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- Page 1 Installation instructions FabricSmart™ clothes washer User guide NZ AU SG...
- Page 2 Intelligence working for you The FabricSmart™ washer is born from 75 years of Fisher and Paykel laundry innovation. With sophisticated electronics and a revolutionary direct drive motor, it cleans and cares for your clothes as never before. Unlike conventional machines, FabricSmart™ clothes washers use intelligence to continually adapt the wash action and water levels to save on water and electricity use;...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Wash Advance and Temperature Sorting and loading Washing difficult items Detergent Fabric softener Caring for your clothes washer Machine information If your FabricSmart™ beeps for help Operating problems All about wash problems Manufacturer’s Warranty Customer Care Important! SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS The models shown in this User Guide may not be available in all markets and are subject to change at any time. -
Page 4: Installation Instructions
Installation instructions Unpacking To ensure the best performance from your new FabricSmart™ washer please follow the instructions below. Removing the packaging Remove the outer packaging. Tilt the machine backwards and walk it off the bottom packer one foot at a time. - Page 5 Installation instructions Inlet hoses Note: new hose sets provided with the machine are to be used to connect the washer to the water mains. Old hose sets should not be re-used. Connect the straight ends of the inlet hoses to the taps (there are washers fitted in both ends).
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Page 6: Water Supply
Your FabricSmart™ can be opened while it is filling and agitating. Once agitation is complete, the ■ ■... -
Page 7: Before You Do Your First Wash
We hope you enjoy your new washing machine, we have certainly enjoyed designing it. Before you do your first wash You owe it to yourself and your FabricSmart™ to have it installed correctly by a technician from a Fisher & Paykel Authorised Repairer. -
Page 8: Getting Started Quickly
) buttons to select the soil level that best suits your load. Note: these buttons are also used to navigate through the wash cycle and option menus. Touch and let FabricSmart™ do the rest for you. To choose a cycle other than the default, and/or any wash options, use the button. - Page 9 Water Fabric Rinse Rinse Start Wash Level Type Fig.7 FabricSmart™ clothes washer control panel Wash cycles There are four Fabric Care cycles and 13 specially designed Lifestyles cycles to make washing simpler and easier. Fabric Care Lifestyles Favourite Family Sports...
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Page 10: Wash Options
However, if you wish to customise some wash options, please refer to pages 12 – 15. Washer feedback Your FabricSmart™ washer will display which stage of the cycle the machine is at and how many minutes the wash cycle has to go, so you can tell at a glance when your washing will be finished. -
Page 11: Eco Active™ Wash
Wash 2 – Agitation wash (top-loader type wash) After recirculating the sudsy water through the clothes for 2 – 5 minutes, your FabricSmart™ washer will fill with just enough cool water to suspend the clothes in solution. Your washer will then sense the average fabric type of the load and begin the agitation wash. -
Page 12: Lid Lock
In short, it means you can open the lid while your FabricSmart™ is filling, agitating and draining, but not while it is spinning, allowing you to add or remove clothes, dissolve detergent or add fabric softener (that is if you do not want to use the Automatic Fabric Softener Dispenser). -
Page 13: Water Consumption
Water consumption Hot water consumption Differences in hot water for a Warm/Cold wash. † Machine size Load size Eco Active™ wash Traditional wash 5 Kg 13 L 33 L Large 3 Kg 10 L 23 L 1 Kg 13 L 5 Kg 12 L 29 L... -
Page 14: The Lifestyles/Options Button
To customise a wash option You can program your FabricSmart™ washer to remember the wash options you prefer. For instance, you may want to set your washer to always select a warmer wash temperature: Fig.15 Saving your preferred wash options... -
Page 15: Options
