AEG-Electrolux EWF1420 User Manual

user manual

Washing Machine

EWF 14180 W

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Contents

Safety information 2
Product description 4
Control panel 5
First use 6
Daily use 7
Helpful hints and tips 9
Washing programmes 11

Subject to change without notice

Care and cleaning 14
What to do if… 17
Technical data 19
Consumption values 20
Installation 20
Electrical connection 23
Environment concerns 23

Safety information

Important! Read carefully & keep for future
reference.

• The safety of Your appliance complies with
the industry standards and with legal re­quirements on the safety of appliances.
However, as manufacturers, we feel it is
our duty to provide the following safety
notes.

• It is most important that this instruction
book should be retained with the appli­ance for future reference. Should the ap­pliance be sold or transferred to another
owner, or should you move house and
leave the appliance, always ensure that the
book is supplied with the appliance in or­der that the new owner can get to know
the functioning of the appliance and the
relevant warnings.

• You MUST read them carefully before in­stalling or using the appliance.

• Before first starting up, check the appli­ance for any damage incurred during
transport. Never connect up a damaged
appliance . If parts are damaged, contact
your supplier.

• If the appliance is delivered in the winter
months when there are minus tempera­tures. Store it at room temperature for 24
hours before using for the first time.

General safety

• It is dangerous to alter the specifications or
attempt to modify this product in any way.

• During high temperature wash pro­grammes the door glass may get hot. Do
not touch it!

• 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.

• Only use the advised quantities of fabric
softener and detergent. Damage to the
fabric can ensue if you over-fill. Refer to the
manufacturer’s recommendations of
quantities.

• Wash small items such as socks, laces,
washable belts etc in a washing bag or pil­low case as it is possible for such items to
slip down between the tub and the inner
drum.

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

• Always unplug the appliance and turn off
the water supply after use, cleaning and
maintenance.

• Under no circumstances should you at­tempt to repair the machine yourself. Re­pairs carried out by inexperienced people
may cause injury or serious malfunction­ing. Contact your local Service Centre. Al­ways insist on genuine spare parts.

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.

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• 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.

• After having installed the appliance, check
that it is not standing on the inlet and drain
hose and the worktop is not pressing the
electrical supply cable against the wall.

• If the machine is situated on a carpeted
floor, please adjust the feet in order to al­low air to circulate freely under the appli­ance.

• Always be sure, that there is no water leak­age from hoses and their connections after
the installation.

• If the appliance is installed in a location
subject to frost, please read the “dangers
of freezing” chapter.

• Any plumbing work required to install this
appliance should be carried out by a quali­fied plumber or competent person.

• Any electrical work required to install this
appliance should be carried out by a quali­fied electrician or competent person.

Use

• This appliance is designed for domestic
use. It must not be used for purposes other
than those for which it was designed.

• Only wash fabrics which are designed to
be machine washed. Follow the instruc­tions on each garment label.

• Do not overload the appliance. See the
Washing Programme Table.

• Before washing, ensure that all pockets
are empty and buttons and zips are fas­tened. Avoid washing frayed or torn arti­cles and treat stains such as paint, ink,
rust, and grass before washing. Under­wired bras must NOT be machine washed.

• Garments which have been in contact with
volatile petroleum products should not be
machine washed. 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 appliance 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.

Child safety

• This appliance is not intended for use by
person (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.

• 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. To prevent children
and pets becoming trapped inside the
drum the machine incorporates a special
feature. To activate this device, rotate the
button (without pressing it) inside the door
clockwise until the groove is horizontal. If
necessary use a coin.

To disable this device and restore the pos­sibility of closing the door, rotate the but­ton counterclockwise until the groove is
vertical.

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Product description

Your new appliance meets all modern requirements for effective treatment of laundry
with low water, energy and detergent consumption. Its new washing system allows total
use of detergent and reduces water consumption so saving energy.

1 Detergent dispenser drawer
2 Control panel
3 Door opening handle

Detergent dispenser drawer

Compartment for detergent used for pre­wash and soak phase or for stain remover
used during the stain action phase (if availa­ble). The prewash and soak detergent is
added at the beginning of the wash pro­gramme. The stain remover is added during
the stain action phase.

Compartment for powder or liquid deter­gent used for main wash. If using liquid de­tergent pour it just before starting the pro­gramme.

Compartment for liquid additives (fabric
softener, starch).
Follow the product manufacturer’s recom­mendations on quantities to use and do not
exceed the «MAX» mark in the detergent
dispenser drawer. Any fabric softener or
starching additives must be poured into the
compartment before starting the wash pro­gramme.

4 Rating Plate
5 Drain pump
6 Adjustable feet

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Control panel

Below is a picture of the control panel. It shows the programme selector dial as well as
the temperature selector dial, the buttons and the pilot lights. These are presented by
relevant numbers on the following pages.

