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Starting your washing machine
1. Turn on the taps
2. Close the lid
3. Press the Power button
The machine will ‘beep” twice, briefly display a number in
the digital display and then it is ready for you to select the
wash program settings.
Please wait for this to happen before attempting to operate
the machine.
If the displayed settings are what you want to use then
press Start/Pause to start the wash program.
To select a different program or change other settings, read
the following instructions.
NOTE: On powering up the machine, and also after a wash
has finished in preparation for the next wash, the water level
defaults to auto sensing and rinse defaults to Eco. (If your
last wash was a Drip dry / Deep rinse program, then rinse
will stay at deep).
Choosing your own wash program settings
så å3ETTINGSåCANåBEåCHANGEDåATåANYåTIMEåEVENåWHENåAå
wash is in progress or when the machine is paused.
7HENåRUNNINGåTHEREåWILLåBEåAåSHORTåDELAYåOFååSECONDSå
before a change to settings takes effect. This is to allow
you time to complete your desired changes.
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progress of the wash may not continue exactly from
where it was in the program before the change.
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selection you make is unavailable at the time, you will
hear a long ‘error beep’.
Program button
Press the Program button until the light
indicates the program you want to use.
Each press of the Program button changes
the wash program to the next program.
7HENåYOUåCHOOSEåTHEå7OOLåPROGRAMåTHEå
Deep rinse option is automatically selected
for you. You cannot select Eco rinse with
THEå7OOLåWASHåPROGRAM
Water Aid recirculation system active programs
Your machine is programmed with the recirculation system
active in most wash and deep rinse stages of the various
wash programs. The following table shows when the
recirculation is active during wash and deep rinse, for the
DIFFERENTåSETTINGSåOFå7ASHå0ROGRAMåANDå$IRTå,EVEL
Is the recirculation system active?
Dirt Level
Light Medium Heavy
7ASH Deep
Rinse
7ASH Deep
Rinse
7ASH Deep
Rinse
Wash Program
Intensive
No No No No No No
Normal / Heavy
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No
Normal
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No
Yes
7OOL
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No
Yes
Delicate
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No
Yes
NOTE: Eco Rinse
With most programs you have an option of selecting an Eco
Rinse, in which case the Deep Rinse column of the table above
is not relevant. Recirculation is not active during Eco Rinse.
Operating your washing machine
electrolux water aid washing machine operating your washing machine 7
Power button
Wash program
(Program button)
Recommended
dirt level
Recommended
temp. wash water
Using the program
Intensive
*(includes 6 minute soak)
Heavy (OTåORå7ARM Select this program for a heavily soiled cotton wash
load.
Normal/Heavy
Medium (OTåORå7ARM Select this program for a full load of normally soiled
cottons.
Normal
Medium (OTå7ARMåORå#OLD Select this program for an average domestic load of
mixed fabrics.
Wool
Medium or Light 7ARM Select this program for woollen clothes. Only wash
woollens labelled ‘machine washable’.
Delicate
Light 7ARM Select this program for lingerie, lace trimmed and
embroidered items.
* Intensive has a built-in 6 minute soak period at the start of the wash program. Any soak period you have selected will be added to the 6 minutes. (See
information at “Soak option” on page 12)
Wash program guide