Placing laundry into the drum
Open the door, place laundry in the
drum, make sure that no items of
laundry are trapped between the door
and the rubber seal, and close the door.
Notes
Unfold and load presorted items
■
of laundry. Mix large and small
items. Washing items of different
size distribute themselves better
during the spin cycle. Individual
items of washing may cause
an unbalanced load.
Observe the maximum specified
■
load. Overfilling adversely affects the
washing/drying result and promotes
creasing.
Measuring and adding
detergent and care products
For the majority of programs on your
appliance, detergent and fabric softener
are dispensed automatically; it is a
factory setting for these programs and
can be changed.
~ "Automatic dosing" on page 38
Operating the appliance
For programs without intelligent dosing,
or if you wish to control the dosing
yourself (in which case, deactivate
intelligent dosing), you will need to add
detergent manually to the manual
dosing compartment.
~ "Manual dosing" on page 40
Starting the programme
Touch and hold I Start/Reload
button for 1~2 seconds, then release
the button. The programme starts and
the appliance door is locked.
The finish-in time is shown in the display
panel and counts down until the
programme starts. After the programme
has started, the programme duration is
displayed. And the symbols for the
programme progress are lighting up.
Childproof lock
You can lock the appliance to prevent
the settings you have set from being
changed inadvertently. To do this,
activate the childproof lock.
To activate the childproof lock:
After the programme starts, Touch and
hold the B Finish in/myTime and (
varioSpeed buttons for 3 seconds. The
symbol w lights up in the display
panel.
w lights up: The childproof lock is
■
activated.
w flashes: If the programme and
■
programme settings are adjusted
while childproof lock is activated.
When the programme ends, End
Note:
is displayed. The door is unlocked. w
symbol remain on to remind you to
deactivate the childproof lock.
To deactivate the childproof lock:
Touch and hold the B Finish in/
myTime and ( varioSpeed buttons
until the symbol w disappears.
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