AEG LAV42040, LAV42240 Manual

LAVAMAT

42240 UPDATE

42040 UPDATE

The washing machine that is friendly to the environment

User's instructions

Dear Customer,

Please keep this User’s Instructions with your machine. If you sell or give your machine to someone else, don’t forget to include the User’s Instructions.

It will inform the new user about how to operate it and about necessary precautions.

Safety instructions

F1. Step by step description of operations

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Advice and recommendations

Information about protection of the environment

This manual is printed on paper that protects the environment. It is not enough to think about the environment, action is necessary.

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CONTENTS
User's instructions .............................................................	5
Important warnings.............................................................................................	5
Wasching machine description ........................................................................	8
Consumption and programme duration .....................................................	16
Washing guide ....................................................................................................	17
How to do your washing..................................................................................	24
Programme tables .............................................................................................	28
Cleaning and maintenance .............................................................................	30
Troubleshooting .................................................................................................	32
Installation and connection instructions .....................	34
Safety instructions for the installation .......................................................	34
Installing your washing machine ..................................................................	35
Position .................................................................................................................	37
Leveling and moving the washing machine..............................................	37
Electrical connection .........................................................................................	38
Water connections .............................................................................................	39
Technical characteristics ..................................................................................	41

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Contents

Washing machine dimensions .......................................................................	41
Guarantee conditions and After Sales service ...........................................	41

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USER'S INSTRUCTIONS

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. The new user can then be informed of how the washing machine operates and read relevant warnings.

These warnings have been written for your safety and for the safety of others. Please read these comments carefully before installing and using your washing machine. Thank you for your attention.

Usage

This washing machine was designed for use by adults. Make sure that children do not touch it or play with it.

Unpack your washing machine immediately when you receive it, or ask someone else to unpack it for you. Check its general appearance. If you have any reserves, write them on the delivery form, and keep a copy of it.

Your washing machine is designed for normal domestic use. Do not use it for commercial or industrial purposes or for anything other than the purposes for which it was designed.

Do not modify or attempt to modify the characteristics of this washing machine. This would be dangerous for you.

Always pull out the plug and turn off the water supply tap when you have finished using the washing machine.

Only wash articles that will resist machine washing. Follow the instructions on the label attached to each article.

Do not use your washing machine to wash articles with whalebones, material without hems or torn material.

Remember to take out coins, safety pins, broaches, screws, etc. before putting clothes in the washing machine. This type of item can cause serious damage if it is left in the washing.

Do not put articles in the washing machine if you have just cleaned
them using a stain remover containing gasoline, alcohol,
trichloroethylene, etc. If you use this type of stain remover, wait
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the drum.

User's instructions

Put all small items such as socks, belts, etc., together inside a small cloth bag or pillow case, so that they cannot get trapped between the drum and the tank.

Leave the cover and the drum open when you are not using your washing machine, to air the tank and prevent the formation of mould and bad smells.

Always unplug the washing machine before cleaning and servicing it.

Use only detergents designed for the washing machine. Follow the recommendations made by the manufacturer of these products.

If the washing machine is installed in a location subject to frost, completely drain the washing machine and unscrew the tap supply pipe and put it down on the floor.

Elements forming part of the packaging (for example plastic films, pieces of polystyrene) can be dangerous for children. Keep these packaging elements out of reach of children.

Make sure that pets cannot get into the drum of your washing machine.

Never use the washing machine if the power supply cable, the control panel, the working surface or the base are damaged so that the inside of the washing machine is accessible.

Precautions against frost

If your washing machine is exposed to temperatures below 0°C, take the following precautions :

Close the tap and disconnect the water supply pipe.

Put the end of this pipe and the drain pipe into a bowl on the floor.

Select the «Drain» programme and make sure it works until it is complete.

Switch the washing machine off by putting the program selector to the «Off» position or pressing on the «On/Off» pushbutton.

Unplug the washing machine.

Screw in the water inlet pipe and install the drain pipe.

