AEG OKO-Lavamat 6450 Sensortronic User manual

OKO-LAVAMAT 6450
sensortronic
The Environment-Friendly Washing Machine
Operating Instructions

Congratulations
You are the owner ofa high quality and environment-friendlier OKO-
LAVAMAT washing machine from AEG.
From now on washing and caring for your clothes should be easier
for you, not simply because it is easy to use, but also because it has
“intrinsic features and qualities” which make the task easier.
OKO-LAVAMAT washing machines are economical in terms of
energy, water and detergent consumption, they are also extremely
quiet in operation, easy to use and simple to care for.
Piease read these instructions prior to using the appliance and
retain them for future reference.
Printed on recycled paper.
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Contents
Safety instructions
Before first use
For the user
You should also note the following
The OKO system
Out of concern for the environment...
OKO tips for economical washing
The economy programmes
Appliance description
Features
Brief instructions on machine washing
Before starting to wash
Sorting your laundry
Pretreating your laundry
Care needed for certain fabrics
Loading the iaundry
Recommended wash loads
Open loading door
Loading laundry
Close loading door
Detergents
Select detergent
Amount of detergent
Adding detergent
Selecting the wash programme
Programme selector/programme cycle indicator/
Temperature selector
The buttons and their functions
Programme tables
Consumption values
Programme end
Additional rinse
Special accessories
Cleaning, maintenance, care
if you think your washing machine
is not working properly...
Customer service
Technical data
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Before
first use...
Safety
instruc/ ions
for the user
Safety instructions
Please note the installation and connection instructions.
Please ensure you have removed all the transport packing.
Unless removed, transport packing will cause damage to the
appliance and adjacent furniture during spinning.
You should run an initial wash cycle without laundry to remove
residues of factory-applied grease from the drum and tub.
Programme: 60°C cotton programme with half a measure of
detergent.
You may find smail water residues in the tub, these are due to the
thorough testing which your machine was subjected to in the
factory.
AEG electrical appliances conform to the recognised safety regula-
tions governing electrical domestic appliances. As manufacturers,
we nonetheless feel obliged to familiarise you and any other per-
sons using the machine with the following instructions:
Please make sure before using your machine for the first time that
the mains voltage and supply indicated on the rating plate agree
with the mains voltage where the machine is to be used. The fuse
required is indicated on the rating plate.
Before cleaning, care and maintenance work, make sure that the
appliance is switched off. We advise for safety reasons that you
pull the mains plug out of the socket, switch off at the power point
or completely remove the fuse in the fuse box servicing this cir-
cuit. (See installation and connection instructions.)
Never direct a waier jet onto the outer casing!
Never use the supply lead to pull the mains plug out of the socket!
Never operate the machine if:
@ the mains supply lead is damaged, or
™@ the appliance shows visible damage to the control panel,
worktop, or plinth.
Repairs to electrical appliances must only be performed by
a trained electrician. Improper repairs may place the user at
serious risk.
If any other maintenance needs to be carried out, contact our
service centre or AEG authorised service agents. Only original
AEG spare parts fulfill all requirements!
If you install the machine under a worktop in your kitchen or utility
room, i.e. the worktop has been removed, and an earthed cover
plate must be fitted as protection according to the installation and
connection instructions. (See special accessories.)
Children may not recognise the dangers of improper use of elec-
trical appliances. Therefore, please ensure proper supervision
when the machine is in use.
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When the day finally comes to withdraw the machine from serv-
ice and to replace it with another machine, please make sure that
you inactivate the door lock and cut the electrical supply lead,
disposing of lead and plug safely. This will prevent children from
locking themselves in, thus endangering their lives. Ensure safe
disposal! of the appliance.
lf the machine incorrectly operated or used for any purpose other
than that for which it is intended, AEG cannot assume liability for
any possible damage.
Do not climb on the appliance.
Keep small children from climbing into the machine to play hide
and seek.
Do not reach into the moving drum.
When you wash wth high temperatures, the glass of the loading
door will become hot. Do not touch!
lf the appliance is opened by force or through the emergency
drain during operation, very hot water can result in scalding.
In case of faults, switch the appliance off, remove the plug from
the socket and turn the water supply to the machine off.
Please keep the packaging away from children. The foil repre-
sents a particular danger. The packaging material meets ecolo-
gical requirements and can be easily disposed of. You are advi-
sed to do this as quickly as possible.
lf the machine is not permanently connected: hook the drain
hose securely over the edge of the sink using the hose holder
provided. (See section on “Water drainage” inthe installation and
connection instructions.)
lf your laundry has been pre-cleaned with flammable solvents,
these solvents must have fully evaporated before placing the
laundry in the machine.
Never use the machine for chemical cleaning!
Dyes/dye removal agents may only be used if the manufacturer
of these products expressly allows them to be used in automatic
washing machines. Please see their instructions for use. No lia-
bility can be assumed for any consequential damage.
When cleaning the stainless steel drum, never use any iron-con-
taining scouring agents or steel wool!
Keep furniture polishes or abrasive cleaners away from the con-
trol panel and the controls.
Only use tap water. Never use any other liquids. You may use
rainwater only if it is completely clean, otherwise operation of the
electrical solenoid valves could be impaired.
Important
notes

