AEG LAVAMAT 40820, LAVAMAT 40810 User Manual
LAVAMAT 40810
LAVAMAT 40820
The environmentally friendly washing machine
User information
PERFEKT IN FORM UND FUNKTION
Summary
SUMMARY
Warnings .......................................................................................................3
Usage ..............................................................................................................3
Precautions against frost .........................................................................4
Scrapping ......................................................................................................4
Protection of the environment ..............................................................5
Washing machine description ................................................................6
The detergents dispenser ..........................................................................6
Control panel ...............................................................................................7
Programme selector ...................................................................................7
Additional programme pushbuttons ....................................................9
Consumptions and programme durations ....................................... 11
Washing guide .......................................................................................... 12
How to do a wash..................................................................................... 15
Programmes tables .................................................................................. 17
Care and cleaning .................................................................................... 19
Operating problems ................................................................................ 22
Installation and connection instructions ......................................... 25
Warnings .................................................................................................... 25
Washing machine dimensions ............................................................. 26
Installation ................................................................................................ 27
Technical characteristics .......................................................................31
Garantee conditions and After Sales Service .................................31
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1. 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.
1.1. Usage
• When you receive your washing machine, unpack it or have it
unpacked immediately. Check its general appearance. Make any
reserves in writing on the delivery form and keep a copy.
• Your washing machine was designed for use by adults. Make sure
that children do not touch it or use it as a toy.
• Do not modify or attempt to modify the characteristics of this
washing machine. This could be dangerous for you.
• Your washing machine is intended for normal domestic use. Do
not use it for commercial or industrial purposes of for any
purpose other than that for which it was designed : to wash, to
rince and to spin.
• Unplug the power suplly plug and close the water supply tap
every time after using your washing machine.
• Only wash articles that can resist machine washing. Refer to the
instructions on the label for each article.
• Do not wash underwear with bones, or any material without
hems, or torn materials in your washing machine.
• Remember to remove all coins, safety pins, boraches, screws, etc.,
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before each wash. They can cause serious damage if they are left in
your washing.
• Do not put articles in your washing machine if you have used a
solvent, alcohol, trichloroethylene, etc., to remove stains from
them. If you must use these stain removers, wait until the product
has evaporated before putting the articles in the drum.
• Collect all small articles such as socks, belts, etc., in a small cloth
bag or pillow case.
• Use the quantity of detergent indicated in the «proportioning of
detergents» section.
• Always unplug the washing machine before cleaning it and doing
any maintenance.
1.2. 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»* key.
• 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 preven-
*depending on model
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ting 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.
1.3. 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.
The symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that
this product may not be treated as household waste. Instead it shall
be handed over to the applicable 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 city office, your household waste disposal service
or the shop where you purchased the product.
1.4. 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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2. Washing machine description
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2
3
4
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1 - Control panel
2 - Lid opening handle
3 - Filter door
4 - Leveling screws
5 - Lever for moving the washing
machine
2.1. The detergents dispenser
Symbols
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1
4
6
3
1 - prewash
2 - wash
3 - softener
(do not exceed the MAX mark)
4 - softener overflow
(if overfilled).
3. Control panel
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lamp
Pushbuttons Thermostat
Programmes selectorControl
3.1. Programmes selector
It is used to select the most suitable
programme to the type and soiling of
your laundry.
Warning : never turn the programme selector in the anticlockwise direction.
- COTTON / LINEN WITH PREWASH
Prewash at 40°C - Main washing for cotton / linen to be boiled from
30°C to 95°C.
- COTTON / LINEN
Main washing for cotton / linen to be boiled from 30°C to 95°C.
- COTTON / COLOREDS
Main washing for cotton or coloreds from 30°C to 60°C.
- COLOREDS
Main washing for coloreds from 30°C to 40°C.
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- SYNTHETICS WITH PREWASH
Prewash at 40°C - Main washing for synthetics from 30°C to 60°C.
- SYNTHETICS
Main washing for synthetics from 30°C to 60°C.
- SYNTHETICS
Main washing for synthetics from 30°C to 40°C.
- DELICATES
Main washing for delicates from 30°C to 40°C.
- WOOL
Main washing for machine washable wool at 40°C.
- RINSES
3 separate rinses which can, for instance, be used to rinse and spin
handwash garments.
- SOFTENER
1 separate rinse which can, for instance, be used to rinse and spin
handwash garments.
- SPINNING
Separate spin for cotton and coloureds programmes.
- SHORT SPINNING
Separate short spin for synthetics, delicates and wool programmes.
- DRAIN
Drain water without spin afterwards.
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3.2. Additional programme pushbuttons
These pushbuttons can adapte the washing
programme to the degree of dirtiness of the
laundry. But it is not necessary to select them
in case of garments normally soiled.
Depending on the selected programme, different functions can be
combined.
- SPINNING SPEED REDUCTION PUSHBUTTON 800/400
The pushbutton 800/400 allows to realize a spinning to 400 rpm
(pressed pushbutton) or to 800 rpm (released pushbutton) on the cotton programmes.
If you wish end the synthetics, delicates and wool programmes by a
short spinning, the spinning speed will be either 600 rpm (released
pushbutton) either 400 rpm (pressed pushbutton).
- SPINNING SUPPRESSION
This pushbutton eliminates spin drying on all programmes. They terminate then with a drain.
- RINSE PLUS
This option adds more water in rinses on Cotton programmes. It is advised for allergic people to detergent products and in areas with fresh
water.
3.3. Thermostat
Use the thermostat to choose the temperature of the washing water. You can choose any
temperature between cold «» and 95°C.
You can use the «E» position if you want to
realize an economical programme.
The temperatures given in the programmes
table are provided as a guide. You can vary
them using the thermostat knob on your
washing machine. Always scrupulously respect the temperature shown on the label on each item of washing.
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3.4. Progress within the programme
The programme selector turns gradually and shows you how far the
programme has advanced.
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