Water that remained in the pipes will then be evacuated, thus preventing the formation of frost or ice that can damage your washing machine. The next time you want to use your washing machine, make sure that it is installed in a room in which the temperature is above 0°C.

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User's instructions

Scrapping

All materials marked with the "" symbol can be recycled. Put them in a waste tip (ask for information from your municipal offices) so that they can be recovered and recycled.

When you take your washing machine to the tip, make sure that everything that could be dangerous is out of service ; cut the power supply cable flush with the surface of your washing machine.

Protection of the environment

We recommend that the following instructions should be followed to achieve savings in water and energy and therefore to contribute to protection of the environment:

If possible, use the washing machine at full capacity rather than with partial loads (however, do not overload the drum).

Only use the Prewash or Soak function for very dirty washing.

Use a detergent dose adapted to the water hardness (see «proportioning of detergents» section) and to the amount of washing and how dirty it is.

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Washing machine description

Control panel

Lid

Handle for opening the lid

Filter access

door

Lever for lifting the

washing machine onto

rollers

Adjustable stands

Detergent dispenser

1 Powder detergent for programs with prewash

(compartment ).

1 3

2

2 Powder or liquid detergent for the main wash

(compartment ).

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3Liquid additives (softener, crease remover, starch, etc.) (compartment ).

4Softener overflow.

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Control panel

Spin pushbutton/

Programmes

RINSE HOLD

procedure

Additional programme

Programme

pusbuttons

Door control lamp

selector

Display window

Delayed start	Start/Pause pushbutton
pushbutton

Programme selector

It is used to select the most suitable programme

to the type and soiling of your laundry.

It can be turned to the right or to the left.

OFF ""

This position of the programme selector switchs off the appliance.

Moreover, thanks to this option, you can cancel a programme which has already been selected. Another programme can then be selected.

WHITE / COLOUREDS ""

Main wash for coloured or white laundry from 30° C to 95° C.

40-60 MIX

Programm for White and Coloureds. These different nature of laundry can be washed together with temperatures from 40°C to 60°C with this 40-60 MIX programme. The drum capacity is better used and so, you can save energy.

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Thanks to a longer washing time, the washing result is identical to the one of a normal washing programme at 60°C. This function is not compatible with QUICK "" pushbuttons.

SYNTHETICS ""

Main wash for lightly soiled fabrics from 30° C to 60° C.

EASY IRONING position " "

Wash at 40° C for mixed clothes. Thanks to this programme, clothes require only light ironing or even no ironing at all.

DELICATES ""

Main wash for delicates fabrics at 30° C or 40° C.

WOOL "" / HANDWASH " "

Main wash (from cold "" to 40° C) for machine washable woollen garments and also for all other garments which contain the "hand washable" symbol on the care label.

RINSE DELICATE ""

Separate rinse which can, for instance, be used to rinse and spin handwash garments.

DRAIN ""

Separate drain of the water after a rinse hold (without spinning). The effect of the rinse hold function is that the washing is left to soak in the last rinse water, without spinning.

SPINNING ""

Drain of the water after a rinse hold and spin or separate spin for handwashed cotton garments.

MINI PROGRAMME " "

Main wash to 30°C for not soiled laundry or only wear once.

ECO PROGRAMME "E"

By washing normally soiled white clothes at around 60°C, this programme saves water and energy. Futhermore, it increases the wash duration and it can

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Additional programme pushbuttons

Additional programme pushbuttons enable to adapt the washing programme to the laundry soil level. It is not necessary to use these options so as to wash normally soiled garments. The use of the different options depends on the chosen programme.

When these buttons are pressed, the corresponding lights illuminate. When pressed again, the corresponding lights extinguish.

When an additional function is not compatible with the selected programme, the corresponding lights does not illuminate.

PREWASH ""

Prewash at 30° C before the main wash which starts automatically. The prewash ends by a short spin as far as the white/coloureds, synthetics programmes are concerned and by a drain of the water for the delicate garments.