The Sensor-
tronic System
The OKO Lock
The Stream
Clean
The Automatic
Flowrate
Feature
The Wool
Cradle
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The OKO System
Your new OKO-LAVAMAT meets all laundry care requirements and
allows individual and versatile programme selection.
Itis highly economical in water, energy and detergent consumption,
which not only contributes to the protection of our environment, but
also save you money.
This rinse-spin development reduces sudsing in the cotton/linen
programmes during the intermediate spinning cycles. Each spin
cycle is started at a slow spin speed during which the suds are
monitored. The process is fully automatic and can be recognised
by the frequent change in the spin speeds. The benefit to you is an
optimum rinsing result while saving considerable amounts of water.
In case too much detergent has been used, the machine automati-
cally introduces an additional rinse (see programme sequence indi-
cator), which increases the overall water consumption somewhat.
The OKO lock ensures 100% effective detergent utilisation. The OKO
valve closes off the wash tub from the drainage system during all
wash programmes. This not only reinforces the cleaning effect but
also saves detergent - a saving of 20% in comparison to machines
without such a device.
The special AEG wash paddles carefully scoop up the wash solu-
tion, and on reaching the top of the drum, gently spray streams of
water through your wash load. This system ensures that your
laundry is at all times soaked in the wash solution.
The automatic flowrate feature automatically adjusts the water con-
sumption to the wash load and fabric type concerned. By addition-
ally pressing the 2 load button for small wash loads, you can save
even more water.
The wool cradle takes special care of your woollens: with a very
gentle washing action, these especially sensitive garments are
gently “rocked” to and fro in the drum.
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The packaging material meets ecological requirements and can be
easily disposed of or can be burned safely in the municipal inci-
nerators.
To the materials: the plastics can be recycled and are marked as fol-
lows:
> PE < for Polyaethylene, e.g. the outer wrapping and the bags
inside.
> PS < for blown (CFC free) Polystyrene, e.g. the fillers.
The cardboard parts have been manufactured from recycled mate-
rial and should be taken for recycling again.
information on
the packaging
material of the
appliance

6KO Tips for
Economical
Washing
Economy
Programmes
Out of concern for the environment...
These hints are intended to help you act in an environmentally con-
scious mannet.
For normally soiled laundry, the programmes are intended for
use without prewash. Compared to a programme with prewash,
you save detergent and water.
Itis more economical to wash full loads. If you find it necessary to
wash small loads, you should use the “HALF LOAD” button. Add
only % to 14 of the amount of detergent for a full load. This will
result in consumption of less water, energy and detergent.
For light to normally soiled laundry, it is often sufficient to use the
E = “ENERGY SAVING” ~ programme, ie at a lower temperature
for a longer time.
With suitable pretreatment, stains and limited soiling can be
removed. This saves a programme being used for heavily soiled
laundry.
Dose your detergent exactly as instructed by the detergent
manufacturer, bearing in mind that because of the OKO lock you
can use 20% less. Overdosage wastes money and burdens the
environment. You should also note the instructions for lightly
soiled laundry.
Detergent savings and care for the environment can also be
achieved by dosing the detergent as for soft water although you
have medium to high water hardnesses, and additionally adding
a water softener. This reduces the amount of "chemicals“ enter-
ing our water ways.
Use fabric softeners only where necessary, eg for synthetic or
mixed fabrics to avoid static. If you use a tumble dryer, your
laundry will be soft and fluffy without a fabric softener.
Here are the economy programmes:
HALF LOAD - Programmes for half and small wash
joads
E = ENERGY SAVING - Programmes for fabrics where soiling
does not require the full programme at a
high temperature
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Appliance description
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Control panel . Features
Programme selector with programme cycle indicator
Temperature selector
Easy-care fabrics button
Delicates button
Woollens button
Intensive washing button
Small wash load button
Short programme button
VARIOMATIC spin and rinse-hold cancel button
ON button with operating pilot lamp (red) above
M Door release/OFF button
(automatically releases buttons D to L)
Spin speed selector buttons

