Prima LPR 712 User Manual

WASHING MACHINE

90°

90°Eco

60°Eco

40°Eco

40°

30°

Cold

60°

60°Eco

40°

40°

30°

40°

30°

Cold

Soak 30°

Rinse

Softener

Drain

Spin

Mini

Cottons

Synthetics

Delicates

Hand­wash

30°

Cold

LPR 712

LPR 712

132967680

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

GB

Important Safety Information

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.

These warnings have been provided in the interest of safety. You MUST read them carefully
before installing or using the appliance.

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Installation

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This appliance is heavy. Care should be taken when
moving it.

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It is dangerous to alter the specifications or attempt
to modify this product in any way.

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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 instructions.

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Any plumbing work required to install this appliance
should be carried out by a qualified plumber or
competent person.

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Any electrical work required to install this appliance
should be carried out by a qualified electrician or
competent person.

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Care must be taken to ensure that the appliance does
not stand on the electrical supply cable.

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If the machine is situated on a carpeted floor, please
adjust the feet in order to allow air to circulate freely.

Child Safety

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This appliance is designed to be operated by adults.
Children should not be allowed to tamper with the
controls or play with the product.

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Pets and children have been known to climb into
washing machines. Please check your drum before
use.

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The glass door becomes very hot during the washing
cycle. Keep children away from the vicinity of the
appliance whilst it is in operation.

Keep all packaging well away from children.

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

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reach.

Use

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Always unplug the appliance and turn off the water
supply after use.

Do not overload the appliance. See relevant section
in the instruction book.

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Only wash fabrics which are designed to be machine
washed. If in doubt, consult the care label on the
clothes.

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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. Under wired
bras must NOT be machine washed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Only use the advised quantities of fabric softener.
Damage to the fabric can ensue if you over-fill.
Refer to the manufacturer’s recommendations of
quantities.

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As some duvets and eiderdowns should be washed
in large commercial machines because of their bulk,
please check with the manufacturer of the item
before washing in a domestic machine.

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Leave the porthole door slightly ajar between washes
to preserve the door seal.

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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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Contents

For the User

Important Safety Information
Your New Washing Machine
Description of the Appliance

Detergent dispenser drawer 5
Child safety feature 5

The Control Panel
Programme information
Operating sequence

Load the laundry 9
Measure out the detergent and the fabric softener 9
Switch the machine on 9
Select the required programme 9-10
Select the spin speed or the “rinse hold” option 10
Select the required options 10
Start the programme 10
At the end of the programme 10

Washing Hints

Which detergent?.... 11
And in which form? 11

Wash Care Symbols
Washing Programmes

6-9

9-10

11-12

13

14-15

Maintenance and Cleaning

Descaling 16

2

After each wash 16
Maintenance Wash 16

4

External cleaning 16

5

Cleaning the dispenser drawer 16
Cleaning the drawer recess 16
Cleaning the filter 16-17
The dangers of freezing 17

8

Emergency emptying out 17

Something Not Working
Service and Spare Parts
Guarantee conditions

For the Installer

Installation Instructions
Technical Specifications

Unpacking 22
Positioning 22
Water inlet 22-23
Water drainage 23-24
Levelling 24
Special conditions 24
In the interest of the environment 24
Electrical connection 25
Building-in 26-27

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19-20

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Guide to use the Instruction Book

The following symbols will be found in the text to guide you throughout the instructions:

Safety instructions
Hints and tips
Environmental information

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Your New Washing Machine

Your new washing machine meets all modern requirements for effective treatment of laundry
with low water, energy and detergent consumption.

Even small loads are washed “economically” because the amount of water used is regulated
automatically according to the load and type of fabric.

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Automatic cooling of the wash water to 60°C

before draining, with the 95°C programme. This
reduces thermal shock to fabrics, helping to prevent
creasing.

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The special wool programme with its new delicate
wash system treats your woollens with extreme care.

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The balance control device ensures that the
washing machine remains stable when spinning.

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The ECO valve allows total use of detergent and
reduces water consumption so saving energy.

