Zanussi ZWF 1441 W, ZWF 1241 W User Manual

WASHING MACHINE

ZWF 1241 W
ZWF 1441 W

900
700
500

Delicates

60°C
50°C

95°C

40°C

Prewash

30°C

Wool

On/Off

Cottons

Synthetics

Temp.

Spin

Skip

Start/
Pause

Rinse Hold

Reset

ZWF 1241 W

Prewash

Wash
Rinse
Rinse Hold
Spin
Drain

Filter
End

1200

Half
Load

40° AA

HYDROSYSTEM 6 kg

1200

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

132984770

GB

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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.

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Always be sure, that there is no water leakage from
hoses and their connections after the installation.

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.

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Keep all packaging well away from children.

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

Use

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

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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. Underwired 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.

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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Contents

For the User

Important Safety Information

2

Your New Washing Machine

4

Description of the Appliance

5

Detergent dispenser drawer 5
Child safety feature 5

The Control Panel

6-8

Turning the acoustic signal off 6

Operating Sequence

9-11

Load the laundry 9
Measure out the detergent 9
Measure out the fabric softener 9
Switch the machine on 9
Select the required programme/fabric 9
Select the temperature 9
Select the spin speed or the Rinse Hold option 10
Select the desired options 10
Start the programme 10
How to change an option or a programme
during its cycle 10
How to cancel a programme during its cycle 10
How to open the door during the cycle of

a programme 11
End of programme 11

Washing Hints

12-13

Which detergent?.... 13

And in which form? 13

Wash Care Symbols

14

Washing Programmes

15

Maintenance and Cleaning

16-17

Descaling 16
After each wash 16
Maintenance Wash 16
External cleaning 16
Cleaning the dispenser drawer 16
Cleaning the drawer recess 16
Cleaning the pump 16-17
Cleaning the water inlet filter 17
The dangers of freezing 17
Emergency emptying out 17

Something Not Working

18-19

Service and Spare Parts

19-20

Guarantee Conditions

20

For the Installer

Installation Instructions

21

Technical Specifications

21

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

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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The possibility of selecting the temperature and all
the options offered by this washing machine gives
you truly “customised” washing.

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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 programme progress display shows the
different washing phases.

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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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Normally soiled laundry may be washed without
prewashing in order to save detergent, water and
time (the environment is protected too!).

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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.

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Measure out detergent according to the water
hardness, the degree of soiling and the quantity of
laundry being washed.

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, it is 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 Drain pump
5 Adjustable feet

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.

ZWF 1241 W

1

1200

HYDROSYSTEM 6 kg

2

ZWF 1241 W

Prewash

Prewash

1200

95°C

Cottons

900

Synthetics

60°C

700

50°C

Delicates

40°C

500

Wool

On/Off

30°C

Rinse Hold

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Wash

Rinse

40° AA

Rinse Hold
Spin

Start/

Half

Skip

Drain

Pause

Load

Filter
End

Reset

3

4

5

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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 light up. 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.

4 “Temp.” 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 light up.
Maximum temperatures are 95°C for cotton, 60°C for
synthetic fabrics, 40°C for delicate fabrics and wool.

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The Control Panel

123456 789

900

700

500

Delicates

60°C

50°C

95°C

40°C

Prewash

30°C

Wool

On/Off

Cottons

Synthetics

Temp.

Spin

Skip

Start/

Pause

Rinse Hold

Reset

ZWF 1241 W

Prewash
Wash

Rinse

Rinse Hold

Spin

Drain

Filter

End

1200

Half
Load

40° AA

5 “Spin” 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 light up.

Maximum speeds are:

• for cotton: 1,400 (ZWF 1441W) or
1,200 rpm (ZWF 1241W) ;

• for synthetic fabrics and wool: 900 rpm;

• for delicate fabrics: 700 rpm.

• “Rinse Hold” position:

when you choose this option, the machine will not drain
the water of the last rinse, so as not to crease the
laundry .
At the end of the cycle, the door is locked, the light of
the “Start/Pause” button goes out, the “End” and
“Rinse Hold” pilot lights illuminate, to indicate that the
water must be drained.

IMPORTANT!

By pressing the “Temp.” and “Spin” buttons
simultaneously for about 3 seconds, the acoustic
signal is deactivated at the end of the cycle, when
selecting the programmes and in case of an incorrect
option selection .
By pressing these 2 buttons again the acoustic signal
is reactivated.

ZWF 1241 W

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To complete the cycle, press “Skip Reset” button once,
all the leds are off, then choose one of the following
options:

• Drain only: press FABRIC button in order to select
the desired programme and press the “Skip Reset”
button until the only led “Drain” illuminates.
Depress “Start/Pause” button

• Drain and Spin: press FABRICbutton in order to
select the desired programme and press the “Skip
Reset” button until the led “Spin” illuminates.
You can change the spin speed by means of “Spin”
button if needed, then depress “Start/Pause” button.

6 OPTIONS button

Press this button to select the following options:

● Prewash: select this option if you wish your laundry

to be prewashed at 30° C before the main wash (not

available for Wool programme).

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

● 40° AA: this option can be selected for cottons and

synthetics lightly or normally soiled with a
temperature of 40°C or higher.
The washing temperature will be reduced and the
washing time will be prolonged in order to achieve an
AA class in energy efficiency and washing
performance.

● Half Load: select this option to reduce water

consumption on the rinse cycle when washing a smaller
load of cottons or linens (maximum load size = 3 kg).
The machine perform 2 rinses instead of 3.

The Prewash, the 40° AA and the Half Load options
cannot be selected together by means of the same
button.

7 “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, it becomes possible to
open the door, provided

• the washing machine is not in 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.

8 “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 once or repeatedly to clear the programme
memory; otherwise, the next time you switch the
washing machine on, the audible warning signals
relevant to the end of the previous cycle will be given.

Selecting a special programme:

A wash programme must be selected in the normal way.
(“Start/Pause” button not pressed)

Start/

Pause

The “Skip” button is then used to cancel or advance the
programme to the required phase.
The “Skip” button can only operate during the selection
of the programmes or when the programme is in pause.

A normal wash cycle consists of the following phases,
Wash - Rinses - Spin and is confirmed by the
illumination of the corresponding LED,s.

To select Rinse & Spin, press the “Skip” button once,
the Wash LED goes out.

To select Spin only, press the “Skip” button twice.
The Wash & Rinse LED,s go out.

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To select Drain only, press the “Skip” button three
times, the Wash - Rinse - Spin LED,s go out.
The Drain LED only remains alight.

9 Programme phase indicator

lights

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

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

At the end of the programme the “End” pilot light
illuminates.

If the light “Filter” lights up at the end of the
programme this means that the drain pump is clogged.

In the event of operating problems “End” light starts to
flash:

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 section “Something not
working”.

Prewash
Wash

Rinse

Rinse Hold

Spin

Drain

Filter

End

Prewash
Wash

Rinse

Rinse Hold

Spin

Drain

Filter

End

Prewash
Wash

Rinse

Rinse Hold

Spin

Drain

Filter

End

Prewash
Wash

Rinse

Rinse Hold

Spin

Drain

Filter

End

Prewash
Wash

Rinse

Rinse Hold

Spin

Drain

Filter

End