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Use & Care Guide
Washing Machine
MAYTAG
MAF 9801
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CONTENTS READ FIRST Page Page 1 Before washing the first time 3 10 Consumption values - Pre-set washing 2 Safety instructions 4-5 programmes 18 General. Installation. Washer door. Over- 11 Making own washing programmes 19-24 fill protection. Interrupting a program- General, Available settings and options, Cre- me. Packing material. Transport/Winter ate your own washing programmes, Inter- storage. Disposal. rupt input, Reset programme, Available ty- 3 Children's safety 6 pes of programme, Menu sy
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1 BEFORE WASHING THE FIRST TIME CHECK HARDNESS OF THE WATER CAUTION WITH CERTAIN MATERIALS Call your local water company to find out what Always check and adhere to recommended degree of water hardness applies. This has signi- washing marking on the items concerned. If no ficance in relation to the amount of detergent recommendations are given, refer to those in that should be dispensed. chapter 8, Before washing. TRANSPORT SUPPORTS Are the transport supports removed? If not, see the Installati
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2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS GENERAL OVERFILL PROTECTION • Study and save this Use and Care Guide for If the level of water in the machine rises above future reference. normal, the overfill protection will start to pump • Electrical and water installation, if required, out water and shut off the water supply. The must be carried out by authorized persons. programme will be interrupted if the level does • The machine may only be used for washing in not fall within 60 seconds. accordance with these opera
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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 12, 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 be made unus
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3 CHILDREN'S SAFETY CHILD-SAFE WASHING Menu CHILD LOCK ON AND BUTTONS Always close the washer door and start the pro- Menu By locking the and buttons, you can gramme immediately after filling the detergent. prevent that for example a child starts the mach- Do not allow children to play with the wash- ine or changes the settings by mistake. ing machine. Child lock On/Off PROTECT CHILDREN Turn the main power switch, , off and then Keep detergents and conditioner out of the reach turn it on aga
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P1 P2 P3 P4 Start/Stop Menu Enter 4 PARTS OF THE WASHING MACHINE 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 8 7 5 6 5 DETERGENT COMPARTMENT 1 3 2 1. DETERGENT COMPARTMENT - PRE-WASH 2. DETERGENT COMPARTMENT - MAIN WASH 3. FABRIC CONDITIONER COMPARTMENT 7
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6 PANEL 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. INDICATOR LAMP ON/OFF 7. MENU BUTTON 2. MAIN POWER SWITCH 8. BUTTON FOR CHANGING TEMPERATURE/INDEX 3. PROGRAMME SELECTOR BUTTONS P1-P4 BACK 4. DISPLAY 9. BUTTON FOR CHANGING SPIN SPEED/ 5. START/STOP BUTTON INDEX FORWARD 6. DOOR OPENING BUTTON 10. ENTER BUTTON 7 LC-DISPLAY 1. TEXT FIELD INDICATING PROGRAMME, OPTIONS 1 2 AND FAULT MESSAGES, ETC. 2. DISPLAYS SELECTED SPIN SPEED 3. INDICATES SELECTED PROGRAMME 4. INDICATES THAT A PROGRAMME HAS STARTED 10 5. INDICA
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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 the first time GARMENTS be washed
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Wool and silk creased washing. This option means that the Wool and silk are sometimes marked machine washing will continue to be rotated for two wash, and sometimes hand wash. The Wool and hours after the programme has ended. See Chap- Hand programmes of the machine are at least ter 11, Making your own programmes, for de- as gentle as washing by hand. tails of how to select this option. Wool is particularly sensitive to mechanical processing. If you wish to avoid spin drying, MINIMIZING ALLERGY
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DETERGENTS WASHING TIME Overdosing detergent will not give better re- The -symbol indicates that the remaining sults, it only increases the burden on the envi- washing time is shown at the bottom right in ronment. the display within ten minutes after the wash- Try using less detergent, and increase the dose ing programme starts. only if you are displeased with the washing re- When a programme is choosen the washing sults. time is calculated. The calculated washing time can vary from time to tim
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9 WASHING WASHING WITH EASY CONTROL Easy washing by pushing a few buttons Your washing machine works like a radio with pre-set tuning. Instead of radio stations, howe- ver, you select your preferred washing program- P1 P4 me in this case. We have preset the - buttons with four common programmes. Switch on the machine and press the button for your preferred programme. You can change the temperature and the spin speed by pressing one or more extra buttons. You then simply press the Start button.
