AEG-Electrolux WASL3T200 User Manual

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Washing Machine

WASL 3 T 200

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CONTENTS

Safety information 2
Environment concerns 3
Product description 4
Accessories 4
Control panel 5
Washing programmes 8
Before first use 11
Using the appliance 11
Loading the laundry 11

SAFETY INFORMATION

Before the installation and use, read this
manual carefully:

• For your safety and the safety of your
property

• To help the environment

• For the correct operation of the appli­ance.

Always keep these instructions with the ap­pliance also if you move or give it to a differ­ent person.
The manufacturer is not responsible if an in­correct installation and use causes dam­age.

Children and vulnerable person safety

• Do not let persons, children included,
with reduced physical sensory, reduced
mental functions or lack of experience
and knowledge use the appliance. They
must have supervision or instruction for
the operation of the appliance by a per­son who is responsible for their safety.

• Keep all packaging away from children.
There is the risk of suffocation or injury.

• Keep all detergents away from children.

• Keep children and pets away from the
appliance when the door is open.

• Before you close the appliance door,
make sure that children and pets are not
into the drum.

General safety

• Do not use the appliance for professional
use. The appliance is only for domestic
use.

Using the detergent and additives 12
Setting and starting a programme 12
At the end of programme 13
Helpful hints and tips 14
Care and cleaning 15
Trouble shooter and service 17
Technical information 19
Installation 19

Subject to change without notice

• Do not change the specifications of this
appliance. There is the risk of injury and
damage to the appliance.

• Do not put flammable products or items
that are wet with flammable products in,
near or on the appliance. Risk of explo­sion or fire.

• Obey the safety instructions on the deter­gent packaging to prevent burns to eyes,
mouth and throat.

• Make sure that you remove all metal ob­jects from the laundry. Hard and sharp
material can cause damage to the appli­ance.

• Do not touch the glass of the door while
a programme operates. The glass can be
hot (only for front-loading appliances).

Care and cleaning

• Deactivate the appliance and disconnect
the mains plug from the mains socket.

• Do not use the appliance without the fil­ters. Make sure that the installation of the
filters is correct. An incorrect installation
causes water leakages.

Installation

• The appliance is heavy, be careful when
you move it.

• Do not transport your appliance without
the transit bolts, you can damage internal
components and cause leakages or mal­functions.

• Do not install and connect a damaged
appliance.

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• Make sure to remove all packaging and
transport bolts.

• Make sure that the mains plug is discon­nected from the mains socket during in­stallation.

• Only a qualified person must do the elec­trical installation, the plumbing and the in­stallation of the appliance. This to prevent
the risks of structural damage or injury.

•Do not install or use the appliance where
the temperature is less than 0 °C.

• When you install the appliance on a car­pet floor, make sure that there is air cir­culation between the appliance and the
carpet. Adjust the feet to have the neces­sary space between the appliance and
the carpet.

Water connection

• Do not connect the appliance with old
hoses already used. Only use new hoses.

• Make sure not to cause damage to the
water hoses.

• Do not connect the appliance to new
pipes or pipes not used for a long time.
Let the water flow for some minutes, then
connect the inlet hose.

• The first time you use the appliance,
make sure that the water hoses and the
couplings do not have leakages.

Electrical connection

• Make sure that the appliance is earthed.

• Make sure that the electrical information
on the rating plate agrees with the power
supply.

• Always use a correctly installed shock­proof socket.

• Do not use multiple plugs and extension
cables. There is a risk of fire.

• Do not replace or change the mains ca­ble. Contact the service centre.

• Make sure not to cause damage to the
mains plug and cable.

• Connect the mains plug to the mains
socket only at the end of the installation.
Make sure that there is access to the
mains plug after the installation.

• Do not pull the mains cable to disconnect
the appliance. Always pull the mains
plug.

Discard the appliance

1. Disconnect the mains plug from the

mains socket.

2. Cut off the mains cable and discard it.

3. Discard the door catch. This prevents

children or pets to be closed in the ap­pliance. There is a risk of suffocation
(only for front-loading appliances).

ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS

The symbol on the product or on its
packaging indicates that this product may
not be treated as household waste. Instead
it should be taken to the appropriate
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 council, your household
waste disposal service or the shop where
you purchased the product.

Packaging materials

Recycle the materials with the symbol

.

Put the packaging in applicable containers
to recycle it.

Ecological hints

To help the environment, use less water
and energy, obey these instructions:

• Set a programme without the prewash
phase to wash laundry with normal soil.

• Always start a washing programme with
the maximum load of laundry.

• If necessary, use a stain remover when
you set a programme with a low temper­ature.

• To use the correct quantity of the deter­gent, check the water hardness of your
domestic system

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

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2

1 Control panel
2 Lid
3 Lid button
4 Filter access door
5 Lever to move the appliance
6 Adjustable feet

ACCESSORIES

1 2 3

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7

3

10

4

5

6

11

12

7 Rating plate
8 Mains cable

9 Water inlet valve
10 Water drain hose
11 Transit bolts
12 Feet for the appliance level

1 Plastic cap

To close the hole on the rear side of
the cabinet, after the removal of the
transit bolt.

2 Plastic hose guide

To connect the drain hose on the edge
of a sink.

Anti-flood inlet hose

3

To prevent possible leakage.

CONTROL PANEL

1 2 3

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1 On/Off button
2 Programme knob
3 Display
4 Start/Pause button
5 Delay start button

AUTO Off button

1

Press this button to activate or deactivate
the appliance. A tune sounds when the ap­pliance is activated.
The AUTO OFF function automatically de­activates the appliance to stop the energy
consumption when:

• You do not use the appliance for 5 mi-

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nutes before you press button

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6 Time saving button

7 Extra rinse button

8 Stain/Prewash button

9 Spin button
10 Temperature button

– Set again the washing programme and

all possible options.

