Smeg Wdi12c61 Manual

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4. USING THE APPLIANCE FOR WASHING 
 
4.1 PREPARING THE ITEMS FOR WASHING 
  
1.     Subdivide the items for washing by fabric type and colour fastness. 
2.     Wash  white  and  coloured  items  separately.  Ne w  coloured  items  should  be  washed  separately  the  fi rst  time. 
Normally,  items  carry  labels  with  washing  instructi ons.  The  following  is  a  short  description  of  the  symbols  u-
sed on these labels. 
 WASHING  BLEACHING 
 Machine...

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4.4 LOADING THE ITEMS FOR WASHING 
 1.  Open  the  door  and  load  the  laundry,  distributing   it  evenly  over  the  drum,  with  items  opened  out  and  not 
bundled together; if possible, large and small item s should be well mixed. 
2.  The washing machine covered by this manual can b e loaded with up to 6kg  of laundry for each wash. If 
this weight is exceeded, the washing results will b e poor and the appliance may malfunction. 
3.  To  save  energy...

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4.6 POWDER DETERGENT DOSES   Laundry with normal dirt  
1.     Choose a programme without prewash.  
2.     Pour the total amount of detergent shown on the pack into the main wash compartment of the dete rgent dra-
wer. 
Very dirty laundry 
1.     Choose a programme with prewash. 
2.     Place ¼ of the recommended amount of deterge nt in the prewash compartment of the detergent drawer and 
¾ of the detergent in the wash compartment. 
 Warning!         If  no...

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4.11 SELECTING AND CONFIRMING OPTIONS 
        
 
     
 1.  The Option Selection button can be used to selec t the following options in sequence (from the top down): 
Prewash :  adds  a  stage  before  the  main  wash,  lasting  about  20  minutes  at  a  temperature  of  35°C.  Suit-
able for loads of particularly dirty items.  
Intensive :  the  max.  temperature  is changed  to  60°C  and  the  w ashing stage  is extended  to  increase  the 
effectiveness of...

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4.12 TIME REMAINING 
 
 
   
1.  The  Delay  Timer  can  be  pressed  repeatedly  to  sel ect  the  time  after  which  the  washing  programme  will 
end.  The  time  left  before  the  end  of  the  cycle  calc ulates  the  initial  duration  of  the  washing/drying  cycle, 
the settings made (temperature, spin speed and opti ons) which may shorten or lengthen the cycles initial 
duration, and the delay time the user wishes to add  before the cycle starts. 
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4.14 INTERRUPTING OR CHANGING THE WASHING PROGRAMME  The washing programme in progress can be interrupted at any moment: 
1.  press the “Start/Pause” button for about 3 secon ds: the display shows the word PAUS (for 1 second)  al-
ternating  with  the  time  remaining  until  the  end  of  the  cycle  (for  1  second).  The  Start/Pause  light  flashes 
on and off.  
Programmes can also be interrupted by turning the p rogramme/temperature setting knob while the...

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4.17 OPENING THE APPLIANCE IN AN EMERGENCY 
 In  the  event  of  a  power  failure,  the  door  is  opened   using  the 
mechanical  release  device  activated  by  means  of  the   lever  in 
the bottom of the appliance: 
  Turn the knob to Off and disconnect the power 
supply plug from the socket. 
   Drain off the water (see point 6.4) 
   Pull the lever down and open the door. 
  
Warning,  scolding  hazard :  before  opening  the  door,  check 
that  the...

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5.2 WASH-AND-DRY PROGRAMME  Automatic  washing  and  drying  can  be  carried  out  in the  tough  fabrics  (cotton  and  colours)  and  synthetic/delicate 
fabrics programmes. If the wool wash programmes are  selected, automatic drying after the wash cannot be set. 
For automatic washing and drying, the load of laund ry must not exceed 4 kg  of cotton or  2 kg of synthetic fab-
rics .  
Therefore,  if  the  load  for  washing  and  drying  excee ds  the...

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5.5 CLEAN PROGRAMME  To  keep  the  appliance  operating  at  peak  efficiency over  time,  it  has  a  CLEAN  programme  for  regular  cle aning  of 
the drying circuit to remove any fluff deposits.   
1.  After  a  given  number  of  drying  cycles,  the  CLEAN   symbol  lights  up  on  the  display  to  warn  that  this pro-
gramme  needs  to  be  run.  The  warning  light  remains  o n  until  the  CLEAN  programme  is  carried  out.  The  light 
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6.3 CLEANING THE DOOR GASKET 
  
Check regularly that there are no brooches, buttons, nails or pins in the folds of the door gasket. 
 
 
6.4 CLEANING THE DRAIN PUMP   The drain pump only needs cleaning if it has been b locked by buttons, brooches or similar objects and the water is 
not being pumped out.  
In this case, proceed as described below.    
1. Remove the mains plug to disconnect the applianc e from the electricity supply. 
 
2.  Depending on the...