AEG-Electrolux WASL3E101 User Manual

user manual

Washing Machine

WA SL3 E 101 - WA SL6 E 101

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Contents

Safety information 2
Product description 4
Control panel 5
Display 6
Personalization 7
First use 7
Daily use 8
Helpful hints and tips 13

Subject to change without notice

Washing programmes 14
Care and cleaning 18
What to do if… 22
Technical data 24
Consumption values 25
Installation 25
Electrical connection 29
Environment concerns 29

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 appliance 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.

• This appliance is provided with a white
drum light. It is class 1, in accordance with
IEC 60825-1:1993 + A1:1997 + A2:2001
standard. Should the appliance drum light
need to be replaced, this must be carried
out by a Service Centre.

• Under no circumstances should you at­tempt to repair the appliance yourself. Re-

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pairs 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.

• 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.

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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.

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

The NEW JET 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 Drum light

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4

5

6

4 Door opening handle
5 Rating plate
6 Drain pump

7 Adjustable feet

Detergent dispenser drawer

Compartment for detergent used for pre-

wash. The prewash detergent is added at

the beginning of the wash programme.

Compartment for powder or liquid deter-

gent used for main wash .

Compartment for liquid additives (fabric

softener, starch).

Compartment for stain remover used for

main wash with STAIN - option .

Control panel

Below is a picture of the control panel. It
shows the programme selector dial as
well as the buttons and the display.

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These are presented by relevant num­bers on the following pages.

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1234567 8

1 Programme selector dial
2

TEMPERATURE button ( TEMP. )

3 SPIN reduction button ( U/MIN. - ES-

SORAGE )

4 OPTION button ( OPTION - OPTIONS )
5

OK button ( OK )

6 TIME SAVING button ( ZEITSPAREN -

TEMPS )

7 START/PAUSE button ( START/PAUSE

- DEPART/PAUSE )

8 DELAY START button ( ZEITVORWAHL

- DEPART DIFFERE )

9 Display

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Symbols on the control panel

= Handwash

Display

9.8

9.9

9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5

9.1 - TEMPERATURE - symbol

9.2 - SPIN SPEED, NIGHT CYCLE

RINSE HOLD

- symbols

9.3 - CHILD SAFETY LOCK

9.4 - TIME SAVING

(DAILY) (SUPER

,

- symbol

QUICK) - symbols

9.5 - DELAY START

9.6 - Option symbols: PREWASH

STAIN

, SENSITIVE , EXTRA RINSE

- symbol
,

9.7 - End of the programme

9.8 - Washing programme duration or delay

- symbols

time

9.9 - Information field (several rows show you
the programme progress)

The display shows the following
information:

Duration of the selected programme

After selecting a programme, the duration of
the washing programme 9.8 and the estima­ted end of cycle 9.7 are displayed in hours
and minutes (for example 1.40).
The duration is calculated automatically on
the basis of the maximum recommended
load for each type of fabric.
After the programme has started, the time
remaining is updated every minute.

9.7

9.6

Programme progress display

After having pressed the button 7 , the dis­play shows the running phase of the washing
program 9.9 . On the display you can see al­so the description of the selected type of fab­ric, an animated bar, that indicates the car­ried out cycle and the remaining one, the du­ration of the washing program and the end
of cycle.

Delay start

If you have selected the button 8 , the rele­vant symbol 9.5 appears on the display.
After having pressed the button 7 , the se­lected delay time value (max 20 hours) ap­pears on the right side of the display with the
corrisponding symbol.
The delay time value decreases every minute
( 9.8 ).

Incorrect option selection

If a wrong option is selected the display says
that it is not selectable.

Alarm codes

In the event of operating problems, some
alarm messages can be displayed, for ex­ample: «Cannot fill water. Please check that
the tap is open and then press STAR/
PAUSE» (see chapter «What to do if...»).

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End of the programme

When the programme has finished the cor­responding message appears on the display.
The button 7 pilot light goes off.
If your laundry is not removed during 10 mi­nutes after the programme is finished, the
backlight of the display switches off and the
energy saving system will be enabled.

Personalization

This appliance is provided with a SET-
TINGS menu that allows you to modify the
factory settings as you want.
When you switch on the machine, by turning
the programme selector dial, press the but­ton 4 to activate the OPTIONS menu. By
pressing again the same button you can
move through all the available options till
when you locate the SETTINGS menu.
Press the button 5 to access in the menu.
Use the button 4 again to scroll all the set­tings and press button 5 to confirm your
choice.

