AEG LAVATHERM 3200 User Manual

LAVATHERM 3200

Ablufttrockner

Exhaust air dryer
Sèche-linge à évacuation d’air
Asciugabiancheria ad evacuazione

dei fumi
Afvoerdroger

Secador por aire evacuado

AEG

Gebrauchsanweisung
Operating instructions

Mode d’emploi

Istruzioni per l’uso
Gebruiksaanwijzing

Instrucciones para el uso

Hello

Allow me to introduce myself: I am your AEG LA^VATHERM tumble
dryer. From now on, I should like to make tumble-drying easier for
you, and not simply because of my attractive appearance, but also
thanks to my “intrinsic qualities”. I am economical in terms of energy,
take good care of your laundry, am especially quiet in operation,
easy to operate, and simple to care for.

If you carefully read and follow my operating instructions be
fore first use and famiiiarize yourseif with my instaiiation and
connection instructions, you are sure to experience a good
deal of joy when using me to dry your laundry!

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Printed on recycled paper.

AEG - putting words into action.

Contents

Safety instructions

Before first use 26
For the user
You should also note the following

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Out of concern for the environment...

Important recommendations for drying 30/31

Machine description

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Before drying

Correct drying

Loading your laundry

Opening the loading door
Loading your laundry 35
Removing and putting back laundry

Selecting the drying programme

Drying time selector switch 36
The buttons and theirfunctions

Table of drying times

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Cooling phase and automatic
anti-crease programme

Programme end

Switching off the machine

Cleaning the fluff filter

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Cleaning, maintenance, and care

If you think your tumble dryer is

networking properly...

Special accessories

Rehingeing the door

Customer service

Technical data

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Safety instructions

Before first - I must be installed level. My four adjustable feet can be used to

use ... compensate for uneven floor conditions. Please use a screw

driver to adjust my adjustable feet. Place the screwdriver in the
vertical slots visible from the front.

- My drum should be wiped with a damp cloth.

- I should not be installed in any room likely to be affected by frost,
since the reliability of my electronic system may be impaired by
temperatures below freezing point.

- If my door mounting does not meet your installation requirements,
you can rehinge the door (see section “Rehingeing the door”).

- If, for reasons of space, there is no alternative to installing ypur
dryer directly next to a gas or electric cooker or coal range, you
must interpose a thermally insulated panel (measuring 85 x 57.5
cm) between cooker and dryer. This panel should be coated with
aluminium foil on the side facing the cooker.

Safety The safety of AEG electrical appliances conforms to the recognized

instructions rules of technology and the Appliance Safety Act. As manufacturers,

for the user we nonetheless feel obliged to familiarize you and any other persons

using the machine with the following instructions:

- To ensure safe operation, I should only be operated as indicated
in the Operating Instructions.

- Please make sure before using your machine for the first time that
the mains voltage and, current type indicated on my rating plate
agree with the mains voltage and current type where the machine
is used and that the used circuit is sufficiently fused.

- Only use me to dry general household laundry.

- Only use me to dry laundry that has been washed in water.

- Before cleaning, care, and maintenance work, make sure that
the appliance is switched off. You will proceed safely if you first
pull the mains plug out of the socket or, if your machine is con
nected by a fixed wiring connection, you switch off the FI pro
tection switch or LP switch or completely remove the fuse.

- Keep the space around me free of fluff.

- Never direct a water jet on to my outer casing!

- Never use my supply lead to pull the mains plug out of the socket!

- Never operate me if

■ my mains supply lead is damaged, or

■ I show visible damage in the region of the contro! panel, work

top, or plinth.
If the mains supply lead needs to be changed or such damage
needs to be repaired, please contact our service centre or a
repair shop authorized by ourselves.

- Repairs to electrical appliances should only be performed
by a trained electrician. Improper repairs may place the
user at serious risk.

