3. HOW TO DO A WASH ?
Before the first wash in your washing machine, we re- commend that you should do a preliminary wash at 90°C with detergent but without any washing to clean the tub.
3.1. Loading the washing
•Lift the machine cover.
•Open the drum by pressing on the locking button A; the two flaps automatically separate.
•Insert the washing, close the drum and the cover of your washing machine.
3.4. Choice of the spinning speed
The maximum spin speed is de- fined as a function of the type of washing and depending on the selected program.
However, you can reduce the speed or choose the rinse hold*, drain*, or spinning suppression* positions.
3.5. Choice of the required option
A |
Warning : before you close the cover of your washing machine, make sure that the drum door is properly closed:
•the two flaps latched together,
•the locking button A exten- ded.
The various options should be chosen after the programme has been displayed and before pressing the Start/Pause pushbutton.
Press the required pushbutton(s) ; the corresponding lights come on. When you press again, the lights go off. When one of these options is not compatible with the
3.2. Proportioning of detergents
Your washing machine was designed to reduce water and detergent consumption, therefore reduce the do- ses recommended by detergent manufacturers.
Pour the powder detergent dose into the wash com- partment 
and into the prewash compartment 
if you chose the «prewash» option. Pour in the softener into the 
compartment if you wish.
If you are using a different type of detergent, refer to the «detergents and additives» section in the washing gui- de.
3.3.Choice of the required program-
me
The programmes table will tell you which is the appro- priate programme for your washing type (see § 4).
Put the programme selector onto the required program- me ; the lights correspon- ding to the phases making up the programme will light up.
chosen programme, the corresponding light will flash for a few seconds (see programme table).
3.5.1.«Daily wash / Quick wash» pushbut-
ton
This pushbutton allows to choose between two func- tions :
•«Daily wash» function :
This pushbutton allows to realize a washing cycle with not soiled laundry in a reduced time.
•«Quick wash» function :
If you select this function, the wash time is reduced de- pending on which program you chose.
3.5.2. «Prewash» pushbutton
The washing machine does a prewash at 30°C maximum. The prewash finishes with a brief spinning for cotton and synthetic programs, and by a draining for delicates programs.
3.5.3. «Super rinse» pushbutton
This option adds two rinses on Cotton, Synthetics and Delicates programs. It is advised for allergic people to detergent products and in areas with fresh water.
3.5.4. «Delayed start» pushbutton
This option delays start of the programme. Select the number of hours after which you want the programme to begin by pressing on the pushbutton one or several times.
* depending on model
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