AEG LAVATHERM 58840 User manual

LAVATHERM 58840
User manual Condenser Dryer

Dear Customer
Thank you for choosing one of our high-quality products.
With this appliance you will experience the perfect combination of functional
design and cutting edge technology.
Convince yourself that our appliances are engineered to deliver the best
performance and control - indeed we are setting the highest standards of
excellence.
In addition to this you find environmental and energy saving aspects as an integral
part of our products.
To ensure optimal and regular performance of your appliance please read this
instruction manual carefully. It will enable you to navigate all processes perfectly
and most efficiently. To refer to this manual any time you need to, we recommend
you to keep it in a safe place. And please pass it to any futureowner of the appliance.
We wish you much joy with your new appliance.
The following symbols are used in this user manual:
Important information concerning your personal safety and information on how
to avoid damaging the appliance.
General information and tips
Environmental information
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Contents
Operating Instructions 5
Important safety information 5
Product description 8
Control panel 9
What is shown in the display 9
Before first use 10
Sorting and preparing laundry 10
Programme overview 12
Daily use 15
Switching machine on / switching light on 15
Opening loading door / loading laundry 15
Selecting the programme 15
Setting dryness level 16
Setting the pre-drainage spin speed 16
Selecting additional options 16
DELICATE 17
LONG ANTI-CREASE 18
SENSITIVE 18
BUZZER 18
Time 19
Setting delay start 19
Setting child lock 19
Starting the programme 20
Changing programme 20
Putting in extra items or taking items out before end of programme 20
Drying cycle complete / removing laundry 21
Care and cleaning 22
Cleaning fluff filter 22
Cleaning the door seal 24
Emptying the water reservoir 24
Cleaning heat exchanger 25
Cleaning the drum 26
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Clean operating screen and housing 27
What to do if ... 28
Troubleshooting by yourself 28
Changing the bulb for interior lighting 29
Machine settings 31
Technical data 32
Consumption values 32
Hints for test institutes 32
Installation 33
Appliance positioning 33
Removing transport safety packaging 34
Electrical connection 34
Permanent connection 35
Door reversal 36
Special accessories 36
Environment 36
Packaging material 37
Old appliance 37
Environmental tips 37
Service 38
Guarantee/Customer Service 38
GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND 38
Standard guarantee conditions 38
Exclusions 39
Service and Spare Parts 39
Customer Care 40
For Customer Service in The Republic of Ireland please contact us at the address
below: 40
European Guarantee 40
Subject to change without notice
4Contents

Operating Instructions
Important safety information
In the interest of your safety and to ensure the correct use, before installing
and first using the appliance, read this user manual carefully, including its
hints and warnings. To avoid unnecessary mistakes and accidents, it is im-
portant to ensure that all people using the appliance are thoroughly familiar
with its operation and safety features. Save these instructions and make
sure that they remain with the appliance if it is moved or sold, so that ev-
eryone using it through its life will be properly informed on appliance use
and safety.
General safety
• It is dangerous to alter the specifications or attempt to modify this product in
any way.
• This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with re-
duced physical, sensory or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have
been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a per-
son responsible for their safety.
• Make sure that small pets do not climb into the drum. To avoid this, please check
into the drum before using.
• Any objects such as coins, safety pins, nails, screws, stones or any other hard,
sharp material can cause extensive damage and must not be placed into the
machine.
• In order to avoid danger of fires caused by excessive drying, do not use appliance
to dry the following items: Cushions, quilts and the like (these items accumulate
heat).
• Items such as foam rubber (latex foam), shower caps, waterproof textiles, rubber
backed articles and clothes or pillows fitted with foam rubber pads should not
be dried in the tumble dryer.
• Always unplug the appliance after use, cleaning and maintenance.
• Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the machine yourself.
Repairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious mal-
functioning. Contact your local Service Centre. Always insist on genuine spare
parts.
Important safety information 5