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If any other maintenance needs to be carried out, you are also
basically recommended to contact our service centre or a repair
shop authorized by ourselves. Only original AEG spare parts fulfill
all requirements!
If I am installed under a worktop in your kitchen or utility room, an
earthed intermediate panel must be provided as access pro
tection according to the installation and connection instructions
when the worktop has been removed.
Do not sit on or lean against my open door. There may otherwise
be a danger of my tilting!
Children may not recognize the dangers of improper use of elec
trical appliances. Please therefore ensure proper supervision
during use.
Prevent children and small animals from climbing into my drum.
Always therefore close my door when you have finished drying
your laundry.
My vent should not be connected to a smoke or exhaust gas flue.
Also never introduce my vent into a shaft used to ventilate the
installation areas of fireplaces.
Avoid installing me in rooms housing flue-connected fireplaces
with coal- or oil-fired furnaces and gas heaters and in which the
underpressure is 0.04 mbar or more.
Ensure sufficient space ventilation to avoid any underpressure.
To be able to operate me safely, you should seek the advice and
consent of the competent district chimney-sweep or the local
building authority.
When the day finally comes to withdraw me from service and to
replace me with another machine, please make sure that you
inactivate my door lock and cut my electrical supply lead. This will
prevent children at play from locking themselves in and thus en
dangering their lives. Finally, make sure that I am properly dis
posed of.
If I am wrongly operated or used for any purpose other than that
for which I am intended, AEG cannot assume liability for any pos
sible damage.
Never use me as a surface for standing on.
My rear wall heats up during drying. That is perfectly normal,
though you should avoid touching it!

Please keep my packaging away from children. The foil repre
sents a special source of danger. You are advised to dispose of
this material as quickly as possible. The instruction leaflet on the
machine package supplied together with my printed instructions
gives data on the type of packaging material and its proper dis
posal.
Only dry materials washed in water! Never dry articles treated
with inflammable liquids and solvents (petrol, alcohol, stain-

removers, etc.) in a tumble dryer.

You should
also note the
following

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Articles containing foam rubber or similar materials must also not
be machine-dried. The dryer may catch fire.
Fabrics containing residues of hair spray, nail varnish remover,
hair setting lotion, or similar agents should not be machine-dried
owing to the danger of gas formation.

If so-called “conditioners” are machine-dried - regardless of the
respective properties of these conditioners - coating of the fluff
filter sufficient to cause choking cannot be excluded. In such
cases, we recommend you not to add them or to choose a dif
ferent make.
Machine-dried laundry becomes fluffy and pleasant to touch. If
you want to make a contribution to relief of the environment, you
can therefore omit fabric conditioners during washing of your
laundry.
Should you use perfume-free or so-called fragrance-free eco/bio­detergents, your laundry may possibly have an unusual odour
after drying, i. e. your laundry lacks “freshness”. This is not due to
any defect in your machine, but refers to odours inherent in the
fabrics themselves, which, owing to absence of fragrances in the
detergent, are not neutralized or masked.
Make sure that no garments get jammed when ciosing my door,
since the fabrics may be damaged.
I am able to operate only, when my door is closed. If my door is
open, a safety switch prevents me from starting.
You will perhaps be amazed at the amount of fluff trapped in my
fluff filter after drying. This fluff, however, is not the result of over
stressing of your laundry by the drum action, but during to a
normal process of wear and tear. When your laundry is being
worn or washed, fibres becomes detached from the fabrics by
abrasion. These are carried away by the wind if your laundry is
line-dried. In your tumble dryer, however, these fibres are con
centrated in the fluff filter. The fraction of fluff actually collected
during machine-drying amounts to only 0.03 kg per kg laundry.
To clean my stainless steel drum, you never use any acid-con
taining descalers, chlorine- or iron-containing scouring agents,
or even steel wool. Our service centre stocks suitable agents.

Also keep furniture polishes or agressive cleaners away from my
screen and control panel.

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Out of concern for the environment...

All tumble dryers require energy for drying. I am especially econo
mical to run if you take note of the following hints:

■ Thoroughly spin-dry your laundry first!

I am especially energy-saving to run if your laundry is well spin-

dried before tumble-drying (i. e. at least at 800 min''‘). Higher

spin speeds reduce consumption, shorten the drying time, and
make drying more economical.

■ Ensure good ventilation!

To ensure economical tumble-drying, the room temperature

should not exceed 35° C.

■ Use the optimum wash load!

You will use your tumble dryer most economically by using the

wash loads recommended in the programme table. The

following data will help you better estimate the laundry weight.

Laundry weights

Guidance values for cotton garments (dry weights):
Bath robe 1200 g
Overall 300-600 g
Quilt cover 700 g
Bed-sheet 500 g
Blouse 100g
Towel 200 g
Dishcloth 100 g
Gentleman’s shirt 200 g
Pillow-case 200 g
Nightdress/pyjamas 200-500 g
Tablecloth 200-300 g
Underwear 250 g

■ Clean the fluff filter!
Each time you have used your tumble dryer, clean my fluff

filter! A choked fluff filter leads to longer drying times and higher
power consumption.