It is not possible to select the prewash option with the wool and handwash programmes and also with the SOAKING "" and STAIN "" pushbuttons. This option is recommended for very soiled clothes.

SOAKING ""

The soaking function, which is not compatible with the delicates, wool/hand wash programmes and the PREWASH pushbutton "", enables to realize a cleaning of the laundry before the main wash. It is possible to extend the soaking time from 30 minutes to 10 hours. After soaking, the washing machine performs automatically the main selected programme.

How to select the soaking time:

-choose the desired programme,

-press on the SOAKING pushbutton "",

-select the wished additionnal soaking time (it appears in the display

window) by pressing the DELAY START pushbutton "" (from 30 minutes to 10 hours).

As the selection is finished, the total cycle duration (written in minutes) appears in the display window. So it is not possible to have a delayed start when this option is enabled.

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QUICK ""

Shortened wash programme for lightly soiled washing. This function can not be used on the wool and handwash programmes and also with STAIN pushbutton "".

STAIN ""

This function enables the cleaning of very soiled or/and stained garment with a special detergent. The main wash is increased from 5 to 10 minutes depending on the selected programme. The cleaning detergent has to be put in the prewash compartment.

This function is not compatible with the wool and handwash programmes, SOAKING "" and PREWASH "" pushbuttons.

SPIN / RINSE HOLD ""

The maximum spin speed is defined as a function of the type of washing and depending on the selected programme. However, you can reduce the speed or choose the rinse hold position.

DELAY START ""

This button is used to delay the start of a pro-

gramme within 23 hours in order to take advan-	12		4
tage of attractive night rates (for instance).

Using delayed start:

-Select the programme and the options.

-Select the required time for the delayed start (it appears in the display

window) by pressing the DELAY START pushbutton "".

- Press the START/PAUSE button "". The time is displayed in minutes and in hours.

The programme starts when the time has elapsed.

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Modifying the delayed start:

-Press the START/PAUSE pushbutton "".

-Press the DELAY START pushbutton "" until the new number of hours at the end of which you want the programme to start appears in the display

window ; if you want to cancel a delay start, move the programme selector to the OFF position "".

-Press the START/PAUSE button "" again so as to activate the new delay start selection or to start the programme (if the delayed start has been cancelled).

Be careful: if you use liquid detergent for a washing cycle with a delayed start, use a ball to put directly in the drum and choose a programme without prewash.

If you want to realize a prewash with a delay start in the same time, please use powder detergent.

START/PAUSE ""

Start:

After having selected the wash programme, press this button to start the appliance; the corresponding light remains illuminated.

If you have selected a delay start, the timer starts.

The remaining time window displays the duration of the programme or the delay start time.

Pause:

The programme in progress is interrupted when this button is pressed. It continues when this button is pressed again. During the pause, the light of the START/PAUSE button "" flashes.

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User's instructions

Opening the lid when the appliance is working

You can open the lid after having set the washing machine to pause by pressing the START/PAUSE pushbutton "", provided the following conditions exist:

- the appliance is not in the heating phase,

-the level of the water is not so high,

-the drum is not turning.

When the appliance is working, the DOOR " " and START/PAUSE "" relevant lights inform you if the lid can be opened:

	DOOR light	Can the lid be
		opened?
	flashes	No*
	lit	No
	is off	Yes

* the lid is unlocking

If the END light flashes 4 times, the E40 error code appears in the display window and an acoustic signal is emitted 4 times (according to the model), it means there was an attempt to start a wash programme without closing the lid properly. If this happens, push the lid firmly ans start the wash programme again.

Programmes procedure

When you select a programme, the leds corresponding to the various phases of the programme illuminate.

When the programme starts, only the DOOR " " and the phase in progress lights remain illuminated.

RINSE PLUS ""

Your washing machine is designed in order to save water consumption. However, allergic people may need to rinse their clothes with more water.

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