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• Avoid washing garments full of long
animal hair or poor quality garments
releasing lots of fluff that could block the
drain circuit and therefore requiring the
Service assistance.
• Powder detergents for all types of fabric,
excluding delicate. Prefer powder
detergents containing bleach for whites
and laundry sanitization. At temperature
higher than 60 °C the use of powder
detergent is recommended.
• Liquid detergents, preferably for low
temperature wash programmes (60 °C
max) for all types of fabric, or special ones
for woollens only.
• The choice and quantity of detergent will
depend on: type of fabric (delicates,
woollens, cottons, etc), the colour of
clothes, size of the load, degree of soiling,
wash temperature and hardness of the
water used.
• Follow the instructions that you find on
packaging of the detergents or other
treatments without exceeding the
indicated maximum level (
Alarm Codes and Possible failures
The appliance does not start or it stops during operation. First try to find a solution to the
problem (refer to the tables).
Warning! Deactivate the appliance before carrying out any check.
With some problems, the display shows an alarm code and the
button may flash continuously:
Problem
The appliance does not
fill with water properly.
).
Possible solution
• Make sure that the water tap is open.
• Make sure that the pressure of the water supply is not too low.
For this information, contact your local water authority.
• Make sure that the water tap is not clogged.
• Make sure that the inlet hose has no kinks, damages or bends.
• Make sure that the connection of the water inlet hose is correct.
• Make sure that the filter of the inlet hose and the filter of the
valve are not clogged. Refer to 'Care and cleaning'.
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• Do not mix different types of detergents.
• Use less detergent if washing a small
loads, the laundry is lightly soiled or there
is large amounts of foam during washing.
• When using detergent tabs or pods,
always put them inside the drum, not in
the detergent dispenser.
• Normally soiled laundry may be washed
without prewash in order to save
detergent, water and time (the
environment is protected too!).
• Loading the appliance to the maximum
capacity indicated for each programmes
helps to reduce energy and water
consumption.
• To use the correct quantity of detergent,
refer to the quantity suggested by the
detergent producer and check the water
hardness of you domestic system.
• Set the maximum possible spin speed for
the selected washing programme before
drying your laundry in a tumble dryer.
This will save energy during drying!
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