• Items that have been soiled with substances such as cooking oil acetone, petrol,
kerosene, spot removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers should be washed
in hot water with an extra amount of detergent before being dried in the tumble
dryer.
•Danger of explosion: Never tumble dry items that have been in contact with
inflammable solvents (petrol, methylated spirits, dry cleaning fluid and the like).
As these substance are volatile, they could cause an explosion. Only tumble dry
items washed with water.
•Risk of fire: items that have been spotted or soaked with vegetable or cooking
oil constitute a fire hazard and should not be placed in the tumble dryer.
• If you have washed your laundry with stain remover you must execute an extra
rinse cycle before loading your tumble dryer.
• Please make sure that no gas lighters or matches have accidentally been left in
pockets of garments to be loaded into appliance
WARNING!
Never stop a tumble dry before the end of the drying cycle unless all items
are quickly removed and spread out so that the heat is dissipated. Risk of
fire!
•Risk of electric shock! Do not spray down the appliance with jets of water.
Installation
• This appliance is heavy. Care should be taken when moving it.
• When unpacking the appliance, check that it is not damaged. If in doubt, do not
use it and contact the Service Centre.
• All packaging must be removed before use. Serious damage can occur to the
product and to property if this is not adhered to. See relevant section in the user
manual.
• The final part of a tumble dryer cycle occurs without heat ( cool down cycle ) to
ensure that the items are left at a temperature that ensures that items will not
be damaged.
• Any electrical work required to install this appliance should be carried out by a
qualified electrician or competent person.
• Care must be taken to ensure that the appliance does not stand on the electrical
supply cable.
• If the machine is situated on a carpeted floor, please adjust the feet in order to
allow air to circulate freely under the appliance.
6Important safety information

• After having installed the appliance, check that it is not pressing or standing on
its electrical supply cable.
• If the tumble dryer is placed on top of a washing machine, it is compulsory to
use the stacking kit (optional accessory).
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 dried. Follow the instruc-
tions on each garment label.
• Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.
• Do not overload the appliance. See the relevant section in the user manual.
• Clothes which are dripping wet should not be placed in the dryer.
• Garments which have been in contact with volatile petroleum products should
not be machine dried. If volatile cleaning fluids are used, care should be taken
to ensure that the fluid is removed from the garment before placing in the
machine.
• Never pull the power supply cable to remove the plug from the socket; always
take hold of the plug itself.
• Never use the tumble dryer if the power supply cable, the control panel, the
working surface or the base are damaged so that the inside of the tumble dryer
is accessible.
• Fabric softeners, or similar products should be used as specified by the fabric
softener instructions.
•Caution -hot surface : Do not touch the door light cover surface when the
light is switched on.
(Only dryers equipped with internal drum light)
Child safety
• This machine is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without
supervision.
• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
• The packaging components (e.g. plastic film, polystyrene) can be dangerous to
children - danger of suffocation! Keep them out of children’s reach.
• Keep all detergents in a safe place out of children’s reach.
• Make sure that children or pets do not climb into the drum.
Important safety information 7

Product description
1Control panel
2Water reservoir
3Drum light
4Fine fluff filters
5Course fluff filters
6Fluff filters
7Rating plate
8Loading door (reversible)
9Heat exchanger door
10 Button for opening door in plinth
11 Ventilation grille
12 Adjustable feet
11
2
3
7
9
12
5
1
4
8
10
6
8Product description

Control panel
1Programme knob and OFF switch
2Function buttons
3START PAUSE button
4DELAY START button
5Status LED
6Display
What is shown in the display
1time to end / error message
6
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45
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Control panel 9

