Welcome to AEG! Thank you for choosing our appliance. Get usage advice, brochures, troubleshooting, service and repair information: www.aeg.com/support Subject to change without notice. CONTENTS 1. SAFETY INFORMATION................2 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS................4 3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION................6 4. TECHNICAL DATA..................8 5.
the use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved. • Children between 3 and 8 years of age and persons with very extensive and complex disabilities shall be kept away from the appliance unless continuously supervised. •...
• The ventilation opening in the base must not be covered by a carpet, mat, or any floor covering. • The appliance must be connected to the water mains using the new supplied hose sets, or other new hose sets supplied by the Authorised Service Centre.
2.4 Use • WARNING: This appliance is designed to be installed / connected to a grounding connection in the building. WARNING! • Always use a correctly installed Risk of injury, electric shock, fire, burns shockproof socket. or damage to the appliance. •...
• The AEG Steam Fragrance, thanks to the dissolves first the detergent and then steam programmes offers the perfect fabric softener in the water before they are distributed in the laundry.
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4. TECHNICAL DATA Dimension Width/ Height/ Total depth 59.6 cm /81.9 cm /55.3 cm Electrical connection Voltage 230 V Overall power 2100 W Fuse 10 A Frequency 50 Hz Level of protection against ingress of solid particles and moisture ensured IPX4 by the protective cover, except where the low voltage equipment has no protection against moisture...
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5.3 Unpacking WARNING! Use the gloves. WARNING! Remove all the packaging and the transit bolts before installing the appliance. 1. Put two polystyrene packaging elements on the floor under the appliance. WARNING! It is strongly recommended that this action is carries out by two persons. 2.
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5. Remove the power supply cable and the drain hose from the hose holders. It is possible to see water flowing from the drain hose. This is due to the testing with water of the appliance in factory. 6. Remove the three bolts, the hose holders and plastic spacers by using the spanner supplied with the appliance.
5.4 Positioning and levelling 1. Install the appliance on a flat hard floor. WARNING! Make sure that carpets do not stop the air circulation below the appliance. Bring the appliance near the furniture recess before levelling it. For more details, refer to paragraph "Building in".
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The inlet hose 1. Remove the inlet hose from inside the drum. 2. To connect the water inlet hose towards the proper direction and with the proper inclination, check the position of the water tap before connecting it to the back of the appliance. Make sure the hose is nor kinked, squashed but neither tensed.
Water drainage The drain hose can be connected: To a stand pipe with vent-hole Directly into a drain pipe at a height of not less Ø 40 mm than 60 cm (23.6”) and not more than 100 cm (39.3”). The end of the drain hose must always be ventilated , i.e.
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5.6 Building in This appliance has been designed to be built into the kitchen furniture. See the minimum recess min. 600 mm dimensions in the drawings. min. 560 mm min. 820 mm 16-22 mm 596 mm 553 mm If hoses run behind the appliance, make sure that nothing closes the small recess indicated with the measures 50 x 50 mm.
5.7 Preparation and assembly of the cupboard door The dimensions of the cupboard door should be: • width min. 595 - max. 598 mm; • thickness 16-22 mm. Factory pre setting The appliance is originally pre set for the assembly of a cupboard door opening from right to left.
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Make sure that the plate with magnet is on the upper position. Cupboard door preparation For countersinking the door, it is recommended to call a professional. Align the cupboard door to the furniture correctly. Measure the distance X to fix the height of the hole to countersink the upper hinge.
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To align the door perfectly, make sure that the edge of cupboard door is parallel with the appliance edge and to respect the proper opening angle (max. 105 °). max. 105° Mounting the door Fix the hinges to the hinge supports on the appliance by means of the two supplied screws The hinges can be adjusted to compensate for possible uneven thickness...
5.8 Electrical connection The power supply cable must be easily accessible after installing the appliance. At the end of installation you can connect the For any electrical work required to install this mains plug to the mains socket. appliance, contact our Authorised Service The rating plate and the 'Technical Data' Centre.
