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Washing Machine / User‘s Manual
7
Maintenance and cleaning
Service life of the product extends and
frequently faced problems decrease if cleaned
at regular intervals.
7.1 Cleaning the detergent drawer
Clean the detergent drawer at regular intervals
(every 4-5 washing cycles) as shown below
in order to prevent accumulation of powder
detergent in time.
1. Press the dotted point on the siphon in the
softener compartment and pull towards you
until the compartment is removed from the
machine.
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If more than normal amount of water
and softener mixture starts to gather in
the softener compartment, the siphon
must be cleaned.
2. Wash the detergent drawer and the
siphon with plenty of lukewarm water in a
washbasin. Wear protective gloves or use an
appropriate brush to avoid touching of the
residues in the drawer with your skin when
cleaning.
3. Insert the drawer back into its place after
cleaning and make sure that it is seated well.
If your detergent drawer is the one indicated in
the following figure:
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Lift the rear part of the siphon to remove
it as illustrated. After performing the
above mentioned cleaning procedures,
replace the siphon back to its seating
and push its front section downwards to
make sure that the locking tab engages.
7.2 Cleaning the loading door and
the drum
For products with drum cleaning programme,
please see Operating the product -
Programmes.
For products without drum cleaning, follow the
below steps
to clean the drum:
Select
Additional Water
or
Extra rinse
auxiliary functions. Use a Cottons programme
without pre-wash. Set
the temperature
to the level recommended on the drum
cleaning agent which can be provided from
authorised services.
Apply this procedure
without any laundry in the product.
Before
starting the programme, put 1 pouch of special
drum cleaning agent (if the special agent could
not be supplied, put max. 100 g of powder
anti-limescale) into the main wash detergent
compartment (compartment no. “2”). If the
anti-limescale is in tablet form, put only one
tablet into the main wash compartment no. “2”.
Dry the inside of the bellow with a clean piece
of cloth after the programme has come to an
end.
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Repeat Drum Cleaning process in every
2 months.
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Use an anti-limescale suitable for the
washing machines.
