Electrolux LAVAMAT 42230 User Manual

LAVAMAT 42230 ELECTRONIC

The washing machine that is friendly to the environment User's instructions

Dear Customer, Please keep this User’s Instructions with your machine. If you sell or

give your machine to someone else, don’t forget to include the User’s Instructions. It will inform the new user about how to operate it and about necessary precautions.

Safety instructions

1. Step by step description of operations

2. …..

3. ….. Advice and recommendations Information about protection of the environment

This manual is printed on paper that protects the environment.

It is not enough to think about the environment, action is necessary.

CONTENTS

User's instructions .............................................................. 5

Important warnings ........................................................................................... 5

Protection of the environment ....................................................................... 8

Wasching machine description....................................................................... 9

Detergent dispenser.............................................................................................9

Control panel .......................................................................................................10

Consumption and programme duration ................................................... 13

Washing guide ................................................................................................. 14

Products.............................................................................................................. 16

International symbols for care of textiles ................................................ 17

How to do your washing ................................................................................ 18

Programme tables ........................................................................................... 25

Cleaning and maintenance ............................................................................ 27

Troubleshooting ............................................................................................... 29

Installation and connection instructions .....................31

Safety instructions for the installation ..................................................... 31

Washing machine dimensions ..................................................................... 32

Contents

Installing your washing machine ................................................................ 33

Position .............................................................................................................. 35

Leveling and moving the washing machine ............................................ 35

Electrical connection....................................................................................... 36

Water connections ........................................................................................... 37

Technical characteristics ................................................................................ 39

Guarantee conditions and After Sales service .......................................... 39

USER'S INSTRUCTIONS

Important warnings

These warnings were written for your own safety and for the safety of others.

Before using your washing machine for the first time

Respect the “Installation and connection instructions” given below.

Usage

This washing machine was designed for use by adults. Make sure that children do not touch it or play with it.

Unpack your washing machine immediately when you receive it, or ask someone else to unpack it for you. Check its general appearance. If you have any reserves, write them on the delivery form, and keep a copy of it.

Your washing machine is designed for normal domestic use. Do not use it for commercial or industrial purposes or for anything other than the purposes for which it was designed.

Do not modify or attempt to modify the characteristics of this washing machine. This would be dangerous for you.

Always pull out the plug and turn off the water supply tap when you have finished using the washing machine.

Only wash articles that will resist machine washing. Follow the instructions on the label attached to each article.

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

Remember to take out coins, safety pins, broaches, screws, etc. before putting clothes in the washing machine. This type of item can cause serious damage if it is left in the washing.

Do not put articles in the washing machine if you have just cleaned them using a stain remover containing gasoline, alcohol, trichloroethylene, etc. If you use this type of stain remover, wait until the product has evaporated before putting your washing in the drum.

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Put all small items such as socks, belts, etc., together inside a small cloth bag or pillow case, so that they cannot get trapped between the drum and the tank.

Leave the cover and the drum open when you are not using your washing machine, to air the tank and prevent the formation of mould and bad smells.

Always unplug the washing machine before cleaning and servicing it. Use only detergents designed for the washing machine. Follow the

recommendations made by the manufacturer of these products. If the washing machine is installed in a location subject to frost,

completely drain the washing machine and unscrew the tap supply pipe and put it down on the floor.

Elements forming part of the packaging (for example plastic films, pieces of polystyrene) can be dangerous for children. Keep these packaging elements out of reach of children.

Make sure that pets cannot get into the drum of your washing machine. Never use the washing machine 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.

Safety devices

Cover: your washing machine is equipped with a safety device preventing the washing machine cover from closing when the drum doors are open. It is impossible to start it until the doors are closed. An electromechanical safety device prevents you from opening the cover while the washing machine is operating, and for about 2 minutes after the end of the programme.

Washing motor: a temperature safety device protects the motor against risks of mechanical overload, or overvoltage or undervoltage.

Heating: heating will not start until the water quantity necessary for washing has been added into the tank. This safety device is effective mainly when the water supply is cut off or if you forget to open the water supply tap.

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The anti-foam system: water consumption is very low, due to the electronic spin cycle with an intermediate spin after the main wash and three rinse cycles for white and color programs. The spin cycle remains under the control of the foam detection system after the wash cycle has finished. If necessary, the spin cycle will stop until all foam is removed.

The unbalanced weight protection system: this safety system keeps the washing machine stable during intermediate spins or the final spin and therefore detects any bad distribution of your washing (small load or tangled washing). It can then remedy this situation.

