AEG-Electrolux EWB105405W User Manual

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Washing Machine

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EWB 105405 W

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CONTENTS

Safety Information 2
Product description 3
Personalisation 4
How to run a wash cycle? 4
Daily use 5
Washing programmes 7

SAFETY INFORMATION

Please read these points carefully before in­stalling and using your appliance. Keep this
user manual with your appliance.

General safety

• Do not modify or attempt to modify this
appliance. This would put yourself in dan­ger.

• Ensure that all coins, safety pins, brooch­es, screws etc have been removed be­fore starting a washing programme. If left
in washing, they can seriously damage
the appliance.

• Use the recommended quantity of deter­gent.

• Put small items together (socks, belts
etc.) in a small linen bag or pillow case.

• Unplug and close inlet hose tap after us­ing appliance.

• Always disconnect the power supply
from the appliance before cleaning or
maintenance.

•Do not machine wash clothes with rib­bing, unfinished or torn material.

Installation

• Unpack or ask for the appliance to be
unpacked immediately upon delivery.
Check the outside of the appliance is not
damaged in any way. Report all transit
damage to your retailer.

• Remove all transit bolts and packaging
before installing the appliance.

• Connection to the water supply must be
carried out by a qualified plumber.

• If your domestic electrical circuit needs
adapting to allow the appliance to be
plugged in, use a qualified electrician.

Care and cleaning 8
Operating Problems 8
Detergents and Additives 10
Technical Specifications 10
Installation 10
Environment concerns 12

Subject to change without notice

• Ensure that, after installation, the power
cable is not trapped under the appliance.

• If the appliance is installed on carpeted
floor, ensure that the carpet does not ob­struct any ventilation ducts located at the
base of the appliance.

• The appliance must be equipped with an
earthed power plug which conforms to
regulations.

• Before connecting your appliance to the
power supply, carefully read the instruc­tions in the chapter entitled “Electrical
connection”.

• Replacing the power cable should only
be carried out by an authorised service
engineer.

• The manufacturer cannot be held re­sponsible for any damage resulting from
incorrect installation.

Precautions to be taken against frost

If your appliance is exposed to tempera­tures below 0°C, the following precautions
must be taken:

• Close the tap and disconnect the inlet
hose.

• Place the end of this hose and the drain
hose in a basin on the floor.

• Select the Drain programme let it run until
the end of the cycle.

• Disconnect the appliance from the power
supply by turning the programme selec­tor to “Stop”

• Unplug the appliance.

• Replace the inlet hose and drain hose.

This way, the water remaining in the hoses
will be drained away, avoiding any ice for­mation which would damage your appli­ance.

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Before turning your appliance on again, en­sure that it is installed in an area where the
temperature will not fall below freezing.

Use

• Your appliance is intended for normal do­mestic use. Do not use the appliance for
commercial or industrial purposes or for
any other purpose.

• Refer to the instructions on the label of
each item before washing.

• Do not put items into the washing ma­chine which have had stains removed
with petrol, alcohol, trichlorethylen etc. If
such stain removers have been used,

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

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wait until the product has evaporated be­fore putting these items into the drum.

• Empty pockets and unfold items.

• This appliance is not intended for use by
persons (including children) with reduced
physical, sensory or mental capabilities,
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.
Children should be supervised to ensure
that they do not play with the appliance.

1. The control panel

2. Lid handle

3. Adjustable levelling feet

Control panel

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1. Programme selector

2. Pushbuttons and their functions

3. Display

4. "Add washing" light

5. "Start/Pause" pushbutton

6. "Time manager" pushbuttons

The symbols

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Dispenser box

1. Time manager

2. Temperature

3. Child safety

4.

Cycle running :
Rinse, Drain, Spin

5. Length of cycle or Timer delay count-

down

Prewash
Wash

Softener (do not fill above the MAX symbol M )

Prewash/Wash,

PERSONALISATION

Child safety

This option provides two types of locking :

• if the option is activated after the cycle
has started, no changes to the options or
programme is possible.
The cycle runs and you must deactivate
the option to run a new cycle.

• if the option is activated before the cycle
has started, the appliance cannot be
started.

