Electrolux FAVORIT 55090I User manual

FAVORIT 55090i
User manual Dishwasher

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Dear Customer
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Important information concerning your personal safety and information on
how to avoid damaging the appliance.
3General information and tips
2Environmental information

3Contents
Contents
Operating Instructions 4
Safety 4
Diagram of appliance 5
Control panel 6
Prior to using for the first time 8
Setting the water softener 8
Adding special salt 10
Filling up with rinse aid 11
In daily use 14
Loading cutlery and dishes 14
Adjusting the height of the upper basket 17
Adding detergent 18
Using 3in1 detergents 19
Selecting the dishwashing cycle (Cycle Table) 21
Starting a dishwashing cycle 23
Setting the Delay Timer 24
Switching off the dishwasher 24
Care and cleaning 25
What to do if… 27
Remedying small malfunctions 27
If the dishwashing results are not satisfactory 29
Disposal 30
Technical data 30
Notes for Test Institutes 31
Installation and connection instructions 32
Safety information for the installation 32
Installing the dishwasher 33
Connecting the dishwasher 34
Guarantee/Customer Service 36
Service 43

Operating Instructions4
Operating Instructions
1Safety
Prior to using for the first time
•Follow the ”Instructions for installation and connection”.
Correct use
•The dishwasher is only intended for washing domestic dishes.
•Additions or modifications to the dishwasher are not permitted.
•Use only special salt, detergent and rinse aid suitable for domestic dishwash
ers.
•Do not put any solvents in the dishwasher. This could cause an explosion.
Child safety
•Keep packaging away from children. There is a risk of suffocation.
•Children often do not recognise the hazards associated with electrical appli
ances. Don’t allow children to use the dishwasher unsupervised.
•Make sure that children and pets don’t climb into the dishwasher. Could en
danger life!
•Dishwasher detergents can cause chemical burns to the eyes, mouth and
throat. Could endanger life! Comply with the safety instructions of the dish
washer detergent manufacturer.
•The water in the dishwasher is not for drinking. Risk of chemical burns.
General safety
•Repairs to the dishwasher are only to be carried out by qualified service engi
neers.
•When the dishwasher is not being used, switch it off and shut off the water
tap.
•Never unplug the appliance by pulling on the cable. Always pull the plug.
•Ensure that the door of the dishwasher is always closed when it is not being
loaded or unloaded. In this way you will avoid anybody tripping over the open
door and hurting themselves.
•Never sit or stand on the open door.
•If the dishwasher is located in a room where there may be a frost, remove the
connection hose from the tap after each use of the dishwasher.

5Diagram of appliance
Diagram of appliance
Upper basket spray arm
and floor spray arm
Water hardness
dial
Dispenser
for special salt
Dispenser
for detergent
Dispenser
for rinse aid
Rating plate
Filters

Control panel6
Control panel
The ON/OFF button is used to turn the dishwasher on and off.
The Programme buttons are used to select the desired dishwashing cycle.
ON/OFF button
Multidisplay
Programme buttons
Function buttons
123 Set delay timer
Control indi

cator
s
End of cycle indicator

7Control panel
Function buttons: In addition to the preset dishwashing cycle, the following
functions can also be set using these buttons:
The rinse aid inflow is only affected, if the 3in1 function is selected.
The multidisplay can indicate:
–the start time that has been set.
–3 horizontal bars: the setting mode has been activated with function buttons
–1 horizontal bar: dishwashing cycle is running
–Multidisplay is off: dishwashing cycle is completed
The control indicators have the following meanings:
Function button 1 Sets the water softener
Function button 2 Activates/deactivates rinse aid inflow when 3in1 on
Function button 3  not programmed 
Buttons 3in1 Activates/deactivates the 3in1 function
1)
1) These control indicators are never illuminated while a dishwashing cycle is running.
Refill with special salt
1) Refill with rinse aid
3 IN 1 3 in 1 function activated

