USER MANUAL HITACHI FULLY AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINE Model AJ-S70KXP AJ-S65KXP AJ-S70KX Thank you for your purchase of HITACHI Fully Automatic Washing Machine. Please read this manual carefully for proper operation. Please keep this manual for future reference.
CONTENTS Preface ........................................................................................................................... 3 Safety Precautions ................................................................................ 4 Installation Guide .................................................................................................... 7 Installation ....................................................................................................................
Preface The number next to the sign is the page number for detailed description. Air-jet drying It's an economic mode of drying without heating. May be used to dry the heat-irresistible swimsuit or the underwear containing the amino heat-insulation materials. Keep room free of mugginess for causing no temperature rise. Control the black mildew. The drying capacity can be as high as 2kg. 2kg The duration is irrelevant to the dryness level for applying the timer mode of drying.
Safety Precautions Please read this part of substance carefully for proper operation before using your machine. The precautions stated here are classified as "Warning" and "Attention" according to the damage and the emergency caused by misoperation, and are described respectively in line with the marks below Warning With no respect to this mark, the misoperation may cause death or GBH. Attention With no respect to this mark, the misoperation may cause body harm or object damage.
Warning Do not put your hand into the basket until it has stopped completely. Prohibited Do not put your hands into the washing • spinning basket during the washing and rinsing process. Prohibited Even when the spinning of the basket is slow, there is still a danger of being caught in the motion, resulting injuries. Particular attention should be paid when children are around. Even when the spinning is slow, hands may be trapped by clothes.
Safety Precautions (continued) Warning Do not insert a screwdriver into the Lid Lock hold. Prohibited Do not open the lid in locked status by force. Prohibited Otherwise, the lid or locking device may be damaged, resulting in unstoppable spinning of washing • spinning basket and thus causing injuries. To avoid injuries caused by the lock damage. Attention Do not stand on or put weight on the top of the unit. Do not pull the wire from the socket when unplugging the unit.
Safety Precautions (continued) Attention Please turn off the water tap when not using the unit. Prohibited water leakage Do not wash, rinse and spin the water proof fabric or cloth. ( To prevent damages caused by water leakage. sleeping bag, raincoat, cover of skiing, utilities, bicycles, cars and motors ) Otherwise may lead to injury by abnormal vibration during spinning or damage the washing machine, wall, floor and clothes. Do not incline installing the washing cap.
Installation Guide (continued) Installation of Washing Machine 1 Adjust the instability of the washing machine with adjustable leg. 2 Please make sure of the horizontality of the washing machine. As shown in the figure, the horizontality can be easily observed by the string used to hang an object. It is level if the A clearance between A and machine body is the same with that string between a and the machine body.
How to Install the Water Drainage Hose (AJ-S70KXP, AJ-S65KXP) 1 Connect the water drainage hose with the water drainage joint on the back of the body. 2 After the connection is completed, please use hose clipper to clamp the water drainage hose to avoid fall-off. • Fully insert it into place to avoid leakage. Water Drainage Hose Hose Clipper Water Drainage Joint 3 1Insert the fixing holder of water drainage hose into mounting hole.
Installation Guide (continued) How to Install the Water Drainage Hose AJ-S70KX The water drainage hose is installed at the factory on the right side. It can be moved to the left side if necessary. 1 Lay the unit down slowly. Water drainage hose cover Water drainage hose is pulled out on the right • Lay the unit down on some corrugate paper to prevent damage. Lettering (right) 2 Pull out the water drainage hose from the left side of the unit.
Installation of the bottom plate The bottom plate is placed on the packaging foam on the top of the washer. 1 Please place the washer transversely in a slight way. • Before placing the washer transversely, lay some soft paper pad on the ground to avoid damage to the body. Corrugate paper etc. 2 Align the hook on the bottom plate with the square hole on the chassis and insert it, then tighten the screw.
