How To Run A Wash Cycle Or A Drying Cycle; Setting The Drying Cycle - Hotpoint Ariston AQUALTIS AQM8F 49 U Instrucciones De Uso

How to run a wash cycle or a
drying cycle
WARNING: before you use the washer-dryer for the first
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time, run a wash cycle with detergent and no laundry, using
the 90° cottons cycle without pre-wash.
1. SWITCH THE MACHINE ON. Press the
All the indicator lights will illuminate for 1 second; the
indicator light corresponding to the
remain lit in a fixed manner and the START/PAUSE
indicator light will flash slowly.
2. LOAD THE LAUNDRY. Open the porthole door.
Load the laundry, making sure you do not exceed the
maximum load value indicated in the table of wash
cycles on the following page.
3. MEASURE OUT THE DETERGENT. Pull out the
detergent dispenser drawer and pour the detergent into
the relevant compartments as described in "Description
of the machine".
4. CLOSE THE PORTHOLE DOOR.
5. SELECT THE PROGRAMME. Turn the WASH CYCLE
SELECTOR KNOB right or left, until you have selected
the desired wash cycle. A temperature and spin speed
is set for each wash cycle; these may be adjusted.
6. CUSTOMISE THE WASH CYCLE. Use the relevant
buttons on the control panel:
Modify the temperature.
The machine automatically displays the maximum
temperature values set for the selected cycle, or the
most recently-used settings if they are compatible with
the selected cycle. The temperature can be decreased
by pressing the
) setting is reached. If these buttons are pressed again,
the maximum values are restored.
! Exception: if the "Cottons" programme is selected, the
temperature can be increased up to a value of 90°C.

Setting the drying cycle

The first time the button
automatically select the maximum drying cycle which is
compatible with the selected wash cycle. Subsequent
presses will decrease the drying level and then the
drying time, until the cycle is excluded completely (
If these buttons are pressed again, the maximum values
are restored.
Drying may be set as follows:
A - Based on a set time period: between 20 and 180
minutes.
B- Based on the desired laundry dryness level:
Iron (L1): suitable for clothes which will need ironing
afterwards. the remaining dampness softens creases,
making them easier to remove.
Hanger (L2): ideal for clothes which do not need to be
dried fully.
Cupboard (L3): suitable for laundry which can be put
back in a cupboard without being ironed.
Extra (L4): suitable for garments which need to be dried
completely, such as sponges and bathrobes.
If your laundry load to be washed and dried is much
greater than the maximum stated load (see adjacent
table), perform the wash cycle, and when the cycle
is complete, divide the garments into groups and put
some of them back in the drum.
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button.
button will then
button, until the cold wash (
is pressed, the machine will
At this point, follow the instructions provided for a
"Drying only" cycle. Repeat this procedure for the
remainder of the load. A cooling-down period is always
added to the end of each drying cycle.
Drying only
Use the cycle selector knob to select a drying cycle (
- ) in accordance with the type of fabric. The desired
drying level or time may also be set using the DRYING
button .
Set a delayed start.
Press the button until you have reached the desired
delay time. During the setting process, the delay time is
shown on the display and the
After selecting a delayed start time, the fixed
and the cycle duration will appear on the display. Press
the button once to display the selected delay time. To
remove the delayed start option, press the button until
the display shows the text OFF; the
disappear.
! Once the START/PAUSE button has been pressed, the
time delay may only be decreased.
Modify the cycle settings.
Press the OPTION buttons to customise the wash cycle
in accordance with your own requirements.
• Press the button to activate the option; the
corresponding indicator light will switch on.
• Press the button again to disable the option; the
indicator light will switch off.
! If the selected option is not compatible with the
selected wash cycle, this incompatibility will be signalled
by the flashing of the indicator light and a sound alert (3
beeps); the option will not be activated.
! If the selected option is not compatible with another
option that has been selected previously, the indicator
light corresponding to the first option selected will
flash and only the second option will be activated; the
indicator light corresponding to the button will remain lit
in a constant manner.
7. START THE PROGRAMME. Press the START/PAUSE
button. The corresponding indicator light remains lit in
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a fixed manner and the porthole door locks (the
DOOR LOCKED indicator light illuminates). The icons
corresponding to the wash cycle phases will light up
during the cycle to indicate which phase is currently in
progress.
To change a wash cycle once it has already started, pause
the washer-dryer by pressing the START/PAUSE button;
then select the desired cycle and press the START/PAUSE
button again. To open the door during a wash cycle,
press the START/PAUSE button; if the DOOR LOCKED
indicator light is switched off you may open the door.
Press the START/PAUSE button again to restart the wash
cycle from the point at which it was interrupted.
8. THE END OF THE WASH CYCLE. This is indicated
by the illuminated text END. The porthole door may be
opened immediately. If the START/PAUSE indicator light
is flashing, press the button to end the cycle. Open the
door, unload the laundry and switch off the machine.
! If you wish to cancel a cycle which has already begun,
press and hold the
machine switches off.
symbol flashes.
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symbol will
button until the cycle stops and the
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