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USER MANUAL FOR YOUR BAUMATIC BWD12.1 Fully integrated washer dryer NOTE : This User Instruction Manual contains important information, including safety & installation points, which will enable you to get the most out of your appliance. Please keep it in a safe place so that it is easily available for future reference.
Contents Environmental note Important safety information Specifications Description of the appliance Control panel Program options LCD display Detergent drawer Preparing the wash cycle Preparing your garments for washing A selection of wash care symbols Detergents and conditioners Program table Wash program guidance Selecting a wash program Selecting a separate drying program Selecting an automatic wash and dry program...
ENVIRONMENTAL NOTE Note : Before discarding an old appliance, switch off and disconnect it from the power supply. Cut off and render any plug useless. Cut the cable off directly behind the appliance to prevent misuse. This should be undertaken by a competent person. Disable the door lock to make sure that children cannot get stuck inside the appliance.
General Safety o Repairs to your appliance must only be carried out by a Baumatic engineer or one of its authorised service agents. Any attempt by an inexperienced person to repair the appliance, could result in injury or damage to your washer dryer.
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This appliance is only designed to wash normal domestic washloads. If you use your washing machine in any other way or it is incorrectly used, then Baumatic accepts no liability for any damage that might be caused and any guarantee will be void.
Control panel Wash program selection knob This control knob allows you to select the wash program of your choice. To activate it you should press in the program selection knob, to pop out the control. Start/Stop button Once a wash program has been selected, this button should be pressed to start the wash cycle.
LCD display Wash program phases: o Prewash o Wash o Rinse o Spin and drain o Drying Spin speed. Program number (for a few seconds) and then program duration. Program options: o Easy iron o Extra rinse o Intensive wash...
Detergent drawer Pre wash section This compartment should have detergent placed in, if you are going to select a wash program that has a pre wash as part of it. Main wash section This compartment should have detergent placed in it (you should also put a water softening agent in this section, if you use one).
Preparing the wash cycle Preparing your garments for washing o Your washing should be sorted out, according to the fabric type and the wash care symbol that is printed on the garment’s wash care label. (see separate section on wash care symbols). o Your washing should also be sorted out according to the degree of soiling.
A selection of wash care symbols o The wash care symbols should be used to help you to select the most suitable wash program. They will also help you to sort your laundry into different loads, depending on the fabric type and the highest temperature which the garment can be washed at.
Detergents and conditioners The amount of detergent that you need to use in your appliance, will depend on o The degree of soiling. Lightly soiled garments in general require less detergent. o The size of the wash load. A smaller wash load will require a reduction in the amount of detergent.
vary depending on the type and amount of clothes being washed, your mains water pressure, etc. (*) Program for wash and energy consumption assessment, in accordance with standard EN60456 (press intensive wash button). Wash program guidance o A particular program option can only be selected if the program table advises that it is possible with the wash cycle you have selected.
Selecting a wash program Load your laundry and put detergent in the relevant compartment of the soap drawer. Close the porthole door firmly. Activate the pop out program selector knob by depressing it. Select the most appropriate wash program for the garments that you are washing, by turning t program selector knob.
wash program progresses. The time remaining until the end of the program will update throughout the wash cycle. Please note that it does not count down in “real time”. o Any program option can be selected once the wash cycle is already in progress, providing that the stage in the wash cycle that the option will affect has not already passed.
Activate the pop out program selector knob by depressing it. Select the most appropriate wash program for the garments that you are washing, by turning the program selector knob. o The LCD display will briefly flash the wash program number that you have selected and then show the approximate time that it will take the chosen wash cycle to complete.
pressing the START/STOP button whilst the wash cycle is in progress. However this will not cancel the wash program and to restart the wash cycle, you should press the START/STOP button again. Delay start feature Your appliance has a delay start feature, which allows you to pause the start of a wash cycle until a later time.