All used materials are environmentally compatible! They can be

safely disposed of or burnt in a refuse incinerator.
Regarding the materials: The plastics can also be recycled and are
marked as follows:

> PE < for polyethylene e. g. as used in outer wrapping and bags

inside;

>PS< for polystyrene foam e. g. as used in the packing; this

material is basically CFC-free.

The cardboard parts are made of waste paper and should be put

back into the waste paper collection system.

Appliance
Packaging
Information

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Important recommendations on drying

Wollens and

downs

Care symbols

Gentle

programme/

S-button

Never dry wool or wool mixtures (felting risk).
Down-filled fabrics should also not be dried in me, since, depending
on quality, the fine internal fibres tend to shrink. Linen fabrics may be
dried only if you find a manufacturer’s instruction to that effect. The

fabric may “roughen” if I am improperly used for tumble-drying.

Check that the garments to be dried are suitable for drying in a
tumble dryer. Appropriate information is given on the garment care
label.
The following symbols are important for tumble-drying:

Tumble-drying is basically possible

n

Normal drying

Gentle drying

□

Tumble-drying not allowed

Laundry with care label mark^should not be dried in me.

We recommend you to dry temperature-sensitive laundry (e. g.
acrylics and laundry marked 0 on the care label in the gentle pro
gramme (S-button pressed).
If the indicated care symbols are missing, proceed as follows: Dry
your whites and coloureds and your easy-care fabrics at normal
temperature, ensuring the respectively optimum load owing to
creasing. You should dry sensitive garments at reduced heating
capacity, i. e. with the gentle button pressed.

Creasing

Knitwear

Starched

laundry

The danger of creases rises with a greater load. You should there
fore reduce the load to 1.5 kilos or even less, particularly with very
delicate fabrics.

Knitwear tends to shrink. If you buy such materials, take note of this
fact when choosing sizes, and avoid “overdrying” of this laundry
(therefore never select the extra drying programme). The risk of
shrinkage, however, is low for high-quality branded laundry.

You can also tumble-dry starched laundry. To retain the required
starched effect, use twice as much starch when starching.
When you have taken out your laundry, it is advisable to wipe my
drum with a damp cloth to remove any starch residues.

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Spin-dry your laundry well before tumble-drying (at least at 800
min'^). Higher spin speeds reduce power consumption during drying
and make it more economical. Easy-care fabrics should be briefly
spun before they are loaded in my drum.

Spin-drying

Close zip-fasteners and tie together loose strings (e. g. of aprons).
You will thereby avoid tangling of your laundry.
Clothes made of double-layered fabrics (polyamide outer layer,
cotton inner layer, e. g. anoraks) should be turned inside out before
drying. You will then achieve a better tumble-drying effect.
Never dry new, dark-coloured fabrics together with light-coloured
garments, since this may otherwise cause discoloration.

Preparing your
laundry

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Machine description

Features A Drying time selector switch

B Operating indicator

C Signal button for programme end

D Gentle button

E Start button

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A

2/15-2

A Detachable worktop

B Machine door, opened by door trip

C 4 height-adjustable screw-in feet (front and rear)

Features

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Before drying

Sorting your

laundry

Take care

when handling

some fabrics

Sort your laundry according to

- Cottons and linen

- Easy-care laundry

- Dark-coloured laundry/fabrics

- Light-coloured laundry/fabrics
Make sure that your laundry is suitable for machine-drying.
Never dry wool or wool mixtures or knitwear made of or containing
wool (felting risk).

Empty pockets.

Remove metal objects (e. g. paper clips, safety pins, etc.).
Button up pillow-slips, and close zip-fasteners, hooks, or eyes. Tie
together loose belts and long apron strings.

Before drying

When the

programme

has ended

Correct drying (brief instructions)

1. Sort your laundry

2. Set the drying time

3. Open the door

4. Loosen your laundry and place it inside

5. Close the door

6.. Select additional functions

7. Press the start button

8. Open the door

9. Take out your laundry

10. Switch off your machine

11. Clean the fluff filter

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12. Close the door

Loading your laundry

Open my door with the door trip function, by slight pressure at the
centre of the LH side.

Loosen your laundry before loading it into your tumble dryer. You will
thereby avoid long running times and creases which can result from
the tangling of your laundry.
Whenever possible, use the recommended full wash load, since this

ensures optimum economy, but do not overfill my drum. This would

also adversely affect my running time and thus also my energy con

sumption, added to which there would then be a greater danger of

creasing.

You can remove individual items of laundry or put more in to my

drum at any time while the drying programme is running. To do this,

open my door by using the trip function.

