PRATICAL HINTS
How to get really good wash results
■Before placing the dishes in the dishwasher, remove any remaining food (bones, shells, pieces of meat or vegetables, coffee grounds, skin of fruit, cigarette ash, tooth picks etc. to avoid blocking the filters, water outlet and washing arm nozzles.
■Try not to rinse the dishes before loading them into the dishwasher.
■If saucepans and oven dishes are encrusted with the remains of burnt or roast food, it is advisable to leave them to soak before washing.
■Place the dishes face downwards.
■Try to place the dishes in such a way that they are not touching one another. If they are loaded properly you will get better results.
■After loading the dishes check that the washing arms can rotate freely.
■Pans and other dishes that have particularly stubborn food particles or remnants of burnt food should be left to soak in water with dishwasher detergent.
■To wash silver properly:
a)rinse the silver immediately after use, especially if it has been used for mayonnaise, eggs, fish etc.;
b)do not sprinkle detergent onto it;
c)keep it separate from other metals.
How to make savings
■If you want the dishwasher to give a complete wash, place the dishes in the dishwasher at the end of each meal and if necessary turn on the COLD RINSE cycle to soften the food remains and remove bigger particles of food from the new load of dishes.
When the dishwasher is full start the complete wash cycle programme.
■If the dishes are not very dirty or if the baskets are not very full select an ECONOMY programme, following the instructions in the program list.
What not to wash
■It should be remembered that not all dishes are suitable for washing in a dishwasher.We advise against using the dishwasher to wash items in thermoplastic, cutlery with wooden or plastic handles, saucepans with wooden handles, items in aluminium, crystal, leaded glass unless otherwise stated.
■Certain decorations may fade. It is therefore a good idea before loading the whole batch to wash just one of the items first so as to be sure that others like it will not fade.
■It is a good idea not to put silver cutlery with
IMPORTANT
When buying new crockery or cutlery always make sure that they are suitable for washing in a dishwasher.
Useful hints
■In order to avoid any dripping from the top rack, remove the lower rack first.
■If the dishes are to be left in the machine for some time, leave the door ajar, to let some air circulate and to improve the drying performance.
CLEANING AND
MAINTENANCE
■To clean the dishwasher outside, do not use solvents (degreasing action) neither abrasives, but only a cloth soaked with water.
■The dishwasher does not require special maintenance, because the tank is
■Regularly wipe the door gasket with a damp cloth to remove any food remains or rinse aid.
■It is advisable to remove limestone deposits or dirt periodically, by doing an empty wash; pour a glass of vinegar on the bottom of the tank and select the light wash.
■If, in spite of the routine cleaning of the filters, you notice that the dishes or pans are not properly washed or rinsed, check that all the spray heads on the rotor arms (fig. A “5”) are clear.
If they are blocked, clean them in the following way:
1.to remove the upper rotor arm, turn it until it lines up with the stop marked by the arrow (fig. 1). Push it upwards (fig. 1b) and, keeping it pushed in, unscrew it in a clockwise direction
(to reassemble it repeat the same operation, but turn it anticlockwise). The lower rotor arm can be removed simply by pulling it upwards (fig. 2);
2.wash the rotor arms under a jet of water to clear any blockage in the spray heads;
3.when you have finished, refit the rotor arms in the same position, remembering to
■Both the door lining and the tank lining are in stainless steel; however, should spots caused by oxidation occur, this is probably due to a high level of iron salts presents in the water.
■The spots can be removed with a mild abrasive agent; never use chlorine based materials, steel wool, etc.
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WHEN CYCLE IS FINISHED
After every wash it is essential to turn off water supply and to switch off the machine by pressing the On/Off button to the off position.
If the machine is not going to be used for some time, it is advisable to follow these rules:
1.do an empty wash with detergent in order to clean the machine of any deposits;
2.pull out the electric plug;
3.turn off the water tap;
4.fill the rinse aid container;
5.Ieave the door ajar;
6.keep the inside of the machine clean;
7.If the machine is left in places where the temperature is below 0°C any water left inside the pipes may freeze. Wait until the temperature rises above zero and then wait for about 24 hours before starting up the dishwasher.
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