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Instructions for Installation and Use
Ultima FDW80 & FDW85
60cm free standing
Dishwasher
Troubleshooting
inside
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ISHWASHER D 2
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ISHWASHER D Contents Electrical Connection 4 For Your Safety 5 Installation 6-7 Before Using your Dishwasher 8-9 Loading your Dishwasher 10 What Can I Wash 10 Getting to know your Dishwasher 11 How to use your Dishwasher 12 Programme Chart 13 Care and Cleaning 14 Troubleshooting 15-20 21 Information for Test Labs After Sales Service 22 Hotpoint Guarantee 23 Back Cover Key Contacts Retention of this Instruction Book This Instruction Book must be kept handy for reference as it contains important
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Electrical Connection WARNING: This appliance must be earthed. Fuses Safety Information Your appliance comes fitted with a plug and a 13A fuse. If you need to At the time of delivery... replace the fuse, only those rated at 13A and ASTA approved to All functions of your dishwasher have been thoroughly tested at the BS1362 should be used. If you lose the fuse cover, a replacement factory. may be obtained from your local authorised Service Centre or A small number of water marks may have been left
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For your Safety This manual forms an integral part of the appliance. It must always be kept handy for reference. Read through all the instructions contained in this manual before using the dishwasher. Installation must be performed by a qualified technician, in compliance with the regulations in force, including the prevention and elimination of radio frequency interference. The dishwasher is designed for washing and drying dishes, any other use shall be considered improper. The manufacturer dec
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Installation Connect to the Water Supply... Standpipe: Choose where you want to install Sink Waste System: - For your dishwasher to operate Ensure that the hose is not pushed your dishwasher, you can place it For under sink drainage: correctly it requires water pressures too far down the standpipe. so that its sides or back panel are Before connecting the drain hose, in the range of 6-150 psi (100- If the end of your drain hose is fitted side by side with furniture or up remove any internal rest
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600 1 2 3 4 5 INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING THE DISHWASHER IN FULLY-FITTED KITCHENS. Your free standing dishwasher can be installed in modern kitchens as follows: l to stand next to furniture units or other electric household appliances (Please read the chapter on “Installation” in the instruction manual.) l to insert or built-in under the one worktop. Should it be necessary to remove the top shelf of the dishwasher, proceed as follows: – Unscrew the 2 rear screws and then, with a light push
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Before Using your Dishwasher B C The detergent D • Use the right amount of detergent Each time you load the dishwasher, (see programme chart). add detergergent. Pour dishwasher • Store your detergent and rinse aid detergent into thedispenser on the in a cool, dry place, safely away from inside of the door. children. Adding detergent To open lid A, press button B. The detergent should be put into the two containers C and D. If using a tablet, put it in container "D". Now you can close the lid: pr
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Before Using your Dishwasher To prevent rust from forming, load the salt just before beginning a wash cycle. Adjusting the water softener. Water hardness varies according Water Hardness to where you live. If the water in your home is hard, without water soften- Salt Autono- ing, incrustations would form on your consu- Clarke Selector my dishes. Your dishwasher is fitted °fH mmol/l mption degrees position (cycles\2- with a water softener which uses (grams/- kg) special salt to get rid of limescal
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Loading your Dishwasher First of all. What goes into the lower Load examples Before placing dishes in the basket? lower basket upper basket baskets, remove all course food We recommend you place the most remains. This avoids blocking the difficult dishes to wash into the lower filter, which would reduce the basket: saucepans, lids, soup efficiency of the wash. dishes and plates (a load example If saucepans and frying pans are is shown in the photo). • Serving dishes and large lids: very dirty, a
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Getting to know your Dishwasher 4 1. Basket height adjuster 5. Top spray arm 2. Salt container cap 6. Lower basket 1 3. Bottom spray arm 7. Washing filter 5 4. Upper basket 8. Detergent and rinse aid dispenser 2 6 7 3 The Controls M 8 I H B E A F G D N T U L Q P S M. Mode button A. ON-OFF display button G. Extra drying indicator light S. ‘Selection’ button Press this button to select the Press this button to turn the To indicate that extra drying Press this button to select the auto Duo-Wash cyc