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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 ( ), see figure. Pre-wash SORT THE WASHING Main wash Conditioner For tips and advice, see Chapter 8 – Before washing. 11 NOTE Empty the pockets. Coins, nails and similar items can cause damage to the machine. Liquid detergent When using liquid detergent, follow the deter- TURN ON THE MAIN POWER SWITCH gent manufac
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SELECT A PRE-SET PROGRAMME The selected temperature is indicated on the The machine has four pre-set program- bottom edge of the display together with the mes. Press the button for the desired symbol as you index forward. 55 programme. The programmes are shown in the You can select temperatures between 30°C table below. and 95°C or C. By selecting C, the wash tempe- You can then easily adjust the Temperature rature will be the same as that of the incoming and the Spin speed; see the next step.
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If you wish to save the change permanently, coming water and the size of the load. Enter you can press the button after making the The remaining time is recalculated during change. the programme and may then be increased or Spinning at 400-800 revolutions/minute al- reduced to some extent. ways means a short spin. It is not possible to select a spin speed higher DURING THE PROGRAMME than 800 revolutions/minute for the Hand pro- The actual sequence is shown in the display gramme. during the prog
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Menu Hold down the button for three se- conds. Within 15 seconds of releasing the but- Menu ton, you must index forward with the but- ton to the new desired setting. Make any alte- Enter rations with and then press . In order to make an alteration, however, the part of the programme that you wish to alter must not have been activated yet. - Temperature – can be altered before the main wash has started. - Spin speed – can be altered before the water is pumped out after the main wash. - Super r
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DELAYED START (1-24 HOURS) TEMPORARY SPINNING OR RINSING If Delayed start is set to 5 hours, for example, If you wish to run a temporary spin or rinse pro- P1 P4 this means that the machine will start the pro- gramme without altering - , you can do gramme 5 hours after you press the but- the following: ton. If you wish to delay the start of any pro- 1. Put in the washing and close the door. P1 gramme temporarily, you should proceed as 2. Press the button once. Menu follows before pressing the
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10 CONSUMPTION VALUES - PRE-SET PROGRAMMES The following conditions apply for the consump- tion values indicated below: Temperature of incoming water: 15ºC. Element power: 2000 W. PROGRAMME WASHING/ AMOUNT OF WATER CONSUMP- ENERGY CONSUMP- PROGRAMME TEMPERATURE (1) WASHING (2) TION (ca litre) TION (ca kWh) TIME (ca min.) P1 Cotton, 1/1 (6,0 kg) 54 1,14 130 Normal linen, 60 °C P2 Cotton, 1/1 (6,0 kg) 54 1,05 90 White/Coloured linen, 40 °C P3 Polyester, cotton/poly- 1/2 (3,0 kg) 22 0,30 35 Quick e
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11 MAKING OWN WASHING PROGRAMMES GENERAL Change programme We have preset P1 - P4 with the most com- In this Chapter we tell you how to replace one mon washing programmes. These programmes or other of the pre-set programmes with a pro- usually suit most users. You can adjust the tem- gramme of your own. perature and the spin speed temporarily, and By storing the programme, it will then be you can run a spin or rinse programme tempor- accessible simply by pressing a button every time arily withou
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AVAILABLE SETTINGS AND OPTIONS Setting/Option Description Restrictions Programme types Available programmes are described in a separate ta- ble in this Chapter. Change of programme type resets all options and set- tings to their original values. For some types of programme, only tempe- Temperature, 30-95°C Here you select the temperature to be displayed when you have selected the pre-set programme (P1-P4). ratures between 30 and 40°C can be It is always possible to adjust the temperature by pres
