L9WEC169R USER MANUAL EN User Manual Washer Dryer
www.aeg.com CONTENTS 1. SAFETY INFORMATION............................................................................................. 3 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.............................................................................................6 3. INSTALLATION............................................................................................................7 4. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.........................................................................................13 5.
ENGLISH 1. 3 SAFETY INFORMATION Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible for any injuries or damages that are the result of incorrect installation or usage. Always keep the instructions in a safe and accessible location for future reference. 1.1 Children and vulnerable people safety WARNING! Risk of suffocation, injury or permanent disability.
www.aeg.com • • • • • • • • • • This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as: – staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments; – by clients in hotels, motels, bed & breakfast and other residential type environments; – areas for communal use in blocks of flats or in launderettes. The appliance shall be installed as a freestanding product or below the kitchen worktop if space margins permit.
ENGLISH • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 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. Old hose sets must not be reused. If the mains power supply cable is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its Authorised Service Centre or similarly qualified persons to avoid an electrical hazard. Wipe away lint or packaging debris that has accumulated around the appliance.
www.aeg.com • • • Do not use high pressure water sprays and/or steam to clean the appliance. Clean the appliance with a moist cloth. Use only neutral detergents. Do not use abrasive products, abrasive cleaning pads, solvents or metal objects. Before any maintenance operation, deactivate the appliance and disconnect the mains plug from the socket. 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 2.1 Installation The installation must comply with relevant national regulations.
ENGLISH 7 • Ensure that there are no visible water leaks during and after the first use of the appliance. • Do not sit or stand on the open door. • Do not dry dripping wet clothes in the appliance. 2.4 Use 2.5 Compressor WARNING! Risk of injury, electric shock, fire, burns or damage to the appliance. • Do not put flammable products or items that are wet with flammable products in, near or on the appliance. • Do not touch the glass door while a programme is in operation. The glass can get hot.
www.aeg.com Make sure not to damage the hoses. 2. Remove the cardboard top and the polystyrene packaging materials. 7. Remove the polystyrene protection from the bottom. 1 3. Remove the internal film. 2 8. Pull up the appliance in vertical position. 4. Open the door and remove the polystyrene piece from the door seal and all the items from the drum. 9. Remove the power supply cable and the drain hose from the hose holders. 5. Carefully put the appliance down on its rear side. 6.
ENGLISH 9 We recommend that you keep the packaging and the transit bolts for any movement of the appliance. 3.2 Installation on suspended flooring Suspended wooden floors are particularly susceptible to vibration. 10. Remove the three bolts by using the spanner supplied with the appliance. To limit vibration we recommend placing a waterproof wooden panel, at least 15 mm thick, under the appliance. It should be screwed to at least 2 floor beams and should extend beyond the front feet.
www.aeg.com 3.3 Installation under a counter The appliance can be installed as freestanding or below the kitchen counter with correct space (see picture). 600 mm ≥ 870 mm CAUTION! Do not install the appliance inside a sealed hollow! Make sure that there is air circulation throw the bottom of the furniture. 630 mm CAUTION! To assure free air circulation under the appliance, do not attach the sound barriers (if available). 3.4 Positioning and levelling 1. Install the appliance on a flat hard floor.
ENGLISH 45 20 11 O O A If this occurs, close the water tap and contact the authorized service centre to replace the hose. 3.7 Water drainage Make sure that the inlet hose is not in vertical position. 3. If necessary, loose the ring nut to set it in the correct position. 4. Connect the water inlet hose to the cold water tap with 3/4" thread. The drain hose should be positioned at a height of not less than 60 cm and not more than 100 cm from the floor. You can extend the drain hose to maximum 400 cm.
www.aeg.com Make sure that the drain hose end is not immersed in the water. There may be a return of dirty water into the appliance. 3. To a stand pipe with vent-hole Insert the drain hose directly into a drain pipe. Refer to the illustration. The end of the drain hose must always be ventilated , i.e. the inner diameter of the drain pipe (min. 38 mm min. 1.5") must be larger than the external diameter of the drain hose. 4.