2cycle phase status
3options
4warnings
5spin speed selection
6dryness selection
Before first use
In order to remove any residues which may have been produced during production,
wipe the dryer drum with a damp cloth or carry out a brief drying cycle (30 MIN)
with damp cloths in the machine.
Sorting and preparing laundry
Sorting laundry
• Sort by fabric type:
– Cotton/linen for programmes in COTTONS programme group.
– Mixtures and synthetics for programmes in EASY CARE programme group.
• Sorting by care label. The care labels mean:
Drying in the tumble
dryer possible in prin-
ciple
Dry at normal tem-
perature
Dry at reduced tem-
perature (press DELI-
CATE button!)
Drying in the tumble
dryer not possible
Do not place in the appliance any wet laundry which is not specified on the care
label as being suitable for tumble-drying.
This appliance can be used for all wet laundry items which are labelled as suitable
for tumble-drying.
• Do not dry new, coloured textiles together with light-coloured laundry items.
Textile colours may bleed.
• Do not dry cotton jersey and knitwear with the EXTRA programme. Items may
shrink!
• Do not dry wool in the dryer. May become entangled! After air-drying, wool may
be dried with the WOOL CARE programme.
Preparing laundry
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• To avoid laundry becoming tangled: close zips, button up duvet covers and tie
loose ties or ribbons (e.g. of aprons).
• Empty pockets. Remove metal items (paper clips, safety pins, etc).
• Turn items with double-layered fabrics inside out (e.g. with cotton-lined anoraks,
the cotton layer should be outermost). These fabrics will then dry better.
Sorting and preparing laundry 11

Programme overview
Programmes
max. load (weight when dry)
Additional functions/options
Application/properties
Care mark
DRYNESS
SPIN SPEED
DELICATE
1)
LONG ANTI-CREASE
SENSITIVE
1)
BUZZER
TIME
DELAY START
COTTONS
EXTRA DRY 7 kg • • • • • • - •
Thorough drying of thick or multi-
layered fabrics, e.g. terry towelling
items, bathrobes.
COTTONS
INTENSIVE
DRY
7 kg • • • • • • - • Thorough drying of thick fabrics, e.g.
terry towelling items, towels.
COTTONS
STORAGE
DRY
7 kg • • • • • • - •
Thorough drying of fabrics of even
thicknesses, e.g. terry towelling
items, knitwear, towels.
COTTONS
DAMP DRY 7 kg • • • • • • - • For thin fabrics which are also to be ironed, e.g. knitwear, cotton shirts.
COTTONS
IRON DRY 7 kg • • • • • • - • For normal thickness cotton or linen laundry, e.g. bedding, table linen.
EASY CARE
EXTRA DRY 3 kg • • • • • • - •
Thorough drying of thick or multi-
layered fabrics, e.g. pullovers, bed-
ding, table linen.
2)
EASY CARE
STORAGE
DRY
3 kg • • • • • • - •
For thin fabrics which are not iron-
ed, e.g. easy care shirts, table linen,
baby clothes, socks, lingerie with
bones or wires.
2)
EASY CARE
IRON DRY 3 kg • • • • • • - • For thin fabrics which are also to be ironed, e.g. knitwear, shirts.
2)
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Programmes
max. load (weight when dry)
Additional functions/options
Application/properties
Care mark
DRYNESS
SPIN SPEED
DELICATE
1)
LONG ANTI-CREASE
SENSITIVE
1)
BUZZER
TIME
DELAY START
TIME 7 kg - - • • - • • •
For further drying of individual
items of laundry or for volumes up
to 7 kg.
FRESHEN-
UP 1 kg - - • • - • - • For refreshing textiles that have been in storage.
MICRO-FI-
BRE 1 kg •••
3)
• - • - • For thin fabrics, polyester and poly-
amide, which are not ironed.
MIXED 3 kg •••
3)
• - • - • For drying cotton and synthetic fab-
rics, uses low temperature.
BED LINEN 3 kg • • • • - • - • Bed linen (single and double sheet,
pillowcase, bedspread, duvet cover).
VISCOSE 1 kg •••
3)
• - • - • For thin fabrics, viscose, and poly-
ester, which are not ironed.
JEANS 7 kg • • • • • • - •
For leisure clothing, such as jeans,
sweat-shirts, etc., of different ma-
terial thicknesses (e.g. at the neck,
cuffs and seams).
SPORTS
LIGHT 2 kg •••
3)
• - • - • For sportswear, thin fabrics, poly-
ester, which are not ironed.
Programme overview 13