Take care when removing laundry or putting more in:

The interior of my drum or the laundry itself can be hot, so there is a

risk of your burning yourself.
To continue the drying programme, close the door and press the

start button.

Opening the
loading door

Loading your
laundry

Removing
laundry or
putting
more in

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Drying time

seiector switch

Selecting the drying programme

You can turn my drying time selector switch clockwise from any
position. It has three functions:

- Using the drying time selector switch, you switch me on and off.
Depending on the operational status, my operating indicator then
comes on or goes out.

- Via the drying time selector switch, you set the required drying
time. To do this, turn the drying time selector switch clockwise
until the required drying time (in minutes) appears below the
mark. Guidance on drying times is given in the corresponding
table (“table of drying times” section). *

- My drum lighting is switched on and off by the drying time selec
tor switch.

The button

functions

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When buttons are pressed, a red mark appears in the display.

You start the preselected programme with this button.

Start button

My heating capacity is reduced when you press this button. This

button enables you to dry temperature-sensitive laundry, such as
e. g. acrylics or fabrics marked H on the care label. The drying
times are correspondingly prolonged by the lower heating capacity.

Please also note that economical use of the S-button is only assured
at low wash loads (1 - 2.5 kg) (see programme table).

An audible tone sounds at the programme end when this button is

pressed. This signal sounds at specific intervals for 30 minutes.

During this time, my drum alternately rotates (reverses) at specific

intervals (see automatic anti-crease programme).

Gentle button

Audible tone
button

0

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Table of drying times

Guidance values referring to dry household laundry

Degree of
dryness

Storage­dry

Iron-dry

Laundry/fabric type

Cotton laundry to be
dried thoroughly

Easy-care laundry, synthetics

and fabrics requiring no
further aftertreatment (e. g.
ironing)

Cotton and linen
laundry still to be
ironed

Easy-care laundry, synthetics
and mixed synthetic fabrics
still to be ironed

Laundry/fabric
examples

Terry towelling, cotton
jersey laundry, flannelette
bedding, terry kitchen
towels, bathrobes

Easy-care mixed sweaters,
shirts, bedding and table
cloths, babywear, socks,
girdles

Bedding, tablecloths,
kitchen towels

Easy-care shirts, bedding,
and tablecloths

*Spin-dryer

**Small wash load with regard for the crease sensitivity of these fabrics
For wash loads not listed in the table, please choose correspondingly shorter or longer

drying times.

Instructions for test centres

For testing to lEC 1121 s.e., the following programme settings are to be used:
Programme A (5.0 kg) 80 minutes
Programme B (5.0 kg) 65 minutes
Programme C (2.5 kg) 35 minutes

Airing:

Programme setting V
With this programme, you can simply and rapidly iron creased fabrics in a cold air flow.
Lightly moisten the creases.

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Wash load Spin speed
in kg

5.0

2.0

2.5**

inmin'^

1000
1200
1400
2800*

800
1000
1200
1400
2800*

Short spin

Time duration in minutes

Normal

800 75

70
65
60
55

40
35
30 60
30
25

30

S-button

70
65

55
50

50

5.0

2.0

2.5**

Short spin

800
1000 55
1200
1400 45
2800* 40

800
1000
1200
1400 25
2800*

65
50

30 65
30 55
25 50

20
25

45
40

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Cooling phase and anti-crease sequence

Shortly before the programme end, my heating system is switched
off to cool your laundry. Unless you immediately remove your laun
dry from my drum when the drying sequence has ended, the 30­minute anti-crease programme automatically follows. During this
sequence the alternately reversing tumbling action of the drum
continuously loosens the laundry so that it remains fluffy and
crease-free until taken out. When the anti-crease programme has
ended, I automatically switch myself off. You should remove your
laundry from my drum by this time to avoid creasing.

Programme end

Switching off You switch me off by turning my programme selector switch to the

the machine 0 position. My drum lighting is then also switched off. My operating

indicator goes out.

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Cleaning the fluff filter

Abraded fabric - 70% generated during wearing, 20% during

washing, and only 10% during drying (source: HEA, Hauptbera

tungsstelle für Elektrizitätsanwendung e. V. Frankfurt (electricity use

advice centre) - arises in the form of fluff and collects in the fluff filter
inside the machine door. To ensure trouble-free air circulation, you
must clean my fluff filter after every drying sequence. To do this, fold
up the filter cover (coarse filter) and remove the fluff from the fine filter.

Removal of fluff will be made easier if you moisten your hand or use
a damp cloth. After cleaning, fold down the coarse filter and re
engage it securely.