To activate child safety, turn appliance on
and press “Extra rinse”

simultaneously until the confirmation

symbol

shows on in the display. The ap-

and “Delay start”

HOW TO RUN A WASH CYCLE?

Using for the first time

• Ensure the electrical and water con­nections comply with the installation
instructions.

• Remove the polystyrene insert and
all other items inside the drum.

pliance memorises the selection of this op­tion. To deactivate child safety, repeat the
process.

Audible signal

When the audible signal is activated, it
sounds when a button is pressed, at the
end of the programme, to indicate a fault.
To deactivate, turn appliance on and press
“Prewash”
neously until the beep sounds. The signal is
only active if alarm sounds. To reactivate it,
repeat the same process.

• Run an initial wash cycle at 90°C,

and “Extra rinse” simulta-

without any washing but with deter­gent to clean the water tank.

DAILY USE

Loading washing

• Open the lid of
the appliance.

• Open the drum
by depressing
the locking but­ton A: The two
shutters unlock
automatically.

•Load the wash­ing, close the
drum and the lid of your washing ma­chine.

Warning! Before closing the lid of your
appliance, ensure that the drum is
properly closed :

• When the two shutters are closed,

• locking button A released.

Proportioning of detergents

Pour the amount of washing powder into
the washing
ments if you have selected the “prewash”
option. Pour fabric softener into the com­partment

Selection of desired programme

Turn the programme selector to the re­quired programme. The “Start/Pause”

pushbutton flashes green.
If you turn the programme selector to an­other programme while a cycle is in pro­gress, the appliance will ignore the new se­lected programme. “Err” flashes and the

“Start/Pause”
a few seconds.

Selecting the temperature

Press the “Temperature”
peatedly to increase or decrease the tem­perature (see “Programmes table”). The
symbol means a cold wash.

Selecting the spin speed

Press the spin button
speed. You can also select “Rinse hold”
or “Night cycle” .
For the maximum spin speeds see "Wash­ing programmes".
At the end of the programme, if you have
selected “Rinse hold”

and prewash compart-

if necessary.

pushbutton flashes red for

A

pushbutton re-

to change the spin

or “Night cycle”

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, you then need to select a “Spin” or
“Drain”
and empty the water.
Night cycle : the cycle contains no spin
and ends with a rinse hold.

Selecting options

You must select the different options after
selecting the programme and before press-

ing the “Start/Pause”
“Programme table”). Press the desired but­ton(s) ; the corresponding lights come on. If
pressed again, the lights go out. If one of
the options is not compatible with the se­lected programme, “Err” flashes on the dis­play and the “Start/Pause”
flashes red.

“Prewash” option

The appliance runs a prewash at 30°C
max.

“Extra rinse” option

The washing machine will add one or more
rinses during the cycle. This option is rec­ommended for people with sensitive skin
and in soft water areas.

Temporary : Press the “Extra rinse”
pushbutton. The option is only active for the
selected programme.
Permanent : Hold down the “Prewash”

and “Delay Start” pushbuttons for a few
seconds. The option is permanently activa­ted, even if the appliance is switched off. To
deactivate it, repeat the process.

“Delay start”

This option allows you to delay the start of a
wash programme by 30, 60, 90, 2 hours to
20 hours. The selected time appears on the
display for a few seconds.
You can change or cancel the delayed start
time at any time before you press the

“Start/Pause”
the “Delay start”

indicates immediate start).
If you have already pressed the “Start/

Pause”
change or cancel the delayed start, pro­ceed as follows :

programme to finish the cycle

pushbutton (see

pushbutton

pushbutton, by pressing

pushbutton again (0’

pushbutton and you want to

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• To cancel the delayed start and start the
cycle immediately, press “Start/Pause”

and then “Delay start” . Press

“Start/Pause”

to start the cycle.

• To change the timer delay period, you
must go through the “Stop”

position

and reprogramme your cycle.

The lid will be locked during the delayed
start time. If you need to open it, you must
first pause the appliance by pressing the
“Start/Pause”

pushbutton. After closing

the lid again, press the “Start/Pause”
pushbutton.