Programmes
max. load (weight when dry)
Additional functions/options
Application/properties
Care mark
DRYNESS
SPIN SPEED
DELICATE
1)
LONG ANTI-CREASE
SENSITIVE
1)
BUZZER
TIME
DELAY START
SHIRTS
1.5
kg
(or 7
shirt
s)
•••
3)
• - • - •
Special program with anti-crease
mechanism for easy care fabrics
such shirts and blouses; for mini-
mum ironing effort. The results de-
pend on the type of fabric and its
finish. Place fabrics in the dryer
straight after spinning; once dried,
immediately remove fabrics and
place on a clothes hanger.
EASY IRON
PLUS
1 kg
(or 5
shirt
s)
•••
3)
• - • - •
Special program with anti-crease
mechanism for easy care fabrics
such shirts and blouses; for mini-
mum ironing effort. The results de-
pend on the type of fabric and its
finish. Place fabrics in the dryer
straight after spinning; once dried,
immediately remove fabrics and
place on a clothes hanger.
WOOL
CARE 1 kg - - • - - • - •
Special programme for briefly treat-
ing woollens with warm air, after
they have been dried naturally,
worn or stored for long periods.
Wool fibres stand up and the wool
becomes soft and cosy. Recom-
mendation: Remove fabrics imme-
diately after drying.
1) DELICATE and SENSITIVE cannot be selected together
2) select DELICATE
3) set by default
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Daily use
Switching machine on / switching light on
Turn the programme selector to any programme or turn it to DRUM LIGHT. The
machine has been switched on. When the loading door is opened, the drum is
illuminated.
Opening loading door / loading laundry
1. Open loading door:
Push against the loading door (push
point)
2. Load your laundry (do not force it in).
CAUTION!
Do not jam laundry in between the load-
ing door and rubber seal.
3. Close loading door securely. Lock
must audibly lock.
Selecting the programme
Use the programme selector to set the pro-
gramme you require. The estimated time to
end of the programme appears in the LCD in
h:mm format (hours:minutes).
During the cycle time elapses by steps of one
minute; less than 1 hour the leading zeros are
not shown (ex. “59”, “5”, “0”).
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Setting dryness level
If laundry comes out of the machine too
damp after a standard drying programme,
you can increase the drying result by using
the DRYNESS function. Laundry becomes dri-
er as you move from MIN to MAX.
Press the DRYNESS button repeatedly until
the desired dryness level (MIN, MED or
MAX) is shown in the display. When humidity
adjustment is not foreseen on the related
program, bar frame with AUTO text is shown.
Setting the pre-drainage spin speed
If the washing in the washing machine was
initially drained prior to the drying cycle, the
dryer can be set according to the spin speed
of the initial drainage procedure. The higher
the spin speed was, the shorter the pro-
gramme length for the drying cycle.
Press the SPIN SPEED button a number of
times until the desired spin speed of the initial
drainage is displayed. No value is shown if no spin speed is selected.
In certain programmes the spin speed has no
effect (time controlled cycles), its selection is
not possible and only three dashes are vi-
sualized. Available selections:
Selecting additional options
The additional options available for the drying programmes are DELICATE, LONG
ANTI-CREASE, SENSITIVE and BUZZER
1. Turn the knob to choose a drying programme.
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2. To set the option press OPTION button. You will see available options shown as
icons on the screen:
DELICATE LONG ANTI-
CREASE
SENSITIVE BUZZER
DELICATE icon flashes. Flashing icon means: selected but not active. To ac-
tivate selected OPTION press OK button. Activated option is visible as flashing
icon with dash beneath.
3. Press alternately OPTION button to select appropriate options and OK button
to activate it. Active options are always on as icons with dash beneath.
4. Option selection mode is finished when you go trough all of them or you stop
selecting. Only activated option icons are on.
Some options cannot be selected together as DELICATE and SENSITIVE. Some of
them are not selectable with certain programmes
To deselect an option follow the same steps. Option icon should disappear.
DELICATE
For especially gentle drying of sensitive fab-
rics with the care label and for tempera-
ture-sensitive textiles (e.g. acrylic, viscose).
