AEG EDE67550W User Manual

user manual

Tumble Dryer

EDE 67550W

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Contents

Important safety information	2	Cleaning and maintenance	9
Product description	4	What to do if ...	10
Control Panel	4	Machine settings	11
Before first use	5	Technical data	12
Sorting and preparing laundry	5	Installation	12
Programme chart	6	Environment	15
Daily use	7	Service	16

Subject to change without notice

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: 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 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!

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

•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.

•Ensure you have adequate ventilation in the installation room to avoid the back flow of gases into the room from appliances burning other fuels, including open fires.

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.

•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.

•After having installed the appliance, check that it is not pressing or standing on its electrical supply cable or/and inlet hose.

•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.

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•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.

•Caution - hot surface : Do not touch the door light cover surface when the light is switched on.1)

• Hot surface: Do not touch the back of the appliance while it is operating!

Child safety

•This machine is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision.

•Children often do not recognise the hazards associated with electrical appliances. 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.

1) Only dryers equipped with internal drum light.

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Product description

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6	4
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1	Control panel	5	Adjustable feet
	Door		Sideways vent outlets / back vent outlet
2		6
	Fluff filter		Ring nut
3		7
	Rating plate		Drum light
4		8

Control Panel

	5	4
1	2	3

1	Programme knob and "O" (OFF) switch	3	START PAUSE button
	Function buttons		DELAY button
2		4

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5 Function lights

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 (ca. 30 min.) with damp cloths in the machine.

Sorting and preparing laundry

Sorting laundry

•Sort by fabric type:

–Cotton/linen for programmes in COTTONS programme group.

–Mixtures and synthetics for programmes in SYNTHETICS 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 (press DELICATE button!)

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 tumble-drying.

This appliance can be used for all wet laundry items which are labelled as suitable for tum- ble-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 programme. Items may shrink!

•Wool and wool-like textiles can be dried using the WOL CARE programme.

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 7 kg.

Laundry weights

Type of laun-		Weight
dry
Bathrobe		1200 g
Napkin		100 g
Quilt cover		700 g
Sheet		500 g
Pillow case		200 g
Tablecloth		250 g
Towelling tow-		200 g
el
Tea cloth		100 g
Night dress		200 g
Ladies' briefs		100 g
Man's work		600 g
shirt
Man's work		200 g
shirt
Man's pyja-		500 g
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Blouse		100 g
Men's under-		100 g
pants

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Programme chart

Programmes

COTTONS EXTRA

COTTONS STRONG

COTTONS CUPBOARD 1)

COTTONS DAMP

COTTONS IRON 1)

SYNTHETICS EXTRA

SYNTHETICS CUPBOARD 1)

SYNTHETICS IRON

30'

MIX

when dry)
max. load (weight	Additional functions/options				Application/properties
	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			Thorough drying of thick or multilay-
7 kg	CREASE	, BUZZER	, DE-		ered fabrics, e.g. terry towelling
		LAY			items, bathrobes.
7 kg	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			Thorough drying of thick or multilay-
	CREASE	, BUZZER	, DE-		ered fabrics, e.g. terry towelling
		LAY			items, bathrobes.
7 kg	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			Thorough drying of fabrics of even
	CREASE	, BUZZER	, DE-		thicknesses, e.g. terry towelling
		LAY			items, knitwear, towels.
	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			For thin textiles which are still to be
7 kg	CREASE	, BUZZER	, DE-		ironed, e.g. knitted items, cotton
		LAY			shirts.
	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			For thin fabrics which are also to be
7 kg	CREASE	, BUZZER , DE-
					ironed, e.g. knitwear, cotton shirts.
		LAY
3 kg	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			Thorough drying of thick or multi-lay-
	CREASE	, BUZZER	, DE-		ered fabrics, e.g. pullovers, bedding,
		LAY			table linen.
	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			For thin fabrics which are not ironed,
					e.g. easy care shirts, table linen, ba-
3 kg	CREASE	, BUZZER , DE-
					by clothes, socks, lingerie with bones
		LAY			or wires.
	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			For thin fabrics which are also to be
3 kg	CREASE	, BUZZER , DE-
					ironed, e.g. knitwear, cotton shirts.
		LAY
	DELICATE	, LONG ANTI-			For further drying of individual items
7 kg	CREASE	, BUZZER , DE-
					of laundry.
		LAY
	DELICATE 3) , LONG ANTI-				For drying cotton and synthetic fab-
3 kg	CREASE	, BUZZER , DE-
					rics, uses low temperature.
		LAY

Care mark

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