AEG EDC78550W User Manual

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Tumble Dryer

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EDC78550W

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CONTENTS

Important safety information 2
Environment 4
Product description 4
Control panel 5
Before first use 5
Programme chart 6
Daily use 7

Cleaning and maintenance 10
What to do if ... 13
Technical data 14
Machine settings 15
Hints for test institutes 15
Installation 16
Service 17

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

Important! 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: Cush-

• Items such as foam rubber (latex foam),

• Always unplug the appliance after use,

• Under no circumstances should you at-

• Items that have been soiled with substan-

• Danger of explosion: Never tumble dry

• Risk of fire: items that have been spot-

• If you have washed your laundry with

Subject to change without notice

ions, quilts and the like (these items accu­mulate heat).

shower caps, waterproof textiles, rubber
backed articles and clothes or pillows fit­ted with foam rubber pads should not be
dried in the tumble dryer.

clean and maintenance.

tempt 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.

ces 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.

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.

ted or soaked with vegetable or cooking
oil constitute a fire hazard and should not
be placed in the tumble dryer.

stain remover you must execute an extra
rinse cycle before loading your tumble dry­er.

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• 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!

• Risk of electric shock! Do not spray
down the appliance with jets of water.

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 packaging 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 electrical
supply cable.

• If the machine is situated on a carpeted
floor, please adjust the feet in order to al­low air to circulate freely under the appli­ance.

• 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 to use
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 dry 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.

• Caution - hot surface : Do not touch
the door light cover surface when the
light is switched on (only dryers equipped
with internal drum light).

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.

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ENVIRONMENT

The symbol on the product or on its
packaging indicates that this product may
not be treated as household waste. Instead
it should be taken to the appropriate
collection point for the recycling of electrical
and electronic equipment. By ensuring this
product is disposed of correctly, you will
help prevent potential negative
consequences for the environment and
human health, which could otherwise be
caused by inappropriate waste handling of
this product. For more detailed information
about recycling of this product, please
contact your local council, your household
waste disposal service or the shop where
you purchased the product.

Old appliance

Warning!

Remove mains plug from socket when you
have no further use for the machine. Cut off
mains cable and dispose of together with
plug. Destroy loading door hook. Children
cannot then lock themselves in the machine
and put their lives at risk.

Packaging material

The packaging materials are environmental­ly friendly and can be recycled. The plastic

components are identified by markings, e.g.
>PE<, >PS<, etc. Please dispose of the
packaging materials in the appropriate con­tainer at the community waste disposal fa­cilities.

Environmental tips

• In the dryer, laundry becomes fluffy and
soft. Fabric softeners are not therefore
needed when washing.

• Your dryer will function most economical­ly if you:
– always keep the ventilation slots on the

base of the dryer unobstructed;

– use the loading volumes specified in

the programme overview;

– ensure you have good ventilation in the

installation room;

– clean the micro-fine filter and fine strain-

er after each drying cycle;

– spin the laundry well before drying.

Energy consumption depends on spin­ning speed set in washing machine.
Higher spinning speed - lower energy
consumption.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

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1 Control panel
2 Fluff filters
3 Loading door (reversible)
4 Ventilation grille
5 Adjustable feet

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2

3
4
5

6 Drawer with condensed water container
7 Drum light
8 Push button for base door opening
9 Rating Plate

10 Heat exchanger

11 Heat exchanger door

CONTROL PANEL

Control panel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1

Programme selector and

2

Delicate button

3 Buzzer button
4 Dryness button
5 Time button
6 Display
7 Start/Pause button
8

Warning lights:

ters , Full tank

9 Delay button

Display

Condenser , Fil-

off switch

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SYMBOL DESCRIPTION

Time to end (time of time pro­gramm, time of start delay)

Delay start

Drying phase

Cooling phase

Anti-crease guard phase

Child lock

Error, incorrect selection

BEFORE FIRST USE

In order to remove any residues which may
have been produced during production,
wipe the dryer drum with a damp cloth or
carry out a brief drying cycle (30 MIN) with
damp cloths in the machine.

1.

Turn the programme knob to

TIME .

2. Press the TIME button repeatedly until

0.30 appears in the display.

