AEG-Electrolux F84980VI User Manual

FAVORIT 84980 VI

Dishwasher

Instruction book

PERFEKT IN FORM UND FUNKTION

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Dear customer,

Please read this User Information carefully and keep it to refer to at a
later date.
Pass it on to any subsequent owner of the appliance.

The following symbols are used in the text:

Safety instructions

Warning! Notes that concern your personal safety.
Attention! Notes that show how to avoid damage to the appliance.

Useful tips and hints

Environmental information

Your dishwasher has the new washing system ”IMPULSE WASHING”.
With this dishwashing system the motor speed and spray pressure
are varied during the wash cycle to achieve better cleaning of the
dishes. It is for this reason that the noise level varies during the
dishwashing cycle.

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CONTENTS

Operating instructions 4

Safety instructions 4
Disposal 6
Economical and ecological dishwashing 6
Description of the appliance 7
The control panel 8
Prior to using for the first time 12

The water softener 12
Filling with dishwasher salt 15
Rinse aid 16

In daily use 18

Loading cutlery and dishes 18
The lower basket 20
The cutlery basket 21
The upper basket 22
Use of detergent 23
Different kinds of detergent 24

Washing programmes 26
Starting a washing programme 27
Maintenance and cleaning 30

Cleaning the filters 30

What to do, when... 33

Service 36

Technical specifications 37

Installation instructions 38

Building-in 38
Levelling 38
Fixing to the adjacent units 38
Water supply connections 39
Water inlet hose with safety valve 40
Water outlet hose connection 41
Electrical connection 42

Hints for test centres 43

Contents

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

Safety instructions

The safety of AEG electrical appliances conforms to accepted rules of
technology and the Appliance Safety Act. We as manufacturers,
however, see ourselves as being obliged to familiarise you with the
following safety instructions.

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 left with
the appliance in order that the new owner can get to know the
functioning of the appliance and the relevant safety information.

This information has been provided in the interest of your safety.
You MUST read it carefully before installing or using the
appliance.

Installation

● Check your dishwasher for any transport damage. Never connect a

damaged machine. If your dishwasher is damaged, you should
contact your supplier.

● For safety reasons it is dangerous to alter the specifications or

attempt to modify this product in any way.

● Any electrical and plumbing work required to install this appliance

should be carried out by a qualified and competent person.

● Care must be taken to ensure that the appliance does not stand on

the electrical supply cable.

● The sides of the dishwasher must never be drilled to prevent

damage to hydraulic components.

Child safety

● This appliance is designed to be operated by adults.

● Children should not be allowed to tamper with the controls or play

with the product.

● Packaging parts may be dangerous for children, who could even be

suffocated! You should therefore keep all packaging well away
from children.

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● The water in your dishwasher is not for drinking. Detergent residues

may still be present in your machine. Keep children well away from
your dishwasher when the door is open.

● Keep all detergents in a safe place out of children’s reach.

Your dishwasher in day-to-day use

● Items that are contaminated by petrol, paint, steel or iron debris,

corrosive, acidic or alkaline chemicals must not be washed in this
dishwasher.

● Under no circumstances should you open the door whilst the

appliance is in operation, especially during the washing phase, hot
water may escape. However, if the door is opened, a safety device
ensures that the machine stops.

● Only use products (detergent, salt and rinse aid) specifically

designed for use in dishwashers.

● Long bladed knives stored in an upright position are a potential

hazard.

● Long and/or sharp items of cutlery such as carving knives must be

positioned horizontally in the upper basket.

● Ensure that the door of the dishwasher is always closed when it is

not being loaded or unloaded. In this way you will avoid anybody
tripping over the open door and hurting themeselves.

● When finishing loading or unloading close the door, as an open

door can be a hazard.

● Do not sit or stand on the open door.

● Isolate the appliance from the power supply and turn off the water

supply after use.

● This product should be serviced by an authorised service engineer,

and only genuine spare parts should be used.

● Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the machine

yourself. Repairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause
injury or serious malfunctioning. Contact your local Service Force
Centre. Always insist on genuine spare parts.

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Disposal

Dispose of the dishwasher packaging material correctly.
All packaging materials can be recycled.

Plastic parts are marked with standard international abbreviations:
>PE< for polyethylene, e.g. sheet wrapping material.

>PS< for polystyrene, e.g. padding material (always CFC-free).
>POM< for polyoxymethylene, e.g. plastic clips.

Cardboard packaging is manufactured from recycled paper and should
be deposited in the waste paper collection for recycling.

As and when you cease to use your dishwasher and withdraw it from
service, your should render it unserviceable before having it disposed of.

Warning! Children at play could lock themselves in your dishwasher or
otherwise endanger their lives. Therefore cut off the power supply
cable and make the door closing device unusable to prevent children
from being trapped inside.

