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Precautions and tips
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This washer-dryer was designed and constructed in
accordance with international safety regulations. The
following information is provided for safety reasons and
must therefore be read carefully.
General safety
•
This appliance was designed for domestic use only.
• This appliance can be used by children aged
from 8 years and above and persons with
reduced physical, sensory or mental capa-
bilities or lack of experience and knowledge
if they have been given supervision or in-
struction concerning use of the appliance
in a safe way and understand the hazards
involved. Children shall not play with the
appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance
shall not be made by children without su-
pervision.
– Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.
– Items that have been soiled with sub-
stances such as cooking oil, acetone, alco-
hol, petrol, kerosene, spot removers, tur-
pentine, waxes and wax removers should be
washed in hot water with an extra amount
of detergent before being dried in the
tumble dryer.
– Items such as foam rubber (latex foam),
shower caps, waterproof textiles, rub-
ber backed articles and clothes or pillows
fitted with foam rubber pads should not be
dried in the tumble dryer.
– Fabric softeners, or similar products,
should be used as specified by the fabric
softener instructions.
– The final part of a tumble dryer cycle oc-
curs without heat (cool down cycle) to ensure
that the items are left at a temperature that
ensures that the items will not be damaged.
WARNING: Never stop a tumble dryer be-
fore the end of the drying cycle unless all
items are quickly removed and spread out
so that the heat is dissipated.
•
Do not touch the machine when barefoot or with wet
or damp hands or feet.
•
Do not pull on the power supply cable when unplugging
the appliance from the electricity socket. Hold the
plug and pull.
•
Do not open the detergent dispenser drawer while the
machine is in operation.
•
Do not touch the drained water as it may reach extre-
mely high temperatures.
•
Never force the porthole door. This could damage the
safety lock mechanism designed to prevent accidental
opening.
•
If the appliance breaks down, do not under any cir-
cumstances access the internal mechanisms in an
attempt to repair it yourself.
•
Always keep children well away from the appliance
while it is operating.
•
The door can become quite hot during the wash cycle.
•
If the appliance has to be moved, work in a group of
two or three people and handle it with the utmost
care. Never try to do this alone, because the appliance
is very heavy.
•
Before loading laundry into the washer-dryer, make
sure the drum is empty.
•
During the drying phase, the door tends to get quite hot.
• Do not use the appliance to dry clothes that
have been washed with flammable solvents
(e.g. trichlorethylene).
• Do not use the appliance to dry foam rub-
ber or similar elastomers.
•
Make sure that the water tap is turned on during
the drying cycles.
• Children of less than 3 years should be
kept away from the appliance unless con-
tinuously supervised.
• Remove all objects from pockets such as
lighters and matches.
Disposal
• Disposing of the packaging materials: observe local
regulations so that the packaging may be re-used.
• The European Directive 2012/19/EU on Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment, requires that
old household electrical appliances must not be
disposed of in the normal unsorted municipal waste
stream. Old appliances must be collected
separately in order to optimise the recovery and
recycling of the materials they contain and reduce
the impact on human health and the environment.
The crossed out “wheeled bin” symbol on the
product reminds you of your obligation, that when
you dispose of the appliance it must be separately
collected.
Consumers should contact their local authority or
retailer for information concerning the correct
disposal of their old appliance.