3. Press the START/PAUSE button.

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PROGRAMME CHART

Programme

Extra (Extra )

Cupboard

(Cupboard)

Iron (Iron)

Extra (Extra)

Cupboard

(Cupboard)

Iron (Iron)

Time (Time)

Mix (Mix)

Easy Iron

(Easy Iron)

Jeans (Jeans)

Wool (Wool)

Application/properties

max. load

(dry clothes)

Cottons (Cottons)

Thorough drying of thick or multi- layered fabrics, e.g. terry

8 kg

towelling items, bathrobes.
Thorough drying of fabrics of even thicknesses, e.g. terry

8 kg

towelling items, knitwear, towels.
For thin fabrics which are also to be ironed, e.g. knitwear,

8kg

cotton shirts.

Synthetics (Synthetics)

Thorough drying of thick or multi-layered fabrics, e.g. pull-

3 kg

overs, bedding, table linen.
For thin fabrics which are not ironed, e.g. easy care shirts,

3 kg

table linen, baby clothes, socks, lingerie with bones or wires.
For thin fabrics which are also to be ironed, e.g. knitwear,

3 kg

cotton shirts.

Special (Special)

For further drying of individual items of laundry. ( Dryness

8 kg

(Dryness) function not available)
For drying cotton and synthetic fabrics, uses low tempera-

3 kg

ture.
Special program with anti-crease mechanism for easy care

1 kg

fabrics such shirts and blouses; for minimum ironing effort.

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The results depends on the type of fabric and its finish.

shirt

Place fabrics in the dryer straight after spinning; once dried,

s)

immediately remove fabrics and place on a clothes hanger.
For leisure clothing, such as jeans, sweat-shirts, etc., of dif-

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ferent material thicknesses (e.g. at the neck, cuffs and
seams).

For drying woollen fabrics after they have been washed, us­ing warm air at minimum mechanical load (Follow section
“Sorting and preparing washing”). Recommendation: Re­move fabrics immediately after drying, as no anti-crease pro­gramme follows.
The wool drying cycle of this tumble drying machine has

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been tested and approved by The Woolmark Company.
The cycle is suitable to dry knitted wool garments which are
labelled "hand wash" provided that the garments are wash­ed in a Woolmark endorsed hand washing cycle and tum­ble dried according to the instructions issued by the manu­facturer. (M1022)

Care label

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Programme

Cooling

(Cooling)

Synthetics quick

(Synthetics quick)

Cottons quick

(Cottons quick)

max. load

(dry clothes)

Special programme, lasting around 10 minutes, for refresh­ing or gently cleaning textiles with commercially available
dry cleaning sets. (Only use those products which are de-

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clared as suitable for the drier by the manufacturer; please
observe the manufacturer’s instructions for use.)(Buzzer
(Buzzer) function available)

For quick drying synthetics fabrics with minimum creasing.

2 kg

Drying result: ready to store.
For quick drying cotton fabrics with minimum creasing. Dry-

3 kg

ing result: ready to store.

Application/properties

Quick (Quick)

Time (Time) function available only with

Time (Time) programme.

DAILY USE

Sorting laundry

• Sort by fabric type:
–

Cotton/linen for programmes in
tons (Cottons) programme group.

– Mixtures and synthetics for pro-

grammes in

Synthetics (Synthet-

ics ) programme group.

• Sort by care label: The care labels mean:

Drying in the tumble dryer possible in
principle

Drying at normal temperature

Drying at reduced temperature

Drying in the tumble dryer not possible

Important! Do not place in the appliance
any wet laundry which is not specified on
the care label as being suitable for tumble­drying.
This appliance can be used for all wet laun­dry items which are labelled as suitable for
tumble-drying.

• Do not dry new, coloured textiles togeth­er with light-coloured laundry items. Tex­tile colours may bleed.

• Do not dry cotton jersey and knitwear
with the

Extra (Extra) programme.

Items may shrink!

Cot-

Care label

• Wool and wool-like textiles can be dried
using the

Wool (Wool) programme.
Before the drying cycle spin the woollen
textiles as well as possible (max. 1200
rpm). Only dry woollen textiles together of
similar or the same material, colour and
weight. Please dry heavy laundry items
made of wool separately.

Preparing laundry

• To avoid laundry becoming tangled:
close zips, button up duvet covers and
tie loose ties or ribbons (e.g. of aprons).

• Empty pockets. Remove metal items (pa­per clips, safety pins, etc).

