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Use & Care Guide
Washing Machine
MAYTAG
MAF9601
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CONTENTS READ FIRST PAGE CARE PAGE 1 Before washing for the first time 3 11 Care and cleaning 20-21 2 Safety instructions 4-5 Inspecting the coin trap and drain pump, General, Installation, Washer door, Inter- Cleaning the detergent compartment, Cle- rupting a programme, Overfill protection, aning the outside of the machine, Cleaning Packing materials, Transport/Winter stora- the inside of the machine to prevent odour ge, Disposal problems, Clean-out recess under the rid- 3 Child safety 6 ges, I
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1 BEFORE WASHING THE FIRST TIME CAUTION WITH CERTAIN MATERIALS WASHER DOOR Always check and adhere to recommended The door of the washer opens electrically. Con- washing marking on the items concerned. If no sequently, the door cannot be opened normally recommendations are given, refer to those in until the machine is connected to an electric Chapter 8, Before washing. power supply. However, emergency opening is available, see Chapter 12, Trouble shooting. TRANSPORT SUPPORTS Are the transport su
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2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS GENERAL INTERRUPTING A PROGRAMME • Study and save this Use and Care Guide for You can interrupt a washing programme and future reference. open the door by holding the button • Electrical and water installation, if required, down for three seconds. The machine will then must be carried out by authorized persons. “remember” the point in the washing program- • The machine may only be used for washing me at which it was interrupted. To restart: fill in accordance with this Use
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TRANSPORT/ WINTER STORAGE If the machine is to be transported, or stored in unheated premises where the temperature can fall below freezing point, you should proceed as follows: • Empty the coin trap and the drain pump; see Chapter 11, Care - Cleaning. • Turn off the water supply to the washing mach- ine, disconnect the supply hose to the inlet val- ve, and let the water drain from the valve and the hose. DISPOSAL When the machine is no longer useful and is to be scrapped it should immediately
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3 CHILDREN’S SAFETY CHILD-SAFE WASHING CHILD LOCK ON BUTTON Always close the washer door and start the pro- You can prevent a child from starting the wash- gramme immediately after filling the detergent. ing machine by mistake. You can do this by Do not allow children to play with the wash- locking the button, as follows. ing machine. Child lock On/Off: PROTECT CHILDREN Set the programme selector knob to the posi- Keep detergents and conditioner out of the reach tion in which it points directl
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Start/Stop 4 PARTS OF THE WASHER 1 2 3 1. DETERGENT COMPARTMENT 2. MAIN POWER SWITCH 4 3. PROGRAMME PANEL 4. DATA PLATE 5. COVER - DRAIN PUMP 6. DRAIN PUMP (BEHIND THE COVER) 7. WASHER DOOR 8. OUTER DOOR (NOT ALL MODELS) 7 8 5 6 5 DETERGENT COMPARTMENT 1 1. DETERGENT COMPARTMENT - PRE-WASH 3 2 2. DETERGENT COMPARTMENT - MAIN WASH 3. CONDITIONER COMPARTMENT 7
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6 PANEL 3 4 1 2 5 6 Drain Heavy Cotton Start Spin White Cotton Stop Rinse Cotton Eco Hand Synthetics Wool Cool Cotton 2h Quick MAF 9601. AAA PERFORMANCE 1600RPM 8 7 1. DETERGENT COMPARTMENT 5. DISPLAY 2. INDICATOR LAMP ON/OFF 6. START/STOP BUTTON WITH LED TO 3. MAIN POWER SWITCH INDICATE PROGRAMME STARTED 4. PROGRAMME SELECTOR KNOB 7. SETTING AND OPTION BUTTONS THE PROGRAMMES ARE DESCRIBED IN 8. DOOR OPENING BUTTON WITH LED TO CHAPTER 9, WASHING. INDICATE DOOR OPEN 7 OPTION BUTTONS 1 2 3 1. BUTT
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8 BEFORE WASHING Before you start washing, here is some advice RECOMMENDED WASHING MARKING that can be useful. Check the recommended washing marking on garments. The table below gives useful informa- SORTING THE WASHING tion on suitable washing programmes for diffe- Sort garments in relation to: rent materials and amounts of washing. • How soiled they are • Colour COLOURED COTTON • Material Coloured cotton garments marked with a re- commendation for 60ºC should be washed the GARMENTS first time
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Wool and silk PRE-SOAKING Wool and silk are sometimes marked machine The Pre-soaking option means that your 2h wash, and sometimes hand wash. The Wool and washing will be soaked for two hours before the Hand programmes of the machine are at least programme starts. This is useful for highly soi- as gentle as washing by hand. led washing. Wool is particularly sensitive to mechanical The drum will rotate on two occasions every processing. If you wish to avoid spin drying, tenth minute. you can pre
