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Washing machine Private household / apartment building Operating instructions 08/2024 Do not operate the appliance until you have read these instructions. Instruction number 563 219.AA...
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Symbols Read the instructions. Warnings are marked with a warning triangle. The text gives information how a dangerous situation can be avoided. Signal words indicate the severity of the danger, if not avoided. WARNING means that possible personal injuries, and poten- tially life-threatening injuries may occur.
Dear Customer We are pleased that you have chosen a Schulthess washing machine. Your new washing machine is the result of many years of development work. The highest quality requirements, both in development and manufacture, guarantee a long lifetime. Its design meets all the demands of modern laundry care and offers you a varied and individual choice of programmes.
SAFETY AND SAFETY MEASURES Safety during operation and use WARNING Risk of electric shock! The enclosed instructions contain important • Do not operate an appliance with visible information on the installation, use and damage. safety of your washing machine. • Only touch the mains plug with dry hands. Keep them in a safe place for other users or •...
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WARNING Risk of injury! • Rinse fabrics containing solvent-based If you climb onto the washing machine, it cleaning agents or flammable chemicals may tip over and cause injury. thoroughly in clear water before washing • Do not climb onto the appliance. by hand.
Children can choke on small parts. • Keep pets away from the appliance. • Keep small parts away from children. • Do not place any objects on the machine. These can slip and fall to the ground Safety during installation during spinning.
DISPOSAL Packaging from your new appliance The advance recycling fee (vRG) All packaging materials used are environ- The advance recycling fee is already included mentally friendly and reusable. Return the in the price of a new appliance. packaging to the specialist dealer or sup- plier.
APPLIANCE DESCRIPTION Control and display panel Detergent drawer Type plate (open appliance door, type plate is located at the top on inside of door) Loading doo Plinth cover Selection buttons Illustration may vary depending on model.
Control and display panel Example: Display EFH Display and buttons Additional buttons On/Off Favourites Back Time preset Scroll backwards Homeclean Scroll forwards Businesswear Start Softcare Open the door Activewear Settings Antibac Language (temporary)/ Babycare Settings Page number in programme Connectivity menu Not all buttons are available for all models.
Detergent drawer Liquid detergent • Pull downwards. FLAP A Main detergent, modular detergent, bleach, starch, water softener • For washing powder and tablets, slide the flap Fabric softener and care additives for upwards and backwards. the final rinse cycle Prewash/soaking agent Notice Liquid detergent can thicken due to slow drain- Flap for liquid detergent...
WASHING Selecting the programme • Install the appliance in accordance with the installation instructions. • Do not connect an appliance with visible • Select the desired programme by pressing the damage. light bar. • Ensure that the transport securing devices The programme is displayed with programme have been removed.
Adding laundry Closing the door • Press the door shut until you hear the lock click into place. • Press the button ( OPEN THE DOOR IS NOT LIT! • Ensure that no laundry items are trapped The programme is stopped and the door is between the loading door and the rubber seal.
CAUTION • To adjust the speed before the spin cycle, press the light bar next to (see If the tap is open and the power supply is SPEED PRO- interrupted, the flood protection built into the GRAMME OPTIONS / SPEED appliance is ineffective.
WASH PROGRAMMES This overview contains the programmes for all appliance types. You can find the programme and consumption data for your machine on our website in the download center www.schulthess.ch/ service/downloadcenter. Please always observe the care labelling of fabrics Eco 40 – 60...
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• drum and caustic tank are cleaned hygienically and odours are prevented. • If you wish to use cleaning agents, we recommend using Schulthess Machine Cleaner R 163. This enables you to achieve optimal results. • Start the Autoclean programme. Immediately press the light bar next to Forward.
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Homeclean 60° Wiping cloths Wiping cloths, mops • cottons, blended fabrics or microfibres • with pre-rinse. Fill with washing powder COMPARTMENT II 40° Curtains Curtains labelled as machine-washable • fabrics made from blended fabrics or synthetics • deselect the spin cycle for crease-sensitive curtains •...
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Softcare 30° Angora angora, jumpers, scarves • then dry the laundry in a dryer in a basket or dry it briefly in the dryer with “Wool finish” and then spread it out on a towel to finish drying in the air 30°...
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60° Easy care Outerwear, shirts, blouses, bed and table linen Antibac • easy care cottons, blended fabrics or fabrics with synthetic fibres 90° Easy care Bed and table linen, towels, underwear Antibac • easy care cottons, blended fabrics or fabrics with synthetic fibres, white and colourfast Babycare 70°...
PROGRAMME GROUPS CAUTION The programme groups described below are not available for every appliance. Older curtains are often heavily bleached by the sun and are no longer resistant. Machine Press the symbol buttons to call up the menu for washing can therefore easily cause damage. the relevant programme group.
• Leave the detergent to work for approx. five minutes and then wash the laundry as usual. Impregnate To prepare the laundry for impregnation, it must first be washed clean and rinsed with cleaning vinegar: • Load the laundry. • Pour in the detergent. •...
PROGRAMME OPTIONS Intensive The options described below are not available for every appliance. For heavily soiled fabrics, especially for bleachable By selecting one or more options, a wash pro- stains (e.g. fruit, coffee, tea, red wine, oil). gramme can be tailored to the specifics of the The washing time is extended.
Supersilent Notice • Select a high speed if the laundry is to be subsequently machine dried or ironed. Well- With Supersilent, your washing machine washes drained laundry requires significantly less extremely quietly. energy and time to dry. The machine spins at a lower speed and the At a higher spin speed, the noise emission is programme duration is extended.