Setting the brightness

The BRIGHTNESS setting allows you to
modify the backlight intensity of the display.
By pressing the button 4 , you can increase
or decrease the brightness.
You can choose between different levels
from 0 to 9 (0 = min. - 9 = max.).
Press button 5 to confirm your choice.

Setting the contrast

The CONTRAST setting allows you to mod­ify the optical characteristic of the display.
By pressing the button 4 you can increase or
decrease the contrast.

Only the button 7 pilot light is blinking to in­dicate that the appliance has to be switched
off.
By pressing any button the appliance will
come out from the energy saving status and
you could set another washing programme
or swich the appliance off.

You can choose between different levels
from 0 to 9 (0 = min. - 9 = max.).
Press button 5 to confirm your choice.

Setting the acoustic signal

The machine is provided with an acoustic
device, which sounds in the following cases:

• at the end of the programme

• in the event of operating problems
If you wish to activate the acoustic device,
press the button 4 in order to select the
BUZZER menu. Press button 5 to confirm
your choice. The line around the correspond­ing symbol starts blinking in order to indicate
that the regulation can be carried out.
Press again the button 4 to activate or de­activate the acoustic signal.
Then press the button 5 to confirm your
choice.

Return to main menu

This setting function allows you to return to
the option menu.
Locate the BACK option by pressing the
button 4 .
Press the button 5 to confirm your choice.

First use

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

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

• Before the first wash, run a cotton cy­cle at the highest temperature without
any laundry in the machine, to remove
any manufacturing residue from the
drum and tub. Pour 1/2 a measure of
detergent into the main wash com­partment and start the machine.

Setting the language

When switching on the appliance for the first
time, by turning the programme selector dial
1 , you must set the language that you prefer.
When the appliance is switched on again all
the messagges in the display will appear in
this language.

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Important! If the display is not showing any

language screen, the appliance has already
been switched on once. In such case, if you
would change the language setting, press at
the same time the buttons 2 and 3 for 6
seconds to activate the menu language.

By pressing the button 4 you can scroll all the
available languages.
The display says to press the button 5 to
confirm the language and then the button 4
to change the selection.
Press the button 5 twice to confirm your
choice.

Setting the time

After the desired language you must set the
time before the first wash. Remember to
change the setting time in accordance with
daylight-savings time or solar time.

Daily use

The appliance is provided with a weight
sensor that permits to measure the
quantity of laundry loaded into the drum
and advises you on the detergent quan­tity to use. Before switching the appli­ance on, make sure that the drum is
empty. If you do not, the washing will
subsequently not be registered properly
by the weight sensor. See chapter
«Weight sensor».

Open the door

Open the door by carefully pulling the door
handle outwards.

Select the required programme by
means of selector dial (1)

The machine is switched on now.
You can choose the right programme for any
type of laundry following the descriptions on
the washing programme tables (see «Wash­ing Programmes»).
Turn the programme selector dial to the re­quired programme. The programme selector
determines the type of washing cycle (e.g.
water level, drum movement, number of rin­ses) and the washing temperature according
to the type of laundry.
The pilot light of the button 7 starts blinking
and the display shows the programme name
and the duration of the selected programme.
The selector dial can be turned either clock­wise or anticlockwise.

The CLOCK setting permits you to modify/
set up the current time. It is important to keep
it updated as the current END Cycle Time
depends on it.
To set the time press repeatedly the button
4 to select the settings menu (SETTINGS)
and confirm your choice by pressing button
5 .
With a single and short pressing of the button
4 , the hours can be adjusted.
Press the button 5 to confirm it. Repeat the
previous operation for setting the minutes.

Important! If the appliance has already been
switched on once, refer to the beginning of
«Personalization» chapter.

Position

At the end of the programme the selec­tor dial must be turned to position

to switch the machine off.

To change a running programme please refer
to «Altering an option or a running pro­gramme».

Weight sensor

After some seconds you switched the appli­ance on the following indicators appear on
the display if the door is open:

• the maximum load capacity of the selected
programme, (i.e. 8 KG for Cottons; see
«Washing Programmes» for the maximum
load of each programme),

•

the actual loading from 0.0 KG to the max­imum load provided for the selected wash­ing programme. Loads of less than 0.5
KG are not displayed,

• the animated bar that also fills itself with
steps corresponding to 0.5 KG ,

• the detergent quantity recommended for
current load expressed as a percentage.