Installation Guide (continued) How to Install the One Touch Joint 1 Confirm the diameter of the water tap. If the diameter exceeds 2cm, remove the joint ring. 2cm 2 Check the distance between joints A and B. A B Screw joint B in the arrow direction to adjust the gap. B Joint Screw Approximately 6mm 6mm Joint ring One touch joint 3 Joint Label Press the sealed pad evenly against the tap and tighten the four screws in a uniform fashion.
Installation Attention Please turn on the water tap to check to connecting condition of the water supply hose before washing. To prevent damages caused by water leakage due to loosen screw. How to install and remove the water supply hose Main unit Water tap Do not allow water tap, one touch joint and rubber ring to touch the unit when installing them. Turn the union nut in the direction as shown by the arrow and firmly. Connect it to the water supply opening.
Safety Check If any of the following conditions or other abnormalities occur, immediately pull out the power plug to prevent an accident and request help from an authorized dealer or agent. , , ( ) Never conduct repairs by yourself as it may be dangerous. , If you have used the washing machine for 4 - 5 years,even if the following conditions and other abnormalities do not occur, request for safety inspection of the machine is stilled required.
Technical Description The number next to the sign is the page number for detailed description.
Control Panel LID Lock indicator The indicators of washing, rinsing and spinning display the ongoing process and its duration. Lid Lock indicator will light when the lid is in locked status. Before the water supply, the lid is in the status of locking. During the washing machine operation, the display (lighting, flashing, darkening) of indicator of each process describes the operation status and the working process to the user.
Sailing indicator NORMAL DELICATE BLANKET SOAK SPEEDY WOOL The lamp will light when setting the program of "NORMAL","DELICATE","WOOL","SPEEDY"and"MINI" auto running. If setting "water level" or "washing indicator" in above program manually, the lamp will put off.
Control Panel(continued) ( ) Lid Lock function The lid will be locked automatically when washing for children's safe. Attention Attention With the set of Lid Lock function, the washing machine can't operate if the lid is opened. (The control panel will release the alarm if the lid is opened) ( ) Factory initial state for "safe mode". Remove safe mode 1 Press POWER ON/OFF button . / and hold down the 2 bePress removed.
Before Using Your Machine Preparation for washing machine One touch joint When the first using The washing machine can be used only after the proper installation in compliance with the "Installation Guide". Turn on Water supply hose Fixing of the water drainage hose Daily using 1 2 3 The U-shaped hose on the tail shall be tightly secured. (Suitable in AJ-S70KXP, AJ-S65KXP) U ( AJ-S70KXP, AJ-S65KXP) The front of the water drainage hose must insert in the water drainage outlet.
Before Using your Machine (continued) How to put laundry in Put in the laundry as evenly distributed as possible. Put bulky or floating laundry in basket first. Sheet Jean • It smoothes rotation of the laundry. • Splash of water must be prevented. The bluejeans and other thick cloth shall be evenly distributed in the washing basket before washing.
How to Use Liquid Detergent, Bleach, Fabric Softener Start the washing machine with water in the washing basket, and the infiltration washing can't perform then. Please put the detergent in the washing • spinning basket. Powder synthetic detergent Put the detergent in the detergent dispenser Notes • When water is adhering to the detergent dispenser, please wipe it first. 50 1 Open the detergent dispenser • When the detergent adheres to the dispenser, it remains even the dispenser is closed.
How to Use Liquid Detergent, Bleach, Fabric Softener (continued) Liquid detergent/Bleach / Liquid detergent Fabric softener 1 Open the cap of the fabric softener injection opening. Dilute the liquid detergent with water and gently pour it into the injection opening. 120 Ń • When using preset operation, dilute the detergent with twice the amount of water. Bleach Dilute the bleach with water before the washing and gently pour it into the injection opening.