For the disposing of the appliance please take it to a recycling centre
or to your dealer who may, for a small contribution to the costs,
dispose it for you.

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.

Economical and ecological dishwashing

● Ensure that the water softener is correctly adjusted.

● Do not pre-wash under running water.

● Select the wash programme to suit the nature and degree of the

soiling on the dishes.

● Do not use more detergent, special salt and rinse aid than is

recommended in these operating instructions and by the
manufacturer of the respective product.

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Description of the appliance

1. Internal lights

2. Upper basket

3. Water hardness dial

4. Salt container

5. Detergent dispenser

6. Rinse aid dispenser

7. Control panel

8. Rating plate

9. Filters

10. Lower spray arms

11. Upper spray arm

NOTE: this dishwasher has internal

lights that turn on and off when the
opening and closing of the
dishwasher’s door occurs.
In case that these lights have to be
replaced, please contact your local
Service Force Centre.

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Function buttons: in addition to the dishwashing programme

selected and the "delay start", the following functions can also be set
with the help of these buttons:

- water softener setting,

- activation/deactivation of the rinse aid dispenser,

- activation/deactivation of the audible signals,

- cancel of a programme in progress.

Programme selection buttons: allows the selection of the desired

washing programme (see "Washing programmes" chart).

"Delay start" button: this option allows the start of the programme

to be delayed from 1 to 19 hours. The corresponding indicator light
illuminates.

The digital display indicates:

- the level of hardness to which the water softener is set,

- if the audible signals are activated/deactivated,

- if the rinse aid dispenser is activated/deactivated,

- the decreasing countdown of the delay start,

- the approximative remaining time of the running programme,

- fault codes concerning malfunction of the dishwasher.

On/Off button

Programme selection

buttons

Function buttons

Indicator lights

“Delay start”

button

1

2

3

“3 in 1” button

The control panel

Digital display

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Indicator lights: have the following meanings:

"3 in 1" function

This appliance is equipped with the 3 in 1 function, that allows the
use of the "3 in 1" combi detergent tablets.

This function can be selected with all washing programmes.
With the selection of this function the inflow of rinse aid and salt

from each respective supply container is automatically deactivated and
also the indicator lights for salt and rinse aid are deactivated.

Select the 3 in 1 function before the set of a washing programme.
Once selected this option (indicator light illuminated) it will remain

active also for the following washing programmes.
With the use of "3 in 1" function, the cycle durations given in the

"Washing programmes" chart may change.
NOTE: Once the programme is running, the 3 in 1 function can NO

longer be changed. If you want to exclude the 3 in 1 function you
have to cancel the programme setting (see chapter "Starting a washing
programme" - "To cancel a washing programme in progress") and then
deactivate the 3 in 1 function by pressing the "3 in 1" button.
In this case you have to set a washing programme (and eventual
options) again.

Salt refilling indicator light, illuminates when the salt has
run out

Rinse aid refilling indicator light, illuminates when the rinse
aid has run out

3 IN 1

illuminates when the 3 in 1 function is activated.

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NOTE: if the drying results are not satisfactory it is possible to acivate
only the rinse aid dispenser.
The activation/deactivation of the rinse aid dispenser can only be
possible with the 3 in 1 fuction active.

Activation/deactivation of the rinse aid dispenser

(The dishwasher must be switched off)

When the rinse aid dispenser has been activated, the rinse aid
indicator light on the control panel is automatically activated.

1. Press the On/Off button. All programme selection buttons indicator

lights will illuminate (setting mode).
If only one programme selection button indicator light is
illuminated, this means that a washing programme has been set.
The programme must be cancelled: press simultaneously the
function buttons 2 and 3 for about 2 seconds, the indicator light
of the set programme button starts flashing for about 2 seconds.
After about 2 seconds the indicator lights of all the programme
selection buttons will illuminate indicating that the set programme
has been cancelled and that the machine is now in setting mode.

2. Press simultaneously function buttons 2 and 3, until the indicator
lights of the function buttons 1, 2 and 3 start flashing.

3. Press the function button 2, the indicator lights of function
buttons 1 and 3 turn off while the indicator light of the function
button 2 goes on flashing, the digital display indicates the current
setting.

4. To change the setting, press the function button 2 again, the
digital display indicates the new setting.

5. To memorise the operation, switch off the dishwasher by pressing
the On/Off button or wait about 60 seconds after which the
dishwasher will automatically return to setting mode.

