BEKO WMB 81231 User Manual

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• : Selectable
* :  Automatically selected, no canceling.
** :  Energy Label programme (EN 60456)
*** :  If maximum spin speed of the machine is lower then this value, you can o\
nly select 
up to the maximum spin speed.
- :  See the programme description for maximum load.
C Water and power consumption may vary subject to the changes in water pressure, 
water hardness and temperature, ambient temperature, type and amount of 
laundry, selection of auxiliary functions and spin speed, and changes in electr\
ic 
voltage.
C You can see the washing time of the programme you have selected on the display 
of the machine. It is normal that small differences may occur between the time 
shown on the display and the real washing time.
C The auxiliary functions in the table may vary according to the model of your 
machine.
  
						

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Auxiliary function selection
Select the desired auxiliary functions 
before starting the programme. 
Furthermore, you may also select or 
cancel auxiliary functions that are suitable 
to the running programme without 
pressing the Start / Pause button when 
the machine is operating. For this, the 
machine must be in a step before the 
auxiliary function you are going to select 
or cancel.
If the auxiliary function cannot be selected 
or canceled, light of the relevant auxiliary 
function will blink 3 times to warn the 
user.
C Some functions cannot be selected 
together. If a second auxiliary function 
conflicting with the first one is 
selected before starting the machine, 
the function selected first will be 
canceled and the second auxiliary 
function selection will remain active. 
For example, if you want to select 
Quick Wash after you have selected 
the Prewash, Prewash will be 
canceled and Quick Wash will remain 
active.
C An auxiliary function that is not 
compatible with the programme 
cannot be selected. (See 
"Programme and consumption table")
C Auxiliary Function buttons may 
vary according to the model of the 
machine.
• Замачивание (Prewash)
A Prewash is only worthwhile for heavily 
soiled laundry. Not using the Prewash will 
save energy, water, detergent and time.
C  Prewash without detergent is 
recommended for tulle and curtains.
• Быстрая стирка (Quick Wash)
This function can be used in Cottons and 
Synthetics programmes. It decreases the 
washing times and also the number of 
rinsing steps for lightly soiled laundry.
C  When you select this function, 
load your machine with half of the 
maximum laundry specified in the 
programme table.
• Дополнительное полоскание 
(Rinse Plus)
This function enables the machine to 
make another rinsing in addition to the  one already made after the main wash. 
Thus, the risk for sensitive skins (babies, 
allergic skins, etc.) to be effected by 
the minimal detergent remnants on the 
laundry can be reduced.
• Легкая глажка (Anti-Creasing)
This function creases the clothes lesser 
when they are being washed. Drum 
movement is reduced and spinning 
speed is limited to prevent creasing. In 
addition, washing is done with a higher 
water level.
• остановка с водой (Rinse Hold)
If you are not going to unload your 
clothes immediately after the programme 
completes, you may use rinse hold 
function to keep your laundry in the final 
rinsing water in order to prevent them 
from getting wrinkled when there is no 
water in the machine. Press Start / Pause 
button after this process if you want to 
drain the water without spinning your 
laundry. Programme will resume and 
complete after draining the water.
If you want to spin the laundry held in 
water, adjust the Spin Speed and press 
Start / Pause button.
The programme resumes. Water 
is drained, laundry is spun and the 
programme is completed.
• Soaking
The Soaking auxiliary function ensures 
better removal of stains ingrained into the 
clothes by holding them in the detergent 
water prior to startup of the programme.
• 
Удаление шерсти домашних 
животных (Pet hair removal)
This function helps to remove pet hair 
that remain on your garments more 
effectively.
When you select this function, Prewash 
and Extra Rinse steps are added to the 
normal programme. Thus, washing is 
performed with more water (30%) and the 
pet hair is removed more effectively.A  Never wash your pets in the washing 
machine.
Delayed Start
With the Delayed Start function the 
startup of the programme may be 
delayed up to 19 hours. Delayed start 
time can be increased by increments of 
1 hour.
  
