Asko D3132 Use And Care Manual

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Use & Care Guide
Dishwasher
ASKO D3132

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  • Page 1 Use & Care Guide Dishwasher ASKO D3132...
  • Page 2 And this is what we try to give you. When you buy an ASKO product, we want you to feel assured that the inside is as good as the outside and that the ethics and morals on which we built this machine are just as high as the quality and performance you get from it.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents Before doing your first wash Read the directions of use Take care with certain materials Check the door Check water hardness level Machines with water softener Safety General Winter storage/Transport Overfill protection Cleaning Packaging materials Scrapping Child safety Child-safe button lock Child-safe dishwashing Protect your children! Dishwasher...
  • Page 4 Salt Pour in salt Settings Setting water hardness Fault indications Troubleshooting The dishes are not clean Stains or a film on the china The china has a whitish-blue sticky film Stains on stainless steel or silver Stains which remain after dishwashing. Rattling sounds during dishwashing The machine will not start Water remains in the machine...
  • Page 5: Before Doing Your First Wash

    Before doing your first wash Read the directions of use Read the directions of use before starting to use your machine, especially the Safety, Child Safety and Basic Course sections. Take care with certain materials Read the section ‘Fragile dishes’ before washing china with unglazed decoration or other household goods made of plastic, wood or crystal requiring careful treatment.
  • Page 6: Safety

    Safety General • Read and keep the directions for use! • Installation of water, drainage and elec- tricity must be carried out by a qualified professional. • Do not use the dishwasher for any pur- poses other than those stated in this User Guide.
  • Page 7: Child Safety

    Child Safety! Child safety lock A child safety lock is fitted to prevent children from opening the door of the dishwasher. 1. Activate the child safety lock by pressing in the door latch and turning the screw slot (up in the left hand corner) to the vertical position with a screwdriver.
  • Page 8: Parts Of The Dishwasher

    Parts of the dishwasher* 1. Upper basket 2. Spray arms 3. Lower basket 4. Cutlery basket 5. Rinse aid dispenser 6. Dishwasher detergent compartment 7. Main switch 8. Program panel 9. Filter 10. Type plate * Details may differ depending on model and market! Technical information Height Width...
  • Page 9: Baskets

    Baskets* Upper basket Lower basket Cutlery basket 1. Wine glass shelf 2. Cup shelf 3. Knife stop 4. Folding door *Details may differ depending on the model and market!
  • Page 10: Control Panel

    Control panel 1. Program selector 2. Temperature options 3. Drying options 4. Delayed Start 1-9h Dispenser 5. Display window 6. Rinse aid indicator 7. Start/stop 8. Salt indicator (applies to dishwashers with water softeners) 1. Compartment for main wash dish- washer detergent 2.
  • Page 11: Basic Course

    Basic Course Below are step by step instructions to help you achieve the best possible dishwashing results. Load the baskets correctly! Thanks to Super Cleaning System™, you do not need to rinse the dishes under running water. Convenient and environmentally friendly! Scrape off large food particles before loading the machine.
  • Page 12: Select Program

    Press the main power switch Select program Select a program by pressing the program selector one or more times until the required program is displayed. Auto wash The dishwasher detects how soiled the dishes are and adjusts water consumption and temperature accordingly. Heavy wash The Heavy Wash program should be used for heavily soiled dishes, e.g.
  • Page 13: Options

    Options Select options To select an option, press one of the option buttons Temperature With the temperature option button you can select the wash temperature. Program Normal °C Heavy wash Normal wash: Quick wash: The temperature symbol will light up if you have chosen the normal temperature.
  • Page 14: Press Start

    Press Start/Stop The dishwasher will now start. It manages the entire wash automatically. Ensure that the door is properly closed or the machine will not start. Changing options If you want to change program after having started the machine, press the Start/Stop button for three seconds.
  • Page 15: Eco-Dishwashing

    Eco-dishwashing Only wash with a full load Waiting to run the wash until the machine is full saves energy. Wash at a lower temperature If the load is only lightly soiled, you can lower the temperature. Select program with Eco drying If you select an Auto/Heavy/Normal or QuickWash program with Eco dry, this will save energy.
  • Page 16: Fragile Dishes

    Fragile dishes A number of household goods are not suit- able for machine washing. There can be many reasons for this. Certain materials cannot withstand intense heat, others can be damaged by the dishwasher detergent. Fragile decoration China with decoration on top of the glaze (the article has a rough feel) should not be machine washed.
  • Page 17: Standard Program

    Standard program Option Program Temp. Pre- Drying °C wash Auto wash 0 / 1 40-60 2 / 3 Normal Heavy wash Normal Normal wash Normal wash * 45 Quick wash Quick wash Rinse & hold * Tested program for Standard AS/NZS 2007.1:2003 **All quoted times are only indicative, fluctuations may occur.
  • Page 18: Display