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DETERGENTS Overdosing detergent will not give better re- sults, it only increases the burden on the envi- ronment. Try using less detergent, and increase the dose only if you are displeased with the washing re- sults. TEXTILE DYEING If you want to dye fabrics in the machine, select Normal with the Super rinse option, . Choose a temperature according to recom- mendations from the dye maker. If the fabrics to be dyed are mixtures such as cotton/polyes- ter, you should select a spin speed of 800 re
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9 WASHING The following step-by-step instructions are pro- Powder detergent vided to help you to achieve the best possible Pour in the powder for main wash ( ) and any washing result. pre-wash ( ). Pre-wash Main wash SORT THE WASHING Conditioner For tips and advice, see Chapter 8 – Before 11washing. NOTE Empty the pockets. Coins, nails and similar items can cause damage to the machine and Liquid detergent textiles. When using liquid detergent, follow the deter- gent manufacturer’s recommendati
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TABLE OF AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES Programme information Programme content Miscellaneous 1 Heavy Cotton C,30-95 1600 2 White Cotton C,30-95 1600 Shorter main wash than for Normal 3 Cotton Eco C,30-95 1600 4 Synthetics C,30-95 800 5 Cool Cotton C,30-95 1600 6 Quick C,30-95 1600 7 Wool (C) C,30-40 800 Slightly more gentle than Wool. 8 Hand (C) C,30-40 800 9 Rinse 1600 1600 10 Spin 11 Drain Pumping only 1/1 (6,0 kg) Wash Short spin (max. 800 (A) C in the display denotes the temperature of the incoming r
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SELECT A PROGRAMME tions/minute, No Spin ( ) or No Spin/No Select the programme that you wish to Drain ( ). use with the programme selector knob. For certain programmes, it is not possible to 55 See the table of programmes for more infor- select a spin speed higher than 800 revolutions/ mation about the various available program- minute; see the table. mes. Spinning at 400-800 revolutions/minute al- ways means a short spin. Spinning at 1000 re- SELECTING SETTINGS AND OPTIONS volutions/minute o
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Super rinse CLOSE THE DOOR AND START THE Super rinse is switched on or off by pressing the PROGRAMME WITH THE BUTTON button. The LED next to the button indicates 77 The LED next to the button will light when that the programme has started. Super rinse is switched on. NOTE Super rinse means that extra rinses will be If the child lock is on, the button must be held added to the programme; see the Table. down for 3 seconds. E2 Eco/Efficiency Remaining time E2 is switched on or off by pressing the
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DURING THE PROGRAMME will not affect the programme. You should in- If you wish to interrupt or change the terrupt the programme instead. programme - Temperature – can be altered before the main Hold down the button for three se- wash has started. conds. An extinguished LED next to the button - Spin speed – can be altered before the water is indicates that the programme has been inter- pumped out after the main wash. rupted. - Delayed start – cannot be altered. You should Add more detergent, if
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PROGRAMME COMPLETED The text in the display indicates WHEN WASHING IS FINISHED that the programme is completed. Turn off the main power switch . 88 99 Press the button once, and the LED Close the washer door to prevent small next to the button will light. The door will open children from crawling into the machine. after three seconds. 17
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10 CONSUMPTION VALUES The following conditions apply for the consumption values indicated below: Temperature of incoming water: 15ºC. Element power: 2000 W. Options: None PROGRAMME MATERIAL/WASHING LOAD WATER CONSUMP- POWER CONSUMP- PROGRAMME TIME TEMPERATURE(1) (2) TION (approx. litre) TION (approx. kWh) (approx. minutes) Heavy Cotton Cotton, linen, 60°C 6,0 kg 57 1,20 145 White Cotton Cotton, linen, 60°C 6,0 kg 54 1,14 130 Cotton Eco Cotton, linen, 60°C 6,0 kg 54 1,05 90 Synthetics Pol
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11 CARE AND CLEANING CLEANING THE COIN TRAP AND THE DRAIN PUMP CLEANING THE DETERGENT COMPARTMENT The washing machine has a trap in which coins, Pull out the detergent compartment as far as it hairpins and similar items fasten. Clean the coin goes. trap and the drain pump as follows: 1. Ensure that the machine is drained and the main power switch is turned OFF. 2. Open the drain pump cover. Use the parti- Then pull upwards and outwards as illustrated. tion piece from the detergent compartment, a