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A Removable worktop Featur¢:s
B Dispenser with compartments for detergent and fabric condition-
er and with removable programme card printed on both sides
C Detergent dispenser handle
D Laundry loading door, opened via door release/OFF button (only
when machine is connected to electricity)
E Drain pump (cover with debris trap opens for cleaning) - on LH
side of pump cover, emergency drain hose and rotary release
knob for emergency release of loading door
F 4 height-adjustable screw-in feet (front and rear)
A Prewash detergent compartment The dispenser
for detergent
B Detergent compartment for main wash and fabric
conditioner
C Liquid conditioner compartment
(fabric softener, liquid conditioner, starch)
D Siphon (must be securely inserted)
E Programme card’)
*) You can re-order my programme card from your service centre if
it ever gets lost.
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Preparing
the laundry
Loading
the laundry
Detergent
dosage
Selecting
the wash
programme
Continuing
the
programme
When the
programme
has finished
Brief instructions on machine washing
Sorting
Pretreatment
Care needed for certain fabrics
Open loading door
Distribute laundry in the drum
Close loading door
Select detergent
Measure amount of detergent
Add detergent/fabric conditioner
Close dispenser
See programme table or programme card in dispenser
Select programme
Press option buttons
Press ON button
The programme starts. The pilot lamp lights up.
On programmes with rinse-hold, to drain water from laundry:
Set programme selector to DRAIN or SPIN.
Press the DOOR/OFF button until the loading door springs open;
any depressed programme buttons are automatically released. The
pilot lamp goes out.
Take out the laundry.
if no more laundry is to be washed:
Turn the programme and temperature selectors
to the OFF position.
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Before starting to wash
M@ Check that the fabrics are machine-washable. The international Sorting
care labels will give you guidance. your
® Woollens labelled only with the woolmark & are not Suitable for laundry
machine-washing. Also garments marked with the following ;
symbols:
Hand wash \e
Do not wash be
Sort your laundry into laundry types as follows, separating
coloureds from whites.:
Cotton/linen — Whites
Cotton/linen — Coloureds
Easy-care fabrics
Delicates .
Woollens
@ Woollens must be labelled with the woolmark and additionally
marked “will not felt”, “non-felting”, or “machine-washable”.
M@ Coloureds and whites should never be washed together, whites
will turn grey.
New dark coloured laundry will often state “wash separately”.
This type of garment will often have surplus colour which may be
transferred to lighter fabrics during washing. Always wash such
items on their own for the first few washes.
@ You may also see the following labels. They are not common in
the UK, but are widely used in garments manufactured in the rest
of Europe.
White cotton articles with special finishes
White nylon and white polyester cotton
This label may be found in a variety of
garments - the articles should be laundered Go
on the wool programme. -
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Pretreating
your laundry
Care needed
for Certain
Fabrics
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M@ Wherever possible remove stains immediately, before they have
set, with water and soap or with a special pretreatment agent
(spray, liquid detergent).
Hi Empty pockets
Please make sure that no metal objects (eg paper clips, staples,
coins, safety pins, or the like) remain in the laundry.
Button up pillow cases, close zip-fasteners, hooks and eyes. Tie
together loose belts and long apron strings.
Turn coloured knitted garments inside out.
@ Particularly small or sensitive garments (eg baby socks, ladies
tights, etc) should be washed in a launder net bag or pillowcase.
@ Handle curtains especially carefully
Remove rings and hooks from your curtains, to avoid damage or
tearing. Synthetic curtains should be handled carefully as they
snag easily. Place net curtains in a pillowcase or wash bag.
Under no circumstances can we accept liability for damage to
curtains through incorrect handling.
Spin curtains only when permitted by the manufacturer.
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Loading your laundry
Full load Small loads Wash loads
(maximum dry
Cotton/linen — poate)
Whites/coloureds
normally soiled 5.0 kg 2.5 kg
heavily soiled 3.5 kg 1.8 kg
Easy-care fabrics and
delicates 2.0 kg 1.0 kg
Woollens 1.0 kg -
Short programme for
whites/coloureds 2.5 kg 1.3 kg
Short programme for
easy-care fabrics 2.0 kg 1.0 kg
Extra pre-wash-soak 3.5 kg 1.8 kg
Use the recommended full load wherever possible, as this is the
most economical way to wash.
But do not overload!
This will adversely affect the wash result. When washing easy-care
fabrics susceptible to creasing, reduce the load.