Rinse aid dispenser deactivated
Rinse aid dispenser activated

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Audible signals

Audible signals have been introduced to help indicate which
operations the dishwasher is performing:

- Setting of the water softener

- End of programme

- Something not working with the machine

Deactivation/activation of the audible signals

(The dishwasher must be switched off)
Factory setting: audible signals activeted

1. Press the On/Off button. All programme selection buttons indicator
lights will illuminate (setting mode).
If only one programme selection button indicator light is
illuminated, this means that a washing programme has been set.
The programme must be cancelled: press simultaneously the
function buttons 2 and 3 for about 2 seconds, the indicator light
of the set programme button starts flashing for about 2 seconds.
After about 2 seconds the indicator lights of all the programme
selection buttons will illuminate indicating that the set programme
has been cancelled and that the machine is now in setting mode.

2. Press simultaneously function buttons 2 and 3, the indicator lights
of the function buttons 1, 2 and 3 start flashing.

3. Press the function button 3, the indicator lights of function buttons
1 and 2 turn off while the indicator light of the button 3 goes on

flashing, the digital display indicates the current setting.

4. To change the current setting, press again the function button 3,
the digital display will indicate the new setting.

5. To memorise the operation, switch off the dishwasher by pressing
the On/Off button or wait about 60 seconds after which the
dishwasher will automatically return to setting mode.

Audible signals deactivated
Audible signals activated (factory set)

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Prior to using for the first time

Before using your dishwasher for the first time:

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

2. Remove all packaging from inside the appliance

3. Set the water softener

4. Pour 1 litre of water inside the salt container and then fill with

dishwasher salt

5. Fill the rinse aid dispenser.

The water softener

The dishwasher is equipped with a water softener designed to remove
minerals and salts from the water supply, which would have a
detrimental or adverse effect on the operation of the appliance.

The higher the content of these minerals and salts, the harder your
water is.

Water hardness is measured in equivalent scales, German degrees,
French degrees and mmol/l (millimol per litre).

The softener should be adjusted according to the hardness of the water
in your area. Your local Water Authority can advise you on the
hardness of the water in your area.

The water softener must be set in both ways: manually, using the water
hardness dial and electronically, using the function buttons on the
control panel.

Adjusting the water

hardness setting

10

9
8
7
6

10

9
8
7
6

3 3

1

no salt

necessary

1

Manually

Electronically

2

1

Number

of audible

signals

2 2

Water hardness

51 - 70
43 - 50
37 - 42
29 - 36
23 - 28

9,0 - 12,5
7,6 - 8,9
6,5 - 7,5
5,1 - 6,4
4,0 - 5,0

IV

11 - 14 1,9 - 2,5 II

< 4 < 0,7 I

4 - 10 0,7 - 1,8 I/II

19 - 22
15 - 18

3,3 - 3,9
2,6 - 3,2

III

5
4

5
4

Level

indicated in

the digital

display

°dH

(german
degrees)

91 - 125
76 - 90
65 - 75
51 - 64
40 - 50

19 - 25

< 7

7 - 18

33 - 39
26 - 32

°TH

(french degrees)

mmol/l

(millimol per litre,

international unit for

the hardness of water)

Range

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a)Setting manually

1. Open the dishwasher door.

2. Remove the lower basket from the dishwasher.

3. Turn the water hardness dial to

position 1 or 2 (see table).

4. Replace the lower basket.
The dishwasher is factory set at

position 2.

b)Setting electronically

(The dishwasher must be switched off)
NOTE: the electronic setting of the water softener is possible ONLY

with the 3 in 1 function deactivated.
The dishwasher is factory set at level 5.

1. Press the On/Off button. All programme selection buttons indicator
lights will illuminate (setting mode).
If only one programme selection button indicator light is
illuminated, this means that a washing programme has been set.
The programme must be cancelled: press simultaneously the
function buttons 2 and 3 for about 2 seconds, the indicator light
of the set programme button starts flashing for about 2 seconds.
After about 2 seconds the indicator lights of all the programme
selection buttons will illuminate indicating that the set
programme has been cancelled and that the machine is now in
setting mode.

2. Press simultaneously function buttons 2 and 3, until the indicator
lights of the function buttons 1, 2 and 3 start flashing.

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3. Press the function button 1, the indicator lights of function
buttons 2 and 3 turn off while the indicator light of the button 1
goes on flashing, the digital display indicates the current level and
a sequence of intermittent audible signals are heard.
The current level is indicated by the number visible in the display
and the number of intermittent audible signals heard.

Example:

displayed + 5 audible signals = level 5.

4. To change the level, press button 1. Each time the button is pressed
the level changes. (For the selection of the new level see the chart).

Examples:

if the current level is 5, by pressing button 1 once, level 6 is
selected.

if the current level is 10, by pressing button 1 once, level 1 is
selected.

5. To memorise the operation, switch off the dishwasher by pressing
the On/Off button or wait about 60 seconds after which the
dishwasher will automatically return to setting mode.

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