9. BEFORE FIRST USE
Before you use the appliance for the first
time do these operations:
• Clean the tumble dryer drum with a
moist cloth.
• Start a short programme (e.g. 30
minutes) with moist laundry.
• Fill up the steam water container
before using a steam programme for
the first time (see chapter on "Care and
cleaning - Fill up the steam water
container”).
At the beginning of drying
cycle (3-5 min.) there could
be a slightly higher sound
level. It is because of start of
the compressor that is
normal for compressor
powered appliances such:
refrigerators, freezers.
10. DAILY USE
10.1 Preparing the laundry
• Close the zippers.
• Close the fasteners of the duvet
covers.
• Do not keep ties or ribbons loose (e.g.
apron ribbons). Tie them before you
start a programme.
• Remove all items from the pockets.
• If an item has the internal layer made of
cotton, turn it inside out. Make sure
that the cotton layer is always external
• We recommend that you set the
correct programme applicable for the
type of fabrics that are in the appliance.
• Do not put fabrics with strong colours
together with fabrics with light colours.
Strong colours can bleed.
• Use an applicable programme for
cotton jersey and knitwear to prevent
the items to shrink.
• Make sure that the laundry weight is
not more than the maximum weight
that is in the programme table.
• Dry only the laundry that is applicable
for tumble dryer. Refer to the fabric
label on the items.
Special notes about the Steam system
• The following textiles cannot be treated
using a Steam programmes: woollen
knitwear, leather, textiles with large
metal, wooden or plastic parts, textiles
with rusting metal parts, oilskins or wax
cotton garments.
• To smooth or freshen laundry with a
Steam programme, sort laundry by
size, weight, material and colour. Only
smooth textiles together that are similar
in terms of size, weight, material and
colour.
• Do not dry new, coloured textiles
together with light-coloured laundry
items. Colours may fade (check colour
fastness of fabric when damp in an
inconspicuous area).
• Do not use dry cleaning sets in
combination with Steam programmes.
• Before treating garments with an Iron
Aid programme, remove stains by
washing or using localised stain
removal.
• Turn items with double-layered fabrics
inside out (e.g. with cottonlined
anoraks, the cotton layer should be
outermost). These fabrics will then dry
better.
Fabric label Description
Laundry that is applicable for tumble dryer.
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