    Display Display window When you have selected the program, the display shows the length of time the program took the last time it was used. When you have started the machine, the display window shows how much of the program time remains. This time can vary a little from one occasion to another depending on the temperature of the inlet water, the amount of dishes, the...
  • Page 19: Cleaning

    Cleaning Cleaning The dishwasher’s inner container is made of stainless steel and is kept clean through normal use. However, if you have calciferous (hard) water, lime deposits can form in the dishwasher. In this case, run a normal wash program with two tablespoons of citric acid in the dishwasher detergent compartment.
  • Page 20: Spray Arms

    If you still cannot start the machine and a humming noise can be heard, then the overfilling protection has been activated. • Shutoff the water • Remove the plug from the wall socket • Call Service CAUTION! Do not forget to replace the pump plug. Spray arms The holes and bearings can occasionally become clogged.
  • Page 21: Rinse Aid

    Rinse aid Pour in rinse aid Rinse aid, helps quicken the drying process. Machines with indicator on the panel When the rinse aid has run out and more is needed, the rinse aid symbol on the panel lights up*. To fill with rinse aid: 1.
  • Page 22: Salt

    Salt (Salt dispensers are not used in Australia or New Zealand Pour in salt Before using a dishwasher with a water softening filter, you must fill the salt com- partment with salt. Use coarse salt or spe- cial salt for dishwashers. It is best to fill with salt when you are about to do a wash, as the dishwasher needs to be rinsed out immediately after filling.
  • Page 23: Settings

    Settings *NB! Salt dispensers are not used in Australia or New Zealand machines. Setting water hardness If you have a dishwasher with a water softener, you may need to change the setting, de- pending on the hardness level of the water. Phone your local Water Board to check the water hardness in your area.
  • Page 24: Fault Indications

    Fault indications Display flashes flashes flashes flashes flashes To remove the fault indications from the display, turn the main switch off and then on again. Type of fault Action Too much water Phone service in the dishwasher Fault with water inlet Check that the water is on Valve leakage Switch off the water tap and con-...
  • Page 25: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Problems The dishes are not clean. Stains or a film on the china. Possible causes • The spray arms are not rotating. • Old dishwasher detergent. NB! Detergent is a perishable. • Incorrect dosage of detergent. • Insufficiently powerful dishwashing program.
  • Page 26: The China Has A Whitish-Blue Sticky Film

    Problems The china has a whitish- blue sticky film. Stains on stainless steel or silver. Stains which remain after dishwashing. Rattling sound during dishwashing. The machine will not start. To restart the machine, press Start/stop for 3 seconds. Now select a new programme and press Start/stop.
  • Page 27: Water Remains In The Machine

    Problems 1 minute appears in the display Water remains in the machine. Bad odor in the machine The dishes are not sufficiently dry Possible causes The program is taking longer than estimated. • Obstruction in the drain hose. • Kinks in the drain hose. •...
  • Page 28: Performance Information

    Performance information Test dosage Normal wash Main wash 25 gram Standart detergent. Rinse aid dosage 3. Energy labelling Australia: Dishwasher program: Normal wash, Economy temp. 45°C, Economy drying. For the drying performance test the door should be opened upon completion of the drying cycle a distance of 35 mm at V.
  • Page 29: Installation

    Installation Suggestions on positioning the dishwasher The dishwasher can be built in, fully free- standing or semi-freestanding. CAUTION! Connection to electricity, water and drain- age must be carried out by a suitably quali- fied person. A. Built-in The dishwasher can be built in under a worktop with a working height of 820 - 870 mm.
  • Page 30: Connection To Water

    Connection to water There must be a shut-off tap on the water supply pipe. The shut-off tap should be easily accessible. The water supply pipe has a connection with a 1/2” or 3/4” internal thread depending on country. When the installation is complete, the shut- off tap should be opened to allow the pres- sure to settle for a while and to check that all connections are tight.
  • Page 31: Positioning The Machine

    Positioning the machine A. Adjusting freestanding dishwashers 1. Adjust the height of the dishwasher with the four steel feet. 2. Lock the feet with the nuts. NB! The dishwasher must not be allowed to lean more than 5 mm. 3. After the steel feet have been adjusted, screw down the two rubber feet tightly against the floor.
  • Page 32: Fitting Strip Seal

    Slide the dishwasher into place • Pull the drainage hose and connection pipe when the machine is pushed into place. • Check that the hose has no kinks or sharp bends, and check that there is nothing that can damage the hoses. Installing the plinth (kick plate) The dishwasher has two kick-plates (some models).
  • Page 33: Service & Guarantee

    Service & guarantee Service Before calling for service, check to see whether the faults is due to something that you can rectify yourself. See Trouble shooting pages 25-27. Guarantee For guarantee details, see the guarantee card.
  • Page 34: Own Comments

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  • Page 36: Quick Guide

    Quick Guide 1. Loading baskets Scrape off large food particleas before loading the machine. 2. Dispensing dishwasher detergent The detergent compartment has a small compartment for pre-wash and one for main wash. 3. Ensure that the spray arms can rotate freely 4.

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