Use & Care Guide Tumble Dryer MAYTAG MDE 9901
CONTENTS READ FIRST Page 1 Before tumble drying for the first time 3 2 Safety instructions 4 General, Installation, Safety, Interrupting a programme, Transport/Winter storage, Packing materials, Disposal 3 Child safety 7 5 Panel 8 6 LC display 8 INSTALLATION See Installation Instructions TUMBLE DRYING 12-15 Tumble drying, Instructions – step-by-step, Automatic draining 9 Consumption values – pre-set drying 16 10 Making your own drying programmes 1 7 - 2 1 General, Available settings and optio
1 BEFORE TUMBLE DRYING THE FIRST TIME READ THE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS NOTE Please read through this Use and Care Guide before attempting to use the machine, particularly Chapter 2, Safety instructions, and 3, Children’s safety. When you start the tumble dryer the first time, or after a long period when it has not been in use, you may hear a light rumbling noise. This is quite normal and the sound will disappear after a few drying operations.
2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS GENERAL sing the main switch, • Study and save this Use and Care Guide for future reference. • Electrical installation, if required, must be carried out by an authorized electrician. • The machine may only be used for tumble drying in accordance with this Use and Care Guide. • Repairs and maintenance which affect safety or performance must be carried out by an authorized specialist. • Damaged mains cables must only be replaced by an authorised professional.
3 CHILDREN’S SAFETY GENERAL To start a programme with locked Do not allow children to play with the tumble dryer. The tumble dryer is fitted with a magnetic catch, which allows the door to be opened from the inside. The door is equipped with a switch, which automatically stops the tumble dryer when the door is opened. The machine will not start automatically on closing the door (eg, if a child should close the door from the inside). button.
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4 PARTS OF THE TUMBLE DRYER 3 4 2 1 9 6 5 7 8 1. FLUFF-FILTER HOLDER 6. INTERIOR LIGHTING (ON THE INSIDE) 2. DATA PLATE 7. FAN (BEHIND THE LOWER COVER) 3. CONDENSATION WATER CONTAINER 8. CONDENSER (BEHIND THE LOWER 4. PANEL 5. OUTER DOOR COVER) 9.
5 PANEL 2 1 4 3 !$!-!3 #/.$%.3%2 #534/- 4/5#( 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. INDICATOR LAMP ON/OFF 6. STOP BUTTON 2. MAIN POWER SWITCH 7. MENU BUTTON 3. PROGRAMME SELECTOR BUTTONS P4-P4 8. INDEX BACK/REDUCE TIME 4. DISPLAY 9. INDEX FORWARD/INCREASE TIME 5. START BUTTON 10. ENTER BUTTON 6. LC-DISPLAY 1 2 3 NOTE 9 8 The display will be extinguished if no buttons are pressed within three minutes. The display will be reinstated the next time any button is pressed. 5.
7 BEFORE TUMBLE DRYING Before you start tumble drying, here is some advice that can be useful. SPIN-DRIED? Items that are to be tumble dried should first be spin-dried, preferably at 800 revs per minute or more. Better spin drying saves both energy and drying time. RECOMMENDED WASHING MARKING Material suitable for tumble drying The symbol above indicates that the material can be tumble-dried. Cotton fabrics, towelling and synthetic fibres are best suited to tumble drying.
PROGRAMMES Your choice of programme will depend on what you wish to do with the fabrics after tumble drying. The available programmes are Extra dry, Dry, Normal dry, Iron dry, Timed dry and Air fluff. Extra dry This programme is designed for washing that is extremely difficult to dry, eg, jeans with very thick seams. NOTE Knitted fabrics in particular are liable to shrink. Use the Dry, Normal dry or Iron dry programme for these materials. Always stretch garments out directly after drying.
Anti-crease programme DRYING TIME Using the Anti-crease programme you can prevent garments from lying still and becoming unnecessarily creased at the end of tumble drying. This is a helpful option if you cannot take out garments promptly at the end of the tumbling phase. You can choose a programme duration of 1, 2 or 3 hours. The drum will then continue to rotate intermittently, ie, three seconds every minute for the number of hours chosen.