Prior to using for the first time8
Prior to using for the first time
3If you wish to use 3 in 1 detergent:
– First read the section “Using 3in1 detergents”.
– Do not fill up with special salt or rinse aid.
If you do not use 3in1 detergent, before using for the first time
1. Set the water softener
2. Fill up with special salt for water softeners
3. Fill up with rinse aid
Setting the water softener
The water softener must be set manually and electronically:
3To avoid scale deposits on the dishes and in the dishwasher, the dishes must be
washed with soft water, i.e. water with a low lime content. The water softener
must be set according to the table to the water hardness in the area where you
live. Your local water company will be able to give you information about the
water hardness in your area.
The dishwasher must be switched off.
Setting manually:
1. Open the dishwasher door.
2. Remove the lower basket from the
dishwasher.
3. Turn water hardness dial on the left wall of
the dishwasher interior to 1 or 2 (see table).
Setting electronically:
1. Press the ON/OFF button.
3If the only LED indicator illuminated is one
that belongs to a programme button, this
means that this dishwashing cycle has been activated. The dishwashing cycle
must be deselected:
Press function buttons 2and 3 simultaneously for approx. 2 seconds.
The LED indicators of all the programme buttons that can be selected light up.
2. Press function buttons 2and 3simultaneously and keep them pressed.
The LED indicators for function buttons 1 to 3 will flash.

9Prior to using for the first time
3. Press function button 1.
The LED indicator for function button 1will flash.
The LED indicator for the end of the dishwashing cycle will flash simultaneously:
–The number of times that the LED indicator for the end of the dishwashing cy
cle flashes corresponds to the hardness setting.
–This sequence of flashes is repeated several times, with a 3 second pause in
between.
4. Pressing function button 1increases the hardness setting by 1 degree.
(Exception: hardness setting 1 follows hardness setting 10).
5. When the hardness setting is correct, press the ON/OFF button.
The hardness setting is now saved.
If the water softener is set electronically to “1”, this switches off the control in
dicator for special salt.
Water hardness Adjusting the hardness setting Number of
flashes
in °d1)
1) (°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water
in mmol/l2)
2) [mmol/l] millimol per litre, international unit for water hardness
Range Manual Electronic
51  70
43  50
37  42
29  36
23  28
9,0  12,5
7,6  8,9
6,5  7,5
5,1  6,4
4,0  5,0
IV
2*
103)
9
8
7
6
3) On this setting the length of the dishwashing cycle may be slightly longer.
*) factory setting
10
9
8
7
6
19  22
15  18
3,3  3,9
2,6  3,2 III 5* 4
5
4
1
11  14 1,9  2,5 II 3 3
4  10 0,7  1,8 I/II 2 2
below 4 below 0.7 I
1
no salt
necessary
1

Prior to using for the first time10
Adding special salt
To decalcify the water softener, it must be filled up with special salt. Use only
special salt suitable for domestic dishwashers.
If you do not use 3 in1 detergent, fill up with special salt:
–Before using the dishwasher for the first time.
–When the control indicator for special salt is illuminated on the control panel.
1. Open the door and remove the lower
basket.
2. Screw open the lid on the salt dispenser by
turning it anticlockwise.
3. Only when using the dishwasher for the
first time:
Fill the salt dispenser with water.
4. Place the funnel (supplied) over the dis
penser opening.
Fill the dispenser with special salt; the ca
pacity of the dispenser is approx. 1.01.5
kg, depending on the size of the grains. Do
not overfill the dispenser.
3If water overflows when filling up with special salt, this is completely harmless.
5. Clean away any salt remnants from the dispenser opening.
6. Screw the lid back on in a clockwise direction.
7. Run a dishwashing cycle after filling the salt dispenser with special salt.
This will wash away salt water and salt crystals that have been spilt.
3Depending on the size of the salt grains, it can take several hours for the salt to
dissolve in the water and for the control indicator for special salt to go out.

11Prior to using for the first time
Filling up with rinse aid
With rinse aid the rinsing water drains away better and so you get smearfree,
gleaming dishes and clear glasses.
If you do not use 3in1 detergent, fill up with rinse aid:
–Before using the dishwasher for the first time.
–When the control indicator for rinse aid is illuminated on the control panel.
Use only special rinse aid for dishwashers
and no other liquid detergents.
1. Open the door.
The rinse aid compartment is located on
the inside of the dishwasher door.
2. Press the release button on the rinse aid
compartment.
3. Open the cover.
4. Pour rinse aid in slowly right up to the bro
ken “max” line;
this corresponds to a volume of approx.
140 ml when full.
5. Press the lid shut until it clicks into place.
6. Wipe up any spilt rinse aid with a cloth.
Otherwise there will be too much foam
when rinsing.