Water Level Your FabricSmart™ washer can automatically select the right water level for the load. As your machine fills it will pause occasionally to sense the water level. The machine will check if the water level is correct by using a series of two different agitate strokes: a slow stroke to sense the load, and an agitate stroke to mix the load (this may take over a minute). -
Page 16: Wash Advance, Spin, How Dirty, Delay Start, Drip Dry, Soak, Save Time
Options Wash Advance Use WASH ADVANCE to advance the cycle or to start the cycle at a particular stage. This is a good option if you only want to use part of the cycle, eg the rinse and spin, or prewash. Please refer to page 22 for more detail. -
Page 17: Save Water, Traditional Wash, Settings
These loads are better rinsed using a deep rinse. Traditional Wash Your FabricSmart™ washer can be set to a traditional top loading wash, where the clothes are agitated in a bowl full of water at a temperature you have selected. Settings You can fine-tune the wash options and display settings of your FabricSmart™... -
Page 18: Adjusting The Wash Settings
Auto Water Level If you are not satisfied with the water level that your FabricSmart™ washer fills to on auto water level, you can increase or decrease the fill level that auto will select. Access the SETTINGS menu (refer above). -
Page 19: Default Rinse, Easy Iron Spin Speed, Out Of Balance Recovery
Adjusting the wash settings Default Rinse This menu changes the rinse option that is automatically selected when you first turn your machine on. Spray and Deep is the default rinse. You may wish to change the type of rinse selected for a number of reasons. If you have a problem with impurities in your water supply you may get a better wash if you change the rinse option to two deep rinses. -
Page 20: End Of Cycle Beeps, Re-Set Defaults, Display
Adjusting the wash settings Your machine left the factory with the Machine Stops Action set as the default. To set your machine to Automatic Recovery: Access the SETTINGS menu (refer to page 16). ■ ■ Select OUT OF BALANCE RECOVERY. ■... -
Page 21: Lifestyles Cycles
Lifestyles cycles 2. Lifestyles Your FabricSmart™ has a range of specially designed Lifestyles cycles to make washing even easier. Touch the button, select LIFESTYLES. The LIFESTYLES menu will be displayed. Select a Lifestyles menu of your choice, eg FAMILY. Fig.19 Lifestyles options Note: WA10T65F and WA85T60F default to a cold water temperature. - Page 22 Lifestyles cycles Favourite The FAVOURITE cycle lets you save wash settings for your ideal wash cycle. Your FAVOURITE cycle can include most wash options and it can start from any point in the cycle. For instance, it may be a cycle to wash Fig.21 After your favourite settings, your gym gear or it may be a rinse and spin select the REMEMBER SETTINGS function...
- Page 23 The MUDDY cycle has a cold prewash followed by a cold wash with extra rinses to help get mud out of sports gear. Your FabricSmart™ will stop and alert you to add detergent before starting the main wash.
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Page 24: Wash Advance And Temperature
The PREWASH option is a cold, 4 minute prewash for extra dirty loads. Your FabricSmart™ will beep when finished draining and display a message to tell you that it is waiting for you to add the detergent for the main wash. -
Page 25: Sorting And Loading
Loads that extend above the dispenser may also cause splashing. Important! Please do not, under any circumstances, attempt to wash an electric blanket in your FabricSmart™ washer. Nor is it recommended that you wash curtains in your FabricSmart™. Sunlight makes them brittle and they may disintegrate during washing. -
Page 26: Washing Difficult Items
Rinse and wring items out thoroughly before placing them in your machine. FabricSmart™ has a NAPPY RINSE cycle: touch , select LIFESTYLES, FAMILY, NAPPY RINSE. -
Page 27: Detergent
We recommend the use of domestic detergents (powder or liquid) only. Soap flakes or granulated soap powders should not be used. Detergents that contain built-in fabric softeners may not be suitable for your FabricSmart™ as they can leave deposits on the agitator and bowl. - Page 28 Detergent How much to use? Concentrate Powder Machine size Medium Large Water level/load Number of scoops High 1 1/3 scoops 1 ½ scoops Medium high 1 heaped scoop 1 1/3 scoops Medium 1 scant scoop 1 scoop Medium low 2/3 scoop ¾...