Time Manager

The cycle can be made longer or shorter by
using the “Time Manager”

pushbuttons.
The level of soiling of the laundry is also in­dicated.

Soil level Icon Type of fabric

Intensive For heavy soiled

Normal For normal soiled

Daily For daily soiled items

Light For slightly soiled

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Quick

Super quick

Refresh

Super re­fresh

1) To use on a half load.

2) The symbol flashes and disappears : this wash cycle

is a refresh cycle only.

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items

items

items
For very slightly

soiled items
For items used or

worn for a short time

2)

For refreshing items
only

2)

For refreshing a very
few items only

The availability of these different levels var­ies depending on the selected programme
type.

Start of the programme

Press the “Start/Pause”

pushbutton to
start the cycle ; the corresponding light will
come on green. It is normal for the pro­gramme selector to remain stationary dur­ing the cycle. The symbol for the current

cycle and the remaining time appear on the
display. If a delayed start has been selec­ted, the countdown appears on the display.

Warming up

During the cycle, the

symbol comes on
when the appliance is reaching the right
temperature.

Interrupting a programme
Adding washing

When the “Add washing” light

is on, you
can add washing by proceeding as follows.
Press the “Start/Pause”

pushbutton :
the corresponding light will flash green while
the appliance is paused. The lid can only be
opened around 2 minutes after the washing
machine has come to a stop. Press the

“Start/Pause”

pushbutton again to con-

tinue the programme.

Modifying the programme in progress

Before making any changes to the current
programme, you need to pause the wash­ing machine by pressing the “Start/Pause”

pushbutton. If the modification is not
possible, “Err” flashes in the display and the
“Start/Pause”

pushbutton flashes red for
a few seconds. If you still decide to change
the programme, you must cancel the cur­rent programme (see below).

Cancelling the programme

If you want to cancel the programme, turn
the programme selector to the “Stop” posi-

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tion

End of the programme

The washing machine stops automatically ;
the “Start/Pause”

pushbutton goes out
and “0” flashes on the display. The lid can
only be opened around 2 minutes after the
washing machine has come to a stop. Turn
the programme selector to the “Stop”
position. Remove washing. Unplug and
close water inlet tap.
Stand by : once the programme has finish­ed after a few minutes the energy saving
system will be enabled. The brightness of
the display is reduced. By pressing any but­ton the appliance will come out of the ener­gy saving status.

WASHING PROGRAMMES

Programme / Type of washing Load Available options

Cottons (cold - 90°) : White or colour,
e.g. normally soiled work clothes, bed linen,
table linen, body linen, towels.
Max. spin speed: 1000 rpm

Synthetics (cold - 60°) : Synthetic fab­rics, body linen, fab, coloured farics, non-iron
shirts, blouses.
Max. spin speed: 900 rpm

Delicates (cold - 40°) : For all delicate
materials, for example curtains.
Max. spin speed: 700 rpm

Wool (cold - 40°) : Machine washable
wool carrying the labels “pure new wool, ma­chine washable, does not shrink”.
Max. spin speed: 1000

Silk (cold - 30°) : Fabric machine wash­able at 30°C.
Max. spin speed: 700 rpm

Lingerie (cold - 40°) : For very delicate
items, like lingerie.
Max. spin speed: 900 rpm

Rinse : Hand washed items can be
rinsed in this programme.
Max. spin speed: 1000 rpm

Drain : Runs an empty cycle after a Rinse

hold (or Night cycle ).

Spin : A spin cycle from 700 to 1000 rpm
after a Rinse hold (or Night cycle).

Eco1) (40° - 90°) : White or colour, e.g.
normally soiled work clothes, bed linen, table
linen, body linen, towels.
Max. spin speed: 1000 rpm

Easy iron (cold - 60°) : For cottons and
synthetics. Reduces creasing and makes
ironing easier.
Max. spin speed: 900 rpm

Jeans (cold - 60°) : For washing denim
clothes. The Extra rinse option is activated.
Max. spin speed: 1000 rpm

Anti allergy (60°) : For eliminating the
bacteria and allergens present in cottons fab­rics. The Extra rinse option is activated.
Max. spin speed: 1000 rpm