Opening and
closing the
loading door
To open:
To open the
loading door in
the event of a
power fallure
To oren the
loading door
when it is not
connected
Loading
To close:
Safety lock
At the end of the programme press button DOOR until the door
springs open.
See “If you think your washing machine is not working properly ...”
~ Turn rotary control for emergency drain (A) a quarter turn anti-
clo:kwise to the stop position.
~ Using a coin turn disc (C) anti-clockwise until the !oading door
springs open.
- Turn rotary control for emergency drain (A) in clockwise direc-
tion.
Loosely load your unfolded laundry in to the drum, mixing small and
large items as much as possible. This reinforces the washing action
and promotes even distribution of the laundry during spinning.
Press the door closed so that the catch clicks into position.
For your safety, the loading door is locked throughout the pro-
gramme cycle. It can be immediately opened once the programme
has finished.
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Detergents
Use only detergents that are suitable for automatic washing
machines.
You will achieve the best cleaning results with minimum harm to the
environment by also considering the type of unary soiling when
selecting a suitable detergent.
Machine-washable soiling is basically classified as:
@ Dirt, e.g. dust, soot, sweat, grease, etc.
M@ Stains, e.g. tea, red wine, fruit, blood
You will find BIO and NONBIOLOGICAL detergents in powder or
liquid forms. Check with the detergent manufacturers information as
to which detergent suits your purposes best bearing in mind that the
detergent must be a low lather one suitable for automatic washing
machines! We recommend ARIEL (in the various different
forms) and Dreft automatic for woollens.
@ Water softeners allow the use of smaller amounts of detergents
in households having medium-hard to very hard tap water.
Ml Fabric softeners prevent the static charging of synthetic fabrics
and make your laundry soft to the touch. If you use a tumble dryer,
your laundry will be soft and fluffy without a fabric conditioner. We
recommend LENOR fabric conditioner.
@ Starches, conditioning rinses, ensure that your laundry keeps
its shape.
The amount of detergent used depends on the hardness range of
your tap water. With an increasing water hardness, more detergent
must be dosed to bind the lime contained in the water. You will find
dosage indications for soft or hard water on the detergent pack.
For lightly soiled laundry, use less detergent. Follow the detergent
manufacturers instructions. If the latter gives no dosage indications
for small loads, you should reduce by 14 for half wash loads and for
even smaller loads use '4 the amount recommended for a full load.
You can save detergent and prevent unnecessary amounts of deter-
gent from entering our waterways by using a special water softener
in areas with hard water.
You should dose the special softener depending on the water hard-
ness as instructed on the softener package. In this case, you should
always dose the detergent for “soft” water as instructed on the
detergent packages.
In this case, add the detergent and softener together in the main
wash compartment. When using programmes with prewash, add it
to the respective compartments for prewash and main wash.
Selecting your
detergent
Detergents
Washing aids
Amount of
detergent
Ws

Dosing the
detergent
Dosing
powders
Dosing
liquids
Dosing fabric
conditioners
The detergent dispenser has three compartments:
Compartment Lye washing powder for programmes with
(right) prewash
Compartment y= washing powder for main wash
(centre)
Compartment \Sj— liquid conditioner (conditioning rinse,
(left) starch)
Piease also note the following:
When adding detergent and water softener, fill first detergent
and then softener in the same compartments.
Stain salts/bleaching agents are always filled on the detergent.
lf you prefer liquid detergents, dose these agents as instructed
by the detergent manufacturer, using the “dosing ball” supplied
or offered by the detergent manufacturer.
When using liquid, follow the manufacturers’s instructions.
Do not fill above “MAX” indicator level as otherwise the liquid
may drain immediately.
When using thick concentrated fabric conditioner and
starches, you are recommended to mix the concentrate with
water to ensure troublefree dispensing.
lf you want to use starch powder, dissolve according to the
manufacturers’s instructions ar.d place in compertment Le,
selecting the “Fabric conditioning — Starching” programme.
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Selecting the wash programme
Use the programme selector and push buttons to select the required
wash programmes.
The programme selector can be set to 7 positions for main wash and
special programmes.
PRE-WASH MAIN WASH
DRAIN
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The programme selector should only be turned in a clockwise direc-
tion and only when the washing machine is switched off.
During the wash, the programme cycle indicator shows which part
of the programme has been reached.
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DRAIN be,
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CONDITIONING 1st RINSE
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MAIN WASH
The program-
me selector
The program-
me cycie
indicator
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The tempera- Set the variable temperature selector to the required temperature.
ture selector | Theglass porthole can become hot when washing at high tempera-
tures. Do not touch!
When washing lightly soiled white cottons you can save 30% energy
by selecting the “E” setting on the temperature dial. When washing
more soiled clothes also press the INTENSIVE button. This will
extend the wash time but still saves you 30% eneray.
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