LFX7G7224FB USER MANUAL EN User Manual Washing Machine
www.aeg.com CONTENTS 1. SAFETY INFORMATION............................................................................................. 3 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.............................................................................................4 3. INSTALLATION............................................................................................................5 4. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.........................................................................................15 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.
www.aeg.com • • • • • • • 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. Before any maintenance operation, deactivate the appliance and disconnect the mains plug from the socket.
ENGLISH • Always use a correctly installed shockproof socket. • Make sure that the parameters on the rating plate are compatible with the electrical ratings of the mains power supply. • Do not use multi-plug adapters and extension cables. • Make sure not to cause damage to the mains plug and to the mains cable. Should the mains cable need to be replaced, this must be carried out by our Authorised Service Centre. • Connect the mains plug to the mains socket only at the end of the installation.
www.aeg.com 3.1 Be prepared for installation It is recommended that installation is carried out by two persons. 3.2 The appliance is equipped with ... A B C D E x4 x2 x1 x1 x1 F G H L x1 x2 x1 x1 x2 3.3 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.
ENGLISH 3. Remove the polystyrene protection from the bottom. 1 2 4. Return the appliance in vertical position and remove the socket polystyrene protection. 1 2 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.
www.aeg.com F 7. Close the holes with the plastic caps you find in the user manual bag. Put the smallest cap F in upper hole and the two bigger caps G in lower holes. G We recommend that you keep the packaging and the transit bolts for any movement of the appliance. 3.4 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.
ENGLISH 9 3.5 Hose and cable connection 900 mm 960 mm 1360 mm max 1000 mm max 1000 mm min. 600 mm 1230 mm 1450 mm min. 600 mm 1100 mm 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. 45 20 O O 3.
www.aeg.com 5. Connect the water inlet hose to the cold water tap with 3/4 thread. WARNING! Make sure that there are no leaks from the couplings. Use the hose supplied with appliance. Do not use an extension hose if the inlet hose is too short. Contact the Authorised Service Centre for an inlet hose replacement. Water drainage The drain hose can be connected: Ø 40 mm max.600 mm 10 To a stand pipe with vent-hole Directly into a drain pipe at a height of not less than 60 cm (23.
ENGLISH 11 To a wall-pipe Directly to a built-in drain pipe in the room wall and tighten it with the supplied cable tie L. L You can extend the drain hose to maximum 400 cm. Contact the service centre for the other drain hose and the extension. 3.6 Building in This appliance has been designed to be built into the kitchen furniture. The recess should have the dimensions shown in this picture. min.
www.aeg.com Before proceeding with appliance building in, bring it near the recess and preposition the inlet hose, the drain hose and the mains cable. WARNING! Make sure they are not kinked or squashed. 3.7 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.
ENGLISH N M 13 If the cupboard door has to be opened from left to right, invert the position of the hinge supports M with the magnetic plate N and lower plate O. O Make sure that the plate with magnet is on the upper position. M N O Cupboard door preparation For countersinking the door, it is recommended to call a professional. y Align the cupboard door to the furniture correctly. Measure the distance X to fix the height of the hole to countersink the upper hinge.
www.aeg.com Hinges To mount the hinges it is necessary to drill two holes (dia. 35 mm, depth 12.5 - 14 mm depending on the depth of cupboard door) on the inner side of the door. The hinges will be fixed to the door by means of the four supplied screws A. A 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.
ENGLISH 15 4. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 4.1 Appliance overview 1 2 10 3 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 Hinge supports Detergent dispenser Control panel Magnetic plate Door handle Rating plate Plate with rubber beater Drain pump filter Front feet for levelling the appliance Drain hose Mains cable Inlet hose connection Back feet for levelling the appliance 8 9 10 11 12 13 5. CONTROL PANEL 5.
www.aeg.com The permanent options are set by holding pressed the relative button for at least 3 seconds. 1 2 3 4 5 7 Soft Plus touch button and permanent Extra Rinse option 8 Prewash touch button and permanent Stain option 9 Spin reduction options touch button • Rinse Hold option Programme dial Display Delay Start touch button Time Save touch button • No spin option • Night option 10 Temp.