• After 5 minutes from the end of the
washing programme. Refer to 'At the end
of programme'.

Programme knob

Turn this knob to set a programme. The re­lated programme indicator comes on.

– All settings are cancelled.
–

Press button

1

to activate the appli-

ance again.

Display

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C D E F GB

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The display shows:

A

The temperature of the set programme

Cold water

The spin speed of the set programme

B

No Spin symbol

Rinse Hold symbol

1) Only available for Spin/Drain programme.

Prewash phase

Washing phase

Rinses phase

C

Spin phase

The phase symbols

• When a programme is set, all the symbols of the phases related to the programme
come on.

• When the programme starts, only the symbol of the phase in operation flashes.

• When the programme is completed, the symbol of the last phase is on.

D

E

The steam symbol comes on when you set a Steam programme.

The detergent overdosing comes on at the end of the cycle when the ap­pliance detects too much detergent.

You cannot open the appliance door when the symbol is on.
You can open the door only when the symbol goes off.

F

If the programme is completed but the symbol stays on:

• The 'Rinse Hold' function is on.

• There is water in the drum.

G

The delay start symbol comes on when you set the delay start function.

1)

• The programme time
When the programme starts, the programme time decreases with steps
of 1 minute.

•The delay start
When you press the delay start button, the display shows the delay start
time.

H

•Alarm codes
If the appliance has a malfunction, the display shows alarm codes. Refer
to 'Troubleshooting'.

• The display shows this message for some seconds when:

– You set a function that is not applicable for the programme.
– You change the programme while it operates.

• When the programme is completed.

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The child safety lock symbol comes on when this device is activated.

Graphic bars

The empty indicator bar appears only if the related function is available for
the set programme.

The indicator bar fills accordingly to the set functions.

If you make a wrong selection the message Err indicates that the selection is not possible.

The time save symbol comes on when you set one of the programme du­ration:

J

K

L

• Shortened duration

•Extra Quick

The extra rinse symbol comes on when this function is activated.

The value shows the total number of the rinses.

The indicator bar is fully filled when you set to the maximum number of rin­ses.

The Stain symbol comes on when you activate the function.

The Prewash symbol comes on when you activate the function.

The indicator bar is not fully filled when you set only one of the functions.

The indicator bar is fully filled when you set the two functions.

Start/Pause button

Press button

4

4

to start or interrupt a pro-

gramme.

Delay start button

Press button

5

5

to delay the start of a pro-

gramme from 30 minutes to 20 hours.

Time save button

6

Press button 6 to decrease the duration of
the programme.
– Press one time to set 'Shortened dura-

tion' for items with daily soil.

– Press two times to set 'Extra Quick' for

items with light soil.

Some programmes accept only one of
the two functions.

Extra rinse button

Press button

7

7

to add rinsing phases to a
programme.
Use this function for persons allergic to de­tergents and in areas where the water is
soft.

The Stain-Prewash button

Press button

8

to add the stain and/or a

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prewash phase to a programme.
Press the button again and again to acti­vate one or two options. The related sym­bol and the indicator bar comes on in the
display.

STAIN

• Use this function for laundry with hard

stains to remove.
When you set this function, put the stain

remover into compartment

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function increases the programme dura­tion.

This function is not available with a
temperature lower than 40° C.

PREWASH

• Use this function to add a prewash
phase before the washing phase. We
recommend that you use this function
when you have laundry with a high level
of soil.

The set of this function increases the
programme duration.

Spin button

9

Press this button to:

• Decrease the maximum speed of the
spin phase of the programme.

The display shows only the spin
speeds available with the set pro­gramme.

• Deactivate the spin phase.

• Activate the 'Rinse Hold' function. Set
this function to prevent fabric creases.
The appliance does not drain the water
when the programme is completed.

Temperature button

Press button

10

perature. When the display shows

10

to change the default tem-

- -,

the appliance does not heat the water.

Acoustic signals function

You can hear the acoustic signals when:

• You activate the appliance.

• You deactivate the appliance.

•You press the buttons.

• The programme is completed.

• The appliance has a malfunction.
To deactivate/activate the acoustic sig-

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nals, press button

and button 8 at the

same time for 6 seconds.

If you deactivate the acoustic signals,
they continue operate only when you
press the buttons and when a malfunc­tion occurs.

Child lock function

This function prevents children to play with
the control panel.

•

To activate the function, press button

9

and button 10 at the same time until the
display shows the symbol

.

• To deactivate the function, press button

9

and button 10 at the same time until

the symbol

goes off.

You can activate the function:

• Before you press the Start/Pause button

4

: the appliance cannot start.

• After you press the Start/Pause button

4

, all the buttons and the programme

knob are deactivated.

Permanent extra rinse function

With this function you can keep the extra
rinse function permanently on when you set
a new programme.

•

To activate the function press button
and button 6 at the same time until the

display shows the symbol

.

• To deactivate the function press button

5

and button 6 at the same time until

the symbol

goes off.

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WASHING PROGRAMMES

Programme

Temperature

Cottons
(Koch/Bunt /
Blanc/Couleurs)
95° - Cold

Extra Silent
(Extra Leise /
Extra Silence)
95° - Cold

White and coloured cotton with heavy
level of soil.
max. load 6 kg

White and coloured cotton with normal
level of soil.
max. load 6 kg

Type of load

Max. weight of load

Cycle de-

scription

Wash
Rinses
Long spin

Wash
Rinses
Stop with
water in the
drum

Functions

SPIN REDUCTION
RINSE HOLD

PREWASH
EXTRA RINSE

TIME SAVE

PREWASH1)/STAIN
EXTRA RINSE

TIME SAVE

1)

/STAIN

3)

3)

2)

2)