Amount of Laundry and Detergent Amount of Laundry 7.0kg Synthetic detergent Concentrated detergent Regular detergent Water Level 20g for 30L of water 25mL for 30L of water (Liquid) (Powder) 30L 25mL 30L 20g ( ) ( ) 40g or 40mL for 30L of water (Powder, Liquid) 30L 40g 40mL ( ) 60L 40g 50mL 80g (80mL) ( AJ-S65KXP) 58L 39g 48mL 77g (77mL) 5.0kg 50L 33g 42mL 67g (67mL) 4.0kg 40L 27g 33mL 53g (53mL) 3.0kg 35L 23g 29mL 47g (47mL) 1.5kg 30L 20g 25mL 40g (40mL) 0.
Selection of Laundry Process The washing machine have six laundry courses. Please select the appropriate detergent and course for laundry according to the table below. 6 : , Type of laundry Regular laundry Recommended Automatic Program Control Panel Display Recommended Detergent NORMAL Automatically select the program suitable for washing. , Power synthetic detergent DELICATE Delicatly wash with soft current.
Press "START" button Washing Dissolve detergent d Agitating First Rinsing Second Rinsing Sprinking rinsing Water-storage rinsing When the spinning of the Spinning after basket is slow,the water draining supply is beginning Spinning after Supply water to the required level and draining performing agitating Balanced agitating Spinning Spinning after draining , Water-storage rinsing (twice) (2 ) Spinning after draining Rotating water+soaking + Draining Supply water to the required level and pe
Content of Laundry Process This part describes the process of each process. ( ) indicates it may be manually switched within the range contained in the bracket by pressing the buttons. No ( ) means no switch.
Process Description DELICATE Process Not suitable for washing laundries below: After washing Laundries with Dry clean label and out of hand wash label. Prevent the knitted sweater and alike from distorting please pay attention when drying. Laundries with fur material except for sweaters of wool .(high-quality cashmere , Angora , mohair and alike ) ( ) • Woolen sweater can be flattened out on a lever board for Laundries with lace embroidery knitted by special method.
Process Description (continued) Laundries within or out of the washing range Laundries within the washing range Among the signs of clothes' washing methods With Hand wash label With Dry clean label • The trousers, the skirts • The overall, the shirt, the one-piece dress (silk, flax and alike) • The school uniform, the sailor uniform label may be out of the washing range. Please refer to "Laundries out of the washing range" at the right side.
Make the dirt or the color spot easy to remove The oil contamination around the collar or the wristband • As to the dirt around the fringe of collar, wristband, lap or pocket, use the brush with detergent to wipe these positions hard for dirt removal. The color spot • Underlay the towel at the inner side of laundry, and use the brush with detergent to flap gently and remove the color spot. Use of detergent • Please refer to the detergent specification for the usage amount of detergent.
Process Description (continued) BLANKET Process Before using your machine The basket rotates and creates "Blanket washing current" to gently wash comforters, blanket and bed spread. Please note that washing cap can be used in BLANKET process. • Washing without the cap may do harm to the clothes and the washing machine. For installation and dismantlement of the washing cap, please see page 33. 33 The washing cap is the optional part.
After the end of washing Method to take out Natural air-jet at the place with good ventilation • Opposite to the put-in sequence, pull out the comforter slowly. (About 4 hours are needed to dry the comforter in sunny days) ( 4 ) • When drying the comforter in sun, the frequent turning-over will shorten the drying duration. When drying the comforter in sun, the frequent flap will make the comforter fluffy and comfortable.
Using the PRESET for Washing Predefined operation can’t be set in "WOOL", "BLANKET", "CLEAN", "AIR JET" Processes. How to use the "PRESET" button (Switched options) The preset function allows the finishing time to be set to 6 hours or 9 hours later. This feature comes in handy when you wish to do the washing while you are out or when you wish to do the washing at night and hang out in the morning. 6 9 Press the "PRESET" button to set the washing content.
Using the Washing Cap Make sure the washing cap is used in "WOOL" or "BLANKET" process. The washing cap is the optional part. Installation of the washing cap 1 Bend the cap as is shown in the figure and then put it in the basket with the side with letter faced up. 1Press the washing cap on your side, squeeze the whole cap into the basket. 2 2Press hard the whole washing cap down and flatten it up. Push down the whole cover Push down the cover 2 close to your body.
