Additional Options - Miele Softtronic W 418 Operating Instructions Manual

Additional options

H Select additional option(s)
Additional options can be selected as
long as they are compatible with the
basic programme being used.
Each press of the top button selects the
additional option in the following order:
Intensive or Intensive and Pre-wash or
Intensive and Soak or Pre-wash or Soak
or no option selected.
Use the lower button to select or dese-
lect the Water plus option.
^ Press the appropriate additional op-
tion button. Press the top button re-
peatedly until the indicator light for
the additional option you want comes
on.
Intensive
For normal to heavy soiling with visi-
ble staining.
The duration of the main wash is in-
creased.
How to wash correctly
Pre-wash
For heavily soiled laundry and items
with dried on stains.
Soak
For heavily soiled and stained items
with protein stains (e.g. blood, fats
and oils, cocoa).
– A length of time of between 30 min-
utes and 2 hours can be pro-
grammed in 30 minute increments for
the soak process.
– The machine is set ex-works with a
soak period of 2 hours.
To programme in a different soak period
see "Programmable functions - Soak
period".
Water plus
If you want to increase the water level
for a wash process you can choose one
of the four options for the Water plus
button. The options are explained in the
section on "Programmable functions -
Water plus system".
The machine is set at the factory so that
the water level in the main wash and
rinses will be increased if the Water
plus button is pressed.
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