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EWF9043BDWA
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Washing Machine
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  • Page 1 EWF9043BDWA Washing Machine User Manual...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Products must be used, installed and operated in accordance with this manual. You may not be able to claim on the Electrolux manufacturer’s warranty in the event that your product fault is due to failure to adhere to this manual.
  • Page 3 BEFORE FIRST USE ....................... 17 DAILY USE 5.1 Loading The Laundry ....................18 ..................18 5.2 Using Detergent And Additives ......................19 5.3 Options Setting ......................20 5.4 Starting A Cycle .................... 20 5.5 Interruption Of A Program ....................20 5.6 Changing A Program 5.7 Changing The Options ....................
  • Page 4: Safety Information

    SAFETY INFORMATION 1.1 Conditions Of Use This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as: staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working ● environtment; farm houses; ● by clients in hotels, motels, and other residential type ●...
  • Page 5: Child Safety

    1.2 Child Safety This washing machine is not intended for use by ● young children or infirm persons without supervision. Young children should be supervised to ensure that ● they do not play with the appliance. The packaging components (e.g. plastic film, ●...
  • Page 6: General Safety

    1.3 General Safety 1.4 Installation ● ● It is dangerous to alter the specifica- This appliance is heavy. Care should tions or attempt to modify this product be taken when moving it. in any way. ● When unpacking the appliance, check ●...
  • Page 7: Use

    1.5 Use ● This appliance is designed for domestic use. It must not be used for purposes other than those for which it was designed. ● Only wash fabrics which are designed to be machine washed. Follow the instructions on each garment label.
  • Page 8: Product Description

    PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Parts Worktop Detergent/Softener Control Panel Dispenser (see page 10) (see page 18) Cabinet Door Drain Pump Filter Front Panel (see page 26) Level Adjustment Feet (Front) Mains Cable Transit Bolts Transit Bolts & Water Inlet Hose...
  • Page 9: Accessories

    Detergent/Softener Dispenser Transit Bolt (when remove) (For more informations, see page 18) Softener Main Wash Prewash Door (when open) (for more informations, see page 18) Transit bolts must be removed before using the appliance. Drum Lifter (X3) Stainless Steel 2.2 Accessories Washing Drum Plastic Caps To close the holes on...
  • Page 10: Control Panel

    CONTROL PANEL 3.1 Control Panel Description Program Selector Knob Delay End Touchpad Spin Selection Touchpad Time Manager Touchpad Temperature Selection Touchpad Start/Pause and Add Clothes Touchpad Display Stain Touchpad Prewash Touchpad Vapour Touchpad Sensor Wash Touchpad On/Off Button Save Favourite Program Option...
  • Page 11: Program Chart

    3.2 Program Chart Program; Max. Max. Load Type of load and soil level Temperature Spin (Dry range Speed Clothes) Cottons; 1400 9 kg White and coloured cotton. (Adjust wash time according to soil level. See Time Manager table on Cold to 90°C page 14) Mixed;...
  • Page 12 Program; Max. Max. Load Type of load and soil level Temperature Spin (Dry range Speed Clothes) Wool 1200 2 kg Specially tested program for woollen garments bearing the “Pure new woollen, non-shrink, Cold to 40°C machine washable” label. 1200...
  • Page 13: Program Options Compatibility

    3.3 Program Options Compatibility Program Option Rinse Extra Time Delay Sensor Vapour Prewash Stain Spin Hold Silent Manager Wash Cottons          Mixed          Bedding ...
  • Page 14 ● Extra Silent ( For example, if the program duration of your selected program is 3.20 hours and By selecting this option, the machine you define the “Delay End” time to 6 will not drain the water of the last rinse hours.
  • Page 15: Settings

    Vapour ( ) Touchpad Stain Touchpad Select this option to add approximately Press this touchpad to add the stain 30 minutes of tumbling in vapour during phase to a program. The indicator of this the wash cycle. Vapour helps open fabric option comes on.
  • Page 16 Child Safety Lock ( ) Option Enabling/Disabling End-Of-Wash Buzzer Your appliance is provided with CHILD SAFETY LOCK which permits you to This setting permits you to either enable leave the appliance unsupervised with or disable the buzzer at the end of the the door closed without having to worry program.
  • Page 17: Start/Pause ( ) And Add Clothes ( ) Touchpad

    3.6 Start/Pause ( ) and Add Clothes ( Add Clothes ( ) Touchpad You can only add clothes when the icon “ ” shown on the This touchpad has 2 functions: display. Start/Pause ( To add clothes: Pressing the “Start/Pause” After you have selected the desired touchpad to pause the program.
  • Page 18: Daily Use

    DAILY USE 5.1 Loading The Laundry 5.2 Using Detergent And Additives Turn the water tap on. IMPORTANT: Please read Connect the main plug to the main “Detergents Type and Quantity of socket. Detergent”on page 23 before use. Press the On/Off button to turn on the Detergent Dispenser Drawer washing machine.
  • Page 19: Options Setting

    NOTE: When you use the NOTE liquid detergent The softener amount used must Do not use gelatinous or thick not exceed the “MAX” mark in the liquid detergents. drawer. Do not put more liquid than the If you use thick softeners it is maximum level.
  • Page 20: Starting A Cycle

    5.4 Starting A Cycle ( 5.7 Changing The Options To start a program, press the Start/Pause It may be possible to change some of the touchpad. The corresponding pilot light options after a wash program has started. will stop flashing and a default program Press the touchpad Start/Pause.
  • Page 21: When The Washing Program Is Completed, But There Is Water In The Drum