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ENGLISH Maximum laundry indicator. It flashes when the laundry load exceeds the maximum declared load of the selected programme. Child safety lock indicator. Drying time indicator. Door locked indicator. The digital indicator can show: • Programme duration (e. g. • Delay time (e. g. or , washing and/or drying phase). ). • Cycle end ( ). • Warning code (e.g. ). Washing phase indicator: it flashes during prewash and wash phase. Rinsing phase indicator. It flashes during rinse phase.
www.aeg.com Stain indicator. ECO Energy saving indicators. It appears when you set the Cottons Eco programme. Delay start indicator. 6. DIAL AND BUTTONS 6.1 On/Off 6.4 Spin Pressing this button for a few seconds allows to activate or deactivate the appliance. Two different tunes sound while switching the appliance on or off. When you set a programme, the appliance automatically selects the maximum spin speed.
ENGLISH Touch the Start/Pause button: the appliance performs only the draining phase. The appliance empties the water out automatically after approximately 18 hours. 6.5 Stains/Prewash Press this button repeatedly to activate one of the two options. The relevant indicator goes on in the display. • Stains Select this option to add an anti-stain phase to a programme in order to treat heavily soiled or stained laundry with stain remover. Pour the stain remover into .
www.aeg.com 6.10 Auto Dry 6.11 Mode Touch this button to set one of 3 automatic dryness levels proposed by the appliance. Thanks to this button, a cycle can perform: • Only washing : Wash indicator is on. • Washing and drying : Wash and Dry indicators are on. • Only drying : Dry indicator is on. On the display the relevant dryness indicator goes on: • ironed. Iron dry: laundry to be • Cupboard dry: laundry to be put in store. • Extra dry: laundry to be fully dried. 6.
ENGLISH Programme 19 Programme description Special programme for silk and mixed synthetic items. Silk Machine washable wool, hand washable wool and other Wool/Handwash Outdoor fabrics with «hand washing» care symbol1). Do not use fabric softener and make sure that there is no softener residue in the detergent dispenser. Outdoor clothing, technical, sport fabrics, waterproof and breathable jackets, shell jackets with a removable fleece or inner insulation.
www.aeg.com Programme Programme description Spin/Drain All fabrics, except woollens and delicate fabrics. To spin the laundry and to drain the water in the drum. 1) During this cycle the drum rotates slowly to ensure a gentle wash. It can seem that the drum doesn't rotate or doesn't rotate properly, but this is normal for this programme. 2) If you set a Steam programme with dried laundry, at the end of the cycle the laundry could be humid.
ENGLISH 21 ■ ■ Quiet ■ ■ ■ Spin/Drain ■ Rinse Rinse Hold ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Steam ■ Outdoor ■ Wool/Handwash Synthetics Spin Silk Cottons Eco ■ Options NonStop 3h/3kg Cottons Programme Programme options compatibility ■1) No Spin Extra Rinse Prewash Stains2) Delay Start Quick3) Anti-crease Time Dry ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Auto Dry Spin/Drain Rinse Steam Outdoor Wool/Handwash Silk ■4) NonStop 3h/3kg Cottons Eco ■ Options Synthetics Cottons www.aeg.com Programme 22 1) If you set No Spin option, the appliance only drains the water. 2) This option is not available with temperature lower than 40 °C. 3) If you set the shortest duration, we recommend that you decrease the load size. It is possible to fully load the appliance, however the washing results can be less satisfactory.
ENGLISH Dryness Level Cupboard Dry1) For items to be stored Type of fabric Load Cottons and Linen (bathrobes, bath towels, etc) up to 6 kg 23 Synthetics and mixed fabup to 4 kg rics (jumpers, blouses, underwear, household and bed linen) Wool items (woollen jumpers) up to 1 kg Outdoor sporting garments up to 2 kg (Outdoor clothing, technical, sport fabrics, waterproof and breathable jackets, shell jackets) Iron Dry Suitable for ironing Cottons and Linen (sheets, tablecloths, shirts, etc) up to 6
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ENGLISH programme dial are deactivated (except On/Off button ). • Before you touch the Start/Pause button: the appliance cannot start. The appliance keeps the selection of this option after you switch it off. 9.2 Acoustic signals This appliance is provided with different acoustic signals, that operate when: • You activate the appliance (special short tune). • You deactivate the appliance (special short tune). • You touch the buttons (click sound). • You make a wrong selection (3 short sounds).
www.aeg.com CAUTION! Make sure that no laundry stays between the seal and the door. There is a risk of water leakage or damage to the laundry. 10.3 Filling the detergent and additives 10.4 Check the position of the flap 1. Pull out the detergent dispenser until it stops. 2. Press the lever down to remove the dispenser. 1 2 3. To use powder detergent, turn the flap up. Compartment for prewash phase, soak programme or stain remover. Compartment for washing phase.
