Samsung DV15K6500GV User manual

Dryer
User manual
DV15K6500GV
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Contents
English2
Contents
Safety information 4
What you need to know about the safety instructions 4
Important safety symbols 4
Important safety precautions 5
Installation requirements 12
Key installation requirements 12
Location considerations 12
Alcove or closet installations 13
Ducting requirements 16
Exhausting requirements 17
Gas requirements 18
Electrical requirements 19
Installation 20
What’s included 20
Step-by-step installation 22
Vent blockage test 25
Exhaust ducting guide 26
Door reversal 27
Before you start 30
Sort and load 30
Functional prerequisite 30
Rack Dry 31
Operations 33
Feature panel 33
Simple steps to start 36
Cycle overview 37
Drying guide 38
Special features 39
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Contents
English 3
Maintenance 40
Vent sensor 40
Cleaning 41
Troubleshooting 42
Checkpoints 42
Information codes 45
Specications 46
Fabric care chart 46
Protecting the environment 47
Specication sheet 48
Cycle chart 49
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Safety information
Congratulations on your new Samsung dryer. This manual contains important information
on the installation, use, and care of your appliance. Please take the time to read this
manual to take full advantage of your dryer’s many benets and features.
What you need to know about the safety instructions
Warnings and Important Safety Instructions in this manual do not cover all possible
conditions and situations that may occur. It is your responsibility to use common sense,
caution, and care when installing, maintaining, or operating your dryer.
Always contact your manufacturer about problems or conditions you do not understand.
Important safety symbols
What the icons and signs in this user manual mean:
WARNING
Hazards or unsafe practices that may result in severe personal injury, death and/or
property damage.
CAUTION
Hazards or unsafe practices that may result in personal injury and/or property damage.
NOTE
Indicates that a risk of personal injury or material damage exists.
Read the instructions
These warning signs are here to prevent injury to yourself and others.
Please follow them explicitly.
After reading this manual, store it in a safe place for future reference.
Read all instructions before using the appliance.
As with any equipment that uses electricity and moving parts, potential hazards exist.
To safely operate this appliance, familiarize yourself with its operation and exercise care
when using it.
WARNING - Risk of Fire
• Clothes dryer installation must be performed by a qualied technician.
• Install the clothes dryer according to the manufacturer’s instructions and local codes.
• To reduce the risk of severe injury or death, follow all installation instructions.
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Important safety precautions
WARNING
To reduce the risk of re, electric shock, or injury to persons when using
your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:
1. This appliance is not to be used by persons (including children)
with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack
of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given
supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a
person responsible for their safety.
2. For use in Europe: This appliance can be used by children aged
from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and
knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand
the hazards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance.
Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children
without supervision.
3. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play
with the appliance.
4. If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the
manufacturer, its service agent or similarly qualied persons in
order to avoid a hazard.
5. The new hose-sets supplied with the appliance are to be used and
that old hose-sets should not be reused.
6. For appliances with ventilation openings in the base, that a carpet
must not obstruct the openings.
7. For use in Europe: Children of less than 3 years should be kept
away unless continuously supervised.
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8. CAUTION: In order to avoid a hazard due to inadvertent resetting
of the thermal cut-out, this appliance must not be supplied
through an external switching device, such as a timer, or
connected to a circuit that is regularly switched on and off by the
utility.
9. The tumble dryer is not to be used if industrial chemicals have
been used for cleaning.
10. The lint trap has to be cleaned frequently, if applicable.
11. Lint must not to be allowed to accumulate around the tumble
dryer. (not applicable for appliances intended to be vented to the
exterior of the building)
12. Adequate ventilation has to be provided to avoid the back ow
of gases into the room from appliances burning other fuels,
including open res.
13. Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.
14. Items that have been soiled with substances such as cooking oil,
acetone, alcohol, 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.
15. Items such as foam rubber (latex foam), shower caps, waterproof
textiles, rubber backed articles and clothes or pillows tted with
foam rubber pads should not be dried in the tumble dryer.
16. Fabric softeners, or similar products, should be used as specied
by the fabric softener instructions.
17. The nal 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 the items will not be damaged.
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18. Remove all objects from pockets such as lighters and matches.
19. WARNING: Never stop a tumble dryer before the end of the
drying cycle unless all items are quickly removed and spread out
so that the heat is dissipated.
20. Exhaust air must not be discharged into a ue which is used for
exhausting fumes from appliances burning gas or other fuels.
21. The appliance must not be installed behind a lockable door, a
sliding door or a door with a hinge on the opposite side to that of
the tumble dryer, in such a way that a full opening of the tumble
dryer door is restricted.
22. WARNING: The appliance must not be supplied through an
external switching device, such as a timer, or connected to a
circuit that is regularly switched on and off by a utility.
Heat pump model only: The instructions shall also include the
substance of the following:
WARNING: In the appliance enclosure or in the built-in structure,
keep ventilation openings clear of obstruction.
WARNING: Do not damage the refrigerant circuit.
23. This appliance is intended to be used in household only and it is
not intended to be used such as:
- staff kitchen areas in shops, ofces and other working
environments;
- farm houses;
- by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type
environments;
- bed and breakfast type environments;
- areas for communal use in blocks of ats or in launderettes.