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Page 29: Fabric Softener
Fabric softener How the fabric softener is dispensed The fabric softener goes into the dispenser on the top of the agitator. During rinse the machine spins to release the fabric softener, delivering it down the agitator stem as the machine fills for the final deep rinse. Note: the SAVE WATER and ECO (SAVER WATER++) rinse options are not designed to be used with fabric softener. -
Page 30: Caring For Your Clothes Washer
Select BOWL CLEAN (refer to page 22). Automatic lint system Your FabricSmart™ has a self cleaning lint disposal system. It automatically separates the lint from the wash water as it washes. The lint becomes trapped between the inner and outer bowls and is... -
Page 31: Machine Information
1360 – 1390 mm Height is measured to the highest point on the console. Note: exact height of your FabricSmart™ is dependent on how far the feet are inserted into the base of the machine. Electrical supply: 220 – 240 V, 50 Hz Sinusoidal, 165 W ■... -
Page 32: If Your Fabricsmart™ Beeps For Help
If your FabricSmart™ beeps for help Before you call for service Please read the following pages before calling for service. You can correct many of your machine’s problems using the checklists on the following pages. Your machine is capable of diagnosing its own problems and if it has a problem it will beep and display a message telling you what is wrong. - Page 33 If your FabricSmart™ beeps for help “I am not getting any WATER” The taps have not been turned on. Inlet hose screens may be blocked. The hoses may be kinked (refer to page 3). The drain hose is too low or the drain hose is pushed into the standpipe too far and the water is siphoning out of the machine (see Installations Instructions, page 2).
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Page 34: Operating Problems
WASH WATER Temperature is not warm. The FabricSmart™ washer fills in two stages. The first phase of the wash fills with water at the temperature you have selected. The second phase of the wash uses cool water to finish the fill, so the final wash water temperature will be much cooler than the temperature you selected (refer to Eco Active™... -
Page 35: All About Wash Problems
All about wash problems Listed below are possible causes and solutions to some common wash problems. CREASING. Overloading the washer or dryer. Select EASY IRON as this will change the rinse and select a slower, shorter spin speed (page 19). Or change the fast spin speed from 1000 rpm to 670 rpm (refer to Spin, page 14). -
Page 36: Manufacturer's Warranty
Manufacturer’s Warranty You automatically receive a 2 year Manufacturer’s Warranty with the purchase of this Product covering parts and labour for servicing within the country of purchase. Fisher & Paykel undertakes to: Repair or, at its option, replace without cost to the owner either for material or labour any part of The product, the serial number of which appears on the product, which is found to be defective within TWO YEARS of the date of purchase. - Page 37 Manufacturer’s Warranty Normal recommended maintenance as set out in the product’s user guide. Repairs when the appliance has been dismantled, repaired or serviced by other than a Fisher & Paykel authorised repairer or the selling dealer. Pick-up and delivery. Transportation or travelling costs involved in the repair when the product is installed outside the Fisher &...
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Page 38: Customer Care
Customer Care Before you call for service or assistance… Check the things you can do yourself. Refer to your User Guide and check: Your appliance is correctly installed. You are familiar with its normal operation. You have read the problem solving section at the back of the book. If after checking these points you still need assistance, please refer to your nearest Fisher &... - Page 39 Customer Care Product details Fisher & Paykel Appliances, Ltd Model/Serial No. Date of Purchase Purchaser Dealer Suburb Town Country...
- Page 40 www.fisherpaykel.co.nz www.fisherpaykel.com.au www.fisherpaykel.com.sg Copyright © Fisher & Paykel 2011. All rights reserved. The product specifications in this booklet apply to the specific products and models described at the date of issue. Under our policy of continuous product improvement, these specifications may change at any time. You should therefore check with your Dealer to ensure this booklet correctly describes the product currently available.
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