Zanussi TLE 1116 W User Manual

WASHING MACHINE

TLE 1116 W

146 4959 01 - 07/06

INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL

Contents

For the User

Important Safety Information 3
Your New Washing Machine 4
Description of the Appliance 5

Detergent Dispenser 5

The Control Panel 6-8
Operating Sequence 9-11

Before use 9
Load the laundry 9
Measure out the detergent 9
Add the fabric softener 9
Switch the machine on 9
Select the desired programme/fabric 9
Select the temperature 9
Select the spin speed and the rinse
hold option 10
Select the soil level 10
Select the desired options 10
Start the programme 10
How to change a programme during a
cycle 10
How to cancel a programme during a
cycle 10
How to open the lid during the cycle 11
End of programme 11

Washing Hints 12-13
Which detergent ? ... 13
And in which form ? 13

Maintenance and Cleaning 17-18
Descaling 17
After each wash 17
External cleaning 17
Cleaning the detergent dispenser 17
Cleaning the drain filter 17-18
Maintenance wash 18
The dangers of freezing 18

Something Not Working 19-20
Service and Spare Parts 21
Customer Care Department 21
Guarantee Conditions 22

For the Installer

Installation Instructions 23
Technical Specifications 23

Unpacking 24
Positioning 24
Levelling 25
Moving the appliance 25
Water inlet 26
Water drainage 26
Electrical connection 27

Wash Care Symbols 14
Washing programmes 15-16

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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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.

Installation

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

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

All packaging 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.

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.

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

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

Child Safety

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

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

Keep all packaging well away from children.
Keep all detergents in a safe place out of children's

reach.

Use

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Wash small items such as socks, laces, washable
belts etc in a washing bag or pillow case as it is
possible for such items so slip down between the tub
and the inner drum.

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.

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.

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 Zanussi Service
Force Centre. Always insist on genuine Zanussi
spare parts.

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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.

Ecological hints

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

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

A programme without prewash is sufficient for
normally soiled laundry.

In the interest of the environment

Materials marked with the symbol are
recyclable.

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

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.

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

Programme phase indicator lights

Programme
selection
buttons

Skip/Reset button

Start/pause button

Lid

Handle for
opening lid

Detergent Dispenser

1 Detergent compartment for pre-wash .
2 Detergent compartment for main wash
3 Fabric softener
4 Softener overflow

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Lever for castors

Trap door for lint
filter

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4

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The Control Panel

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1 ON/OFF button

Press this button to switch the washing machine
on.
Press the ON/OFF button again to switch the
machine off.

2 MAINS-ON light

This light is connected to the ON/OFF button. It
lights up when you press the button, and goes out
when you press it again.

3 FABRICS button

Press this button repeatedly to select the pro­gramme on the basis of the type of laundry to be
washed. The light relevant to the selected pro­gramme will illuminate. The washing machine will
propose a temperature and automatically select
the maximum spin value provided for the pro­gramme you have chosen. You can change these
values by operating buttons 4 and 5.
You can only select temperatures and spin speeds
that are appropriate for the fabric selected.

Hand wash

When you select this programme, you obtain a
particularly delicate washing, suitable for articles
of clothing whose label indicates that they must be
hand-washed

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4 TEMPERATURE button

Press this button repeatedly to increase or
decrease the temperature, if you want your laundry
to be washed at a temperature different from the
one proposed by the washing machine. The rele­vant light will illuminate.

Maximum temperatures are

- 90°C for cotton,

- 60°C for synthetic fabrics,

- 40°C for delicate fabrics,wool and fabrics to be

hand-wash (HAND WASH programme).

5 SPIN SPEED button

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
washing machine. The relevant light will illuminate.

Maximum speeds are

- for cotton: 1100 rpm;

- for synthetic fabrics, wool and fabrics to be

hand-wash: 900 rpm;

- for delicate fabrics: 700 rpm.

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RINSE HOLD position: when you choose this
option, the machine will not drain the water of the
last rinse which could crease the laundry.

hand-wash. The machine performs 4 rinses instead
of 3.

At the end of the cycle, the light "END" will light to
indicate that the water must be drained. To complete
the cycle, choose one of the following options:

• Draining and spin:

- Choose a type of laundry with the FABRICS
button and then press the SKIP/RESET button
once, so as to cause the SPIN light to illuminate
(you can also choose the spinning speed by
means of button 5), then press the START/
PAUSE button.

