Electrolux EWC1350: Before first use

Before first use: Electrolux EWC1350

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gramme or to select «Rinse hold» or «No

= Washing, = Rinses, = Spin,

spin»option.

= Cycle End, = Door Locked

Programme Selector Dial

= Rinse Hold, = No Spin, = Cot-

It allows you to switch the appliance on/off

ton,

= Synthetic, = Delicate, =

and/or to select a programme.

Handwash,

= Wool, 30 ° = Mini 30 ° ,

Table of Symbols

=Drain, =Cold, = ON/OFF

= Delay Start, = Prewash, =

Quick,

= Super Rinse, = Start/Pause

Before first use

Warning!

any residues which may have been left by the

manufacturing process. Pour approx. 100 ml

Ensure that the electrical and water connec-

of detergent straight into the drum and run a

tions comply with the installation instructions.

cotton cycle at 60°C. When the programme

is finished the machine will be ready to use.

Important! Remove any material from the

drum.

Important! We recommend you to run a

wash programme without any load, to clear

Daily use

Load the laundry

Open the door by carefully 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.

If required, pour fabric softener into the small-

er compartment marked

(the amount

used must not exceed the «MAX» mark in the

drawer). Close the drawer gently.

Measure out the detergent and the

fabric softener

Pull out the dispenser drawer until it stops.

Measure out the amount of detergent re-

quired, pour it into the larger compartment

on the left

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from creasing. When the programme has fin-

ished, the lights "End" and "Door locked" are

lit to indicate that the water must be emptied

out (See: " At the end of the programme").

No spin

By selecting this option all the spinning pha-

ses are excluded. To be used for extremely

delicate material. The machine will add some

additional rinses to the cotton and synthetic

programmes.

For the maximum spin speed allowed by

each programme, refer to the chapter

Washing programmes .

Select the Delay Start by pressing

Select the required programme by

button 2

means of the programme selector dial

Before you start the programme, if you wish

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to delay the start, press the button 2 repeat-

Turn the programme selector dial to the re-

edly, to select the desired delay. The corre-

quired programme. The selector can be

sponding pilot light will light up.

turned either clockwise or anticlockwise.

The green light of button 6 starts to flash

On programme progress display the pilot

lights corresponding to all phases compos-

ing the selected programme are lit.

On position

the programme is reset and

the machine is switched OFF.

At the end of the programme the selec-

tor dial must be turned to position

to

switch the machine off.

You must select this option after you have set

Important! If you turn the programme

the programme and before you press button

selector dial to another programme when the

6 .

machine is working, the lights in the

You can cancel or modify the delay time at

programme progress display will start to

any moment, before you press button 6 .

flash to indicate a wrong selection. The

Cancelling the delayed start after having

machine will not perform the new selected

pressed button 6 :

programme.

1. Set the washing machine to PAUSE by

pressing button 6 .

Select the spin speed, Rinse Hold or No

2. Press the button 2 once, the light relevant

spin option (8)

to the selected delay goes off.

Select the spin speed, Rinse Hold option or

3.

Press button 6 again to start the pro-

No Spin option by turning the spin speed se-

gramme.

lector.

The position 1300 (or 1000) is equivalent

Important! The selected delay can be

to 900 rpm for the synthetic and wool pro-

changed only after selecting the washing

grammes and 700 rpm for the delicate

programme again.

wash programme.

The door will be locked throughout the delay

The position 500 is equivalent to 500 rpm

time (door locked light lit).

for the synthetic and wool programmes

The Delay Start can not be selected with

and 450 rpm for the delicate wash pro-

DRAIN or SPIN programme.

gramme.

Rinse hold

By selecting this option the water of the last

rinse is not emptied out to prevent the fabrics

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Select the desired option by means of

Cancelling a programme

buttons 3, 4 and 5

Turn the selector dial to

position to cancel

Depending on the programme, different

a programme which is running. Now you can

functions can be combined. These must be

select a new programme.

selected after choosing the desired pro-

Opening the door after the programme

gramme and before pressing the button 6.

has started

The relevant light will illuminate.

First set the machine to pause by pressing

the button 6 .

After some minutes, the door can be

opened, when the following conditions are

observed:

The water temperature is below 55°C.

The water level is below the bottom edge

of the door.

The machine doesn’t spin.

If you cannot open the door but it is abso-

If an incorrect option is selected, the corre-

lutely necessary to open it you have to switch

sponding indicator lamp flashes for about 2

the machine off by turning the selector dial to

seconds. For the compatibility of the options

. After few minutes the door can be

with the washing programmes, refer to the

opened

chapter «Washing programmes» .

(Pay attention to the water level and

temperature!).

Start the programme by pressing button

After this procedure, it will be necessary to

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set the programme and the options again

To start the selected programme, press this

and then press the button 6 .

button; the corresponding pilot light stops

At the end of the programme

flashing and remains lit.

On programme progress display the pilot

The machine stops automatically.

lights A and E illuminate to indicate that the

The pilot light D illuminates to indicate that

appliance starts operating and the door is

the programme has finished. The pilot light

locked.

E goes out, the door can be opened and the

laundry can be removed.

Altering an option or a running

If at the end of a programme there is water in

programme

the tub (when "Rinse hold" option has been

It is possible to change any option before the

selected), to empty out the water follow

programme carries it out.

the following instructions :

Before you make any change, you must

turn the programme selector dial to

pause the washing machine by pressing the

select the «Drain» or «Spin» programme

button 6 .

•press button 6

The programme can be changed as long as

When the pilot light E goes out, the door can

the button 6 has not been pressed. Changing

be opened and the laundry can be removed.

a running programme is possible only by re-

At the end of the cycle, turn the programme

setting it. Turn the programme selector dial

selector dial to

to switch the machine off.

to

and then to the new programme posi-

Remove the laundry from the drum and care-

tion. Start the new programme by pressing

fully check that the drum is empty. If you do

the button 6 again.

not intend to carry out another wash, close

Interrupting a programme

the water tap.

Leave the door open to prevent the formation

Press the button 6 to interrupt a programme

of mildew and unpleasant smells.

which is running, the corresponding light

starts to flash. Press the button again to re-

start the programme.