Ecological hints

To save water and energy and help protect the
environment, we recommend that you follow these
hints:

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Adjust the quantity of detergent according to the
hardness of your water supply, the amount of
laundry and the degree of soiling.

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Select an “economy” programme for lightly soiled
laundry.

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A programme without prewash is sufficient for
normally soiled laundry.

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The machine works more economically if it is fully
loaded.

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With adequate pre-treatment, stains and limited
soiling can be removed; the laundry can then be
washed at a lower temperature.

In the interest of the
environment

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Materials marked with the symbol are
recyclable.

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Check with your local Council or Environmental
Health Office to see if there are facilities in your area
for re-cycling this appliance.

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When the appliance is to be scrapped, cut off the
power supply cable and make the door lock device
unusable to prevent young children from being
trapped inside.

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Help to keep your country tidy - use authorised
disposal sites for your old appliance.

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.

How do we help to protect the environment?
We use recycled paper!

Important

Your machine is fitted with a balance control device, which ensures the machine is stable during the spin.
If the wash load appears not to have been spun sufficiently at the end of the wash cycle, because it is not evenly
distributed in the drum, the balance control device may have operated. It will therefore be necessary to redistribute the
wash load manually and select a spin programme. For more detailed information see the section headed "Something
Not Working".

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Description of the Appliance

1 Detergent dispenser drawer

2 Control panel

3 Door opening handle

4 Filter

5 Adjustable feet

Cottons

90°

90°Eco

Mini

Spin

60°Eco

Drain

40°Eco

Softener

40°

Rinse

Soak 30°

30°

Cold

Cold

60°

Hand-

30°

wash

60°Eco

40°

40°

30°

40°

Synthetics

Cold

30°

Delicates

LPR 712

Detergent dispenser drawer

Prewash

Main wash

Fabric softener

Child safety feature

This machine incorporates a special child safety feature
to prevent small children from being trapped inside the
machine.
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 anti-clockwise until
the groove is vertical.

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The Control Panel

1 23

45 9678 10 11

Quick

Prewash

Extra
Rinse

Easy
Iron

Start/
Pause

On/Off

Spin

1200

900

700

500

90°

90°Eco

60°Eco

40°Eco

40°

30°

Cold

60°

60°Eco

40°

40°

30°

40°

30°

Cold

Soak 30°

Rinse

Softener

Drain

Spin

Mini

Cottons

Synthetics

Delicates

Hand-

wash

30°

Cold

LPR 712

1Detergent dispenser drawer

2 Mains-on light

This light comes on when the “On/Off” button is
pressed, and goes out when it is pressed again.

3 “On/Off” button

Press this button to switch the machine on. Press it
again to switch the machine off.

Programme Option buttons

Depending on the programme, different functions can
be combined. These must be selected after choosing the
desired programme and before pressing the
“Start/Pause” button.
When these buttons are pressed, the corresponding pilot
lights come on. When they are pressed again, the pilot
lights go out.
If an incorrect option is selected, the corresponding
pilot light flashes for a few seconds.

4 Spin” button

Press this button to reduce the maximum speed of the
final speed proposed by the machine for the selected
programme or to select position “Rinse Hold” .
The light corresponding to the selected option
illuminates.

The following speeds are available for the different
fabrics:

• Cottons, linen: 500/700/900 max 1200 r.p.m.

• Synthetics and Handwash (wool):
500/700 max 900 r.p.m.

• Delicates and Mini:
500 max 700 r.p.m.

Rinse Hol

When Rinse Hold option is selected, the last rinse
water is not emptied out, to prevent the fabrics from
creasing. When the programme has finished, the door is
locked, the light of the “Start/Pause” button goes off,
the pilot lights “End” and “Rinse Hold” in the
programme progress display are alight to indicate that
the water must be emptied out.

There are two methods of draining the water from the
machine.

Method 1: Drain the water only, no spin:

• Turn selector dial to "o" position.

• Select the programme

The water will be emptied out without spinning.