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Plus Steam touch button Stains touch button permanent Child Lock option On/Off push button Soft Plus touch button Prewash touch button Extra Rinse touch button 6.2 Display The Temperature area: Temperature indicator . Cold water indicator. Child safety lock indicator. Wi-Fi connection indicator.
Time Save indicator. OkoMix indicator. Steam phase indicator. Anti-crease phase indicator. Drum clean indicator. This is a recommendation to perform the drum cleaning. The spin area: Spin speed indicator No Spin indicator. Spin phase is off. Silent indicator. Rinse Hold indicator. Add garments indicator.
7.5 Spin If you touch the Start / Pause button, the appliance performs the only draining When you set a programme, the appliance phase. automatically sets the programme's default spin speed. With this option you can decrease the default spin speed. The appliance empties the water out Touch repeatedly this button to: automatically after 18 hours...
Use this option for people with allergies to To interrupt the anti-crease phase, you can detergent residues and with sensitive skin. also: • Press the On/Off button for a few seconds to activate or the deactivate the appliance. • Turning the programme dial in another This option increases the programme position.
a quick cycle for a full load of lightly indicator soiled garments. very quick cycle for a smaller lightly soiled load (max. half load recommended). the shortest cycle to freshen up a small amount of laundry. The Time Save is available only with the ■...
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Programme Reference Maxi‐ Programme description Default tempera‐ spin speed (Type of load and level of soiling) ture Spin speed load Temperature range range Synthetics 1200 rpm 3.0 kg Synthetic items or mixed fabric items. Normally soiled 40 °C (1200 - 400 items.
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Programme Reference Maxi‐ Programme description Default tempera‐ spin speed (Type of load and level of soiling) ture Spin speed load Temperature range range 1200 rpm 2.0 kg (1200- 400 Outdoor 1.0 kg rpm) Do not use fabric softener and make sure that 30 °C 40 °C - Cold there is no softener residue in the detergent...
Programme Reference Maxi‐ Programme description Default tempera‐ spin speed (Type of load and level of soiling) ture Spin speed load Temperature range range 1200 rpm 1.5 kg Machine washable wool, hand washable wool and other (1200 - 400 fabrics with «hand washing» care symbol Wool / Silk rpm) 40 °C...
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• Items with label "Dry clean only". compounds which are not compatible with Do not use any detergent! The Steam programmes do not remove The fragrance is available on AEG web particularly intense odour and do not shop or by authorised dealer. perform any hygienic cycle.
WI-FI - CONNECTIVITY SETUP This chapter describes how to connect the When connecting the appliance to the smart appliance to the Wi-Fi network and to application, stand near it with your mobile link it to mobile devices. device. By this functionality you can receive Make sure that your mobile device is notifications, control and monitor your connected to the wireless network.
appears on the display for a few seconds. Make sure that your App is ready for connection. 4. After a few seconds, (Access Point) If you switch the appliance off and on appears on the display. again, the wireless connection is automatically off.
The update is accepted via App only. If a programme is running, the App notifies When touching the Start / Pause that the update will start at the end of the programme. button after the indicator stops blinking, the Remote Start is not During the update, the appliance shows activated, but the set programme starts.
3. Press and hold the Prewash and Stains buttons for some seconds (within 10 seconds after the switching on. After If the procedure does not work (due to these 10 seconds, the key combination timeout, wrong programme dial position activates and deactivates the acoustic or wrong keys combination), switch the signals).
CAUTION! Make sure that no laundry gets caught After a washing cycle, if necessary, between the seal and the door to avoid remove any detergent residue from the risk of water leakage and damage to the detergent dispenser. laundry. 12.4 Check the position of the detergent flap Washing heavily oiled, greasy stains 1.
The drain pump can operate shortly before the appliance fills water. 12.7 Starting a programme with the delay start 1. Touch the Delay Start button repeatedly until the display shows the desired delay time. On the display the indicator shows Make sure that the flap does not cause a 2.
12.8 The ProSense System load detection The ProSense detection is carried out with complete washing programmes only and if the programme duration has not The programme duration in the display is been reduced by means of the Time referred to a medium/high load. Save button.