8 TUMBLE DRY 1 For tips and advice, see Chapter 8 – Before tumble drying. TUMBLE DRYING WITH EASY CONTROL Easy tumble drying by pushing a few buttons Your tumble dryer works like a radio with preset tuning. Instead of radio stations, however, you select your preferred drying programme in this case. We have preset the P1 - P4 buttons with four common programmes. Switch on the dryer and press the button for your preferred programme. You then simply press the Start button to start the programme.
5 START TUMBLE DRYING Press the button. The text at the lower edge of the display indicates that the programme has started. The text field of the display shows the current stage of the programme while it is in progress. NOTE If the child lock is on, the button must be held down for 3 seconds in order for the programme to start. See Chapter 3, Child safety, for details of how to switch the child lock on and off.
CLEANING THE LINT FILTER 1. Grasp the filter handle and pull towards you. terrupted, see also Chapter 12, Trouble shooting, heading Fault indications. NOTE 2. Pull the filter up out of the holder. Do not pull out the condensation water container while the machine is running. 3. Open the filter and brush away the lint with your hand. HINT 4. Fold the filter together and put it back in the filter holder. The condensation water is soft, and is therefore suitable for use in a steam iron.
DELAYED START (1-24 HOURS) If Delayed start is set to 5 hours, for example, this means that the machine will start the programme 5 hours after you press the button. If you wish to delay the start of any programme temporarily, you should proceed as follows before pressing the button: 1. Select the programme, but do not press the button. 2. Index forward with the Menu button until Delayed start appears in the display. 3. Index forward to the desired number of hours with . 4. Press the Enter button once.
9 CONSUMPTION VALUES - PRE-SET DRYING PROGRAMMES The following conditions apply for the consumption values indicated below: Temperature of intake air:20 ºC. Humidity of intake air: 65 %. Drying temperature: Normal ( ), Low ( ). Element power: 2500 W. The cotton fabrics are, before tumble drying, spin-dried at 800 and 1600 rpm (long spin) with MAYTAG washing machine. Other fabrics (creasfree and acrylics) are, before tumble drying, spin-dried at 800 rpm (short spin) with MAYTAG washing machine.
10 MAKING OWN DRYING PROGRAMMES We have preset P1 - P4 with the most common drying programmes; see the table below. These programmes usually suit most users. You can also create your own programmes to suit you and your washing needs even better. You can select a different type of programme, for example a Timed dry programme and an Air fluff programme, or you can alter settings and options such as Buzzer, Temperature, Non-iron, Cooling or Delayed start.
AVAILABLE SETTINGS AND OPTIONS Setting/Option Description Programme types Available programmes are described in a separate table. Change of programme type resets all options and settings to their original values. Temperature, low/normal Drying temperature. All programmes without Air fluffing. Delayed start (0-24 hours) If you select a delayed start of five hours, for example, the machine will start five hours after you pressed the start button.
CREATE YOUR OWN DRYING PROGRAMME 1. Press one of the buttons P1 - P4 under which you wish to store your programme. You can select any button you like if you only want to make a temporary programme. 2. Index forward with the Menu button to the first setting or option that you wish to change. If the child lock is activated, nothing will happen. Hold down the button for 3 seconds, and then press as usual. All the programme types, settings and options are described in the table alongside.
RESET PROGRAMME If you wish to revert to the settings which a preset programme had at the time when the dryer was supplied, you can reset the programme. Proceed as follows: 1. Hold down the programme button (P1-P4) for the programme that you wish to reset. 2. Press the Enter button once. 3. Release the programme button. The programme for the button concerned will now have reverted to its settings at the time when the dryer was supplied.
MENU SYSTEM FOR CHANGING A PRESET PROGRAM Select Program Select program to be changed Menu Change with: Enter Menu P1 - P4 (For a temporary change, select any button). Select Time Change with: Enter Menu Select Temperature Change with: Index to next Enter Menu Select Delayed start Exit from menu/ Save program Select setting Change with: Enter Menu NOTE Not all steps are shown for all program types. Only permitted settings are shown in the display.