Cleaning, maintenance, and care

To clean the interior of the drum, we recommend you wipe it out

regularly with a cloth soaked in vinegar.

Never clean my control panel or controls with commercial furniture
polishes or harsh cleansers. Should cleaning be necessary, just use
a damp cloth.

Cleaning
the interior of
the drum

Cieaning the
controi panei
and controis

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If you think your tumble dryer is not

working properly...

Faults you

can rectify

yourself

... if the dryer does not work?

■ Have you plugged in the machine?

■ Have you set the drying time?

■ Have you pressed the start button?

■ Have you closed the door properly?

■ Is the fuse in the fuse box in good working order?

... if the machine does not dry satisfactoriiy?

■ Have you set the right drying time?

■ Have you cleaned the fluff filter?

■ Have you used the recommended wash load?

■ Have you properly spin-dried the laundry before drying?

... if the drum iighting does not work?

■ Have you plugged in the machine?

■ Have you turned the programme selector switch from the
0 position?

■ Does the bulb still work or does it need to be changed? In this
case, use only a 10 W bulb which you can order from our cus

tomer service department under ET-No. 647078970.

Caution: Before replacing it, pull out the plug!

Stacking kit

Installing

undera

worktop

Special accessories

You can order the following special accessories via your retailer:

Your tumble dryer can be stacked together with any LTWAMAT fully
automatic washing machine of the current or previous series by
means of a space-saving stacking kit.
Two different kits are available:

1. Stacking kit with retractable panel (E-No. 607 899978)

2. Stacking kit without retractable panel (E-No. 916018900)

You can install me in kitchen furniture runs. After removing my work
top, you must cover the electrical parts with an earthed cover sheet
(ET-No.647405423).

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Rehingeing the door

H BA

2/159

If the door as hinged on the right fails to meet local conditions, the
door can be rehinged on the left.

Pull out the mains plug!
Procedure:

1. Unscrew screws “A” inside the door.

2. Remove the door by sliding horizontally.

3. Unscrew screws “A” on hinge lugs “B”.

4. Remove hinge lugs.

5. Press out plastic parts “F” by pressing with a screwdriver and
refit on the opposite side.

6. Press out plastic parts “C” by pressing with a screwdriver.

7. Remove plastic parts “C” and refit on the RFi side of the dryer.

8. Unscrew door lock “G”. Prise out plastic part “H” using a
screwdriver and refit on the opposite side. Remount door lock
“G” on the RH side.

9. Fit and screw on hinge lugs “B” on the LH side of the dryer.

10. Remove screw of door lock “D” inside the door and remove
door lock.

11. Press out plastic part “E” by pressing with a screwdriver and re
fit on the opposite side of the door.

12. Fit and screw back on door lock “D” inside the door on the
left.

13. Remount door on hinge lugs.

Hint on access protection: The appliance is safe to operate again

only when all plastic parts are fitted.

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Customer service

If you find no reference to any particular fault in my Operating In
structions, please contact the service centre. When doing so, quote
the E-No. and F-No. of your dryer. You will find these numbers on
my rating plate.

Your indication of these numbers enables the service centre to
make precise identification of the required spare part so that your
tumble dryer can be repaired at the engineer’s first visit. You will thus
save yourself additional costs due to any possible repeated trips by

the service engineer.
To keep these numbers handy, we recommend you to enter them
here:

E-No.

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F-No.

Technical data

Dimensions:

With worktop:
Height 85.0 cm
Width 60.0 cm
Depth 60.0 cm

Without worktop:
Height 82.0 cm
Width .59.5 cm
Depth 57.0 cm

Connection:

You will find information on electrical connection on the rating plate
of your machine. If your dryer is designed for changeover, the in
structions given in the changeover diagram on the junction box on
the rear of the machine are to be additionally complied with.
When connecting, you must ensure that the nominal voltage indi
cated on the rating plate agrees with the voltage of your electricity
supply.

Wash loads

Depending on programme, up to max. 5 kg.
Varying wash load data in certain countries are substantiated by
different measurement methods.
Consumption for 5 kg Cotton previously spin-dried at 800 min’"' in
cotton programme storage-dry 3.4 kWh.

Height adjustability:

1 cm/- 0.4 cm
Depth with door open: 116.5cm
Weight empty: 43 kg
Application: household
Allowable ambient temperatures: -h 5° C to -h 35° C

C€ This appliance complies with the following EC Directives:

• 73/23/EEC of 19.02.1973 - Low-Voltage Directive

• 89/336/EEC of 03.05.1989 (including Amentment Directive
92/31/EEC) - EMV Directive.

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