Method 2: Drain and then spin the laundry:

Drain”.

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• Turn selector dial to “o” position.

• Select programme

Spin”.

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• Select the required spin speed (see 4 spin speed

button)

• Press Start/Pause button

The water will empty out and then the laundry will be
spun at the selected spin speed.

Attention! Before selecting programmes “Drain” or
“Spin”, the selector dial has to be positioned on “
(cancelling).

5 “Quick” button

This option can be used for lightly soiled Cotton,
Synthetic or delicate items that have been used or

worn for a short time.
This option is not available with the Handwash
(Wool) programme, the Energy saving programmes
(90° Eco, 60° Eco and 40° Eco) and Mini.

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o”

6 “Prewash “button

10 Programme progress display

The machine performs a prewash cycle at 30°C max.
The prewash cycle ends with a short spin at 650 r.p.m.
in programmes for Cottons and Synthetics, and with
emptying of the water for Delicates.
This option is not available with the Handwash (wool)
programme, Soak 30° and Mini.
For use when washing heavily soiled laundry.

7 “Extra Rinse” button

This option can be selected with all programmes, except
the Handwash (wool) programme, Soak 30° and Mini.
The machine will add 2 rinses for cotton and 1 rinse for
synthetics and delicates.

This option is recommended for people who are allergic
to detergents and in areas where the water is very soft.

8 “Easy Iron” button

Selecting this button the laundry is gently washed and
spun to avoid any creasing. In this way ironing is easier.
Furthermore the machine will perform 6 rinses instead
of 3 for cotton and 4 rinses instead of 3 for synthetics.
This function can be used only for cotton and synthetic
fabrics.

If this option is selected for cotton programmes, the spin
speed automaticaly will reduce to 900 rpm.

If this option is selected for synthetic programmes with
a temperature of 60°C, the machine will perform a
washing cycle at max 40°C.

By selecting the wash programme, the pilot lights
corresponding to the various phases making up the
programme come on.
After the machine has started, only the running phase
light illuminate and stay on. (If you have selected the
“Soak 30°” programme the pilot light “Prewash”
illuminates”). When the programme has finished, the
“End” pilot light comes on and the door can be opened.

Prewash

Wash

Rinse

rinse hold

Drain

Spin

Filter

End

The “End” pilot light flashes in the event of operating
problems.

1 flash = the machine does not fill

2 flashes = the machine does not empty

4 flashes = the door has not been closed

To eliminate the problem, see paragraph “Something not
working”.

If the “Filter” pilot light flashes at the end of the
programme this means that the drain filter must be
cleaned.

11 Programme selector dial

9 “Start/Pause” button

This button has two functions: start - pause

Start

After having selected the required programme, press this
button to start the machine; the corresponding pilot light
stops flashing.

Pause

To interrupt a programme which is running, press the
“Start/Pause” button: the corresponding pilot light
starts to flash.

To restart the programme from the point at which it was
interrupted, press the Start/Pause button again.

The selector is divided into 5 sections:

• Cottons

• Synthetics

• Delicates

• Handwashing (Wool)

• Special programmes

• Reset programme “

90°

Mini

Spin

Drain

Softener

Rinse

Soak 30°

Cold

Hand-

30°

wash

40°

30°

40°

Cold

Delicates

30°

90°Eco

40°

60°Eco

60°Eco

60°

40°Eco

40°

30°

Cold

Synthetics

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Cottons

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The selector dial can be turned either clockwise or
anticlockwise.
Position Eco in cottons and synthetics sectors
corresponds to the ENERGY SAVING programmes and
position «Cold» to “cold wash”.

