AEG L 98685 FL User Manual
AEG L 98685 FL User Manual

AEG L 98685 FL User Manual

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L 98685 FL
WASHING MACHINE
USER MANUAL
L 98485 FL

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  • Page 1 L 98685 FL WASHING MACHINE USER MANUAL L 98485 FL...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 4 SAFETY INFORMATION 6 ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS 6 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 7 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 7 INTERIOR ACCESSORIES 8 CONTROL PANEL 13 WASHING PROGRAMMES 17 BEFORE FIRST USE 18 USING THE APPLIANCE 18 ACTIVATING THE APPLIANCE AND SETTING A PROGRAMME 18 LOADING THE LAUNDRY 19 USING THE DETERGENT AND ADDITIVES 21 STARTING A PROGRAMME 21 AT THE END OF PROGRAMME...
  • Page 3 ENGLISH FOR PERFECT RESULTS Thank you for choosing this AEG product. We have created it to give you impeccable performance for many years, with innovative technologies that help make life simpler – features you might not find on ordinary appliances. Please spend a few minutes reading to get the very best from it.
  • Page 4: Safety Information

    SAFETY INFORMATION Before the installation and use, read this manual carefully: • For your safety and the safety of your property • To help the environment • For the correct operation of the ap- pliance. Always keep these instructions with the appliance also if you move or give it to GENERAL SAFETY a different person.
  • Page 5: Electrical Connection

    ENGLISH WARNING! • Do not connect the appliance to new Do not look directly into the pipes or pipes not used for a long beam of the lamp. time. Let the water flow for some mi- nutes, then connect the inlet hose. To replace the internal lamp, •...
  • Page 6: Environment Concerns

    ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS PACKAGING MATERIALS The symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product Recycle the materials with the symbol may not be treated as household waste. Instead it should be taken to the Put the packaging in applicable con- appropriate collection point for the tainers to recycle it.
  • Page 7: Product Description

    ENGLISH PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Worktop Feet for the appliance level Detergent dispenser Water drain hose Control panel Water inlet hose Door handle Mains cable Internal lamp Transit bolts Rating plate Feet for the appliance level Drain pump INTERIOR ACCESSORIES Spanner To remove the transit bolts. Plastic caps To close the holes on the rear side of the cabinet after the removal of...
  • Page 8: Control Panel

    CONTROL PANEL Gewichtssensor Koch/Bunt Glätten Auffrischen Extra Leise Dampf Pflegeleicht Energiesparen Memory 1 Super Eco Leichtbügeln 20Min. - 3kg Feinwäsche Memory 2 Jeans Wolle/Seide Spülen Daunen Flecken/ Extra Zeit Zeit- Temp. U/Min. Start/Pause Schleudern/ Anti-Allergie Vorw. Spülen Sparen vorwahl Pumpen Auto Off Auto Off button Zeit Sparen touch button...
  • Page 9 ENGLISH DISPLAY The text bar: • Guides you in the use of the appliance. • Shows the programme status and phase. • Shows alarm messages. Refer to 'Troubleshooting' . The symbols appear on the display when the related phase or function is set. Child lock Door locked You cannot open the door when the symbol is on.
  • Page 10 • The time of delay – When you set the delayed start the time of the programme end in- creases by steps of 30 minutes till 10 hours and by steps of one hour till 20 hours. • The end of the programme The display shows a zero.
  • Page 11 ENGLISH Rinse hold 1) Only available for Spin/Drain programme. The default temperature of the programme. Cold wash DAMPF BUTTON ZEITVORWAHL BUTTON Touch button to set the steam level. Touch button to delay the start of a This is possible only with programmes programme from 30 minutes to 20 where the steam function is available.
  • Page 12: Permanent Extra Rinse

    VORWÄSCHE • The appliance has a malfunction. To deactivate/activate the acoustic Use this function for heavy soil. signals, touch button and button The appliance adds a prewash phase to at the same time for 6 seconds. the main wash. If you deactivate the acoustic The programme duration increases.
  • Page 13: Washing Programmes

    ENGLISH WASHING PROGRAMMES Programme Temperature Type of load Programme Functions Weight of load description Koch/Bunt 95° - Cold White and col- Wash SPIN REDUC- oured cotton Rinses TION with heavy level Long spin SPÜLSTOPP of soil. FLECKEN Maximum load 8 VORWÄ- SCHE EINWEICHEN...
  • Page 14 Programme Temperature Type of load Programme Functions Weight of load description Feinwäsche 40° - Cold Delicate fabrics Wash SPIN REDUC- Rinses as acrylics, vis- Rinses TION Short spin cose, polyester Short spin SPÜLSTOPP items with nor- VORWÄ- mal soil. SCHE Maximum load 4 FLECKEN EINWEICHEN...
  • Page 15 ENGLISH Programme Temperature Type of load Programme Functions Weight of load description Spülen 0° All fabrics Rinse with ad- SPIN REDUC- Maximum load 8 ditives TION Spin phase SPÜLSTOPP EXTRA SPÜ- Jeans 60° - Cold Items like pants, Wash SPIN REDUC- shirts or jackets Rinses TION...
  • Page 16: Consumption Values

    5) The default spin speed is for cotton items. Set the spin speed applicable with your laundry. 6) If you select this function the appliance performs only a drain phase. 7) Press button to add rinses. With a low spin speed the appliance performs delicate rinses and a short spin.
  • Page 17: Before First Use

