Appliance exterior and control panel
•Clean with a soft damp cloth.
•If necessary, a neutral household cleaner can be applied (do not use aggressive or abrasive products).
Appliance interior
•After each washing, leave the lid open for some time to allow the inside of the appliance to dry.
•If you never or seldom wash your laundry at 95°C, we recommend to occasionally run a 95°C programme without laundry, adding a small amount of detergent, to keep the interior of the appliance clean.
Lid seal
•Check the condition of the lid seal periodically and clean it from time to time with a damp cloth.
Water inlet hose(s)
•Check the hose regularly for brittleness and cracks. Replace if necessary.
Filter
•Check and clean the filter regularly, at least 3 or 4 times a year (see “Cleaning the Filter/ Draining Residual Water”).
Do not use flammable fluids for cleaning the appliance.
Recovering an object that falls between the drum and the tub
If an object accidentally falls between the drum and the tub, you can recover it thanks to one of the removable drum blades:
1.Unplug the washing machine.
2.Remove the laundry from the drum.
3.Close the drum flaps and turn the drum a
4.Using a
5.It will fall into the drum.
6.Open the drum: you can recover the object through the hole in the drum.
7.Refit the blade from inside the drum:
Position the plastic tip above the hole on the right side of the drum.
8.Then slide the plastic blade from right to left until it clips.
9.Close the drum flaps again, turn the drum through half a turn and check the positioning of the blade at all its anchorage points.
10.Plug the washing machine in again.
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