7 Soil level
By depressing this button it is possible to select a programme more or less intensive according to the soil level of your laundry.
The corresponding pilot light comes on.
Intensive
For heavy soiled laundry. The washing phase will be prolonged by about 10 minutes. It can be selected for cotton and synthetic items.
This option cannot be selected with the Economy programmes .
Normal
For normally soiled laundry. The machine is
Quick
For lightly soiled laundry. By selecting this option the washing time is reduced by the following number of minutes:
53 minutes for cotton at 95° C
63 minutes for cotton at 60° C
24 minutes for synthetics
8 minutes for delicates
This option can be selected for cotton, synthetic and delicates but not together with the Economy programmes.
8 BIO button
This function can be selected for cotton and synthetics with a washing temperature of 40 or more degrees.
The machine will maintain a temperature of 40° for about 10 minutes to enable the enzymes contained in the detergent to eliminate the dirt.
To be used for laundry with “stubborn” stains.
9 START/PAUSE button
This button has three functions:
Start - Pause - Draining of water / Spin.
Start
After having selected the required programme, press this button to start the machine; the corresponding pilot light stops flashing.
Pause
To interrupt a programme which is running, depress the Start/Pause button: the corresponding pilot light starts to flash.
To restart the programme from the point at which it was interrupted, press the START/PAUSE button again.
Draining of water/spin
By depressing the Start/Pause button
•The water of programme (Soak) is emptied out
•The water of the last rinse on programmes with RINSE HOLD option is emptied out and the laundry is spun.
10 Programme progress display
By selecting the wash programme, the pilot lights corresponding to the various phases making up the programme come on.
After the machine has started, only the running phase pilot light stays on. When the programme has finished, the END pilot light comes on.
DOOR
PREWASH
WASH
RINSES
DRAIN
SPIN
CLOGGED
FILTER
END
The END pilot light flashes in the event of operating problems.
At the same time one of the following lights starts to flash:
RINSES = the machine does not fill WASH = the machine does not empty PREWASH = the door has not been closed
To eliminate the problem, see paragraph “Something not working”.
If the pilot light CLOGGED FILTER flashes at the end of the programme this means that the drain filter must be cleaned.
The DOOR light indicates if the door can be opened:
•Light on: the machine is functioning, but the door can be opened (see page 8).
•Light off: the door can be opened (at the end of the cycle) or cannot be opened because the machine is functioning.
•Light blinking: the machine is in PAUSE and the door cannot be opened.
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