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11 CARE AND CLEANING CLEANING THE LINT FILTER EMPTYING THE CONDENSATION WATER CONTAI- Clean the lint filter after each tumble drying operation. If your water is very hard a deposit of lime may be formed on the filter. Check when cleaning lint from the filter if there is any sign of lime, if so wash the lint filter by hand to remove any deposits. NER Empty the condensation water container after each tumble drying. Pull out the condensation water container, empty the water and put the container back. 1.
CLEANING THE FAN The fan should be cleaned at least once a year. If you have any household pets the fan must be cleaned more often. 5. Take out the fan and clean it with a brush and water. 1. Turn off the main power switch. 2. Remove the lower cover. 6. Put the fan back into place and screw on the nut. 3. Remove the safety screw (1). Prise out the four clips in the order shown and remove the fan cover. 2 3 4 5 7. Refit the fan cover, making sure the clips hold the cover in place.
CLEANING THE CONDENSER The condenser should be cleaned at least three times a year. . If you have any household pets the condenser must be cleaned more often. 1. Turn off the main power switch. 5. Refit the condenser, taking care to fit it the right way up. The top of the condenser is marked “upp”, “up” and “oben”. UPP UP OBEN 2. Remove the lower cover. 6. Fit the lower cover back in place. 3. Turn the two levers anticlockwise to open the condenser cover. 22 2 1 4.
12 TROUBLE SHOOTING THE MACHINE WILL NOT START Check that: • The door is properly closed. • The main switch is pressed in. • You have correctly set the required programme or the required time in the timed dry programme. • You have not choosen Delayed start. • The electric plug, if any, is firmly inserted in its socket. • All fuses are intact. Switch two fuses over. It is not always possible to see directly if a fuse has blown. • The overheating device has not triggered, see below.
FAULT INDICATIONS WRONG LANGUAGE ON THE DISPLAY Error messages appear in the display text field if faults occur while a programme is in progress. To exit the error messages after correcting the fault as described below, switch the machine off or change the programme. The error messages that can be displayed are: If the language on the display becomes altered for any reason, it can be restored to the initial language again.
buttons. RESET PROGRAMME If you wish to revert to the settings which a preset programme had at the time when the dryer was supplied, you can reset the programme. Proceed as follows: 1. Hold down the programme button for the programme that you wish to reset. 2. Press the Enter button once. 3. Release the programme button. The programme for the button is now reset to its settings when the dryer was supplied.
13 TECHNICAL INFORMATION TECHNICAL DATA Height: Width: Depth: Weight: Drum volume: Max drying capacity: Speed: Rated power: Material: Cylinder and water container Material: Outer cover Positioning: Drain Interior light: 850 mm 595 mm 585 mm 47 kg 111 litre 6.0 kg 52 r/min See data plate Stainless steel Hot-galvanized, powder-lacquered steel or stainless steel Washing tower or free-standing 2.0 polypropylene hose 10 W, plint E14.
14 SERVICE AND GUARANTEE SERVICE GUARANTEE Before calling for service, check to see whether the faults is due to something that you can put right yourself. See chapter 12, Trouble shooting. If you do require service, telephone your local MAYTAG retailer or the MAYTAG representative for your country. See guarantee card for address and telephone number. For guarantee details, see the guarantee card.
16 INDEX Chapter A Acetate 7,15 Acrylate 7,8,15 After tumble drying 8,15 Air fluff programme 7, 8, 10 Altering settings 10 Anti-crease programme 7,8,10 B Before tumble drying the first time Before tumble drying Belts 1 7 7 C Change programme after starting 8 Children’s safety 3 Child safety start 3 Cold ironing 7 Coloured washing 7 Condensation water container 8,11,12 Condenser 11,12 Cooling 7,8,10 Cotton 7,15 Crease-free, see Anti-crease programme D Delayed start 10 Delicate washing 7 Display, see LC Dis
15 QUICK GUIDE 1. Sort the fabrics. 6. Drying programme completed. 2. Turn on the main switch Open the door and take out the tumble-dried fabrics. The lint filter must be cleaned and the condensation water tank must be emptied after each tumble drying operation. . 3. Open the door, load the fabrics and close the door again. Close the door carefully, and avoid slamming it. 7. When tumble drying is completed. Turn off the main power switch 4. Select a programme.