1

PROGRAMME selector dial

2

SPIN selector dial

3

TEMPERATURE button

4

OPTIONS button

Table of Symbols

= Rinse hold = Super Quick

= No spin = Washing

= Cold = Door locked

= Prewash = End

= Economy = Extra rinse

= Cottons = Synthetics

= Easy iron = Delicates

= Wool = Handwash

= Silk = Soak

= Mini 30 = Rinses

= Delicate rinses = Drain

= Spin = Delicate spin

5

EXTRA RINSE button

6

START/PAUSE button

7

DELAY START button

8

Indicator Pilot Lights

Control panel

Programme Selector Dial

It allows you to switch the appliance on/off
and/or to select a programme.

Spin Reduction Dial

By turning the spin speed selector you can
change the spin speed of the selected pro-

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gramme or to select «Rinse hold» or «No
spin»option.

No spin

By selecting this option, all spinning phases
are suppressed and replaced by a drain, so
as not to wrinkle the laundry. Recommended
for extremely delicate fabrics. On some pro­grammes the rinses will be performed with
more water.

Rinse hold

By selecting this function the water of the last
rinse is not emptied out to prevent the fabrics
from creasing. Before opening the door it will
be necessary to empty out the water. To
empty out the water, please read the para­graph «At the end of the programme».

Temperature

This button allows you to increase or de­crease the washing temperature.

Prewash

By selecting this option the machine per­forms a prewash cycle before the main wash
phase. The washing time will be prolonged.
This option is recommended for heavily
soiled laundry.

Economy

Only for cottons and synthetic items lightly or
normally soiled at a temperature of 40°C or
higher. The washing time will be prolonged
and the washing temperature will be re­duced. You can use this option if you want
to wash normally soiled laundry and at the
same time save energy.

Super Quick

Short cycle for lightly soiled items or for laun­dry which needs only freshening up. We rec­ommend you to reduce the fabrics loading.

Extra Rinse

This appliance is designed for saving energy.
If it necessary to rinse the laundry using an

extra quantity of water (extra rinse), select
this option. Some additional rinses will be
performed. This option is recommended for
people who are allergic to detergents, and in
areas where the water is very soft.

Delay Start

The start of the programme can be delayed
by 2, 4 or 8 hours by means of this button.

Start Pause

This button allows you to start or to interrupt
the selected programme.

Indicator pilot lights

After having pressed the button 6 , the pilot
light 8.1 (Washing) illuminates. When the pilot
light 8.1 (Washing) comes on this means that
the machine is operating.
The pilot light 8.2 (Door locked) illuminates
when the programme starts and indicates if
the door can be opened.

- light on: the door cannot be opened;

- light off: the door can be opened;

- light flashing: the door is opening.
When the programme has finished the pilot
light 8.3 (End) comes on.

First use

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

• Remove the polystyrene block and
any material from the drum.

• Pour 2 liters of water into the main
wash compartment of the deter-

gent drawer in order to activate the
ECO valve. Then run a cotton cycle at
the highest temperature without any
laundry in the machine, to remove any

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manufacturing residue from the drum
and tub. Pour 1/2 a measure of de-

Daily use

Load the laundry

Open the door by carefully pulling the door
handle outwards. Place the laundry in the
drum, one item at a time, shaking them out
as much as possible. Close the door.

Measure out the detergent and the fab­ric softener

Pull out the dispenser drawer until it stops.
Measure out the amount of detergent re­quired, pour it into the main wash compart-

ment
if the selected programme/option it requires
(see more details in «Detergent dispenser
drawer»).

or in the appropriate compartment

tergent into the main wash compart­ment and start the machine.

If required, pour fabric softener into the com­partment marked (the amount used must

not exceed the «MAX» mark in the drawer).
Close the drawer gently.

Select the required programme by
turning the programme selector dial (1)

Turn the programme selector dial to the re­quired programme. The washing machine
will automatically select a spin value for the
programme you have chosen. You can
change this value by turning the relevant dial.
The green pilot light of the button 6 starts to
flash.
The selector dial can be turned either clock­wise or counterclockwise. Turn to position
« O » to reset programme/Switching the ma­chine off.

At the end of the programme the selec­tor dial must be turned to position O, to
switch the machine off.

Caution! If you turn the programme

selector dial to another programme
when the machine is working, the red
pilot light of button 6 will blink 3 times to
indicate a wrong selection. The machine
will not perform the new selected
programme.

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Reduce the spin speed or select the
available functions by turning the spin
selector dial (2)

The spin speed dial allows you to select the
spin speed of the selected programme or the
available functions.
The spin speeds indicated on the dial refer to
the cotton programmes.

Spin
speed
selector
position

position
«1400»

position
«900»

position
«700»

position If you select the spin programme and

position If you select the spin programme and

Pro­grammes
with 1400
rpm
maximum
speed al­lowed

1400 900 700

900 700 700

700 700 700

the spin speed dial remains on this
position, the appliance will perform
the spin at the maximum speed .

the spin speed dial remains on this
position, the spin will be performed
by the appliance at 700 rpm .

