Selecting a programme and operating your machine
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Programme should be selected depending on the type of fabric, colour, degree of soiling and permissible water temperature for the load. The following table serves as a guide for making your decision.
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Cottons | Durable clothes | A vigorous wash action | 8 | 8 | 90 | • | • | • | |
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Heavy | Durable clothes | The same wash result as | 8 | 8 | 40 |
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| not suitable for | Cottons 60, however, a lower | 7 | 7 | 40 |
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Allergy | Baby clothes | A longer heating period and | 8 | 8 | 60 |
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| and clothes | an additional rinse cycle | 8 | 8 | 40 |
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| worn by people | provides increased hygiene. | 7 | 7 | 60 |
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Daily | Clothes worn | A quicker wash for a small | 8 | 4 | 40 | • | • | • | |
| for a short time, | number of cotton/synthetic | 7 | 3.5 | 40 | • | • | • | |
| eg sportswear | blended clothes. | 6 | 3 | 40 | • | • | • | |
Synthetics | Less durable | Compared to the Cottons | 8 | 4 | 60 | • | • | • | |
| synthetic | programmes, Synthetics | 8 | 4 | 40 | • | • | • | |
| clothes | cycles use lighter wash | 8 | 4 | 30 | • | • | • | |
| eg shirts, | actions, shorter washing | 7 | 3 | 60 | • | • | • | |
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| 7 | 3 | 40 | • | • | • | |||
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