• Turn items with double-layered fabrics in­side out (e.g. with cotton-lined anoraks,
the cotton layer should be outermost).
These fabrics will then dry better.

Important! Do not overload the appliance.
Observe max. loading volume of 8 kg.

Average laundry weights

bathrobe 1200 g
quilt cover 700 g
man’s work shirt 600 g
man’s pyjamas 500 g
sheet 500 g
tablecloth 250 g

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man’s shirt 200 g
night dress 200 g
pillow case 200 g
towelling towel 200 g
blouse 100 g
ladies’ briefs 100 g
men’s underpants 100 g
napkin 100 g
tea cloth 100 g

Switching machine on

Turn the programme selector to any pro­gramme. The machine switches on. When
the loading door is open, the internal lamp
illuminates the drum.

Door opening and laundry loading

1. Open loading door:
Push against the loading door (push
point)

Selecting the programme

Use the programme selector to set the pro­gramme you require. The estimated time to
end of the programme appears in the LCD
in h:mm format (hours:minutes).
During the cycle time elapses by steps of
one minute; less than 1 hour the leading
zero is not shown (e.g. “59”, “5”, “0”).

Selecting additional functions

You can choose from the additional func­tions Delicate (Delicate), Buzer (Buzer ), Dry­ness (Dryness), Time (Time) (if a Time pro­gramme has been selected), and Delay (De­lay).

2. Load your laundry (do not force it in).

Caution! Do not jam laundry in be­tween the loading door and rubber seal.

3. Close loading door securely. Lock must
audibly lock.

Delicate (Delicate)

For especially gentle drying of sensitive fab­rics with the care label and for temperature­sensitive textiles (e.g. acrylic, viscose). Pro­gramme is executed with reduced heat.
DELICATE is only suitable for use with
loads of up to 3kg.

1. Press the DELICATE (Delicate) button.
The

DELICATE (Delicate) symbol ap-

pears in the display.

Buzzer (Buzzer)

When the drying cycle has finished, an inter­mittent audible signal will sound.
By depressing button Buzzer (Buzzer) the
acoustic signal is switched off in the follow­ing cases:

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• when selecting the programme

• when depressing the buttons

• when the programme selector dial is
turned to another position during the pro­gramme or when you depress an option
button during the cycle

• at the end of the programme.

The corresponding light comes on

Dryness (Dryness)

Press the DRYNESS (Dryness) button re­peatedly, to select the desired option. The
relevant light will light up. Laundry becomes
dryer from MIN to MAX. Press the DRY­NESS (Dryness) button as many times as
necessary until the small light at the level of
residual dampness required is illuminated.
When the programme has finished the pilot
lights End is on.

Time (Time)

Use the Time (Time) button to select the pro­gramme duration after setting the Time
programme. You can select a programme
duration from 20 min. to 3 hours in 10-mi-

nute steps.

1. Turn the programme selector to the

Time

programme.

2. Press the Time (Time) button repeatedly

until the desired programme duration is
shown in the display, e.g.

for a programme of 20 minutes.
If the programme duration is not selected,
the duration is automatically set to 10 mins.

Delay (Delay)

With the Delay (Delay) button, you can
delay the start of a programme by be­tween 30 minutes (30') and a maxi­mum of 20 hours (20h).

1. Select the programme and additional

functions.

2. Press the Delay (Delay) button as many

times as necessary until the required

time of the delay appears on the dis-

play, e.g.

H if the programme is

to be started in 12 hours.

If the display is showing H and
you press the button again, the time de­lay will be cancelled. The display will
show 0 and then the duration of the se­lected programme.

3. To activate the delay timer, press the
Start/Pause (Start/Pause) button. The
amount of time remaining until the pro­gramme is set to start is continuously dis­played (e.g. 15h, 14h, 13h, … 30' etc).

Setting child lock

The child lock can be set to prevent a pro­gramme being accidentally started or a pro­gramme in operation being accidentally
changed. The child lock function locks all
buttons and the programme selector. The
child lock can be activated or deactivated
by holding down the Buzzer (Buzzer) and
Time (Time) buttons simultaneously for 5
seconds.

– Before programme is started: Appli-

ance cannot be used

– After programme is started: Pro-

gramme in operation cannot be
changed

The icon

appears in the display to indi­cate that the child safety device is activated.
The child safety device is not deactivated
once the programme comes to an end.
If you want to set a new programme, you
must first deactivate the child safety device.