						

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C Do not use liquid detergents when 
you set Delayed Start! There is the 
risk of staining of the clothes.
1.  Open the loading door, place the 
laundry and put detergent, etc.
2.  Select the washing programme, 
temperature, spin speed and, if 
required, the auxiliary functions.
3.   Set the desired time by pressing the 
Delayed Start button.
4.   Press Start / Pause button. The 
delayed start time you have set is 
displayed. Delayed start countdown 
starts. “_” symbol next to the delayed 
start time moves up and down on the 
display. 
C Additional laundry may be loaded 
during the delayed start period.
5.  At the end of the countdown, 
duration of the selected programme 
will be displayed. “_” symbol 
will disappear and the selected 
programme will start.
Changing the Delayed Start period
If you want to change the time during 
countdown:
1.  Press Delayed Start button. Time will 
increase by 1 hour each time you 
press the button.
2.  If you want to decrease the delayed 
start time, press Delayed Start button 
repeatedly until the desired delayed 
start time appears on the display.
Canceling the Delayed Start function
If you want to cancel the delayed start 
countdown and start the programme 
immediately:
1.  Set the Delayed Start period to zero 
or turn the Programme Selection 
knob to any programme. Thus, 
Delayed Start function will be 
canceled. The End/Cancel light 
flashes continuously. 
2.  Then, select the programme you 
want to run again.
3.  Press Start / Pause button to start 
the programme.
Starting the programme
1. Press Start / Pause button to start 
the programme. 2. 
Programme follow-up light showing 
the startup of the programme will 
turn on.
C If no programme is started or no key 
is pressed within 1 minute during 
programme selection process, the 
machine will switch to Pause mode 
and the illumination level of the 
temperature, speed and loading 
door indicator lights will decrease. 
Other indicator lights and indicators 
will turn off. Once the Programme 
Selection knob is rotated or any 
button is pressed, indicator lights 
and indicators will turn on again.
Child Lock
Use Child Lock function to prevent 
children from tampering with the 
machine. Thus you can avoid any 
changes in a running programme.
C If the Programme Selection 
knob is turned when the Child 
Lock is active, "Con" appears 
on the display. The Child Lock 
does not allow any change in the 
programmes and the selected 
temperature, speed and auxiliary 
functions. 
C Even if another programme is 
selected with the Programme 
Selection knob while the Child 
Lock is active, previously selected 
programme will continue running.
To activate the Child Lock:
Press and hold 1
st and 2nd Auxiliary 
Function buttons for 3 seconds. 
The lights on the 1
st and 2nd Auxiliary 
Function buttons will flash, and "C03", 
"C02", "C01" will appear on the display 
respectively while you keep the buttons 
pressed for 3 seconds. Then, "Con" will 
appear on the display indicating that 
the Child Lock is activated. If you press 
any button or turn the Programme 
Selection knob when the Child Lock is 
active, same phrase will appear on the 
display. The lights on the 1st and 2nd 
auxiliary function buttons that are used 
to deactivate the Child Lock will blink 3 
times.
To deactivate the Child Lock:
Press and hold 1
st and 2nd auxiliary 
function buttons for 3 seconds while 
  
						