ENGLISH With the flap in the position DOWN: • Do not use gelatinous or thick liquid detergents. • Do not put more liquid detergent than the limit shown on the flap. • Do not set the prewash phase. • Do not set the delay start function. 5. Measure out the detergent and the fabric conditioner. 6. Carefully close the detergent dispenser. 27 To perform washing only, make sure that only the Wash indicator is on above the Mode button.
www.aeg.com Changing the delay start after the countdown has started this case, it will be not possible to guarantee the best washing results. About 20 minutes after the programme start, the programme duration could be adjusted again depending on the capacity of water absorption of the fabrics. To change the delay start: 1. Touch the Start/Pause button to pause the appliance. The related indicator flashes. 2. Touch the Delay Start button repeatedly until the display shows the desired delay time. 3.
ENGLISH 10.11 Cancelling a running programme 1. Press the button On/Off to cancel the programme and to deactivate the appliance. 2. Press the button On/Off again to activate the appliance. Now, you can set a new washing programme. If the ProSense phase is already carried out and the water filling is already started, the new programme starts without repeating the ProSense phase. The water and the detergent are not drained out in order to avoid waste.
www.aeg.com • You must drain the water to open the door: 1. If necessary, touch the Spin button to decrease the spin speed proposed by the appliance. 2. Touch the Start/Pause button: • If you have set , the appliance drains the water and spins. • If you have set , the appliance only drains the water. The option indicator or goes out, flashes and then while the indicator goes off. 3. When the programme is completed and the door locked indicator goes off, you can open the door. 4.
ENGLISH At the beginning of the drying cycle (3 - 5 minutes), a slightly higher noise can be heard. This is caused by the compressor and it is quite normal for compressor powered appliances such as refrigerators, freezers and so on. 11.2 Washing and Drying Automatic levels 1. Tap on the Auto Dry button repeatedly until the display shows the required dryness level. The indicators in the display illuminate accordingly: a. b. c.
www.aeg.com 12. DAILY USE - DRYING ONLY WARNING! Refer to Safety chapters. This appliance is an automatic washer dryer. 12.1 Preparation to drying 1. Press the On/Off button for some seconds to activate the appliance. With a drying-only programme the display does not show the maximum load and the ProSense estimation is deactivated. 2. Load the laundry one item at a time. 3. Turn the programme dial to the programme suitable for the items to dry. 4.
ENGLISH After some minutes from the end of the programme, the energy saving function deactivates the appliance automatically. 1. Remove the laundry from the appliance. 2. Make sure that the drum is empty. 33 After drying phase, clean the drum, the seal and the inside of the door with a wet cloth. The indicator appears on the display to remind you to clean the air filter (refer to 'Cleaning the air filters' in 'Care and cleaning' chapter). 13.
www.aeg.com a. interrupt the programme and open the door (refer to "Daily Use" chapter); b. manually redistribute the load so that the items are spaced evenly around the tub; c. press the Start/Pause button. The spin phase continues. 14.2 Stubborn stains For some stains, water and detergent is not sufficient. We recommend that you pre-treat these stains before you put the items in the appliance. Special stain removers are available.
ENGLISH • Fabrics with residue of hair sprays, nail solvents or similar. • Garments with foam-rubber or materials similar to foam-rubber. 14.8 Garment labels When you dry the laundry, obey the indications on the labels of the manufacturers: • = The item can be tumble dried • = The drying cycle is at high temperature • = The drying cycle is at reduced temperature • = The item can not be tumble dried. 14.
www.aeg.com Always follow the instructions that you find on the packaging of the product. 15.3 Maintenance wash The repeated and prolonged use of low temperature programmes can cause detergent deposits, fluff residues, bacterial growth inside the drum and the tub. This could generate bad odours and mildew. To eliminate these deposits and hygienize the inner part of the appliance, run a maintenance wash regularly (at least once a month): 1. Remove all laundry from the drum. 2.