ENGLISH 17 Add garments indicator. it lights at the beginning of the washing phase, when it is still possible to pause the appliance and add more laundry. Child safety lock indicator. Drum clean indicator. This is a recommendation to perform the drum cleaning. Anti-crease phase indicator. 6. DIAL AND BUTTONS 6.1 Introduction The options/functions are not available with all washing programmes. Check the compatibility between options/functions and washing programmes in the "Programme Chart".
www.aeg.com phase uses more water for some washing programmes • Night . The related indicator comes on. The intermediate and the final spinning phases are suppressed and the programme ends with water in the drum. This helps to reduce creasing. The door stays locked. The drum turns regularly to reduce creasing. You must drain the water to unlock the door. As the programme is very quiet, it is suitable for use at night time when cheaper electricity tariffs are available.
ENGLISH and the indicator is steady on. The drum performs smooth movements for about 30 minutes to keep the steam benefit. By touching any button the anticrease movements stop and the door unlocks. A small laundry load helps to reach better results. 6.11 Child Lock With this option you can prevent children from playing with the control panel. To activate/deactivate this option, hold the Plus Steam button pressed until the indicator display.
www.aeg.com 6.14 Start/Pause Touch the Start/Pause button to start, pause the appliance or interrupt a running programme. 7. PROGRAMMES 7.1 Programme Chart Programme Default temperature Temperature range Reference spin speed Maximum load Programme description (Type of load and soil level) Washing programmes 1200 rpm 7 kg White cotton and coloured cotton. Normal, heavy and light soil. 1200 rpm 7 kg White cotton and fast-coloured cotton. Normal soil.
ENGLISH Programme Default temperature Temperature range Reference spin speed Maximum load 21 Programme description (Type of load and soil level) Steam programme Steam programme for cotton and synthetic items. Steam can be used for dried2), washed or worn once laundry. This programme reduce creases and odours3) and relaxes the fibres. When the programme is completed, quickly remove the laundry from the drum. After a steam programme, ironing becomes effortless. Do not use any detergent.
www.aeg.com Programme Default temperature Temperature range Reference spin speed Maximum load 1200 rpm 3 kg Synthetic sportswear. Intensive short cycle to deeply wash sportswear. 800 rpm 3 kg Single synthetic blanket, padded clothes, duvets, down jackets and similar items. 1200 rpm 3 kg Cotton and synthetic items lightly soiled or once worn.
ENGLISH Programme Default temperature Temperature range Denim 30 °C 40 °C - Cold Wool/Silk 40 °C 40 °C - Cold Reference spin speed Maximum load 23 Programme description (Type of load and soil level) 800 rpm (Maximum reference spin speed 1200 rpm) 3 kg Special programme for Denim clothing with delicate washing phase to minimize colour fading and marks. For better care a reduced load size is recommended. 1200 rpm (1200 - 400 rpm) 1.
www.aeg.com Spin/Drain Rinse Duvet 20min 3kg Outdoor Denim Wool/Silk ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■3) ■ Time Save Steam Delay Start Plus Steam2) Soft Plus 2) Prewash1) No spin Night Rinse Hold Programme Spin 24 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 1) Prewash and Stains cannot be selected together. 2) This option is not available with temperature lower than 40 °C. 3) If you set the No Spin option, the appliance performs draining only. 7.
ENGLISH 25 8. SETTINGS 8.1 Acoustic signals This appliance has 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 an invalid selection (3 short sounds). • The programme is completed (sequence of sounds for about 2 minutes). • The appliance has a malfunction (sequence of short sounds for about 5 minutes).
www.aeg.com CAUTION! Make sure that no laundry gets caught between the seal and the door to avoid risk of water leakage and damage to the laundry. Washing heavily oiled, greasy stains could cause damage to rubber parts of the washing machine. 10.3 Filling the detergent and additives Always follow the instructions that you find on the packaging of the detergent products, but we recommend that you do not exceed the maximum indicated level ( ).
ENGLISH • Do not exceed to liquid detergent dose indicated 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 The related indicator stops flashing and stays on. The programme starts, the door is locked. The display shows the indicator . The drain pump can operate shortly before the appliance fills water. 10.7 Starting a programme with the delay start 1.
www.aeg.com 10.8 The ProSense System load detection After touching the Start/Pause button: 1. The ProSense System starts estimating the weight of the load to calculate the real programme duration. During this phase the Time placed below the Manager bars time digits play a simple animation. 2. After about 15-20 minutes the Time Manager bars disappear and new cycle duration is displayed.