If too much laundry has been loaded into the
machine, the display will advise you about

to Switching OFF of the machine.

,

Caution! If you turn the programme

selector dial to another programme
when the appliance is working, the
display says to turn programme selector
in the last used position.

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overloading. Remove the exceeding amount
of laundry in such cases.
Press any button or close the door to let the
display show again the information about the
washing programme.

If settings are not undertaken for several
seconds during the programme setting
process, the loading information ap­pears on the display when the door is
open.

The weight and the detergent quantity
displayed for each programme are indi­cative and permit to reduce the deter­gent consumption.

The indicating weight screen won’t appear
any more when the door is closed and after
the button 7 has been pressed to start the
washing programme.

Load the laundry

1.

1.

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

and, if you wish to carry
out the prewash phase, pour the deter­gent into the compartment marked
If you wish to perform the stain function,
pour the stain remover into the compart­ment

marked with an arrow.

2.

.

Place the laundry in the drum, one item
at a time, shaking them out as much as
possible.

2. Close firmly the door. You must hear a
click during closing.

Warning! Do not embed the laundry
between the door and the rubber joint.

Measure out the detergent and the
fabric softener

Your new appliance was designed to reduce
water, energy and detergent consumption.

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 temperature (button 2)

Press this button repeatedly to increase or
decrease the temperature, if you want your
laundry to be washed at a temperature dif-

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ferent from the one proposed by the appli­ance.
The maximum temperatures for each wash­ing programme can be checked in the para­graph «Washing programmes».

The symbol of cold wash corresponds to

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Select the spin speed, Night Cycle or
Rinse Hold option (button 3)

When the required programme has been se­lected, your appliance automatically propo­ses the maximum spin speed provided for
that programme.
Press this button repeatedly to change the
spin speed, if you want your laundry to be
spun at a speed different from the one pro­posed by the appliance.
RINSE HOLD: by selecting this option the
water of the last rinse is not emptied out to
prevent the fabrics from creasing.
NIGHT CYCLE: by selecting this option, the
machine will not drain the water of the last
rinse, so as not to wrinkle the laundry. As all
spinning phases are suppressed, this wash­ing cycle is very noiseless and it can be se­lected at night or in times with a more eco­nomical power rate. On some programmes
the rinses will be performed with more water.

To empty out the water, please read «At
the end of the programme» section in
this chapter.

For the compatibility between options
and washing programmes consult the
chapter «Washing programmes».

Select the desired options by pressing
button 4 and confirm your choice by
pressing button 5

Depending on the programme, different
functions can be combined.

Not all the options are compatible be­tween themselves. The symbols and
messages of the incompatible options
are not displayed.

Anyway, if an option, which is not compatible
with the set washing programme or any other
option, is selected, the display says that is
not selectable.
You must select the options after you have
selected the programme but before pressing
the button 7 . Press the button 4 to activate
the option menu.

To scroll all the available options, press the
button 4 . The corresponding programme
name appears in the relative rectangle to in­dicate that this programme can be selected.
Press the button 4 to activate and the button
5 to confirm your choice. The corresponding
symbol appears on the right side of the dis­play to indicate that this option has been set.
Press the button 4 to deactivate the option.
After selecting the options, wait about 10
seconds until the display gets back to the
default status. The selected options appear
on the display.

For the compatibility between this option
and washing programmes consult the
chapter «Washing programmes».

PREWASH

Select this option if you wish your laundry to
be prewashed at 30°C before the main wash.
The prewash phase ends with a short spin in
programmes for cotton and synthetic fabrics,
whereas in the programmes for delicate fab­rics the water is only drained.
The relevant symbol will appear on the dis­play.
This option is recommended for heavily
soiled laundry.

STAIN

Select this option to treat heavily soiled or
stained laundry with stain remover (extended
main wash with time optimized stain action
phase). The relevant symbol will appear on
the display.
This option is not available with a tempera­ture lower than 40°C.
If you wish to perform a programme with the
stain option, pour stain remover into stain
compartment

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SENSITIVE

By selecting this option the washing intensity
will be reduced. The machine adds one rinse
in the programmes for cottons and synthet­ics. The relevant symbol will appear on the
display.
This option cannot be selected together with
Extra Rinse option.
This option is recommended for non fast col­oured items and for frequently washed items.