SETTINGS Date (factory-set) Your washing machine has a default factory set- ting. You can adjust the settings to your individual The date can be set by pressing the light bar requirements during initial operation or later. (press and hold for fast scrolling). The settings can only be changed if no wash Confirm input with programme is running.
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Volume signal sound carried out for all wash programmes, thus reduc- • Off ing skin allergies. • Volume 1 Soap wash programme • Volume 2 • Volume 3 • Off • Volume 4 • On • Volume 5 Programme sequence optimised for the use of The buzzer signal sound can be regulated in 5 soap detergent with an additional rinse cycle to levels or muted.
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• For the selected start menu to be displayed, • Standby + the appliance must be switched off and on A few minutes after the end of the programme again briefly after changing the setting. or if no further operations are carried out after Load measurement switching on the appliance, all displays go out.
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Cool down • Off • On Damage to older drain pipes can be avoided by adding cold water at the end of the wash cycle for hot-water laundry. To avoid creasing, the machine is always cooled down in easy care programmes, regardless of the setting made here.
PREPAID CARD / WASHMASTER CARD Prepaid card Selecting the programme • Select the desired washing programme (see Prepaid cards cannot be topped up by the user alone. WASHING / SELECT AND START PROGRAMME • Please contact the caretaker or the The display shows the selected programme with management.
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE Cleaning the appliance Checking the water inlet hose WARNING To prevent water damage, the condition of the Risk of electric shock! hoses should be checked by a specialist every • Switch off the power supply to the machine five years for appliances without an Aquastop before starting cleaning.
Appliance with Aquastop • Unscrew the inlet hose from the tap. • Hold the hose as high as possible. • Start any programme and cancel it again after approx. 40 seconds. In this way, the water drains from the hose into the wash- ing machine.
Notice WARNING Risk of injury! Up to 20 litres of water can leak out when • Switch off the power supply to the machine emptying! Loosen the pump cover carefully and turn off the water tap. and only gradually. • Once all the remaining water has been drained, the pump cover can be unscrewed completely.
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Notice • Pull out the filter with pliers and clean it under Before unscrewing the inlet hose, the pressure running water in the hose must be relieved: • Replace the filter and reconnect the hose. • Close the water tap. •...
PROBLEMS WARNING Improper repairs can result in serious accidents, damage and operation malfunctions! Do not make any changes, manipulations or attempts at repair, especially not using tools such as screwdrivers or similar. ERROR MESSAGES Child lock active • Hold the bar in the upper right (is not lit!) and at the same time press the desired button.
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The laundry could not be spun, even after loosening. • Press the light bar next to CANCEL The wash programme is interrupted. Notice • Mix large and small laundry items. • Avoid loading the drum with individual heavy laundry items. Too much foam The washing machine has detected foam and taken adequate Programme extended...
MACHINE OPERATION Appliance does not • Check the power supply to the appliance (wall switch/mains plug). start when pressing the • Check whether all the fuses are intact or whether the circuit button breaker has tripped. ON/OFF Mains blocking (usually around midday) •...
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WASHING AND WASHING RESULT Detergent residue in the is in the position for liquid detergent. FLAP A COMPARTMENT II detergent compartment • Push the lid up and back. Damp or clumpy • Dry the detergent compartment before filling it with washing detergent powder.
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Laundry smells Laundry has been washed too long at only a low temperature and unpleasant contains too many odour-producing germs. (e.g. after perspiration • Wash the laundry at 60°C or the maximum permitted temperature or decay) for the fabrics from time to time, and use heavy-duty detergent (with bleach).
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Foam escapes from the Too much detergent was used. detergent drawer dur- • Stop the programme by pressing the button. CANCEL ing washing, rinsing or There are two ways to solve the problem: spinning Option A • Mix approx. 300 ml fabric softener with approx. 1 litre of water. •...
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Vibrations and high The transport securing devices have not been removed. noise levels • Follow the notes in the installation instructions. Appliance “wanders” Appliance feet were not fixed during installation. when spinning • Realign the appliance using a spirit level and secure the appliance feet in accordance with the installation instructions.
Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 12:00 and a proverbially long service life. It is for this rea- 13:00 to 17:00. son that Schulthess carefully selects, tests and assembles parts, components and materials. Please make a note of error message F –– as well as the product and appliance number.
Directives conformément aux disposition des Directives conformemente alle disposizioni e Direttive 2014/30/EU Directive relating to electromagnetic compatibility 2006/42/EC Machinery Directive Wolfhausen, 01-03-2021 Hersteller / Manufacturer / Fabricant / Il produttore Schulthess Maschinen AG Landstrasse 37, CH-8633 Wolfhausen...
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Directives conformément aux disposition des Directives conformemente alle disposizioni e Direttive 2014/30/EU Directive relating to electromagnetic compatibility 2006/42/EC Machinery Directive Wolfhausen, 01-03-2021 Hersteller / Manufacturer / Fabricant / Il produttore Schulthess Maschinen AG Landstrasse 37, CH-8633 Wolfhausen...
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Further documents and information on your machines can be found in the download centre or in the informa- tion area of your machines at www.schulthess.ch/en (see QR code). Schulthess Maschinen AG Alte Steinhauserstrasse 1, 6330 Cham ZG Phone + 41 (0) 55 253 51 11...
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