Using the Washing Cap (continued) ( ) In "BLANKET" process 1 Dismantlement of the detergent dispenser 2 1Bend the dispenser Put the washing cap into the basket, hold the central circle, and pull it right beneath the balance ring. 2Dismantle the pin from the pinhole. • Do not clip the clothes when installing the washing cap. balance ring pin 2 pinhole 3 washing cap central circle Attention It is prohibited to install the washing cap aslant.
AIR-JET Process Preparing for AIR-JET Air Jet function helps to shorten the time for laundry airing by using of strong wind and high-speed spinning . It prevents shrinkage and transfrigure that caused by heating. • May be used to dry the heat-irresistible swimsuit or the underwear containing the amino heat-insulation materials. • Keep room free of mugginess for causing no temperature rise. Provide the same drying effect as the airing in the room.
AIR-JET Process (continued) ( ) Air-jet Process Take out the laundries after washing process, rearrange them evenly and them put them into the washing basket. • The air-jet capacity can be as high as 2kg. 2kg Press the "POWER SWITCH" button • Refer to the following table for approximate air-jet 37 duration. 37 • The preset during is only for air-jet process, and the actual operation duration is 5 to 30 minutes longer for including the duration of rearrangement and even regulation of the laundries.
Proposed Operation Time The following information is for reference only. Air Jet Drying is only an supporting feature, helps shorten the time for laundry airing, but it can not dry your laundries completely. Air-dry of individual laundry Air-dry of mixing laundries (about 2.0kg: 3 hours) ( 2.0kg 3 ) 60 min 2.0kg 1.0kg 0.5kg 3 hours 3 2 hours 2 90 min 90 White shirt polyester fiber: 60% cotton: 40% Case 1: Mixture of 1.4 kg of chemical fiber and 0.4kg of blending 1 1.4kg 0.
Washing in Your Favorite Way Any of the processes of "Washing", "Rinsing" and "Spinning" can be set up alone, and the processes can also operate in combination. (The content of the washing will not be stored) ( ) Attention • Except the "washing rinsing spinning" and "washing spinning", when other washing modes are set, no stirring of the washings will be made for loosening clothes after the completion of drainage.
How to use the "WATER LEVEL" button With each pressing on the "WATER LEVEL" button,the indicator will move towards the arrow. AJ-S70KXP AJ-S70KX 60L AJ-S65KXP 58L 50L 50L 40L 40L 35L 35L 30L 30L 25L 25L LED flashes LED flashes How to use the "WASH" button With each pressing on the "WASH" button, the indicator will move towards the arrow. How to use the "RINSE" button With each pressing on the "RINSE" button, the indicator will move towards the arrow.
Use Guidelines Do not remove the plug of power supply during the operation. • Lest the washing machine will be in trouble. Make sure the operation is suspended or the power supply is cut off before removing the plug. Attention on dewfall . • Since the humidity is high in summer, there will be dewfall outside the washing machine when washing with cool water, which may damp the floor. Please pay attention to it. Do not add excessive amount of detergent. Do not put in excessive clothes.
CLEAN Process Maintenance to the washing basket (to keep it clean) ... TUB CLEAN Process ... It's hard for the soap alkali residue and the mildew to adhere to the stainless steel basket, but the soap alkali residue may come into being after long usage. Please perform the regular maintenance, and clean the washing basket bimonthly. 2 Regular maintenance Press the "POWER SWITCH" button . Pour in detergent and close the lid.
TUB DRY Process Press the Press the Press the POWER ON/OFF CLEAN button button . , select START/PAUSE button Please do not put in clothes. TUB DRY . Drying and spinning is about 30 minutes. 30 "WATER LEVEL","WASH", "RINSE", "SPIN" can not be choosen. .
