Section 4: Washing Your Laundry; First Wash Cycle; Before Washing - Philco PLD 1471 User Manual

SECTION 4: WASHING YOUR LAUNDRY

• Plug the machine.
• Open the tap water.

First wash cycle

There may be water left inside your machine after factory tests and trials.It is recommended that the fi rst wash
cycle should be made without any laundry so that carry out this water; pour half a measuring cup of normal
allpurpose detergent into compartment 2 and select cotton program at 90°C.

BEFORE WASHING

Discrimination of your laundry
• Discriminate your clothes according to their types (cotton, synthetic, sensitive, woolen, etc.),washing
temperatures and level of dirtiness.
• Never wash your white and coloured clothes together.
• Since your new coloured clothes may shed dye on the first wash, wash them separately.
• Be careful that no metal pieces are found on or in the pockets of your clothes, remove if there is any.
• Zip and button your clothes.
• Remove the plastic or metal hooks of the curtains and laces or place them inside a washing bag and tie.
• Pull the textiles like trousers,knitted fabric,t-shirt and sweat shirt inside out.
• Wash your small clothes like socks and handkerchiefs in a washing bag.
Wash up tol 90 ˚C
Placement of the clothes into the machine
• Open the door of your machine.
• Fill your clothes in your machine in a well-spread manner.
• Place each cloth separately.
• When you shut the door of your machine, be careful that no cloth is jammed between the cover and the
gasket.
• Shut the door of your machine tightly otherwise your machine will not start the washing process.
Filling detergent in the machine
The quantity of the detergent that you will fi ll in your machine depends on the following criteria:
• Your detergent consumption will change according to the dirtiness level of your clothes. For your slightly
dirty clothes, do not pre-wash and put a small amount of detergent in the compartment no.2 of the
detergent drawer.
• For your excessively dirty clothes, select a program with pre-washing, fill ¼ portion of the detergent you
will put in compartment 1 in the detergent drawer and the remaining portion in compartment 2.
• In your machine,use the detergents developed especially for automatic washing machines. The quantities
that will be used for your clothes are written on the packing of the detergents.
• As the hardness of your water increases, the amount of the detergent to be consumed will also increase.
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Wash up tol 60 ˚C Wash up tol 30 ˚C Not washable in
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