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How to use your Dishwasher Delaying the start of a Indicator lights. Half load. First of all. programme. This option is available with all wash Cycle phase indicator lights "M" - Plug in and switch on. When you have loaded the dishes, cycles. keep you informed. Each will light you can choose when to start your - Turn on the water supply tap Your dishwasher also allows you to up to show you which cycle phase dishwasher before setting the wash completely. is in progress: Pre-Wash, Wash, wash half
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Programme Chart Select the most suitable programme for the type of dishes and how dirty they are. To select the wash programme see the chart below: Salt, rinse aid, the right amount of detergent and the correct wash cycle. This is the formula to get the best results and to keep your dishwasher in shape. CYCLE CYCLE SELECTION CYCLE DETERGENT RINSE WASH CYCLE INSTRUCTIONS DESCRIPTION FOR PRE- AID DURATION WASH & WASH (Tolerance ±10%without extra drying) in minutes INTENSIVE Very dirty dishes and
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Care and Cleaning Going away DO NOT use solvents or Unplug the appliance. Cleaning the spray arms. If the dishwasher is not going to be abrasives to clean the exterior and Before carrying out any cleaning or Food residue may become used for some time, carry out the rubber parts of your appliance, do maintenance on the dishwasher, encrusted onto the spray arms and following: not use solvents or abrasive always remove the plug from the block the holes where water comes • run a cycle with the dishw
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Troubleshooting In the unlikely event that you have problems with your machine, the following guide will enable you to resolve many problems without having to call out a service engineer. Issue Fault Area Cause/How to resolve… Possible Installation/Electrical The Dishwasher Will Not ● Check Supply Fault Start - Is the dishwasher plugged in and switched on? (Particularly if the machine - Is there a power failure, check to see if other appliances working. is being used for the first ti
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Fault Area Issue Cause/How to resolve… Messages In The Display Your dishwasher is designed so that if a fault occurs, an error message will be illuminated in the display, these can consist of words or numbers. - In many cases you can rectify these error codes by following instructions in this section.- - If however the error code displayed on your machine is not listed, you will need to contact your Service Centre for assistance. See “Key Contacts” on the back page of the instruction book. - Pro
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Fault Area Issue Cause/How to resolve… Messages In The Display -DEMO Lit in Display “Demo” will slide across the display when the Demonstration mode has been accidentally activated. - Demonstration mode actived Follow the instructions below to cancel “Demo” mode: On/off Button Step 1: Press & hold simultaneously the “On/Off button” and “Start/Reset button”, until “D of” is illuminated in the display. Step 2: Select wash programme as normal Start/Reset Button -AL05 in Display - If AL05 is illumin
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Fault Area Issue Cause/How to resolve… Poor Wash Results Tablet not dissolving - Wherever possible the following should be positioned away from dispenser, to ensure that they can not come into contact with the Dispenser - Cutlery / Cutlery Basket - Crockery - Casseroles Dishes/Pans Etc Spray arm Obstruction Upper Basket Upper Spry Arm - Prior to starting the programme ensure the spray wash jet holes are not blocked and also that the spray arms can rotate freely. Spry wash jet 21cm. 26 cm. holes
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Cause/How to resolve… Issue Fault Area -There is no drying cycle on the Quick Wash Programme, unless Poor Drying Results Quick Wash Programme you have selected the “Extra Dry” option. Selected Follow instructions below on how to select “Extra Dry” Step 1: Press button marked “M” until the “Extra Dry” cycle indicator is highlighted & “OFF” is illuminated in the display. Step 2: Activate the “Extra Dry” option by pressing the button marked “S” until “ON” is illuminated in display. Pre-Wash Prog
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ISHWASHER D Cause/How to resolve… Fault Area Issue Poor Drying Results Possible Installation Fault - Check (Particularly if the machine - Is the drain hose kinked? The Dishwasher Will Not is being used for the first - Is the sink trap blocked? (If this is the case you will Drain time) experience problems with your sink drainage). - Ensure the blanking plug/closed end connection has been removed if connected to a sink trap (this is the most common fault when installing a dishwasher). Note: Th