Prior to using for the first time12
Setting the amount of rinse aid required
3Only change the amount dispensed, if smears, milky spots (reduce the amount)
or dried on water spots (increase the amount) can be seen on glasses and dishes.
(See section “If dishwashing results are not satisfactory”.) The dosage can be set
from 16. The dosage is preset to “4” in the factory.
1. Open the dishwasher door.
2. Press the release button on the rinse aid
compartment.
3. Open the cover.
4. Set the dosage level.
5. Press the lid shut until it clicks into place.
6. If rinse aid has leaked out, wipe it away
with a cloth.

13Prior to using for the first time
Activating rinse aid inflow when 3in1 function is selected
3If the 3in1 function is not selected, the rinse aid inflow is always activated.
If the 3in1 function is selected due to the use of 3in1 detergent, the rinse aid in
flow is deactivated. If the dishes then do not dry sufficiently, you should reacti
vate the rinse aid inflow (see also section “Using 3in1 detergents”).
1. Press the ON/OFF button.
3If the only LED indicator illuminated is one that belongs to a programme button,
this means that this dishwashing cycle has been activated. The dishwashing cy
cle must be deselected:
Press function buttons 2and 3 simultaneously for approx. 2 seconds.
The LED indicators of all the programme buttons that can be selected light up.
2. Press function buttons 2and 3simultaneously and keep them pressed.
The LED indicators for function buttons 1 to 3 will flash.
3. Press function button 2.
The LED indicator for function button 2 will flash.
The indicator for the end of the dishwashing cycle will display the current set
ting:
4. Pressing function button 2activates and deactivates the rinse aid dispensing
function.
5. When the rinse aid inflow setting is correct, press the ON/OFF button.
The setting for the rinse aid inflow is now saved.
Indicator for the end of the cycle is lit: Rinse aid inflow activated when 3in1 on
Indicator for the end of the cycle is not lit: Rinse aid inflow deactivated when 3in1 on
(factory setting)

In daily use14
In daily use
Loading cutlery and dishes
1Sponges, cleaning cloths and any other objects that can absorb water must not
be washed in the dishwasher. Plastic and Tefloncoated dishes and pans tend to
retain water droplets. These dishes and pans therefore do not dry as well as
those made of china and stainless steel.
•Before loading the dishes, you should:
–Remove the worst of the food residues.
–Soak pans with burnton food residues.
•When loading the dishes and cutlery, please note:
–Dishes and cutlery must not impede the rotation of the spray arms.
–Load bowls, cups, glasses, pans, etc. with the opening downwards so that
water cannot collect in them
–Dishes and items of cutlery must not lie inside one another or cover one an
other
–To avoid damage to glasses, they must not touch one another
–Don’t put small items (e.g. lids) in the baskets for the dishes, but in the cut
lery basket, so that they can’t fall through the holes.
For washing in the dishwasher, the following cutlery/dishes/pots and pans
are not suitable: are of limited suitability:
•Cutlery with wooden, horn, china or
mother of pearl handles
•Plastic items that are not heat re
sistant
•Older cutlery with cement
that is sensitive to temperature
•Dishes or cutlery with glued parts
•Pewter or copper items
•Lead crystal glass
•Steel items that rust
•Wooden boards/platters
•Items made from synthetic materials
•Only wash stoneware in the dishwasher if it is spe
cifically marked by the manufacturer as being dish
washersafe.
•Glazed patterns may fade if washed very frequently
in the dishwasher.
•Silver and aluminium parts have a tendency to dis
colour during washing. Food remains, e.g. egg white,
egg yolk and mustard often cause discoloration and
staining on silver. Therefore always clean food resi
dues from silver immediately, if it is not to be
washed straight after use.
•Glass can become dull after a large number of wash
es.

15In daily use
Loading cutlery
1Warning: Sharp knives and other items of cutlery with sharp edges must be laid
in the cutlery rack or in the upper basket to avoid the risk of injury.
To ensure that all items of cutlery in the cutlery basket can be reached by the
water, you should:
For larger utensils, such as whisks, leave off one half of the cutlery grid.
Pots, Pans, Large Plates
Load larger and heavily soiled dishes and
pans in the lower basket.
(Max. diameter for plates 29 cm).
1.Place the grid insert on the cutlery
basket
2.Place forks and spoons in the cutlery
basket's grid insert with their han
dles pointing downwards.

