Bosch Appliances WFMC8400UC manual Washing, Indicator light above the Start/Pause button

Washing time is extended.

Only cold water is introduced to the drum. The washing machine then heats the water to the selected wash temperature. By raising the temperature from cold up to the set temperature all components of the detergent are activated in stages for

Indicator light above the •Start/Pause" button

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-

i

Water pressure is too low

Selection of additional options, e.g. •Rinse plus"

You may notice these effects (more or less time) changes the displayed time when they occur in

best stain removal and cleaning results.

the cycle. If no options are selected and these effects do not occur, the time indicated will count down until the end of the cycle.

The indicator light conveys the

Washing

following

information:

- Indicator

light

is

flashing

red:

Program

can

be

started.

Adding

laundry is

possible.

- Indicator light is redlit .

ECO e

Program is running.

Adding

laundry is

not

possible

This option (found only on the 500

because

the door is locked for

Plus Series) reduces the amount of

safety

reasons.

energy used for the washing program

Laundry

may

be

added

after

by reducing the wash temperature and

q

Turn

on

the water

taps.

increasing the

washing time.

This

pressing

theStart/Pause

button.

option is not available for cold

Special

features

programs.

Acoustic

Signal

Auto

Load

adjust

•Auto

Load

adjust" adjusts

the

water

An acoustic signal indicates program

and energy consumption for each

statuses (e.g. start/end of program andprogram and determines the amount of

operating faults.)

laundry and type of fabrics.

This process is built into your machine

To

activate

the signal:

and

occurs

automatically.

q

Select

a

program.

This

control

reduces

water

and

energy q

Turn

the

program

selector to the

Press two of the Option

q

consumption

when

washing

small

desired program.

Buttons(e.g. Bleach and

Rinse

loads.

Plus) until a long signal is emitted.Unbalanced load detection system

To

deactivate

the signal:

The

automatic unbalanced

load

detection system spins the laundry

q

Select

a

program.

several times to ensure even

qPress two of the Option Buttons distribution.

and hold until a short signal is If the wash load is unevenly distributed,

emitted.

it

will not

spin (for

safety

reasons)

or the

final spin speed is reduced.

i

Do not activate/deactivate the

In

the

wool program

the

appliance

will

acoustic signal during a cycle.

attempt

to

start the

spin

cycle only

twice in order to prevent shrinking.

Displayed

Time

characteristics q

Load

the

washing machine and

Due to these and other

of the controls the actual cycle time will

close

the

door.

The Start/Pause indicator light

vary.

flashes

(red).

When a program has been selected,

the expected program duration is

displayed.

The following will effect the displayed

time:

-

Load

size

-

Repeated

spin

attempts

to evenly

distributed

load

-

Additional

rinse

cycles

if

excessive

foam

occurs

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