Zanussi FCS 825 C [3/40] Important safety information

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Important safety information

Before installing and first using the washing machine, read this instruction booklet carefully, including it’s hints

and warnings. To avoid unnecessary mistakes and accidents, it is important to ensure that all people using

the washing machine are thoroughly familiar with it’s operation and safety features. Save these instructions

and make sure they remain with the washing machine if it is moved or sold, so that everyone using it through

it’s life can be properly informed on appliance use and safety.

Installation and service

● All packaging and transit locking devices must be

dance with these instructions. Work performed by

persons with inadequate knowledge may adversely

affect the satisfactory functioning of the product and

may cause personal injury or damage. Before any

work is carried out on the machine, it must be isolated

from the electrical supply, by unplugging the power

cord or removing the fuse.

● The machine is heavy, so take care when lifting it.

Never lift the machine by gripping it’s control panel,

door, or detergent dispenser.

● If the power cord is damaged, it must be replaced by

a special cord or assembly available from the manu-

facturer’s service agent.

● Make sure that the power cord is not nipped or other-

wise damaged and that the hoses do not get crushed

or kinked when moving the machine in connection

with installation or cleaning etc.

● When the machine location is on carpet floors, attention

to the bottom vents.

let children play with the controls or other parts of it.

● Remember that the plastic bags included in the

packaging can be fatal playthings for small children.

● Before loading the machine, check that there are no

foreign objects or pets inside the drum.

● When the machine is operating, the door glass will

get hot, so it should not be touched. Keep children

away from the machine when it is operating.

● This machine is intended only for normal domestic

retailer of the item.

● Follow the recommendations of the care label and make

sure that pockets are empty and zips and buttons are

done up before washing.

● Objects such as coins, safety pins, nails, screws and

other hard objects can cause serious damage to the

before putting garments into the machine.

● Remove stains such as rust, dye, ink and grass before

machine-washing.

as stain removal products, liquid domestic cleaning

products and similar must be rinsed thoroughly by

hand before they can be washed in the machine.

● Underwired bras, if washed in the machine at all,

should be washed in a laundry net.

● Only use detergents specially designed for washing

machine.

● Always follow the recommendations of the manu-

facturers of detergent and fabric conditioner con-

cerning the quantities of these products to use. Using

● After using the machine, turn off it’s water supply and

disconnect it from the power supply. When removing

the electrical plug, grip the plug, not the lead.

● Leave the door ajar when the machine is not in use,

to prevent any stale odour.

● Make sure that the machine is disconnected from the

power supply during cleaning and maintenance work.

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