care should be taken to ensure that the fluid is removed from the garment before placing in the machine. · Never pull the power supply cable to remove the plug from the socket; always take hold of the plug itself. · Never use the tumble dryer if the power supply cable, the control panel, the working surface or the base are damaged so that the inside of the tumble dryer is accessible. · Fabric softeners, or similar products should be used as specified by the fabric softener instructions. Child safety · This machine is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision. · Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance. · The packaging components (e.g. plastic film, polystyrene) can be dangerous to children - danger of suffocation! Keep them out of children's reach. · Keep all detergents in a safe place out of children's reach. · Make sure that children or pets do not climb into the drum. 5 Product description 1.Control panel 2. Fluff filters 3. Rating Plate 4. Condenser unit 5. Water reservoir 6.Adjustable feet 6 Bedienfeld 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Programme selector dial Delicate button Lage temp. Allows you to select electronically controlled or time controlled drying. Turn the dial to the required programme or time. 2 Pressing this button allows drying to be performed at a lower temperature, for delicate items. Anticrease button 3 Lange anti-kreuk The drying cycle is automatically followed by a anti-crease phase which lasts around 90 minutes. 4 Kort Quick button By depressing this button the drying time is reduced in all programmes from cotton (Katoen) and synthetics (Synthetica) sections 5 Buzzer button Zoemer By depressing button the acoustic signal is switched off Select the required programme run time, settable with an interval of 10 min, from 20 min. up to 120 minutes. Time button 6 Tijd 7 7 Display The display shows the following information: ·duration of selected programme ·delayed start ·end of programme ·incorrect option selection ·alarm code 8 Start/Pauze Start/Pause button Press this button to start the dryer after having selected the programme and any required options. · "Condensor" - condenser light · "Waterhouder" - full tank llight 9 Indicator lights · "Filter" - filter light Delay start button 10 Startuitstel With the DELAY button, you can delay the start of a programme by between 30 minutes and a maximum of 20 hours 8 Drying programmes Programme Type of laundry Options Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Description of programme Drying thick or multilayered textiles, e.g. terry towelling items Extra droog (extra dry) Cotton and linen · Zoemer (buzzer) · Kort (quick dry) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Sterkdroog (strong dry) Cotton and linen · Zoemer (buzzer) · Kort (quick dry) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) Drying thick textiles, e.g. terry towelling items, towels. Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Kastdroog (cupboard dry) Cotton and linen · Zoemer (buzzer) · Kort (quick dry) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) Drying textiles of even thicknesses, e.g. terry towelling items, knitted items, towels. Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Strijkdroog+ (damp) Cotton and linen · Zoemer (buzzer) · Kort (quick dry) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) For thin textiles which are still to be ironed, e.g. knitted items, cotton shirts. Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Strijkdroog (iron dry) Cotton and linen · Zoemer (buzzer) · Kort (quick dry) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) For cotton or linen laundry which are still to be put through a machine, e.g. bedding, table linen. 9 Programme Type of laundry Dryness Options Description of programme Drying thick or multilayered textiles, e.g. pullovers, bedding, table linen. · Lage temp. (low temp.) Extra droog (extra dry) Synthetics · Zoemer (buzzer) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Kort · Startuitstel (delay start) Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Kastdroog (cupboard dry) Synthetics · Zoemer (buzzer) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Kort · Startuitstel (delay start) For thin textiles which are not ironed, e.g. easy care shirts, table linen, baby's clothes, socks, underwear. Dryness Strijkdroog (iron dry) · Lage temp. (low temp.) Synthetics · Zoemer (buzzer) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Kort · Startuitstel (delay start) For thin textiles which are still to be ironed, e.g. knitted items, cotton shirts. Dryness Specialprogramme Mix Synthetics Cotton · Lage temp. (low temp.) A1 · Zoemer (buzzer) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) Special programme for cotton and easy care, which can drying together in the same time. Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Tijd (time) Synthetics Cotton · Tijd ( time) · Zoemer (buzzer) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) Drying thick or multilayered textiles, e.g. terry towelling items. For drying individual items of laundry or for small volumes of less than 1kg. 10 Programme Type of laundry Options Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Description of programme Special programme for leisure clothing, such as jeans, sweat-shirts, etc., of different material thicknesses (e.g. at the cuffs and seams). Special programme with anti-crease mechanism for easy care textiles such shirts and blouses; for minimum ironing effort. The result depends on the type and quality of textiles. (The loading volume corresponds to approx. 4 to 5 shirts.) Recommendation: Place textiles in the dryer straight after spinning. Once dried, immediately remove textiles and place on clothes hanger. Specialprogramme Jeans Cotton · Zoemer (buzzer) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Anti-kreuk (anticrease) Synthetics · Startuitstel (delay start) · Zoemer (buzzer) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) Dryness · Lage temp. (low temp.) Baby Cotton · Zoemer (buzzer) · Lange anti-kreuk (long anticrease) · Startuitstel (delay start) Is a special programme for jumpers to be dried "ready to wear" Luchten (cooling) Synthetics Cotton · Zoemer (buzzer) For refreshing or gently cleaning textiles with ...