At the end of the programme the selector dial must
be turned to position “
button must be pressed to switch the machine off.

o” (reset) and the “On/Off”

Functions

Altering an option or a running programme

It is possible to change any option before the
programme carries it out.
Before you make any change, you must pause the
washing machine by pressing the “Start/Pause” button.
Changing a running programme is possible only by
resetting it. Turn the programme selector dial to "
then to the new programme position. The washing water
in the tub will not emptied out .
Start the new programme by pressing the “Start/Pause”
button.

o" and

End of “Soak 30” programme

At the end of the soak time, the machine stops
automatically with water left in the tub. The light of
the “Start/Pause” button goes off and the pilot light
“End” in the programme progress display is alight but
the door is locked to indicate that the water must be
emptied out.
Before starting a new washing phase, it is necessaty to
empty out the water by:

● draining only. Select programme “Drain” and press

Start/Pause button, the water is emptied out without
spinning, or

● draining and spin. Select programme “Spin”.

Reduce the spin speed by means of the relevant
button and then press Start/Pause button. The water
is empty out and the laundry is spun at the selected
spin speed.

At the end of the cycle, the light “End” illuminates, the
door can be opened.

Important!
At the end of the «Soak 30°» programme you can select

the washing programme. First, turn the programme
selector dial to “

o” (Reset), then select the programme.

Interrupting a programme

Depress the “Start/Pause” button to interrupt a
programme which is running: the corresponding light
starts to flash.
Depress the same button to restart the programme.

Opening the door after the programme has
started

You can open the door, after having set the washing
machine to PAUSE, provided the following conditions
exist:

• the washing machine has not heated beyond 55°C;

• the level of the water is not high;

If these requirements are met, when you pause the
washing machine, the door can be opened.

Should it not be possible to open the door, and should it
be absolutely necessary to do so, switch the machine off
by pressing the “On/Off” button.

After approximately 3 minutes, you can open the door.

Pay attention to the level and temperatures of the
water in the washing machine!

When you close the door and press the “On/Off” button
again, the washing machine will resume the programme
from the point where it had been interrupted.

Programme information

“Handwash” (wool)

Washing programme for machine washable wool as
well as for hand washable woolens and delicate fabrics
with the “hand washing” care symbol.

“Soak 30°”

This is a special programme for heavily soiled laundry.
The machine performs a soak of about 30 minutes at
30°C. At the end of the soak time the machine will stop
automatically with water left in the tub. Pour the
detergent for the soak programme into the compartment
marked .
This programme cannot be used for very delicate
fabrics or Wool.

Before starting a new washing phase, it is necessary to
empty the water by selecting the “Drain” programme.

“Rinses”

With this programme it is possible to rinse and spin
cotton garments which have been washed by hand.
The machine performs 3 rinses, followed by a final spin
at 1200 r.p.m. The spin speed can be reduced by pressing
“Spin” button.

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“Softener”

Hand washed cotton garments can be softened with this
programme. The machine performs 1 rinse, followed by
a final spin at the max. speed, which can be reduced by
pressing “Spin” button.

“Drain”

For emptying out the water of the last rinse in
programmes with the “Rinse Hold” option or at the end
of the Soak 30° programme.
Turn first the programme selector dial to “
select “Drain” programme and press the “Start/Pause”
button.

o”, then

“Spin”

Separate long spin at the maximum speed for hand
washed cotton garments.

“Mini”

This is a complete programme that can be combined

with the following options: “Spin” reduction and
“Rinse Hold”. To be used for laundry which is lightly
soiled or which needs freshening up. Max load: 2 kg.
Washing temperature: 30°C, programme duration: 30
minutes, final spin speed: 700 r.p.m.

o”

“

To reset a programme turn the selector dial to “
Now can a new programme be selected.

Operating Sequence

o”.

Before the first wash, we recommend that you pour 2
litres of water into the main wash compartment of
the detergent drawer in order to activate the ECO valve.
Then run a cotton cycle at 90°C, without any laundry in
the machine, to remove any manufacturing residue from
the drum and tub.
Pour 1/2 a measure of detergent and start the machine.

1. Load the laundry

Open the door by 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.

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If you have selected the prewash option or the soak 30°
programme, pour detergent into the wash compartment
marked .

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.

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3. Switch the machine on

To switch the machine on, press the “on/off” button: the
mains-on light comes on.

On/Off

2. Measure out the detergent
and the fabric softener

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

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