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Precautions and tips
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This washer-dryer was designed and constructed in
accordance with international safety regulations. The fol-
lowing information is provided for safety reasons and must
therefore be read carefully.
General safety
•
This appliance was designed for domestic use only.
• This appliance can be used by children aged
from 8 years and above and persons with
reduced physical, sensory or mental capabi-
lities or lack of experience and knowledge if
they have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance in a safe way
and understand the hazards involved. Children
shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and
user maintenance shall not be made by children
without supervision.
– Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.
– Items that have been soiled with substan-
ces such as cooking oil, acetone, alcohol,
petrol, kerosene, spot removers, turpentine,
waxes and wax removers should be washed
in hot water with an extra amount of deter-
gent before being dried in the tumble dryer.
– Items such as foam rubber (latex foam),
shower caps, waterproof textiles, rubber
backed articles and clothes or pillows fitted
with foam rubber pads should not be dried in
the tumble dryer.
– Fabric softeners, or similar products,
should be used as specified by the fabric
softener instructions.
– The final part of a tumble dryer cycle occurs
without heat (cool down cycle) to ensure that
the items are left at a temperature that ensures
that the items will not be damaged.
WARNING: Never stop a tumble dryer before
the end of the drying cycle unless all items
are quickly removed and spread out so that
the heat is dissipated.
•
Do not touch the machine when barefoot or with wet or
damp hands or feet.
•
Do not pull on the power supply cable when unplugging
the appliance from the electricity socket. Hold the plug
and pull.
•
Do not open the detergent dispenser drawer while the
machine is in operation.
•
Do not touch the drained water as it may reach extreme-
ly high temperatures.
•
Never force the porthole door. This could damage the
safety lock mechanism designed to prevent accidental
opening.
•
If the appliance breaks down, do not under any circum-
stances access the internal mechanisms in an attempt
to repair it yourself.
•
Always keep children well away from the appliance while
it is operating.
•
The door can become quite hot during the wash cycle.
•
If the appliance has to be moved, work in a group of two
or three people and handle it with the utmost care. Never
try to do this alone, because the appliance is very heavy.
•
Before loading laundry into the washer-dryer, make sure
the drum is empty.
•
During the drying phase, the door tends to get quite hot.
• Do not use the appliance to dry clothes that
have been washed with flammable solvents
(e.g. trichlorethylene).
• Do not use the appliance to dry foam rubber
or similar elastomers.
•
Make sure that the water tap is turned on during
the drying cycles.
• Children of less than 3 years should be kept
away from the appliance unless continuou-
sly supervised.
• Remove all objects from pockets such as
lighters and matches.
Disposal
• Disposing of the packaging materials: observe local
regulations so that the packaging may be re-used.
• The European Directive 2012/19/EU on Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment, requires that
old household electrical appliances must not be
disposed of in the normal unsorted municipal waste
stream. Old appliances must be collected
separately in order to optimise the recovery and
recycling of the materials they contain and reduce
the impact on human health and the environment.
The crossed out “wheeled bin” symbol on the
product reminds you of your obligation, that when
you dispose of the appliance it must be separately
collected.
Consumers should contact their local authority or
retailer for information concerning the correct
disposal of their old appliance.
Opening the porthole door manually
In the event that it is not possible to open the porthole
door due to a powercut, and if you wish to remove the
laundry, proceed as follows:
1. remove the plug from the electrical socket
.
2. make sure the water level inside the machine is lower
than the door opening; if it is not, remove excess water
using the drain hose, collecting it in a bucket as indicated
in the figure.
3. using a screwdriver, remove the cover panel on the
lower front part of the washer-dryer
(see figure)
.
4. pull outwards using the tab as indicated in the figure,
until the plastic tie-rod is freed from its stop position; pull
downwards and open the door at the same time.
5. reposition the panel, making sure the hooks are securely
in place before you push it onto the appliance.
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