Before First Use; Wash Setting; Standard Washing - Kenwood K8W6D18 Installation Instructions Manual

before first use

Before washing your clothes for the first time, run a full wash programme first:
1. Connect the machine to the mains power supply and the water supply.
2. Put a small amount of detergent in the detergent drawer. Close the drawer.
3. Press the On/Off button.
4. Select a wash programme.
5. Press the Start/Pause button.

wash setting

standard washing

1. Pull the door handle and put the laundry in the drum. (Refer to Preparation to sort your laundry
before it goes into the drum.) Make sure no washing gets caught in the door.
2. Close the door and press the On/Off button. Turn the Programme Selection Dial to select your
wash programme.
3. Select the water temperature, spin speed and other functions if desired.
4. Press the Function button continuously to select other washing options. Other washing options
are:
• prewash: to perform an extra wash before main wash
• extra rinse : to perform an extra rinse once
5. Press the Dry button continuously to select dry level options: Gentle Dry
dried), Normal Dry
quickly).
• Clothes could be dried after spinning, if suitable for drying.
• Classify fabrics according to their types and drying level.
• Proper drying time should be set for drying synthetic.
• If you want to iron the clothes after drying, choose Gentle Dry level.
• Clothes not suitable for drying:
• Particularly delicate items such as synthetic curtains, woolen and silk, clothes with
metal inserts, nylon stockings, bulky clothes such as anoraks, bedcovers, quilts,
sleeping bags and duvets
• Clothes padded with foam-rubber or materials similar to foam-rubber
• Fabrics containing residues of setting lotions or hair sprays, nail solvents or similar
solutions
6. Add detergent into the detergent drawer. The quantity of detergent will depend on the amount of
laundry, the degree of soiling and the water hardness. Use the amount of detergent suggested
on the packaging.
7. Press the Start/Pause button to start the washing.
8. The machine will sound when the programme is complete.
If the door is locked and you switched the machine off and then on - or if there's a power
cut - it will stay locked for 5 seconds.
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(the normal drying procedure) and Extra Dry
(clothes are slightly
(clothes are dried very