
cleaning and maintaining your washing machine _31
02 Washing a load of laundry
cleaning and maintaining your
washing machine
Keeping your washing machine clean improves its performance, wards off
unnecessary repairs, and lengthens its life.
This course is a self-cleaning course that removes mold that may occur inside the
washing machine.
1. Press the Power button.
2. Turn the Cycle Selector to the ECO Drum Clean course.
• You can only use the Delay End function.
• The water temperature during the ECO Drum Clean is
set to 70 ˚C.
You cannot change the temperature.
• It will auto set cotton 30 ˚C middle water level program when cloth is put in.
3. Place the appropriate amount of cleansing agent into the
detergent compartment
and close the detergent drawer
(when cleaning the drum using a cleansing agent).
• Be sure to use the recommended cleansing agent for
cleaning the drum.
• There are powder-type and liquid-type drum cleansing
agents. The liquid-type cleaning agent is only available
with liquid detergent box (option).
4. Press the Start/Pause button.
• If you press the Start/Pause button, the ECO Drum Clean course begins.
• UsingtheECODrumCleancourse,youcancleanthedrumwithoutusingacleansingagent.
• NeverusetheECODrumCleancoursewhenlaundryisinthewashingmachine.Thismay
result in damage to the texture or a problem with the washing machine.
• In the ECO Drum Clean course, never use normal detergent.
• Use only 1/10 of the amount of the drum cleansing agent recommended by the
cleansing agent manufacturer.
• Sinceusingachlorinebleachingagentmaydiscolourtheproduct,besuretouseonly
oxygen bleaching agents.
• Powder-typecleansingagent:Usea[powder-typebleachingagent]ora[cleansingagentfor
drumcleaningonly].
• Liquid-typecleansingagent:Usea[liquid-typeoxygenbleachingagent]ora[cleansingagent
fordrumcleaningonly].
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