User manual HOOVER A.CLASS 1500

[. . . ] Please help dispose of the packaging via environmentally-friendly means. Your retailer or local council will be able to give you details of current means of disposal. Appliances that have reached the end of their useful life are not worthless rubbish!Valuable materials can be salvaged from an old appliance via scrap reprocessing. Note: to ensure safety when disposing of an old washing machine disconnect the mains plug from the socket, cut the mains power cable and destroy this together with the plug. To prevent children shutting themselves in the machine break the door hinges or the door lock. 3 05651295. qxd 31-07-03 21:53 Page 4 General delivery notes Please check that the following items are delivered with the appliance: ­ Instruction manual ­ Guarantee card ­ Blanking plug ­ Inlet hoses & bracket ­ Base panel & x2 push clips Check that no damage has occurred during transit. If it has, call the manufactures service by GIAS (tel: 08705 400 600). [. . . ] Wait for 2 minutes after the wash cycle has finished and the door locked neon has gone off before opening the door. As a safety measure check that there is no water evident in the drum. Extra Rinse This option adds more water at the rinsing stage. This can help to avoid skin irritation from detergent residues for people with particularly sensitive skin. Selecting the Extra Rinse button is also recommended when washing heavily soiled fabrics, requiring the use of a lot of detergent, or when the wash load contains items made of towelling whose fabrics have a greater tendency to retain detergent. Creaseguard This option is available on synthetics, delicates and woollens. When this option is selected for delicates and woollens programmes the machine will stop and the load will be held within the water in the drum. To continue with the wash cycle the Creaseguard button must be pressed and the programme will re-start. With the Creaseguard option selected in the synthetics cycles, the programmes are completed by a short, very low speed spin. The laundry may be left in the drum in this condition without the risk of excessive creasing. Express Wash This option can be utilised on cottons and synthetics. ­ Liquid detergents, are particularly suitable for grease stains, such as greasy skin marks, cosmetics and oil. These detergents are not suitable for washing stained laundry, as they do not contain bleach. ­ Biological detergents, not all the products available give a really thorough wash. With spin cycles in between, they guarantee the laundry is rinsed perfectly. The final spin cycle ensures laundry is spun dry as much as possible up to the maximum speed. SYNTHETICS and mixed fabrics Washing and rinsing performance is optimised through drum rotation speeds and water levels. DELICATES This is a new concept in washing, with a cycle that comprises of alternate periods of activity and pauses, particularly suitable for washing very delicate fabrics, such as Pure New Wool. Wash and rinsing are carried out using a high water level to provide the best results. SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SPEED WASH This washing machine also has a SPEED WASH programme option (Programme S). This programme allows a complete washing cycle to be carried out in approximately 30 minutes, with a maximum load of 2kg and is recommended for lightly soiled items. When selecting the Speed Wash programme, please note that we recommend you use only 20% of the recommended quantities shown on the detergent pack. Do not use fabric conditioner with this programme. 17 05651295. qxd 31-07-03 21:53 Page 18 Main wash Auto half load The washing machine is fitted with a self adjusting water level system. This system enables the machine to use the optimum amount of water needed to wash and rinse the laundry in relation to the particular load. This results in a reduction of the water and electricity used without in any way compromising the washing and rinsing performance. [. . . ] ­ The presence of foam in the final rinsing water is not necessarily an indication of poor rinsing. ­ Carrying out more rinse cycles does not serve any purpose in such cases. 28 05651295. qxd 31-07-03 21:53 Page 29 Power failure If there is a power failure the wash cycle will be interrupted, the wash programme and functions will be suspended. When the power is restored, the wash programme and functions will re-start from the same point and complete the programme. The load can be removed from the machine during a power failure as follows: The water can be drained from the machine by: 1. [. . . ]