ENGLISH 2. Remove the laundry from the appliance. 3. Make sure that the drum is empty. 4. Keep the door and the detergent dispenser slightly ajar to prevent mildew and odours. 5. Close the water tap. 10.13 Draining water out after end of cycle If you have chosen a programme or an option that does not empty out the water of the last rinse, the programme is completed, but: • The time area shows and the . display shows the door locked • The indicator of the Start/Pause button starts flashing.
www.aeg.com • Be careful with curtains. Remove the hooks and put the curtains in a washing bag or pillowcase. • Do not wash laundry without hems or with cuts. • Use a washing bag to wash small and/or delicate items (e.g. underwired bras, belts, tights, etc. ). • A very small load can cause balance problems with the spin phase leading to excessive vibration. If this occurs: a. interrupt the programme and open the door (refer to "Daily Use" chapter); b.
ENGLISH 31 12. CARE AND CLEANING WARNING! Refer to Safety chapters. 12.1 External cleaning Clean the appliance with mild soap and warm water only. Fully dry all the surfaces. CAUTION! Do not use alcohol, solvents or chemical products. 12.
www.aeg.com 1. Remove all laundry from the drum. 2. Run a Cottons programme with the highest temperature. 3. Add a small quantity of powder detergent into the empty drum, in order to rinse out any left residues. Occasionally, at the end of a cycle the display may show the icon : this is a recommendation to perform the “drum cleaning”. Once the drum cleaning has been performed, the icon disappears. 12.6 Cleaning the detergent dispenser 3.
ENGLISH 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 33 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: 2 1.
www.aeg.com 180˚ 3. Turn the filter 180 degrees in anti-clockwise direction to open it, without removing. Let the water flow out. 4. When the bowl is full of water, turn the filter back and empty the container. 5. Repeat the steps 4 and 5 until the water stops to flow out. 1 6. Turn the filter anti-clockwise to remove it 2 7. If it is necessary, remove fluff and objects from the filter recess. Make sure that the impeller of the pump can rotate.
ENGLISH 35 2 9. Put the filter back into the special guides by turning it clockwise. Make sure that you tighten the filter correctly to prevent leakages. 1 2 10. Close the pump cover. 1 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. 12.
www.aeg.com 45° 20° 12.9 Emergency drain If the appliance cannot drain the water, carry out the same procedure, described in 'Cleaning the drain pump' paragraph. If necessary, clean the pump. 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. 12.
ENGLISH 37 • - No communication between electronic elements of the appliance. Switch it off and switch on again. The programme was not finished properly or the appliance stopped too early. If the alarm code appears again, contact the Authorised Service Centre. • - The anti-flood device is on. Disconnect the appliance and close the water tap. Contact the Authorised Service Centre. • - The appliance does not fill with water properly.
www.aeg.com Problem The appliance does not fill with water properly. 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 information, contact your local water authority. • Make sure that the water tap is not clogged. • Make sure that the inlet hose has no kinks, damages or bends. • Make sure that the connection of the water inlet hose is correct.
ENGLISH 39 Problem Possible solution The appliance makes an unusual noise and vibrates. • Make sure the levelling of the appliance is correct. Refer to "Installation instruction". • Make sure that the packaging and/or the transit bolts are removed. Refer to "Installation instruction". • Add more laundry in the drum. The load may be too small. The programme duration • The ProSense System is able to adjust the programme duincreases or decreases ration according to the type and the laundry load size.
www.aeg.com 2. Disconnect the mains plug from the mains socket. 3. Pull the emergency unlock trigger downward once. Pull it once again, keep it tensed and, in the meanwhile, open the appliance door. The emergency unlock trigger is located where indicated by the following picture. 4. Take out the laundry and then close the appliance door. 14. CONSUMPTION VALUES Stated values are obtained in laboratory conditions with relevant standards.
ENGLISH Programmes Load (kg) 41 Energy consumption (kWh) Water consumption (litre) Approximate programme duration (minutes) 7 1.20 79 190 7 0.93 51 250 Cottons 40°C 7 1.00 80 180 Synthetics 40°C 3 0.69 72 135 Delicates 40°C 2 0.43 46 55 Wool/Silk 30°C 1.5 0.14 60 70 Cottons 60°C Cottons Eco 60°C1) 1) This programme at 60 °C with a load of 7 kg is the reference programme for energy label data, in compliance with UAE. S 5010 2:2013. Off Mode (W) Left On Mode (W) 0.48 0.
www.aeg.com Energy Efficiency Class Spin Speed A+++ Maximum spin speed 1151 rpm 1) Connect the water inlet hose to a water tap with a 3/4'' thread. 16. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Recycle materials with the symbol . Put the packaging in relevant containers to recycle it. Help protect the environment and human health by recycling waste of electrical and electronic appliances. Do not dispose of * appliances marked with the symbol with the household waste.
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