Pro­grammes
with 900
rpm
maximum
speed al­lowed

Pro­grammes
with 700
rpm
maximum
speed al­lowed

Select the available options by pressing
buttons 4 and 5

Depending on the programme, different
functions can be combined. These must be
selected after choosing the desired pro­gramme and before starting the programme.
When these buttons are pressed, the corre­sponding pilot lights illuminate. When they
are pressed again, the pilot lights go out. If
an incorrect option is selected, the integrated
red pilot light of the button 6 flashes for 3
times.

For the compatibility among the washing
programmes and the options see chap­ter «Washing Programmes».

Select the Delay Start by pressing
button 7

Before you start the programme, if you wish
to delay the start, press the button 7 repeat­edly, to select the desired delay. The relevant
light illuminates.

You must select this option after you have set
the programme and before you start the pro­gramme.
You can cancel or modify the delay time at
any moment, before you press button 6 .
Selecting the delayed start:

1. Select the programme and the required
options.

2. Select the delay start by pressing the but­ton 7 .

3.

Press button 6 :
– the machine starts its hourly count-

down.

– The programme will start after the se-

lected delay has expired.
Cancelling the delayed start after having star­ted the programme:

1. Set the washing machine to PAUSE by

pressing button 6 .

2.

Press button 7 once, the light relevant to
the selected delay goes off

3.

Press button 6 again to start the pro­gramme.

The Delay Start can not be selected with

DRAIN programme.

Important! The selected delay can be

changed only after selecting the washing
programme again.
The door will be locked throughout the delay
time. If you need to open the door, you must
set the machine to PAUSE (by pressing the
button 6 ) and then wait a few minutes. After
you have closed the door, press the button

6 again.

Start the programme by pressing button
6

To start the selected programme, press the
button 6 , the corresponding green pilot light
stops blinking. The appliance starts operat­ing and the only pilot light corresponding to
the running phase stays on.
To interrupt a programme which is running,
press the button 6 : the corresponding green
pilot light starts blinking.
To restart the programme from the point at
which it was interrupted, press the button 6
again . If you have chosen a delayed start,
the machine will begin the countdown.
If an incorrect option is selected, the red pilot
light of the button 6 blinks 3 times.

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Altering an option or a running
programme

It is possible to change some options before
the programme carries them out.
Before you make any change, you must
PAUSE the appliance by pressing the button
6 .
Changing a running programme is possible
only by resetting it. Turn the programme se­lector dial to O and then to the new pro­gramme position. Start the new programme
by pressing the button 6 again. The washing
water in the tub will be not emptied out.

Interrupting a programme

Press the button 6 to interrupt a programme
which is running, the corresponding green
pilot light starts blinking.
Press the button again to restart the pro­gramme.

Cancelling a programme

Turn the selector dial to O to cancel a pro­gramme which is running.
You can select now a new programme.

Opening the door

After the programme has started (or during
the delay time) the door is locked, if you need
to open it, set first the machine to PAUSE by
pressing the button 6 . After a few minutes
the light 8.2 goes out and it is possible to
open the door.
If this light remains lit and the door is locked,
this means that the machine is already heat­ing or that the water level is too high. In any
case, do not try to force the door!
If you cannot open the door but you need to
open it you have to switch the machine off by

turning the selector dial to O . After a few mi­nutes the door can be opened (pay atten-

tion to the water level and tempera­ture!) .

After closing the door, it is necessary to se­lect the programme and options again and to
press button 6 .

At the end of the programme

The machine stops automatically. The pilot
light of button 6 , the pilot lights 8.1 and

8.2 go off. The light 8.3 illuminates.
If a programme or an option that ends with
water left in the tub has been selected, the
pilot light 8.2 remains on and the door is
locked to indicate that the water must be
emptied out before opening the door.
Follow the below instructions to empty out
the water:

1.

Turn the programme selector dial to O .

2. Select the draining or spinning pro-

gramme.

3. Reduce the spin speed if needed, by

turning the relevant dial.

4.

Press button 6 .

At the end of the programme, the light 8.2
goes off to indicate that the door can be now
opened. Turn the programme selector dial to
O to switch the machine off.
Remove the laundry from the drum and care­fully check that the drum is empty. If you do
not intend to carry out another wash, close
the water tap. Leave the door open to pre­vent the formation of mildew and unpleasant
smells.

Helpful hints and tips

Sorting out the laundry

Follow the wash code symbols on each gar­ment label and the manufacturer’s washing
instructions. Sort the laundry as follows:
whites, coloureds, synthetics, delicates,
woollens.

Temperatures

for normally soiled white cot-

95° or 90°

tons and linen (e.g. tea cloths,
towels, tablecloths, sheets...)

60°/50°

40°-30°­Cold

for normally soiled, colour fast
garments (e.g. shirts, night

dresses, pyjamas....) in linen,

cotton or synthetic fibres and
for lightly soiled white cotton
(e.g. underwear)

for delicate items (e.g. net cur­tains), mixed laundry including
synthetic fibres and woollens
bearing the label «pure new
wool, machine washable, non­shrink»