AEG 16810 User Manual

LAVAMAT TURBO 16810

The environmentally friendly washerdryer

Экологичная стиральносушильная машина

Instruction booklet

Руководство по эксплуатации

AEG

AUS ERFAHRUNG GUT

Contents

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Tips for environmental protection

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Main features of your washer-dryer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Description of the appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Programme selector dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

START/PAUSE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

DELAY START button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

ELECTRONIC DRYING buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

DRYING TIME button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Programme Option buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

STAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

QUICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

SOAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

PREWASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SPIN SPEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

RINSE HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Programme progress display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Cancelling a programme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Altering a programme which is running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Opening the door after the programme has started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Detergent dispenser drawer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Before the first wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Preparing the wash cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Sorting out and preparing the laundry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Weight of laundry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Types of fabric and care labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Detergents and additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Which detergent and additive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

How much detergent? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Liquid detergent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Adding a water softener (descaling product) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Information on water hardness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Dear customer,

Please read these operating instructions carefully and pay particular
attention to the safety notes indicated in the first pages. We recom­mend that you keep this instruction booklet for future reference and
pass it on to any future owners.

The warning triangle and/or the key words (Warning!, Caution!) empha­size information that is particularly important for your safety or correct
functioning of the appliance.

This symbol guides you, step by step, in the operation of the appliance.

The information marked with this symbol provides additional instruc­tions and practical tips on the use of the appliance.

Tips and information about economical and ecological use of the
machine are marked with the clover symbol.

Should any problems arise, this booklet provides instructions on how to
solve them by yourself; see section “Something not working?”.

If this information is not sufficient, please contact our nearest SERVICE
CENTRE.

Printed on recycled paper.

People who think ecologically, act accordingly…

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Technical data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Instructions for installation and electrical connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Safety instructions for the installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Dimensions of the appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Front view and side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Levelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Water inlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Water drainage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Electrical connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Permanent connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Contents

Preparing the drying cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Garments not suitable for drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Drying symbols on garment labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Duration of the drying cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Modification of the drying time or degree of drying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Fibre residue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Additional drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

How to dry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Drying only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

How to wash

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Load the laundry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Add detergent and additive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Selection of the desired wash programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Selection of the desired options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Selection of the SPIN SPEED or RINSE HOLD option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Selection of the EXTRA RINSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Selection of the DELAY START option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Starting the programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

At the end of the programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Automatic washing and drying (NON-STOP programme). . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Programme charts: wash and special programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31

Programme chart: timed drying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Consumption data for timed drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

After each wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Periodical cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Detergent dispenser drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Dr ain pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Water inlet filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Emergency emptying out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Frost precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Something not working?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-40

Unsatisfactory washing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Contents

Child safety

• Children are often not aware of how dangerous electrical appliances
can be. When the machine is working, children should be carefully
supervised and not be allowed to play with the appliance - there is a
risk that they could become trapped inside.

• 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.

• When the appliance is to be scrapped, cut off the electrical supply
cable and destroy the plug with the remaining cable. Disable the door
catch in order to prevent children from becoming trapped inside
while playing.

Proper use

• This appliance is designed for domestic use only. If the machine is
used for any other purposes or is not used correctly, the manufactur­er accepts no responsibility for any damage that might occur.

• For safety reasons, the appliance must not be modified.

• Use only detergents suitable for washing machines and follow the
manufacturer’s instructions.

• Garments which have been in contact with flammable solvents
should not be machine washed.

• Do not use your machine for dry cleaning.

• Dyes and bleaching agents may only be used if specifically permitted
by the manufacturer of these products. We cannot be held responsi­ble for any damage.

• Always unplug the appliance and turn off the water tap after use.

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Safety instructions

The safety of AEG appliances complies with the industry standards and
with legal requirements on the safety of appliances. However, as man­ufacturers, we feel it is our duty to provide the following safety notes.

General safety

• Repairs to the machine must be carried out only by qualified person­nel. Repairs carried out by inexperienced persons could cause serious
danger. Contact your local AEG Service Centre.

• Never start the machine if the electrical supply cable is damaged or
the control panel or worktop are so damaged that inner components
can be reached.

• Unplug the appliance before carrying out any cleaning or mainte­nance operations.

• Never pull the power supply cable to remove the plug from the sock­et; always take hold of the plug itself.

• Never spray the machine with a jet of water. Danger of electric shock!