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Press the spin selection button and the spin speed will reduce in 100 rpm increments. o It is possible to reduce the spin speed from the one automatically selected by the wash program, down to 400rpm. If you continue to press the spin reduction button after 400rpm appears.
reduction button until the display, then press the START/STOP button. YOU MUST DO ONE OF THESE STEPS BEFORE OPENING THE DOOR OF THE APPLIANCE. OTHERWISE YOU COULD OPEN THE PORTHOLE DOOR WHILST THERE IS STILL WATER IN THE DRUM. You should ensure that the garments you are washing are suitable for suspending in water before selecting this option.
program has been selected, but before the wash program has been started. If you select a different wash cycle after pressing a program option, it will need to be reselected. o Any program option can be selected once the wash cycle is already in progress, providing that the stage in the wash cycle that the option will affect has not already been passed.
o If you want to cancel the child lock option before the wash program completes. You should hold down the START/STOP button for at least three seconds. When the disappears from the LCD display, the child lock option has been cancelled.
Occasionally the detergent drawer should be cleaned. o Use warm water and a brush to thoroughly clean the three compartments of the detergent drawer. o Clean the area that the detergent drawer slides into with a brush. o You should also clean the siphon that sits inside of the conditioner drawer.
See the “General troubleshooting” section. F05 – F10- Contact Baumatic Service Department Once the machine has been plugged back into your mains power supply, to clear the fault code from the LCD display, you should turn on the machine and hold down the Start/Stop button for approximately 5 seconds.
Disconnect the appliance from your mains supply. Then arrange for an engineer to attend the appliance. You should contact the Baumatic Service Department on (0118) 933 6911. IF AN ENGINEER ATTENDS DURING THE GUARANTEE PERIOD AND FINDS THAT A FAULT...
If this system detects that the washload is unevenly distributed inside the drum. Your washing machine will try to redistribute the load before spinning. If after several attempts it is unable to redistribute the washload, then the appliance will either spin at a slower speed or skip the spin cycle and drain.
There is white residue on my garments when I remove them from the appliance. o Modern detergents can contain insoluble contents, and white residue after a wash cycle is not necessarily a sign of the garments not being rinsed properly. o You should shake out the garment or brush it off.
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Turn the filter a quarter turn anti clockwise, water will start to come out of the drain pump. Continue to turn the filter anti clockwise until you reach a half turn, more water will come out of the drain pump. Remove any debris that is in the area of the appliance that you removed the drain pump filter from.
Installation IMPORTANT: THIS INSTALLATION MUST BE COMPLETED BY A SUITABLY QUALIFIED PERSON. BAUMATIC ONLY SANCTION THE INSTALLATION GIVEN IN THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL. YOU SHOULD KEEP THE TRANSIT PACKAGING, IN CASE YOU NEED TO TRANSPORT THE MACHINE IN THE FUTURE. Unpacking the machine and removing the transit bolts...
IMPORTANT: The transit bolts MUST be removed before your washing machine is used for the first time. Positioning and leveling the appliance Place the washing machine on a solid and level floor surface. DO NOT PLACE THE WASHING MACHINE ON A CARPET. Slacken off the lock nut on each of the washing machine feet using a spanner.
Once levelled correctly, you should tighten the lock nut back up on each of the washing machine feet using a spanner. IMPORTANT: When the washing machine is positioned in the location where it will be used. Make sure that all four feet are resting firmly on the floor, by pressing down on each corner and checking that the appliance stands still.
The inlet hose may leak if this filter is missing. This filter is supplied with the appliance, you should contact Baumatic to obtain one, if it is missing. Tighten the inlet hose to your mains supply fully, but do not over tighten as this may distort the filter that sits in the end of the inlet hose.
IMPORTANT: As your appliance is a built in product, the electrical socket must still be accessible once the appliance is installed. DO NOT REMOVE THE RATING PLATE AS THE INFORMATION ON IT IS IMPORTANT. The moulded plug that is supplied with the appliance must be placed into an earthed and insulated socket.
o Select a Normal 90°C wash program. o A small quantity of detergent should be used during this maintenance wash. o When your washing machine has been correctly installed, we recommend that you perform a maintenance wash cycle. o This will check that all aspects of the installation are correct;...