AEG-Electrolux EWF87210W User Manual

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Washing Machine

EWF 87210 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 10
Care and cleaning 14

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!

What to do if… 18
Technical data 20
Consumption values 21
Installation 21
Electrical connection 24
Environment concerns 24

Subject to change without notice

• Make sure that small pets and children
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.

• Children should be supervised to ensure
that they do not play with the appliance.

• 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.

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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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 PROGRAMME selector dial
2

SPIN selector dial

3 TEMPERATURE button
4 OPTIONS button

TABLE OF SYMBOLS

Programme dial

= Cottons = Synthetics

= Delicates = Silk

= Wool / Handwash = Lingerie

= Soak = Rinse

= Drain = Spin

= Cotton Economy = Easy Iron

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= Curtains = Blanket

Spin dial, push buttons and pilot lights

= Spin = No Spin

= Rinse hold

= Temperature button = Cold

= Options button = Super quick

= Daily = Prewash

= Extra rinse button = Start/Pause button

5 EXTRA RINSE button
6

START/PAUSE button

7 DELAY START button
8 Indicator Pilot Lights

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= End of cycle light = Washing phase light

= Door locked light = Delay Start button

Programme Selector Dial

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

Spin Dial

By turning the spin speed dial you can
change the spin speed of the selected pro­gramme or select the available options.

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».

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.

Daily

By pressing this button the washing dura­tion will be reduced. To be used for lightly
soiled laundry.

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 to save 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 3, 6 or 9 hours by means of this button.

Start Pause

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

Indicator pilot lights

8.1

8.2

8.3

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.

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• Pour 2 litres of water into the main
wash compartment

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 re-

of the deter-

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

move any manufacturing residue
from the drum and tub. Pour 1/2 a
measure of detergent into the main
wash compartment and start the ma­chine.

If required, pour fabric softener into the com­partment marked

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

(the amount used

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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.

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 posi­tion

«800» 800 700

«700» 700 700

«600» 600 600

«500» 500 500

Programmes
with max 800
rpm allowed

If you select the SPIN programme
and the spin speed dial remains
on this position, the spin will be
performed by the appliance at
400 rpm .

Programmes
with max 700
rpm 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 pro-

gramme.

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.

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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.

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

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

attention 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 pro­gramme.

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.

Stand by : once the programme has fin­ished after a few minutes the energy sav­ing system is enabled with the pilot

lights switched on. By pressing any but­ton the appliance will come out of the
energy saving status.