Maintenance and Repair Maintenance of the detergent dispenser (it is liable to damage during dismantlement, please pay attention to it during the operation) ( Remove the detergent dispenser for maintenance. ) 21 21 • If there is detergent or softener residue, please wipe it off or flush it away with water. • If there is severe dirt, warm water of around 40 C can be used to immerse it for five minutes, and then use the tools such as toothbrush to clean it up.
Maintenance and Repair (continued) When icing is possibly underway 1 Turn off the tap, and disassemble the water supply hose. (Refer to page 13 for proper disassembly) Turn off When icing happens 1 1 Disassemble the water supply hose, and put it into the warm water as hot as 40oC. 40 2 Pour the warm water as hot as 40oC into the basket. 40 3 Connect the water supply hose to the tap, and check the washing machine to make sure the water supply and drain are in normal case.
How to maintain the water supply opening The contamination accumulated at the water supply opening will worsen the supply effect. 1 Maintenance to the main unit Please use the soft cloth to wipe and clean the dirt on the washing machine body and the control panel. Turn off the tap, and disassemble the water supply hose. (Refer to page 13 for proper disassembly) Warning During the course of maintenance and repair, don't spray water directly to any part of the 13 2 washing machine body.
When Failure Happens About the abnormality alarm In the following cases, the flash of indicator and the sound of buzzer will announce the abnormality. If the washing machine generates unexpected error alarm, the washing machine shall be temporarily suspended for a while, and then restarted. If the same error alarm occurs again, please follow the following steps.
Flash of indicator Alarm content The lid is not locked completely (The lid is not completely closed) Part to check Solution Troubleshooting • Is there foreign substance under the lid? ? Restart operation Washing basket can not rotate (washing, rinsing, spinning) • Are the washings oblique? ? • Or is the washing machine placed straight? See page 7 ? 7 Please press the "START/PAUSE" button to pause the operation, rearrange the laundry evenly, and restart with the lid closed.
When Failure Happens (continued) Case Cause Fail to supply water No spinning, washing basket can't rotate Please refer to "Part to check" in "About abnormality alarm". 46 46 No stirring Unable to air-jet dry It doesn't work after setting of air-jet dry • Please refer to "The Approximate air-jet duration of laundry". 37 37 • if there is water remained in the dehydrating basket, Start button can not be pressed. And it can only be pressed after draining all of the water.
Automatic power OFF The power will be cut automatically at the end of operation. The power will be automatically cut if the washing machine keeps one of the following status for above 1 hour. 1 1) Pause 2) Lid open 3) Abnormality alarm describer in page 46 46 With no pressing on "START/PAUSE" button in 5 minutes after the power on, the power will be cut automatically. 5 The following cases are not the failures Case About the water charging Cause Supply water during the course of washing.
When Failure Happens (continued) Case About the sound About the spinning AJ-S70KXP/ AJ-S65KXP About the water drainage pump About the water level Cause It buzzes or sounds "Hoola, hoola" during the high-speed washing or spinning. • That is the electromagnetic sound of the motor switched on and off to control the rotating speed. Supply water during the course of spinning. • The security switch acts as the laundry declines. Change automatically to the "Water-storage rinse" for the next rinsing.
Case About the drying time Spinning doesn't finish beyond the predefined time. Cause • The predefined time is the time for drying spinning, and the actual operation time need to plus the clothes dressing and oblique correction time, which, in aggregation, will be longer than the predefined time by 5~30 minutes. 5 About the air jet processing It is not dried. 30 • Depending on the quantities & types of laundries, air temperature & moisture, seasons and environment, the completion time may differ.
Optional Parts Extended water supply hose (1m/2m/3m) • For supply hose extension. Washing cap Lint filter Nanometer titanium filter net assy Water drainage hose (AJ-S70KXP, AJ-S65KXP) Fixing holder (AJ-S70KXP, AJ-S65KXP) Extended water drainage hose (about 80 cm) ( 80 cm)(AJ-S70KX) • For drainage hose extension.