ENGLISH 4. Insert the detergent drawer into the guide rails and close it. Run the rinsing programme without any clothes in the drum. cleaning, replace the top part in its position. 3. Make sure that all detergent residue is removed from the upper and lower part of the recess. Use a small brush to clean the recess. 15.7 Cleaning the air filters The air filters collect the fluff. The fluff normally occurs when the clothes are dried in a washer-dryer.
www.aeg.com LL PU PU 3. LL 4. L L U P 5. 6. 7. 8. + 9. 10. To have best drying performances clean the air filters regularly with warm water and afterwards dry them with a towel. Clogged air filter increases the drying time and the energy consumption! WARNING! The primary filter recess must not be blocked by any object. If you only wash the laundry with your washer-dryer, it is normal to find some humidity in the primary air filter.
ENGLISH 15.8 Cleaning the drain pump WARNING! Disconnect the mains plug from the mains socket. 39 water spillages when removing the filter. Regularly check the drain pump filter and make sure that it is clean. Clean the drain pump if: • The appliance does not drain the water. • The drum does not turn. • The appliance makes an unusual noise because of the blockage of the drain pump. • The display shows the alarm code . 4.
www.aeg.com 9. Make sure that the impeller of the pump can rotate. If it does not rotate, contact the Authorised Service Centre. 12. Close the pump cover. 2 1 10. Clean the filter under the water tap. When you drain the water with the emergency drain procedure, you must activate the drain system again: a. Put 2 litres of water in the main wash compartment of the detergent dispenser. b. Start the programme to drain the water. 11. Put the filter back into the special guides by turning it clockwise.
ENGLISH 41 To clean the water inlet filters: • Close the water tap. • Remove the water inlet hose from the water tap. • Clean the filter in the inlet hose with a stiff brush. 1 2 3 • Remove the inlet hose behind the appliance. • Clean the filter in the valve with a stiff brush or a towel. • Install again the inlet hose. Make sure that the couplings are tight to prevent leakages. • Open the water tap. 45° 20° 15.
www.aeg.com 2. Start the programme to drain the water. 15.11 Frost precautions 4. Empty the drain pump. Refer to the emergency drain procedure. 5. When the drain pump is empty, install the inlet hose again. If the appliance is installed in an area where the temperature can reach the values around 0° C or drop below, remove the remaining water from the inlet hose and the drain pump. 1. Disconnect the mains plug from the mains socket. 2. Close the water tap. 3.
ENGLISH 43 Message Possible solution : the appliance does not drain the water. • Make sure that the drain hose is not damaged. • Make sure that the drain filter is not clogged. Clean the filter, if necessary. Refer to 'Care and cleaning'. • Make sure that the connection of the drain hose is correct. : please check the door! Make sure that the appliance door is not open or closed correctly.
www.aeg.com Problem Possible solution The appliance does not drain • Make sure that you have not set a programme without the water. drain phase. • Make sure that you have not set an option which ends with water in the tub. The appliance fills with water Make sure that the drain hose is in the correct position. and drains immediately. The hose may be too low. The spin phase does not operate or the washing cycle lasts longer than usually. • Make sure that the spin phase is not off.
ENGLISH 45 Problem Possible solution The washing results are not satisfactory. • Increase the detergent quantity or use a different detergent. • Use special products to remove the stubborn stains before you wash the laundry. • Make sure that you set the correct temperature. • Decrease the laundry load. After a steam programme, garments are partially wet. Make sure that the appliance is accurately levelled. Adjust the appliance by raising or lowering the feet.
www.aeg.com 2. Disconnect the mains plug from the mains socket. 3. Open the filter flap. 4. Pull the emergency unlock trigger downward once. Pull it downward once again, keep it tensed and, in the meanwhile, open the appliance door. 5. Take out the laundry and then close the appliance door. 6. Close the filter flap. 17. CONSUMPTION VALUES Stated values are obtained in laboratory conditions with relevant standards.
ENGLISH Programmes Load (kg) Wool/Handwash 30°C 47 Energy Water conApproximate proconsump- sumption (li- gramme duration tion (kWh) tre) (minutes) 1.5 0.29 59 70 1) «Cotton Energy Saving programme » at 60°C with a load of 10kg is the reference programme for the data entered in the energy label, in compliance with 96/60/EC Directive. 18.
www.aeg.com 19. ACCESSORIES 19.1 Available in www.aeg.com/shop or from authorised dealer 19.2 Fixing plate kit If you install the appliance on a plinth, secure the appliance with the fixing plates. Only appropriate accessories approved by AEG ensure the safety standards of the appliance. If unapproved parts are used, any claims will be invalidated. Read carefully the instructions supplied with the accessory. 20. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Recycle materials with the symbol .
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