In daily use16
To make it easier to load larger dishes, the
two plate rests on the right in the lower
basket can be folded down.
Cups, Glasses, Coffee Service
Load smaller, fragile crockery and long,
sharp cutlery in the upper basket.
•Arrange items of crockery on and under
the folding cup racks so that they are
offset from each other and water can
reach all items.
•The cup racks can be folded up out of the
way for tall crockery items.
•Lay or hang wine and brandy glasses in
the slots in the cup racks.

17In daily use
Adjusting the height of the upper basket
3The height of the baskets can also be adjusted when they are loaded.
Raising / Lowering the upper basket
1. Pull out the upper basket completely.
2. Holding the upper basket by the handle,
raise it as far as it will go and then lower it
vertically.
The upper basket will latch into the lower
or the upper position.
Maximum height of dishes in the
Upper basket Lower basket
with upper basket raised 22 cm 30 cm
with upper basket lowered 24 cm 29 cm

In daily use18
Adding detergent
Detergents remove the dirt from dishes and
cutlery.
The detergent must be added before the
cycle starts.
1Only use detergent intended for domestic
dishwashers.
The detergent compartment is located on
the inside of the door.
1. If the lid is closed:
Press the release button.
The lid will spring open.
2. Place the detergent in the detergent dis
penser. The markings indicate the dosing
levels for powder detergents: “20/30” cor
responds to approx.
20/30 ml of detergent.
Follow the manufacturer’s instructions
with regard to dosing and storage.
3. Close the lid and press until it locks into
place.
3In the case of very heavily soiled dishes, fill
the adjoining compartment (1) with addi
tional detergent. This detergent comes into
use during the prewash cycle.

19In daily use
Concentrated detergents
Today’s detergents for dishwashers are almost exclusively lowalkaline concen
trated detergents with natural enzymes in tablet or powder form.
2Using 50°C dishwashing cycles in conjunction with these concentrated deter
gents reduces pollution and is good for your dishes, as these dishwashing cycles
are specially matched to the dirtdissolving properties of the enzymes in con
centrated detergents. It is for this reason that using 50 °C dishwashing cycles in
conjunction with concentrated detergents can achieve the same cleaning results
that can otherwise only be achieved using 65 °C cycles.
Detergent tablets
3Detergent tablets from different manufacturers dissolve at different rates. For
this reason, some detergent tablets do not attain their full cleaning power dur
ing short cycles. Therefore please use dishwashing cycles with prewash when
using detergent tablets.
Using 3in1 detergents
These products are detergents with a combined cleaning, rinsing and salt func
tion.
When the 3in1 function is activated,
–the addition of special salt and rinse aid from the respective dispenser is pre
vented.
–If the salt and rinse aid dispensers are empty, this is not indicated.
–The dishwashing cycles can be up to 30 minutes longer.
3If you want to use 3in1 detergents, check whether these detergents are suitable
for your water hardness. (Follow manufacturer’s instructions!)
If your water hardness is higher than that recommended by the manufacturer
but you would nevertheless like to use 3in1 detergent, proceed as follows:
•With the 3in1 function selected, set the water softener one hardness setting
lower than when rinsing without 3in1 detergent.
•Fill up the dispenser (if this is empty) with special salt.
The dishwasher remembers the two different settings of the degree of hardness
for rinsing with and without 3in1 function.

In daily use20
Activation/deactivation of the 3 in 1 function
Press simultaneously the two buttons positioned over the writing 3 in 1, until
the "3 in 1 function "indicator light illuminates. This means that the function is
active.
To deactivate the function press the same buttons again until the indicator light
corresponding to the "3 in 1" symbol turns off.
3As the rinse aid inflow is automatically switched off when the 3in1 function is
activated, it may come about because of the different quality standards in the
3in1 detergent, that the dishes do not dry sufficiently.
If this happens, proceed as follows (see section “Adding rinse aid”):
•Fill up the dispenser (if this is empty) with rinse aid.
•Set rinse aid dosage to “2” mechanically.
•Activate rinse aid inflow.
If you do not want to use 3in1 products any more
If you want to stop using 3in1 products, please do the following:
•Deactivate the 3in1 function.
•Fill up the dispensers for salt and rinse aid again.
•Switch the water softener to the highest setting and perform up to three nor
mal cycles without loading any dishes.
•Then set the water softener to the water hardness in your area.
If you want to use 4in1 products
When using "4 in 1" detergents that integrate also anti glass corrosion agent
into "3 in 1" formula, please follow the same indication as given for "3 in 1" de
tergents.