5,5 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Prewash, Ex-

tra rinse, Delay start, Time manager

2,5 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Prewash, Ex-

tra rinse, Delay start, Time manager

2,5 kg Night cycle , Rinse hold, Prewash,

Extra rinse, Delay start, Time manager

1,0 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Delay start

1,0 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Delay start

1,0 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Delay start

5,5 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Extra rinse,

Delay start

5,5 kg

5,5 kg Delay start

5,5 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Prewash, Ex-

tra rinse, Delay start

1,0 kg Rinse hold, Prewash, Extra rinse, De-

lay start

3,0 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Prewash, De-

lay start

5,5 kg Rinse hold, Prewash, Delay start

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Programme / Type of washing Load Available options

Hygiene (90°) : Cycle encouraging the
elimination of micro-organisms.
Max. spin speed: 1000 rpm

1) Reference programme for test confirming to CEI 456 standard (Eco 60° programme) : 49 L / 0,94 kWh / 210 min

5,5 kg Night cycle, Rinse hold, Prewash, Ex-

tra Rinse, Delay start

CARE AND CLEANING

Unplug the appliance before cleaning.

Descaling the appliance

To descale the appliance, use an appropri­ate non-corrosive product designed for
washing machines. Read product label for
recommended amounts and how often
descaling should be carried out.

The exterior

Use warm soapy water to clean the exterior
of the appliance. Never use alcohol, sol­vents or similar products.

Dispenser box

To clean, proceed as follows :

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Check if the filter being coupled
well before closing the trap to
pull up and down the central
wall.

Water inlet filters

To clean, proceed as follows :

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Object trap

Regularly clean out the object trap which is
located at the bottom of the drum :

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OPERATING PROBLEMS

Numerous checks were carried out on your
appliance before it left the factory. Howev­er, should you notice a malfunction, please

refer to the sections below before contact­ing the after-sales service.

Problems Causes

The washing machine
doesn’t start or doesn’t
fill :

• the appliance isn’t plugged in correctly, the electrical installation isn’t
working, there is a power failure,

• the lid of your appliance and the drum shutters aren’t closed firmly,

• the programme start command hasn’t been properly selected,

• the water supply has been cut off, the water inlet tap is closed,

• the water inlet filters are dirty,

• a red tab appears on the water inlet hose.

The appliance fills but

• the drainage U-piece is fixed too low (see installation section).

empties straight away :
The washing machine

doesn’t rinse or doesn’t
empty :

• the drain hose is blocked or bent,

• the object trap is obstructed,

• the out of balance detector has been activated : washing is unevenly
distributed in the drum,

• the “Drain” programme or “Night Cycle” or “Rinse hold” option have
been selected,

• the height of the drainage U-piece is unsuitable.

You have found water
around the washing ma­chine :

• too much detergent has caused foam to overflow,

• the detergent is unsuitable for machine washing,

• the drainage U-piece isn’t attached correctly,

• the water inlet hose is leaking.

Wash is unsatisfactory : • the detergent is unsuitable for machine washing,

• there is too much washing in the drum,

• the wash cycle is unsuitable,

• there isn’t enough detergent.

The appliance vibrates,
is noisy :

• all packaging have not been removed from the appliance (see installa­tion section),

• the appliance isn’t level and is unbalanced,

• the appliance is too close to the wall or furniture,

• washing is unevenly distributed in the drum, the load is too small.

• the appliance is in running in period, noise will disappear with time.

The wash cycle is much
too long :

• the water inlet filters are dirty,

• the power or water supply has been cut off,

• the motor overheating detector has been activated,

• the water inlet temperature is lower than usual,

• the foam detection security system has been activated (too much de­tergent) and the washing machine has begun draining the foam,

• the out of balance detector has been activated: an extra phase has
been added to distribute washing more evenly in the drum.

The washing machine
stops during a wash cy­cle :

The lid doesn’t open at
the end of the cycle :

The error code
appears in the display

and the “Start/Pause”
button flashes red

• the water or electricity supply is defective,

• a Rinse hold has been selected,

• the drum shutters are open.

• the temperature inside the drum is too high,

• the lid unlocks 1 - 2 minutes after the end of the cycle.

• the lid is not closed properly.

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