• Drain only:

- Choose a type of laundry with the FABRICS
button and then press the SKIP/RESET button
once, so as to cause the DRAIN light to
illuminate, then press the START/PAUSE
button.

6 SOIL LEVEL button

NORMAL

When selecting a programme, the normal option is
proposed by the appliance.

However, by pressing the SOIL LEVEL button
repeatedly, the soil level can be changed (levels
depend on the soiling of the laundry).

HEAVY SOIL

Suitable for very soiled laundry (only for cotton and
synthetic fabrics).

By selecting this option, the washing time is
increased by 10 minutes.

QUICK

Suitable for lightly soiled clothes.
This function cannot be used on the wool and

hand-wash programmes.
The washing time is reduced on the basis of the

type of FABRICS and TEMPERATURE which
have been selected.

8 START/PAUSE button

This button has two functions:

• Start: after you have selected the desired

programme and options, press this button to
start the washing machine. The light above the
button will stop flashing and remain lit.

• Pause: when you press this button again, the

programme in progress is interrupted. The light
above the button will start flashing. To restart
the programme, press the button again.

When you PAUSE the cycle, the DOOR light goes
out, and it becomes possible to open the lid,
provided

• the washing machine is not on the heating

phase;

• the level of the water is not high;

• the drum is not turning.

Important!

You must set the washing machine to PAUSE
before you make any change in the programme in
progress.

9 SKIP/RESET button

This button performs two functions:

- Clears the memory.

- Selects special programmes.

At the end of every programme the RESET button
must be pressed at least once to clear the pro­gramme memory.

Selecting a special programme:

A wash programme must be selected in the normal
way (START button not pressed).

A normal wash cycle consists of the following
phases WASH - RINSE - SPIN and is confirmed
by the illumination of the corresponding LED's.

7 OPTIONS button

Press this button to select the following options:
PREWASH: select this option if you wish your

laundry to be prewashed before the main wash
(not available for wool and hand-wash cycle).

The prewash ends with a short spin at 650 rpm in
programmes for cotton and synthetics fabrics,
whereas in the programme for delicate fabrics the
water is only drained.

EXTRA RINSE: this option can be selected with
all programmes except the wool programme and

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To select RINSE and SPIN, press the SKIP button
once, the WASH LED goes out.

To select SPIN only, press the SKIP button twice.
The WASH and RINSE LED's go out.

After you have started the programme, only the
light relevant to the phase that is currently being
carried out will remain lit.

To select DRAIN, press the SKIP button three
times, the WASH - RINSE - SPIN LED's go out.

If you wish to cancel or advance the running pro­gramme to the required phase, PAUSE the cycle
and then press the SKIP button as previously
described.

10 Programme phase indicator
lights

When you select a programme, the lights relevant
to the phases that form the programme light up.

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Operating Sequence

Before use

Before using your appliance for the first time, we
recommend you to run a 90°C cotton cycle without
any laundry, to remove any manufacture residue
from the drum and tub:

- Pour 1/2 a measure of detergent into the "detergent

dispenser" and start the machine.

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Select the "90°C cottons" programme.

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Press the START/PAUSE button: the wash cy-

cle starts.

1 Load the laundry

A

• Lift the lid.

• Open the drum by pressing the release button
(A). The 2 flaps will open automatically.

• Shake the laundry out loosely and place into the
drum. Close the drum and shut the lid.

Warning: before closing the lid of your appliance,
ensure that the drum door is properly closed:

• The two flaps are fastened.

• Button A is released (in the raised position).

An electronic system allows the drum to be in the
high position when the cycle is finished. This
system allows for easier loading and unloading of
the laundry. If an unbalanced weight alters the
functionning, turn the drum by hand.

2 Measure out the detergent

Measure out the amount of detergent recom­mended by the manufacturer in the main wash
compartment
If you are carrying out a pre-wash, pour the

detergent into the pre-wash compartment

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3 Add fabric softener

If required, pour fabric softener into the
compartment marked
maximum level.

, without exceeding the

4 Switch the machine on

Press the ON/OFF button to switch the machine
on. The light above the button will light up.

5 Select the desired programme/
fabric

Press the FABRICS button repeatedly in order to
select the desired programme/fabric. The relevant
light will light up.

The lights relevant to the phases which form the
programme will light up.

6 Select the temperature

Press the TEMPERATURE button if you wish to
select a temperature value different from the one
proposed by the washing machine.

The relevant light will illuminate.

DO NOT exceed the maximum level.

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