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Operating your washing machine

Starting your washing machine

1.Turn on the taps

2.Close the lid

3.Press the Power button

Power button

The machine will ‘beep” twice, briefly display a number in the digital display and then it is ready for you to select the wash program settings.

Please wait for this to happen before attempting to operate the machine.

If the displayed settings are what you want to use then press Start/Pause to start the wash program.

To select a different program or change other settings, read the following instructions.

NOTE: On powering up the machine, and also after a wash has finished in preparation for the next wash, the water level defaults to auto sensing and rinse defaults to Eco. (If your last wash was a Drip dry / Deep rinse program, then rinse will stay at deep).

Choosing your own wash program settings

så 3ETTINGSåCANåBEåCHANGEDåATåANYåTIME åEVENåWHENåAå

wash is in progress or when the machine is paused. 7HENåRUNNINGåTHEREåWILLåBEåAåSHORTåDELAYåOFååSECONDSå

before a change to settings takes effect. This is to allow you time to complete your desired changes.

så )FåYOUåMAKEåAåCHANGEåTOåSETTINGSåDURINGåAåWASH åTHEå progress of the wash may not continue exactly from

where it was in the program before the change.

så 7HENåYOUåTRYåTOåMAKEåAåCHANGEåTOåSETTINGSåANDåTHEå selection you make is unavailable at the time, you will hear a long ‘error beep’.

Program button

Press the Program button until the light indicates the program you want to use. Each press of the Program button changes

the wash program to the next program. 7HENåYOUåCHOOSEåTHEå7OOLåPROGRAM åTHEå

Deep rinse option is automatically selected

for you. You cannot select Eco rinse with THEå7OOLåWASHåPROGRAM

Water Aid recirculation system active programs

Your machine is programmed with the recirculation system active in most wash and deep rinse stages of the various wash programs. The following table shows when the

recirculation is active during wash and deep rinse, for the DIFFERENTåSETTINGSåOFå7ASHå0ROGRAMåANDå$IRTå,EVEL

Is the recirculation system active?

Dirt Level

Light

Medium

Heavy

 

7ASH

Deep

7ASH

Deep

7ASH

Deep

Wash Program

 

Rinse

 

Rinse

 

Rinse

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intensive

No

No

No

No

No

No

Normal / Heavy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Normal

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

7OOL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Delicate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

NOTE: Eco Rinse

With most programs you have an option of selecting an Eco Rinse, in which case the Deep Rinse column of the table above is not relevant. Recirculation is not active during Eco Rinse.

Wash program guide

Wash program

Recommended

Recommended

Using the program

(Program button)

dirt level

temp. wash water

 

Intensive

Heavy

(OTåORå7ARM

Select this program for a heavily soiled cotton wash

*(includes 6 minute soak)

 

 

load.

Normal/Heavy

Medium

(OTåORå7ARM

Select this program for a full load of normally soiled

 

 

 

cottons.

Normal

Medium

(OT å7ARMåORå#OLD

Select this program for an average domestic load of

 

 

 

mixed fabrics.

Wool

Medium or Light

7ARM

Select this program for woollen clothes. Only wash

 

 

 

woollens labelled ‘machine washable’.

Delicate

Light

7ARM

Select this program for lingerie, lace trimmed and

 

 

 

embroidered items.

*Intensive has a built-in 6 minute soak period at the start of the wash program. Any soak period you have selected will be added to the 6 minutes. (See information at “Soak option” on page 12)

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Electrolux EWT806, EWT606 user manual Operating your washing machine