Starting the programme

Press the Start/Pause Start/Pause button.
The programme is started. The programme
progress display shows drying progress.

The symbols for

Drying and Coling ap­pear in the display one after the other. The
number of droplets in the dryness indicator
gradually goes down as the drying process
progresses.

Changing programme

To change a programme which has been se­lected by mistake once the programme has
started, first turn the programme selector to

O off and then reset the programme.

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The programme can no longer be
changed directly once the programme
has started. If nevertheless there is an
attempt to change the programme on
the programme knob, the programme
progress display and the maintenance
indicators flash. If an option button (ex­cluding the Buzzer (Buzzer) button) is
pressed,
The drying programme is not however
affected by this (laundry protection).

Putting in extra items or taking items
out before end of programme

1. Open loading door.
Warning! Laundry and drum can

become hot. Risk of burns!

2. Load or remove laundry items.

3. Close loading securely. Lock must audi-

bly lock.

4. Press the Start/Pause button to contin-

ue the drying cycle.

Drying cycle complete / removing
laundry

Once the drying cycle is complete, the dis­play shows the anti-crease icon and flash-

ing

as well as warning lamps:

filter and full tank . If the Buzzer (Buz-

zer) button has been pressed, an acoustic

appears on the display.

signal sounds intermittently for about one mi­nute.

The drying cycles (except from the
Wool programme) are automatically fol­lowed by an anti-crease phase which
lasts around 30 minutes. The drum ro­tates at intervals during this phase. This
keeps the laundry loose and free of crea­ses. The laundry can be removed at
any time during the anti-crease phase.
(The laundry should be taken out to­wards the end of the anti-crease phase
at the latest to prevent creases from
forming.)

1. Open door.

2. Before removing the laundry, remove
fluff from the micro-fine filter. It is best to
use a damp hand for this purpose. (See
“Maintenance and cleaning” chapter.)

3. Remove laundry.

4.

Turn the programme selector to

Important! After each drying cycle:

- Clean the micro-fine filter and fine filter

- Drain the condensed water container
(See chapter “Maintenance and clean­ing ”.)

5. Close the door.

off .

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

Cleaning lint filters

To ensure that the appliance works perfect­ly, the lint filters in the door and in front of
the drum must be cleaned after every dry­ing cycle.

Caution! Important. Never operate the
dryer without the lint filter or with a
damaged or blocked lint filter.

1. Open loading door

2. Use a damp hand to clean the micro­fine filter, which is built into the lower
part of the loading aperture.

3. After a period of time, a patina due to de­tergent residue on laundry forms on the
filters. When this occurs, clean the filters
with warm water using a brush. Remove
the filter from the door pulling it out. It
can be positioned with the tooth facing

to the left or to the right). After cleaning
do not forget to put it back.

4. Remove fluff from lint filter, preferably us­ing a damp hand for this purpose.

5. Replace the filter.

Clean the door seal

Wipe the door seal with a damp cloth imme­diately after the drying cycle has finished.

Emptying the water reservoir

Empty the water reservoir after every drying
cycle.
If the water reservoir is full, an active pro­gramme will break off automatically and the

empty container

icon on the display will
light up. In order to continue the pro­gramme, the water reservoir must first be
emptied.

Warning! The condensed water is not
suitable for drinking or for preparing
foodstuffs.

1. Take out water reservoir completely.

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2. Pour condensed water out into a basin
or similar receptacle.

3. Refit water reservoir.
If the programme has been interrupted
as a result of the water reservoir being
full: Press the START/PAUSE button to
continue the drying cycle.

The water reservoir has a volume of ap­prox. 4.5 litres. This is sufficient for
around 8 kg of laundry which has previ­ously been spun at 1000 revolutions/
minute.

The condensate can be used as distil­led water, e.g. for steam ironing. How­ever first filter the condensate (e.g. with
a coffee filter) to remove any residue
and small pieces of fluff.

Cleaning heat exchanger

If the

HEAT EXCHANGER is displayed,

the heat exchanger needs to be cleaned.

Caution! Operating when the heat
exchanger is blocked with fluff can
damage the dryer. This also increases
energy consumption.

1. Open door.