    NOTE NOTE After approximately 18 hours, if you do At the end of the program, the time not press Start/Pause touchpad, the remaining can suddenly decrease from appliance will drain and spin automatically 7 minutes or less to 0 due to the (except for “Wool”...
  • Page 22: Washing Hints

    WASHING HINTS 6.1 Sorting The Laundry Wash bras, pantyhose and other delicates in a Follow the wash code symbols on each mesh laundry bag, garment label and the manufacturer’s which you can purchase washing instructions. Sort the laundry as from your supermarket.
  • Page 23: Detergents Type And Quantity Of Detergent

    Oil based paint: moisten with benzine Low sudsing detergents designed for stain remover, lay the garment on a soft front load washing machines are labelled cloth and dab the stain; treat several “Front Loading”, “high efficiency”, “HE”, times. such as Cold Power for Front Loaders or “Matic”.
  • Page 24: International Wash Code Symbols

    Not enough detergent causes: the washload to turn grey, greasy clothes. Too much detergent causes: oversudsing, reduced washing effect, inadequate rinsing. Use less detergent if: you are washing a small load, the laundry is lightly soiled, large amounts of foam during washing.
  • Page 25: Care And Cleaning

    CARE AND CLEANING To run a maintenance wash: WARNING! The drum should be empty of laundry. You must DISCONNECT the appliance from the electricity supply, before you can Select the “Tub Clean” program. carry out any cleaning or maintenance Press Start/Pause to start the program. work.
  • Page 26: Cleaning The Drawer Recess

    Flush it out under a tap to remove any WARNING! traces of accumulated powder. 1. Disconnect the mains plug from the mains socket. 2. Do not remove the filter while the appliance is operating. Do not clean the drain pump if the water in the appliance is hot.
  • Page 27 3. When the container is full of water, 5. Remove fluff and objects from the put the drainage duct back again and pump (if there are any). empty the container. Do step 2, 3 again and again until no more water flows out from the drain pump.
  • Page 28: Cleaning The Water Inlet Filter

    Put the filter back into the housing Clean the filter in the inlet hose with with exposed section facing up. a stiff brush. Make sure that you correctly tighten the filter to prevent leakages. Guide Remove the inlet hose behind the appliance.
  • Page 29: Frost Precautions

    8.9 Frost Precautions If the appliance is installed in an area where the temperature can be less than 0 °C, remove the remaining water from the inlet hose and the drain pump. Emergency Drain Disconnect the main plug from the main socket.
  • Page 30: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING 9.1 Possible Failures Alarm Code: Certain problems are due to lack of The appliance does not fill simple maintenance or oversights, with water properly. which can be solved easily without The appliance does not drain calling out an engineer. Before the water.
  • Page 31 Malfunction Possible cause Solution The drain hose is squashed or Check the drain hose kinked. (Error code: connection. The drain pump is clogged. Clean the drain filter. Machine (Error code: does not empty and/or The option “Extra Silent” or Press Start/Pause does not “Rinse Hold”...
  • Page 32 Malfunction Possible cause Solution The laundry is not evenly Pause the machine and distributed in the drum. redistribute laundry manually. Machine vibrates or There is very little laundry in the Load more laundry. is noisy: drum. Unstable floors eg. wooden floors.
  • Page 33: Emergency Door Opening

    If you are unable to identify or solve the problem, contact our service centre. Before calling service centre, make a note of the model, serial number and purchase date of your machine: the Service Centre will require this information. 9.2 Emergency Door Opening In case of power failure or appliance failure, the appliance door remains locked.
  • Page 34: Technical Data

    TECHNICAL DATA Dimensions (Height / Width / Depth) 85 X 60 X 66.9 cm Power supply (Voltage / Frequency) 220-240 V~ / 50 Hz Total power absorbed 2100 W Minimum fuse protection 10 A Water supply pressure (Maximum / Minimum) 0.8 MPa / 0.05 MPa...
  • Page 35 Remove the cardboard top. Put one of the polystyrene packaging elements on the floor behind the Remove the polystyrene packaging appliance. Carefully put down the materials. appliance with the rear side on it. Remove the plastic bag which cover Make sure not to damage the hoses. the machine.
  • Page 36 12. Put the plastic caps in the holes (X3). You can find these caps in the user manual bag. Remove the three transit bolts. 11. Pull out the plastic spacers.
  • Page 37: Positioning

    11.2 Positioning When the washing machine is levelled, try to rock it from corner to corner. If it It is important that your washing machine does rock, adjust the legs again until it is stands firm and leveled on the floor to levelled and does not rock.
  • Page 38: Water Drainage

    Loosen the ring nut to angle the hose to the left or right depending on the position of your water tap. Do not place the inlet hose downwards. After positioning the inlet hose, be sure to tighten the ring nut again to prevent leaks.
  • Page 39: Electrical Connection

    11.5 Electrical Connection Directly into a drain pipe, at a height of not less than 60 cm and not more This machine is designed to operate on a than 90 cm. 220-240 V~, single-phase, 50 Hz supply. “An incorrect power supply may void Max.
  • Page 40: Environment Concerns

    ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS 12.1 Packaging Materials For more detailed information about recycling of this product, please contact The materials marked with the your local city office, your household symbol are recyclable. waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.
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