• During high temperature wash programmes and during the drying
cycle the door glass may get hot. Do not touch it!

• Let the water cool down before carrying out emergency emptying or
before opening the door in an emergency.

• Small animals can gnaw electric wires and water hoses causing elec­trocution hazard and damage due to water leaks.

Positioning, connection, starting up

• Follow the instructions for positioning and connection.

• Carry out a first wash without laundry (COTTONS 60, with half the
amount of detergent) in order to remove any manufacturing residue
from the tub and the drum.

• Should the machine be purchased in winter, when temperatures can
be below 0°, leave the appliance for 24 hours at ambient temperature
before starting it.

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Safety instructions

Main features of your washer-dryer

• Programme and temperature setting using the programme selector.

• Stain programme for effectively treating stained washing.

• Energy saving programme for normally soiled cotton items.

• Speed for the final spin can be reduced to 1200, 900, 700 or 400
rpm.

• RINSE HOLD: the laundry is left immersed in the final rinse water to
prevent creasing.

• Delay timer: programme start can be delayed by 1 to 19 hours (e.g.
to times with a more economical power rate).

• Programme progress display showing the programme steps selected
and the programme phase which is running.

• Because of its gentle washing action, the special wool cycle washes
your garments with extreme care.

• The drying programmes will enable you to have dry and soft laun­dry in a short time.

• 3-compartment drawer for detergent and fabric softener.

• Unbalance detection device: to prevent vibration during spinning.

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Disposal

Packaging materials

The materials marked with the symbol are recyclable.

>PE<=polyethylene
>PS<=polystyrene
>PP<=polypropylene

This means that they can be recycled by disposing of them properly in
appropriate collection containers.

Machine

Use authorised disposal sites for your old appliance. Help to keep your
country tidy!

Tips for environmental protection

To save water, energy and to help protect the environment, we recommend
that you follow these tips:

• Normally soiled laundry may be washed without prewashing in order
to save detergent, water and time (the environment is protected too!).

• Use the energy saving programme when washing normally soiled garments.

• The machine works more economically if it is fully loaded (for both
washing and drying cycles).

• When small loads are washed, use only half to two thirds of the rec­ommended amount of detergent.

• The machine will consume less energy if the laundry is adequately
spun before being dried.

• With adequate pre-treatment, stains and limited soiling can be
removed; the laundry can then be washed at a lower temperature.

• If the water has a medium or high degree of hardness (starting from
hardness degree II, see “Detergents and additives”) water softeners
must be added.
The amount of detergent can then be adjusted to hardness degree I (= soft).

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Description of the appliance

Front view

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Control panel

A = Option buttons
B = Spin speed button
C = Electronic drying button
D = Display
E = START/PAUSE button
F = Delay start button
G = Drying time button
H = Programme progress display
J = Programme selector dial

Programme selector dial

The programme selector determines the type of washing cycle (e.g. water
level, drum movement, number of
rinses), the washing temperature and
enables the required drying pro­gramme to be selected according to
the type of laundry.

The selector dial is divided into 5 sec­tions:

• Cottons

• Synthetics

• Delicates

• Wool (hand washing)

• Special programmes

• Reset programme / OFF position
The selector dial can be turned either clockwise or anticlockwise.

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BE

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Description of the appliance

Detergent drawer

Control panel

Door

Adjustable feet

Drain pump

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Description of the appliance Description of the appliance

Position corresponds to the ENERGY SAVING programme at
approx. 67°C for normally soiled laundry, extended washing time (can­not be combined with QUICK ).

Position at 40°C = Easy to iron.
In this position the laundry is gently washed and spun to avoid any
creasing. In this way ironing is easier.

Position = cold wash
Position = drying

START/PAUSE button

This button has three functions:

a) Start
After having selected the required programme, press this button to start

the machine. If you have selected the DELAY START option ,
the machine starts its hourly countdown.

b) Pause
To interrupt a programme which is running, press the START/PAUSE

button: the information on the display starts to flash.
To restart the programme from the point at which it was interrupted,

press the START/PAUSE button again.
c) Empty out water

At the end of a programme which ends with water in the drum (RINSE
HOLD option), press the START/PAUSE button to empty out the
water: the machine will empty and spin.

DELAY START button

The wash programme can be delayed from 1 hour up to a maximum of
19 hours.

The button must be pressed after selecting the programme and
before pressing the START/PAUSE button.

