Description of the appliance

Position at 40°C = Easy to iron.

In this position the laundry is gently washed and spun to avoid any creasing. In this way ironing is easier.

Position

= cold wash

START/PAUSE button

This button has three functions:

a)Start

After having selected the required programme, press this button to start the machine. If you have selected the DELAY START option , the machine starts its hourly countdown.

b)Pause

To interrupt a programme which is running, press the START/PAUSE button: the information on the display starts to flash.

To restart the programme from the point at which it was interrupted, press the START/PAUSE button again.

c)Empty out water

At the end of a programme which ends with water in the drum (RINSE

HOLD option), press the START/PAUSE button to empty out the water: the machine will empty and spin.

DELAY START button

The wash programme can be delayed from 1 hour up to a maximum of 19 hours.

The button must be pressed after selecting the programme and before pressing the START/PAUSE button.

The figures indicating the delay appear for about 5 seconds in the dis- play. The duration of the selected wash programme is then displayed. After depressing the START/PAUSE button, the machine starts its hourly countdown.

To alter or cancel the preset delay, press the START/PAUSE button, then press the DELAY START button until the required time is displayed or, if you wish to cancel the delay, until the symbol 0 h is displayed.

Then press the START/PAUSE button again.

When the delay is cancelled, the display shows the duration of the wash programme previously selected.

Description of the appliance

DRYING TIME button

If you wish to carry out a timed programme instead of an electronic pro- gramme push the button until the drying time you want appears in the display according to the fabrics (cotton or synthetics) you have to dry.

For COTTON you can select a drying time from 10 minutes to 130 minutes. For SYNTHETICS you can select a time from 10 minutes to 100 minutes.

Programme Option buttons

Depending on the programme, different functions can be combined. These must be selected after choosing the desired programme and before depressing the START/PAUSE button.

When these buttons are pressed, the corresponding pilot lights come on. When they are pressed again, the pilot lights go out.

STAIN

To treat heavily soiled or stained laundry with stain remover (extended main wash with time optimised stain action phase, not selectable for wool or pro- grammes with temperatures lower than 40°C).

This function cannot be used with QUICK , SOAK and PREWASH .

QUICK

By pressing this button the washing time is reduced. For use when washing lightly soiled laundry.

This option is not available with the wool and economy programme and cannot be used with STAIN .

SOAK

The machine performs a soak of about 30 minutes at 30°C. By pressing

the DELAY START button the soak time can be prolonged up to 10 hours max. After this time the wash cycle will automatically start.

This function cannot be used with WOOL, PREWASH or STAIN programme.

The soak programme ends with a short spin in programmes for Cotton and Synthetics, and with emptying of the water without spinning for Delicates.

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AEG 12700 manual START/PAUSE button, Delay Start button, Drying Time button, Programme Option buttons