    ENGLISH Energy consumption Water consump- Programme (KWh) tion (litre) 0.70 Cotton 40 °C economy The cotton 60 °C economy and cotton 40 °C economy are the standard cotton programmes for normally soiled cotton laundry. They are suitable to clean normally soiled cotton laundry and they are the most efficient programmes in terms of combined energy and water consumption for washing that type of cotton laundry.
  • Page 18: Using The Appliance

    7. Touch button to confirm the se- lection. USING THE APPLIANCE 1. Open the water tap. 2. Connect the mains plug to the mains socket. ACTIVATING THE APPLIANCE AND SETTING A PROGRAMME For a correct operation of the weight sensor, activate the appliance and set the programme BEFORE you put the laundry in the drum.
  • Page 19: Using The Detergent And Additives

    ENGLISH Make sure not to have the laundry out of the drum between the seal and the door. There is the risk of water leakage or damage laundry. USING THE DETERGENT AND ADDITIVES The detergent compartment for the prewash phase and the soak programme.
  • Page 20: Check The Position Of The Flap

    Check the position of the flap 1. Pull out the detergent dispenser un- til it stops. 2. Press the lever down to remove the dispenser. 3. To use powder detergent, turn the flap up. 4. To use liquid detergent, turn the flap down.
  • Page 21: Starting A Programme

    ENGLISH Before you touch button start the appliance, you can can- You cannot set the delay start cel or change the set of the de- with the Steam programme. lay start. STARTING A PROGRAMME 1. Touch button 1. Touch button to start the pro- .
  • Page 22: Helpful Hints And Tips

    4. The indicator of button – The door stays locked. goes off. – You must drain the water to open the 5. The door lock symbol goes off. door. 6. Press button to deactivate the To drain the water: appliance. After five minutes from the end of the programme, the AU- 1.
  • Page 23: Care And Cleaning

    ENGLISH DETERGENTS AND ADDITIVES WATER HARDNESS • Only use detergents and additives If the water hardness in your area is specially made for washing machines. high or moderate, we recommend that you use a water softener for washing • Do not mix different types of deter- machines.
  • Page 24: Door Seal

    • Set the hottest cotton wash pro- After each wash, keep the door open gramme for a while to prevent mould and to let unpleasant smells go out. • Use a correct quantity of powder de- tergent with biological properties. DOOR SEAL Regularly examine the seal and remove all objects from the inner part.
  • Page 25: Drain Pump

    ENGLISH 5. Clean the dispenser recess with a brush. 6. Put back the dispenser in the re- cess. DRAIN PUMP WARNING! 1. Disconnect the mains plug Regularly examine the drain from the mains socket. pump and make sure that it is 2.
  • Page 26 5. When the container is full of water, put the drainage duct back again and empty the container. Do steps 4 and 5 again and again until no more water flows out from the drain pump. 6. Pull back the drainage duct and turn the filter to remove it.
  • Page 27: Emergency Drain

    ENGLISH To clean the water inlet filters: 1. Close the water tap. 2. Remove the water inlet hose from the water tap. 3. Clean the filter in the inlet hose with a stiff brush. 4. Remove the inlet hose behind the appliance.
  • Page 28: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING The start of the appliance does not oc- WARNING! cur or it stops during operation. Deactivate the appliance before Try to find a solution to the problem you do the checks. before you contact the service centre (refer to the table). With some problems, the acoustic signals operate and the display shows an alarm message.
  • Page 29 ENGLISH PROBLEM WITHOUT ALARM MESSAGE Problem Possible cause Possible solution The appliance A washing programme Set the drain programme. does not drain without the drain phase the water. is set. The function Rinse Hold Set the drain programme. is on. The spin phase The spin phase is off.
  • Page 30 Problem Possible cause Possible solution You did not remove the Remove the packaging and/or packaging and/or the the transit bolts. Refer to 'Instal- transit bolts. lation'. The load is very small. Add more laundry in the drum. The appliance fills The end of the drain Make sure that the drain hose is with water and...
  • Page 31: Installation

    ENGLISH INSTALLATION UNPACKING 1. Use the gloves. Remove the exter- nal film. If necessary, use a cutter. 2. Remove the cardboard top. 3. Remove the polystyrene packaging materials. 4. Remove the internal film. 5. Open the door. Remove the poly- styrene piece from the door seal and all the items from the drum.
  • Page 32 6. Put the front piece on the floor be- hind the appliance. Carefully put down the appliance with the rear side on it. Make sure not to dam- age the hoses. 7. Remove the polystyrene protection from the bottom. 8. Pull up the appliance in vertical po- sition.
  • Page 33: Positioning And Levelling

    ENGLISH 12. Replace the plastic spacers with the plastic caps. You can find these caps in the user manual bag. WARNING! We recommend that you keep Remove all the packaging and the packaging and the transit the transit bolts before you in- bolts for when you move the ap- stall the appliance.
  • Page 34: Water Drainage

    THE INLET HOSE • Connect the hose to the appliance. Turn the inlet hose only left or right. Loose the ring nut to set it in the cor- rect position. • Connect the water inlet hose to the cold water tap with 3/4 thread. CAUTION! Make sure that there are no leaks from the couplings.
  • Page 35 ENGLISH With the plastic hose guide. • On the edge of a sink. • Make sure that the plastic guide can- not move when the appliance drains. Attach the guide to the water tap or the wall. • To a stand pipe with vent-hole. Refer to the illustration.
  • Page 36 You can extend the drain hose to maximum 400 mm. Contact the service centre for the other drain hose and the extension.
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