Before the first drying cycle

1 If the appliance was not transported in an upright position, leave it to stand for 12 hours before connecting it to the electricity supply and us- ing it for the first time, so that the oil can flow back to the compressor. Otherwise the compressor could be damaged.

1.In order to remove any residues which may have been produced during production, wipe the dryer drum with a damp cloth or carry out a brief drying cycle (30 MIN) with damp cloths in the machine.

Sorting and preparing laundry

Sorting laundry

•Sorting by fabric type:

–Cotton/linen for programmes in the COTTON (KATOEN) programme group.

–Mixed fibres and synthetics for programmes in the EASY CARES (MENGWEEFSELS) programme group.

•Sorting by care label. The care labels mean:

n	m	l	k
Drying in	Dry at normal	Dry at	Drying in the
the tumble dryer	Dry at normal	Dry at	tumble dryer
the tumble dryer	temperature	reduced temperature	tumble dryer
possible in principle	temperature	reduced temperature	not possible
possible in principle			not possible

•Do not dry new, coloured textiles together with light-coloured laun- dry items. Textile colours may bleed.

•Do not dry cotton jersey and knitwear with the EXTRA DRY (EX- TRADROOG) programme. Items may shrink!

•Wool and wool-like textiles can be dried using the WOOL (WOL) pro- gramme. Before the drying cycle spin the woollen textiles as well as possible (max. 1200 rpm). Only dry woollen textiles together which are similar or the same with repect to material, colour and weight. Please dry heavy laundry items made of wool separately.

Preparing laundry

•To avoid laundry becoming tangled: close zips, button up duvet cov- ers and tie loose ties or ribbons (e.g. of aprons).

•Empty pockets. Remove metal items (paper clips, safety pins, etc).

•Turn items with double-layered fabrics inside out (e.g. with cotton- lined anoraks, the cotton layer should be outermost). These fabrics will then dry better.