Samsung WA55H4000SW User Manual

WA55H4000SW

Washing Machine

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contents

SETTING UP YOUR WASHER

MANUAL FUNCTIONS

INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE

TROUBLESHOOTING

6 Description of part 9 How to wash automatically depends on the

laundry

10 Control Panel

12 Manual functions

13 Environment 13 Levelling 13 Connecting the water supply hose 14 Assembling the rat protection panel (option) 15 How to connect the drain hose (option) 16 Adding detergent 16 Adding fabric softener 17 Water supply connector ﬁ lter 17 Cleaning the ﬁ lter 17 Cleaning the pump ﬁ lter (option) 17 Cleaning the detergent compartment

18 Troubleshooting

WASHING MACHINE WON’T WORK?

19 Washing machine won’t work?

SPECIFICATION

21 Speciﬁ cation

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safety instructions

Please note that the following precautions for safety intend to prevent unpredictable danger and damage by helping the proper use in safety.

When using hot water in washing, please make sure that the water should not exceed 50 °C.

• Plastic parts may be deformed or damaged, and an electric shock or a fire may take place.

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

WARNING: To reduce the risk of ﬁ re, electric shock, or injury to persons when using your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:

Do not let children (or pets) play in or on your washing machine. The washing machine door does not open easily from the inside and children may be seriously injured if trapped inside.

This appliance is not to be used by persons (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.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

For use in Europe : This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.

If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent or similarly qualiﬁ ed persons in order to avoid a hazard.

This appliance should be positioned so that the power plug, the water supply taps, and the drain pipes are accessible.

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safety instructions

For appliances with ventilation openings in the base, that a carpet must not obstruct the openings.

The new hose-sets supplied with the appliance are to be used and that old hose-sets should not be reused.

CAUTION: In order to avoid a hazard due to inadvertent resetting of the thermal cut-out, this appliance must not be supplied through an external switching device, such as a timer, or connected to a circuit that is regularly switched on and off by the utility.

WARNING

There might be serious injury or fatal accident when you violate this instruction.

• Do not pull the cord off or touch it with moist hands.

− An electric shock or a ﬁ re may take place.

• Do not bend the power supply cord by force or press it with heavy things.

− An electric shock or a ﬁ re may take place.

• Do not install the washer nearby electric implement or don’t put a candle light or cigarette

light on the washer.

− A ﬁ re may take place.

• During operation, do not put your hands or metal materials under the washer.

− You may be hurt by spinning board beneath the washer.

• Stay away from the washer when the bottom of the washer sinks into the water.

− There might be an electric shock. Please wait until the water drains out completely.

• Do not put laundry stained with gasoline, benzene, or alcohol in the washer, and keep the

materials away from the washer.

− An explosion or a ﬁ re may take place.

• During spinning, don’t put your hand in the spinning tub.

− It may hurt your hands. If it does not stop within 15 seconds after you open the lid, call service agent immediately.

• This appliance has to be connected to the plug endurable to proper power consumption.

• This appliance has to be positioned so that the plug is accessible after installation.

• No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer any servicing to qualified service personnel.

− Otherwise this may cause a mechanical error, electric shock, ﬁ re or physical damage.

− The product warranty does not cover problems resulting from disassembling the product.

• Do not use this product for business purposes.

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CAUTIONS

There might be a slight injury or damage when you violate this instruction.

• Don’t install it in the area with moisture or outdoor where it has rain or snow.

− An electric shock or a ﬁ re may take place.

• Please unplug the power supply cord when you do not use it.

− An electric shock or a ﬁ re may take place.

• If there is dust or water on the power supply plug and its connected part, please remove it completely.

− An electric shock or a ﬁ re may take place.

• Do not make your kids look into the inside of the washer.

− If your kid falls into the washer, his life could be in danger.

• Ventilate immediately without touching the power plug if gas is leaking.

− An electric shock or a ﬁ re may take place if it catches ﬂ ame.

• If the washer makes strange noise, smell or smoke, unplug it promptly and call service agent.

− An electric shock or a ﬁ re may take place.

• When cleaning, don’t spray water to the parts of the washer directly.

− It may make its life span shorten. Also an electric shock or ﬁ re may take place.

• Do not use the strong acid cleaning agent.

• Don’t use several appliances together with an outlet.

− A ﬁ re may take place due to unusual heat.

• Don’t press the button with an awl or pin.

− An electric shock or a ﬁ re may take place.

• If the damage is found on the current cord in use, it should be replaced by manufacturer, service center or authorized person in order to avoid the risk.

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Connect the grounding wire to the shell plate, and bury it under at least 25cm of earth:alternatively, connect the ground wire to the appropriate pin on a properly grounded power receptacle. Never connect the wire to a telephone line, lightning rod, or gas pipe.

• The product you have purchased is designed for domestic use only. The use for business purposes qualifies as product misuse. In this case, the product will not be covered by the standard warranty provided by Samsung and no responsibility can be attributed to Samsung for malfunctions or damages resulting from such misuse.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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setting up your washer

DESCRIPTION OF PART

The User’s Manual is for common use. Make use of the User’s Manual depending upon your washing machine model.

Be sure to keep the lid closed

during washing and spinning.

Detergent box

Filter

Lint will be

collected in the

ﬁ lter during

washing.

Front control

panel

Lid

Water supply hose (Cold)

Water supply hose (Hot)

Spin basket

Power cord

Water drain hose

Adjustable legs

Adjust the length

of the legs when

installing the washer.

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CHECKING BEFORE WASHING AND CARING FOR GARMENTS

Must follow the checkpoints in order to avoid machine problems or damages on garments.

• If the below problems are caused by customer’s faults, separate service fee will be charged.

Checkpoints Before Starting Washing

Check if the clothes are bleaching or not.

• Add liquid detergent to a white towel and the garment where you can’t notice well. Then, rub together strongly. Check if the color transferred to the towel.

• Be careful for scarves and imported clothes since they are easily discoloring.

• Check for stains or partial dirt.

• If stains are found, use the towel wet with detergents to rub on in a single direction.

• Before washing, the sleeves, collar, dress hem and pockets are pre-treated by brushing with detergents.

The wrinkle-processed clothes made of wool are specially treated by ﬁ xing them with threads before washing. The threads shall be removed after the clothes are dried.

Not washable laundry

Clothes those are easily transformable even by soaking in water.

• Even by soaking in water, neckties, brassieres, jackets, suits and coats can be easily transformed like shrinking and discoloring on the garment surfaces because they are mostly made of rayon, polynosic, cuff and their blend fabrics.

• The wrinkle-processed, embossed, or resin processed products are easy to transform even by soaking in water.

• Easily discoloring products made of cotton and wool, wrinkled silk, leather products, leather accessory, leather ornamented clothes and its accessory.

• Don’t wash those clothes without handling guideline or material indication tag.

About Detergent

• When detergents are not dissolving well, use warm water (about 40°C) to dissolve the detergent.

• Use an appropriate amount.

• Even if excess amount of detergent is used, there is not much difference in washing

CAUTION

result. It may cause damages to the garments because rinsing is not enough.

• The bleaching agent may cause damages to garments since it is strong alkali.

• Do sufﬁ cient rinsing because the powder detergent is easily remained on the garments

causing bad odors.

• If too much detergent is used or cold water is used, it doesn’t dissolve completely and remain on the garments, hose or spin basket, causing contamination on clothes.

• In case of reserved washing, detergents must be put in the detergent box. If the powder detergents are spread on laundry directly, it may cause discoloration.

SETTING UP YOUR WASHER

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