Programme is executed with reduced heat.
DELICATE is only suitable for use with loads
of up to 3kg.
When the option is active, the DELICATE
icon is on.
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LONG ANTI-CREASE
A long anti-crease phase lengthen the anti-
crease phase (30 min.) at the end of the drying
additionally by 60 minutes. The drum rotates
at intervals during this phase. This keeps the
laundry loose and free of creases. Phase lasts
in total 90 minutes. The laundry can be re-
moved at any time during the anti-crease
phase.
When the option is active, the LONG ANTI-CREASE icon is on.
SENSITIVE
For gentle drying of fabrics that are frequent-
ly worn. Programme starts on full heat set-
ting, which is then reduced as the programme
progresses to be kind to the washing.
When the option is active, the SENSITIVE
icon is on.
BUZZER
The appliance is supplied with the BUZZER
function deactivated.
To activate buzzer choose BUZZER option.
When the option is active, the BUZZER icon
is on.
The buzzer sounds or plays a tune during:
–cycleend
– anti-crease phase and when phase starts
or ends
– cycle interruption by a warning
–alarm
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Time
To select the programme duration after setting the TIME programme. You can select
a programme duration from 10 mins to 3 hrs in 10-minute steps.
1. Turn the programme knob to the TIME programme. The blinking 10' above TIME
button is on. (corresponding to the cooling phase).
2. Press the TIME button repeatedly un-
til the desired programme duration is
shown in the display, e.g. 20 for a
programme of 20 minutes.
If the programme duration is not selec-
ted, the duration is automatically set to
10 mins.
Setting delay start
With the DELAY START button, you can delay the start of a programme by
between 30 minutes (30') and a maximum of 20 hours (20h).
1. Select the programme and additional functions.
2. Press the DELAY START button as
many times as necessary until the re-
quired start delay appears on the dis-
play, e.g. 12h if the programme is to
be started in 12 hours.
If the display is showing 20h and you
press the button again, the time delay will be cancelled. The display will
show 0'and then the duration of the selected programme.
3. To activate the delay timer, press the START PAUSE button. The amount of time
remaining until the programme is set to start is continuously displayed (e.g.
15h, 14h, 13h, … 30' etc).
Setting child lock
The child lock can be set to prevent a programme being accidentally started or a
programme in operation being accidentally changed. The child lock function locks
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all buttons and the programme knob. The child lock can be activated or deactivated
by holding down the OPTION and OK buttons simultaneously for 5 seconds.
– Before programme is started: Appliance cannot be used
– After programme is started: Programme in operation cannot be changed
The icon appears in the display to indicate that the child safety deviceis activated.
The child safety device is not deactivated once the programme comes to an end.
If you want to set a new programme, you must first deactivate the child safety
device.
Starting the programme
Press the START PAUSE button. The pro-
gramme is started.
The programme progress is shown in LCD by
appropriate set of icons. From left to the right,
from IRON DRY to ANTI-CREASE icon
depends on the drying cycle chosen. E. g. in
case of STORAGE programme the following
status icons are visible: . Current
cycle progress is marked by flashing dash under status icon. When appropriate part
of drying cycle is accomplished dash becomes steady and appears flashing under
next status icon.
Changing programme
To change a programme which has been selected by mistake once the programme
has started, first turn the programme selector to OFF and then reset the programme.
The programme can no longer be changed directly once the programme has started.
If nevertheless there is an attempt to change the programme on the programme
knob, the programme progress display and the maintenance indicators flash. If an
option button (excluding the BUZZER button) is pressed, Err appears in the mul-
tidisplay. The drying programme is not however affected by this (laundry protec-
tion).
Putting in extra items or taking items out before end of programme
1. Open loading door.
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