The drum self positionning system: this electronic system ensures that the doors are in the upper position when the wash programme finishes. This system allows for easier loading and unloading of the laundry. If an unbalanced weight alters the functionning, turn the drum by hand.

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Protection of the environment

All materials marked with the symbol can be recycled. Place them in a waste collection bin provided for this purpose (ask your local municipal services) so that they can be recovered and recycled. Plastics are identified as follows:

>PE< for polyethylene, for example for the surrounding cover and envelopes containing the documentation; >PS< for expanded polystyrene, for example packing parts practically free of HCFC. Cardboard is made from recycled paper and therefore should be discarded in waste paper collection bins.

We recommend that the following instructions should be followed to save water and energy, and therefore contribute to protecting the environment:

- When possible, use full loads rather than partial loads in your washing machine (however do not overload the drum).

- Only use programs with prewash for very dirty washing.

- Adapt the amount of detergent to the water hardness, to the amount of your washing, and how dirty it is.

If you scrap your old washing machine, make sure that you put everything that could be dangerous out of service; cut the power supply cable flush with the washing machine, and prevent the door latch from closing.

Automatic adjustment of water consumption

This automatic adjustment system adapts the water consumption as a function of the quantity and nature of the washing.

If you have an operating problem, refer to the “TROUBLESHOOTING” section. If you need help after having made all these verifications, you should normally call the After Sales Service of the company which sold you the washing machine. If this is impossible (if you have moved, or if the shop in which you bought your washing machine has closed, etc.), please call the Consumer Advice Service which will then inform you of the address of an After Sales Service.

Washing machine description

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Front view

Lid

Filter access door

Control panel

Detergent dispenser

Adjustable stands

Handle for opening the lid

Lever for lifting the washing machine onto rollers

Powder detergent for programs with pre- wash (compartment 1).

Powder or liquid detergent for the main

wash (compartment 2). Liquid additives (softener, crease remover, starch, etc.)

(compartment 3). Softener overflow.

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Control panel

Spin pushbutton/RINSE HOLD

Additional

programme pusbuttons

Delayed start

pushbutton

Start/Pause

pushbutton

Programmes

procedure

Door control lamp

Programme selector

It is used to select the most suitable programme to the type and soiling of your laundry.

It can be turned to the right or to the left.

Programme

selector

OFF " "

This position of the programme selector switchs off the appliance. Moreover, thanks to this option, you can cancel a programme which has already been selected. Another programme can then be selected.

COTTONS/LINEN " "

Main wash for coloured or white laundry from 30° C to 95° C.

SYNTHETICS " "

Main wash for lightly soiled fabrics from 40° C to 60° C.

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EASY IRONING position " "

Wash at 40° C for mixed clothes. Thanks to this programme, clothes require only light ironing or even no ironing at all.

DELICATES "

Main wash for delicates fabrics at 30° C or 40° C.

WOOL "

Main wash (cold "

" / HANDWASH " "

" or 30° C) for machine washable woollen garments and

also for all other garments carrying the "hand washable" symbol.

RINSE DELICATE

" "

Separate rinse which can, for instance, be used to rinse and spin handwash garments. The appliance performs 3 rinses cycles and a short spin.

DRAIN "

Separate drain of the water after a rinse hold (without spinning).

The effect of the rinse hold function is that the washing is left to soak in the last rinse water, without spinning.

SPINNING "

Drain of the water after a rinse hold and spin or separate spin for handwashed cotton garments.

ENERGY SAVING "E"

By washing normally soiled white clothes at around 60°C, this programme saves water and energy. Furthermore, it increases the wash duration and it can not be combined with the QUICK pushbutton "

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Additional programme pushbuttons

Additional programme pushbuttons enable to adapt the washing programme to the laundry soil level. It is not necessary to use these options so as to wash normally soiled garments. The use of the different options depends on the chosen programme. When these buttons are pressed, the corresponding lights illuminate. When pressed again, the corresponding lights extinguish. When an additional function is not compatible with the selected programme, the corresponding lights does not illuminate.

PREWASH "

Prewash at 30° C before the main wash which starts automatically. The prewash ends by a short spin as far as the white/coloureds, synthetics programmes are concerned and by a drain of the water for the delicate garments. It is not possible to select the prewash option with the wool and handwash programmes.

QUICK "

Shortened wash programme for lightly soiled washing. This function can not be used on the wool and handwash programmes.

Delayed start pushbutton " "

This option delays start of the programme. Select the number of hours after which you want the programme to begin by pressing on the pushbutton repeatly.

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