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Washing Machine / User’s Manual
4.4 Maintenance and cleaning
Service life of product extends and frequently experienced problems will be reduced if it is cleaned at regular
intervals.
4.4.1 Cleaning the detergent drawer
Clean the detergent drawer at regular intervals (every 4-5 washing cycles) as
shown below in order to prevent accumulation of powder detergent in time.
Lift the rear part of the siphon to remove it as illustrated.
If more than normal amount of water and softener mixture starts to gather in the
softener compartment, the siphon must be cleaned.
1 Press the dotted point on the siphon in the softener compartment and pull towards you until the
compartment is removed from the machine.
2. Wash the detergent drawer and the siphon with plenty of lukewarm water in a washbasin. In order to
prevent the residues to contact your skin, clean it with an appropriate brush by wearing a pair of gloves.
3 Insert the drawer back into its place after cleaning and make sure that it is seated well.
4.4.2 Cleaning the loading door and the drum
For products with drum cleaning programme, please see Operating the product - Programmes.
For products without drum cleaning, follow the below steps to clean the drum:
Select Additional Water or Extra Rinse auxiliary functions. Use a Cottons programme without pre-wash.
Set the temperature to the level recommended on the drum cleaning agent which can be provided
from authorized services. Apply this procedure without any laundry in the product. Before starting the
programme, put 1 pouch of special drum cleaning agent (if the special agent could not be supplied, put max.
100 g of powder anti-limescale) into the main wash detergent compartment (compartment no. „2“). If the anti-
limescale is in tablet form, put only one tablet into the main wash compartment no. „2“. Dry the inside of the
bellow with a clean piece of cloth after the programme has come to an end.
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Repeat Drum Cleaning process in every 2 months.
Use an anti-limescale suitable for the washing machines.
After every washing make sure that no foreign substance is left in the drum.
If the holes on the bellow shown in the figure is blocked, open the holes using a
toothpick.
Foreign metal substances will cause rust stains in the drum. Clean the stains on the
drum surface by using cleaning agents for stainless steel.
Never use steel wool or wire wool. These will damage the painted, chromated and
plastic surfaces.