User manual AEG-ELECTROLUX EWT642

[. . . ] INSTRUCTIONS BOOK WASHING MACHINE EWT 642 1. TECHNICAL CARACTERISTICS DIMENSIONS Height Width Depth 850 mm 400 mm 600 mm 230 V / 50 Hz 2300 W Minimum Maximum 0, 05 MPa (0, 5 bar) 0, 8 MPa (8 bars) Type 20x27 600 rpm VOLTAGE / FREQUENCY TOTAL POWER WATER PRESSURE Connection to the water network Spin speed This washing machine complies with CEE directive 89-336 about the limitation of radioelectric disturbances and directive CEE 73-23 for electrical safety. 2. WARNINGS Keep this user's manual with your washing machine. If you sell your washing machine or give it away, make sure that it is accompanied by its user's manual. [. . . ] Electrical connection You can only connect this washing machine to 230 V single phase power supply. Check rating of the fuse line: 10 A at 230V. The washing machine must not be connected through an extension cable or a power bar. Check that the earthing connection is conform with the regulations in force. Position Put the washing machine on a flat hard floor in a well ventilated room. Make sure that your washing machine does not touch the wall or any other furniture in the room. 4. The control panel 1 - On/Off pushbutton 2 - Half load pushbutton 3 - Rinse hold pushbutton 4 - Programme selector 5 - Temperature selector 1 2 3 4 5 4. 2. How to do a wash ? Before the first wash in your washing machine, we recommend that you should do a preliminary wash at 90°C with detergent but without any washing to clean the tub. 4. 2. 3. Choice of the programme Select the programme depending on the nature and the degree of soil of the laundry. Turn the programme selector clockwise to select the chosen programme. 4. 2. 1. Loading the washing · · · Lift the machine cover. Open the drum by pressing on the locking button A; the two flaps automatically separate. Insert the washing, close the drum and the cover of your washing machine. Warning : before you close the cover of your washing machine, make sure that the drum door is properly closed: ·the two flaps latched together, ·the locking button A extended. 4. 2. 4. Choice of the temperature Choose the wash temperature applicable for the selected programme (using the information given in the programmes table) and comply with the temperature shown on the care label for each article to be washed (see the washing guide). 4. 2. 5. Choice of the pushbuttons Press the chosen pushbuttons. 4. 2. 5. 1. «Half load» pushbutton This pushbutton allows to wash small quantity of linen not much soiled (max. 2, 5 kg) on cotton programmes only by reducing the water quantity during rinsings. A 4. 2. 2. Proportioning of detergents Your washing machine was designed to reduce water and detergent consumption, therefore reduce the doses recommended by detergent manufacturers. Put the powder detergent dose into the wash compartment and into the prewash compartment if you chose the «prewash» option. Put the softener into the compartment if you wish. If you are using a different type of detergent, refer to the «detergents and additives» section in the washing guide. 4. 2. 5. 2. [. . . ] Never use alcohol, solvents or similar products. · Drain residual water: Put a receptacle under the drain. Turn the cap in the anti-clockwise direction until it is vertical to release residual water. 7. 3. The detergents dispenser From time to time, you must clean the detergents dispenser in order to eliminate the possible wastes of the detergents and then to avoid an operating problem. [. . . ]