GB

Water hardness

 

 

 

Hardness level

French degree fH

German degree dH

 

 

 

 

 

Soft

Up to 15°

Up to 8°

 

Moderately hard

15° - 25°

8° - 14°

 

 

 

 

 

Hard

25° - 40°

14° - 22°

 

 

 

 

 

Very hard

Over 40°

Over 22°

5.6 DOSING POWDER DETERGENTS

Normally dirty washing

1.Choose a programme without prewash.

2.Pour the total quantity of detergent indicated on the packs into compartment “2” of the detergent tray.

Very dirty washing

1.Choose a programme with prewash.

2.Add ¼ of the recommended quantity of detergent into compartment “1” of the detergent tray and ¾ of the detergent into compartment “2”.

Attention!

If there are no dosage indications for delicate synthetics, add from ½ to 2/3 of the recommended quantity for resistant cottons.

For the wool programme, only use neutral detergents for woollens.

Base your doses according to the detergent manufacturer's recommendations.

5.7 DOSING LIQUID DETERGENTS

1.Pour the recommended dose into the batcher supplied with the liquid detergent and place it inside the drum; otherwise, pour it into compartment “2” of the detergent tray after fitting the relative red insert “A” (see paragraph 5.5).

2.The scale on the red insert will help you to use the right quantity of liquid detergent.

Attention!

Liquid detergents can be used according to the manufacturer's recommended dose only for the main washing cycle, that is, in all programmes without prewash.

When compartment “2” is used for powder detergent, the red insert “A” must be removed.

5.8 SCALE-REMOVERS

Scale-removers can be introduced into compartments “1” and “2” according to the manufacturer's indications. First, add the detergent and then the scale-remover.

5.9 SWITCHING ON THE MACHINE AND SELECTING THE WASHING PROGRAMME

To switch on the machine and select programmes, proceed as follows:

1.Turn the programme knob in either direction.

2.Select the washing temperature, within the sectors marked on the front panel by the following words:

Cotton, coloureds

Wool

Synthetics, delicates

The washer dryer has the following basic washing programmes which, by adjusting the temperature and using the various button functions, allow a wide range of programmes to be set for all requirements.

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Smeg STA161S1, STA161S2 manual Dosing Powder Detergents, Dosing Liquid Detergents, Scale-Removers

STA161S2, STA161S1 specifications

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