12.11 Opening the door - Adding garments When you activate the appliance again, While a programme or the delay start the display shows the end of the previous operates, the appliance door is locked. programme. Turn the programme dial to set a new cycle.
12.14 Stand-by function The Stand-by function automatically If you set a programme or an option that deactivates the appliance to reduce the ends with water in the drum, the Stand- energy consumption when: by function doesn't deactivate the • You do not use the appliance for 5 appliance to remind you to drain the minutes when no programme is running.
• The choice and quantity of detergent will depend on: type of fabric (delicates, woollens, cottons, etc), the colour of clothes, size of the load, degree of soiling, wash temperature and hardness of the water used. • Follow the instructions that you find on packaging of the detergents or other treatments without exceeding the indicated maximum level (...
the selected washing programme in order In areas where the water is soft it is not to save energy during drying. necessary to use a water softener. • Preferably, use short cycles at lower To find out the water hardness in your area, temperatures.
14.4 Descaling Clean it when needed, using ammonia cream cleanser agent without scratching the seal surface. If the water in your area is hard or medium hard, we recommend that you Always obey the instructions that you find use a water softener for washing on the packaging of the product.
14.8 Cleaning the detergent dispenser To prevent possible deposits of dried detergent or clotted fabric softener and/or formation of mould in the detergent dispenser drawer, once in a while carry out the following cleaning procedure: 1. Open the drawer. Press the catch downwards as indicated in the picture and pull it out.
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WARNING! • Do not remove the filter while the appliance operates. • Do not clean the pump if the water in the appliance is hot. Wait until the water cools down Proceed as follows to clean the pump: 1. Open the pump cover. 2.
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6. Turn the filter anti-clockwise to remove it 7. If it is necessary, remove fluff and objects from the filter recess. Make sure that the impeller of the pump can rotate. If it does not rotate, contact the Authorised Service Centre.
10. Close the pump cover. When you drain the water with the emergency drain procedure, you must activate the drain system again: 1. Put 2 litres of water in the main wash compartment of the detergent dispenser. 2. Start the programme to drain the water. 14.10 Cleaning the inlet hose and the valve filter 45°...
14.12 Frost precautions 4. Empty the drain pump. Refer to the emergency drain procedure. If the appliance is installed in an area where 5. When the drain pump is empty, install the the temperature can reach values around 0° inlet hose again. C or drop below, remove the remaining water from the inlet hose and the drain pump.
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Problem Possible solution • Make sure that the water tap is open. • Make sure that the pressure of the water supply is not too low. For this infor‐ The appliance does not fill mation, contact your local water authority. with water properly.
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Problem Possible solution • Set the spin programme. If the drain programme is not available in the pro‐ gramme dial, it can be set via App’. The spin phase does not op‐ • Make sure that the drain filter is not clogged. Clean the filter, if necessary. Re‐ erate or the washing cycle fer to "Care and cleaning".
Problem Possible solution • The appliance is downloading any available updates. Wait until the update The display shows process is complete. If you deactivate the appliance during update, it resumes All buttons are inactive, ex‐ when you activate the appliance again. cept the the On/Off .
3. Pull the emergency unlock trigger 4. Take out the laundry and then close the downward once. Pull it once again, keep appliance door. it tensed and, in the meanwhile, open the appliance door. The emergency unlock trigger is located where indicated by the following picture.
Eco 40-60 pro‐ rpm 1) Litres hh:mm °C gramme Quarter load 0.180 34.0 02:25 54.00 24.0 1351 Maximum spin speed. Power consumption in different modes Networked Off (W) Stand-by (W) Delay start (W) standby (W) 0.50 0.50 4.00 2.00 Time to Off/Standby mode is 15 minutes maximum. The energy consumption of the connected function is approximately 17.5 kWh per year.
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The software in this product contains components that are based on free and open source software. AEG gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the open software and robotics communities to the development project. To access the source code of these free and open source software components whose license conditions require publishing, and to see their full copyright information and applicable license terms, please visit: http://aeg.opensoftwarerepository.com (folder NIUS)
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