Hotpoint AQCF 852 BI Clothes Dryer User Manual


 
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The Display
The Display has three sections each with its corresponding button.
Sensor Dry
After selecting a programme that has a Sensor Dry Option, press and release the button until the required
dryness sensing level is displayed. If the sensing option is not available the display will flash and the buzzer
beeps three times.
Some drying programmes are not compatible with all 5 sensor drying levels.
Dryness levels available
Damp: Retains maximum moisture in the garments, which is ideal for difficult to iron fabrics such as linen.
Iron: Retains moisture in your clothes to help make ironing easier.
Hanger: Dries you clothes ready to be hanged for final drying; Use for items that can simply be
hung up to finish drying.
Cupboard: Dries your items to put away.
Ready to wear: Dries clothes so that they are immediately ready to wear.
Timed Dry
After selecting a Programme that has a Timed Dry Option, press the Timed Button to insert a drying
time. The display will reduce the selected time each time you press and release this button (see Start
and Programmes). Each press decreases the set time 180, 160, 120, 90, 60, 30, 20 and then repeats.
If the Timed Dry option is not available the display will flash and the buzzer beeps three times.The
selected time remains displayed after the programme starts and cannot be changed after the Start/
Pause Button , is pressed.
You can either choose a sensor dry level or a drying time.
Delay Start
After selecting a Programme that has a Delay Start Option a delay start time can be selected.
Each press of the Delay start button
advances the delay setting in 1 hour increments from 1h to
24h then OFF and then after five seconds cancels the delay.
For delays of 10 hours or more the display counts down the time in hours until 10 hours, then the display
shows 9:59 and then counts down in minutes. For delays of 9 hours or less the display shows hours and
minutes and then counts down in minutes for all of the delay.
After the Start/Pause Button
is pressed the time cannot be changed.
When the delay period finished the
symbol is off and the Time to End is displayed.
If you have chosen a timed drying the display during programming will show the drying time only in
the timed drying display in the middle. After having pressed start the machine will turn the time
display on and visualize the countdown of the programme time.
Time to End
If the delay icon
is off the time displayed is the Time to End of the programme running.
When timed programmes are selected the time displayed throughout the cycle is the actual time remaining.
When an Automatic programme is selected the time displayed is an estimate of the time remaining.
When the programme is selected the display shows the time required to dry a full load, after around
10 minutes the controller calculates a better estimate of the cycle time.
The time to end is displayed in hours and minutes and counts down each minute.
The colon between the hours and minutes display flashes to show that the time is counting down.
The Display also shows if there is a problem with your dryer, if this occurs the display will show F
followed by a fault code number, the four option lights and the pause light will also flash Orange
(see Troubleshooting).