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Critical installation warnings
WARNING
The installation of this appliance must be performed by a qualied technician or service
company.
• Failure to do so may result in electric shock, re, an explosion, problems with the
product, or injury.
Plug the power cord into a wall socket that meets local electrical specications. Use the
socket for this appliance only, and do not use an extension cord.
• Sharing a wall socket with other appliances using a power strip or extending the power
cord may result in electric shock or re.
• Ensure that the power voltage, frequency and current are the same as those of the
product specications. Failure to do so may result in electric shock or re. Failure Plug
the power plug into the wall socket rmly.
Remove all foreign substances such as dust or water from the power plug terminals and
contact points using a dry cloth on a regular basis.
• Unplug the power plug and clean it with a dry cloth.
• Failure to do so may result in electric shock or re.
Keep all packaging materials well out of the reach of children, as packaging materials can
be dangerous to children.
• If a child places a bag over its head, it may result in suffocation.
This appliance must be properly grounded.
Do not ground the appliance to a gas pipe, plastic water pipe, or telephone line.
• This may result in electric shock, re, an explosion, or problems with the product
• Never plug the power cord into a socket that is not grounded correctly and make sure
that it is in accordance with local and national codes.
Do not install or keep the product exposed to the outdoor elements.
Do not use a damaged power plug, damaged power cord or loose wall socket.
• This may result in electric shock or re.
If the plug (power supply cord) is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer or its
service agent or a similar qualied technician in order to avoid a hazard.
This appliance should be positioned to be accessible to the power plug after installation.
Do not pull or excessively bend the power cord.
Do not twist or tie the power cord.
Do not hook the power cord over a metal object, place a heavy object on the power cord,
insert the power cord between objects, or push the power cord into the space behind the
appliance.
• This may result in electric shock or re.
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Do not pull the power cord, when unplugging the power plug.
• Unplug the power plug by holding the plug.
• Failure to do so may result in electric shock or re.
This appliance must be properly grounded. Never plug the power cord into a receptacle
that is not grounded adequately and in accordance with local and national codes. See
installation instructions for grounding this appliance.
Install this appliance in a location with solid, level oor.
• Failing to do so may result in abnormal vibrations, noise or problems with the product.
Since an ingredient in hair spray may degrade the hydrophile property of the heat
exchanger so that dew may appear on the outer surface of the appliance when the cooling
operation is running, do not install the appliance in a beauty salon.
This appliance should be positioned so that the power plug, the water supply taps, and the
drain pipes are accessible.
Critical usage warnings
WARNING
Do not let children or pets on or into the product. In addition, when disposing of this
product, disassemble the door lock (lever).
• This may result in children falling and injuring themselves.
• If children become locked in the product, there is a danger of suffocation.
Do not try to access the inside of the product when the drum is rotating.
Do not sit on the product or lean against the door.
• This may result in the product turning over and resulting in injury.
Dry the laundry only after it was spun by an appropriate washing machine.
Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.
Do not drink the condensed water.
Never stop a tumble dryer before the end of the drying cycle unless all items are quickly
removed and spread out so that the heat is dissipated.
Do not dry laundry contaminated by inammable materials such as gasoline, kerosene,
benzene, thinner, alcohol, etc.
• This may result in electric shock, re or explosion.
Do not let pets chew or play with the dryer.
• This may result in electric shock or injury.
When disposing of the product, separate the door and the power cord before disposing of
the product.
• Failing to do so may result in damage to the power code or an injury.
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Do not touch the power plug with wet hands.
• This may result in electric shock.
When gas (city gas, propane gas, LP gas) leaks, do not touch this appliance or the power
cord, ventilate immediately.
• At this time, do not use the ventilating fan.
• A spark may cause an explosion or re.
Do not repair, replace, or attempt to service any part of the appliance unless specically
recommended in the user-repair instructions. You must also have the skills necessary to
service this appliance.
Do not attempt to repair, disassemble, or modify the appliance yourself.
• Do not use any fuse(such as cooper, steel wire, etc.) other than the standard fuse.
• When repairing or reinstalling the appliance is required, contact your nearest service
center.
• Failure to do so may result in electric shock, re, problems with the product, or injury.
The product you have purchased is designed for domestic use only.
The use for business purposes qualies as product misuse. In this case, the product will
not be covered by the standard warranty provided by Samsung and no responsibility can
be attributed to Samsung for malfunctions or damages resulting from such misuse.
If the product generates strange noise, smells of something burning, or generates smoke,
immediately cut-off the power and contact the service center.
• Otherwise, it may cause an electric shock or re as a result.
Do not let children (or pets) play in or on your product. The product door does not open
easily from the inside and children may be seriously injured if trapped inside.
Usage cautions
CAUTION
Do not stand on top of the appliance or place objects (such as laundry, lighted candles,
lighted cigarettes, dishes, chemicals, metal objects, etc.) on the appliance.
• This may result in electric shock, re, problems with the product, or injury.
Do not touch the glass door and inside of the drum during or just after drying as it is hot.
• This may result in burns.
Do not press the buttons using sharp objects such as pins, knifes, ngernails, etc.
• This may result in electric shock or injury.
Do not dry laundry containing forming rubber (latex) or similar rubber textures.
• If forming rubber is heated, it may start a re.
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