The figures indicating the delay appear for about 3 seconds in the dis­play. The duration of the selected wash programme is then displayed.
After depressing the START/PAUSE button, the machine starts its hourly
countdown.

To alter or cancel the preset delay, press the START/PAUSE button, then
press the DELAY START button until the required time is displayed or, if
you wish to cancel the delay, until the symbol 0 h is displayed.

Then press the START/PAUSE button again.

When the delay is cancelled, the display shows the duration of the wash
programme previously selected.

ELECTRONIC DRYING button

By means of this button you can choose the required degree of drying
for cottons and synthetics:

- Store dry

- Iron dry (not for synthetics)
The drying time is automatically adjusted by the machine: the laundry

will be dried to the selected degree of dryness.

DRYING TIME button

If you wish to carry out a timed programme instead of an electronic pro­gramme push the button until the drying time you want appears in the
display according to the fabrics (cotton or synthetics) you have to dry.

For COTTON you can select a drying time from 10 minutes to 130 minutes.
For SYNTHETICS you can select a time from 10 minutes to 100 minutes.

Programme Option buttons

Depending on the programme, different functions can be combined.
These must be selected after choosing the desired programme and
before depressing the START/PAUSE button.

When these buttons are pressed, the corresponding pilot lights come on.
When they are pressed again, the pilot lights go out.

STAIN

To treat heavily soiled or stained laundry with stain remover (extended main
wash with time optimised stain action phase, not selectable for wool or pro­grammes with temperatures lower than 40°C).
This function cannot be used with QUICK , SOAK and
PREWASH .

QUICK

By pressing this button the washing time is reduced. For use when
washing lightly soiled laundry.

This option is not available with the cotton

50°C,

wool and economy

programme and cannot be used with STAIN .

To empty out water:

• press the START/PAUSE button: after emptying, the machine performs
the spin cycle required for the type of wash selected;

• select the spin speed and then press START/PAUSE;

• select the DRAIN programme to empty out the water without
spinning.

Warning! The programme selector dial must be turned first to OFF and
then to the DRAIN programme.

If the water is not emptied out, the machine automatically empties
itself after 18 hours.

The RINSE HOLD option cannot be selected for the automatic WASHING &
DRYING programme.

Display

The display shows the following information:

• Duration of the selected programme (in minutes), calculated auto­matically on the basis of the maximum recommended load for each type
of fabric.

• Selected drying time (max. 130 minutes for cotton, 100 minutes for
synthetics).

After the programme has started, the time remaining is updated every
minute.

• When the programme has finished, a steadily lit zero is displayed.

• Delayed start, (19 hours max.) programmed using the special button

. The countdown is updated every hour.

• Alarm code indicating a fault in the machine operation (see page 37).

Programme progress display

By selecting the wash programme, the pilot lights
corresponding to the various phases making up the
programme come on.

After the machine has started, only the running
phase pilot light stays on. When the programme
has finished, the END pilot light comes
on.

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SOAK

The machine performs a soak of about 30 minutes at 30°C. By pressing
the DELAY START button the soak time can be prolonged up
to 10 hours max. After this time the wash cycle will automatically start.
This function cannot be used with WOOL , PREWASH or
STAIN programme.
The soak programme ends with a short spin in programmes for Cotton and
Synthetics, and with emptying of the water without spinning for Delicates.

PREWASH

The machine performs a prewash cycle at 30°C max. The prewash cycle
ends with a short spin in programmes for Cotton and Synthetics, and
with emptying of the water without spinning for Delicates.

This option is not available with the wool programme and cannot be
used with SOAK and STAINS .

For use when washing heavily soiled laundry.

Important: By depressing at the same time buttons and
the machine will perform an extra rinse (see page 27)

By depressing at the same time buttons and the
acoustic signal at the end of programme is suppressed.

SPIN SPEED

Press this button to reduce the maximum speed of the final speed
proposed by the machine for the selected programme or to select
option (RINSE HOLD).
The maximum spin speed for cotton is 1600 rpm, for syn­thetics and wool 900 rpm and for delicates 700 rpm.

RINSE HOLD

By selecting this option, the last rinse water is not emptied out, to
prevent the fabrics from creasing. When the programme has finished,
the pilot light (END) on the programme progress display illu­minates to indicate that the water must be emptied out. The door is
locked.

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Description of the appliance Description of the appliance

PREWASH

MAIN WASH

RINSES

EXTRA RINSE +

SPIN

DRYING

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