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any programme is running. The lights on 
the 1st and 2nd Auxiliary Function buttons 
will flash, and "C03", "C02", "C01" will 
appear on the display respectively while 
you keep the buttons pressed for 3 
seconds. Then, "COFF" will appear on 
the display indicating that the Child Lock 
is deactivated.
C  In addition to the method above, to 
deactivate the Child Lock, switch the 
Programme Selection knob to On 
/ Off position when no programme 
is running, and select another 
programme. 
C Child Lock is not deactivated after 
power failures or when the machine is 
unplugged.
Progress of programme
Progress of a running programme 
can be followed from the Programme 
Follow-up indicator. At the beginning 
of every programme step, the relevant 
indicator light will turn on and light of the 
completed step will turn off.
You can change the auxiliary functions, 
speed and temperature settings without 
stopping the programme flow while the 
programme is running. To do this, the 
change you are going to make must be in 
a step after the running programme step. 
If the change is not compatible, relevant 
lights will flash for 3 times.
C If the machine does not pass to the 
spinning step, Rinse Hold function 
might be active or the automatic 
unbalanced load detection system 
might be activated due to the 
unbalanced distribution of the laundry 
in the machine.
Loading door lock
There is a locking system on the loading 
door of the machine that prevents 
opening of the door in cases when the 
water level is unsuitable.
Loading door light will start flashing when 
the machine is switched to Pause mode. 
Machine checks the level of the water 
inside. If the level is suitable, Loading 
Door light illuminates steadily within 1-2 
minutes and the loading door can be 
opened. 
If the level is unsuitable, Loading Door 
light turns off and the loading door cannot  be opened. If you are obliged to open 
the Loading Door while the Loading 
Door light is off, you have to cancel the 
current programme; see "Canceling the 
programme". 
Changing the selections after 
programme has started
Switching the machine to pause 
mode
Press the Start / Pause button to switch 
the machine to pause mode while a 
programme is running. The light of the 
step which the machine is in starts 
flashing in the Programme Follow-up 
indicator to show that the machine has 
been switched to the pause mode. 
Also, when the loading door is ready to 
be opened, Loading Door light will also 
illuminate continuously in addition to the 
programme step light.
Changing the speed and temperature 
settings for auxiliary functions
Depending on the step the programme 
has reached, you may cancel or activate 
the auxiliary functions; see, "Auxiliary 
function selection". 
You may also change the speed and 
temperature settings; see, "Spin speed 
selection" and "Temperature selection".
C 
If no change is allowed, the relevant 
light will flash for 3 times.
Adding or taking out laundry
1.  Press the Start / Pause button to 
switch the machine to pause mode. 
The programme follow-up light of 
the relevant step during which the 
machine was switched into the pause 
mode will flash.
2.  Wait until the Loading Door can be 
opened.
3. Open the Loading Door and add or  take out the laundry.
4.  Close the Loading Door.
5.   Make changes in auxiliary functions, 
temperature and speed settings if 
necessary. 
6.   Press Start / Pause button to start 
the machine. 
Canceling the programme
To cancel the programme, turn 
the Programme Selection knob to 
select another programme. Previous 
  
						

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programme will be canceled. End / 
Cancel light will flash continuously to 
notify that the programme has been 
canceled. 
Pump function is activated for 1-2 
minutes regardless of the programme 
step, and whether there is water in the 
machine or not. After this period, your 
machine will be ready to start with the 
first step of the new programme.
C Depending on the step where the 
programme was canceled in, you 
may have to put detergent and 
softener again for the programme 
you have selected anew.
End of programme
“End” appears on the display at the end 
of the programme. 
1.  Wait until the loading door light 
illuminates steadily.
2.  Press On / Off button to switch off 
the machine.
3.  Take out your laundry and close the 
loading door. Your machine is ready 
for the next washing cycle.
  
						

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6 Maintenance and cleaning
Service life of the product extends and 
frequently faced problems decrease if 
cleaned at regular intervals.
Cleaning the detergent drawer
Clean the detergent drawer at regular 
intervals (every 4-5 washing cycles) 
as shown below in order to prevent 
accumulation of powder detergent in 
time.
1.  Press the dotted point on the siphon 
in the softener compartment and pull 
towards you until the compartment is 
removed from the machine.
C If more than normal amount of water 
and softener mixture starts to gather 
in the softener compartment, the 
siphon must be cleaned.
2.  Wash the detergent drawer and the 
siphon with plenty of lukewarm water 
in a washbasin. Wear protective 
gloves or use an appropriate brush to 
avoid touching of the residues in the 
drawer with your skin when cleaning.
3.  Insert the drawer back into its place 
after cleaning and make sure that it is 
seated well.
Cleaning the loading 
door and the drum
Residues of softener, detergent and 
dirt may accumulate in your machine in 
time and may cause unpleasant odours 
and washing complaints. To avoid this, 
use the Drum Cleaning programme. If 
your machine is not featured with Drum 
Cleaning programme, use Cottons-90 
programme and select Additional Water 
or Extra Rinse auxiliary functions as well. 
Before starting the programme, put 
max. 100 g of powder anti-limescale into 
the main wash detergent compartment 
(compartment nr. II). If the anti-limescale  is in tablet form, put only one tablet into 
compartment nr. II. Dry the inside of the 
bellow with a clean piece of cloth after 
the programme has come to an end. 
C 
Repeat Drum Cleaning process in 
every 2 months.
C Use an anti-limescale suitable for 
the washing machines. 
After every washing make sure that no 
foreign substance is left in the drum.
If the holes on the bellow shown in the 
figure is blocked, open the holes using 
a toothpick.
C  Foreign metal substances in your 
machine will cause rust stains. 
Clean the stains on the drum 
surface by using cleaning agents for 
stainless steel. Never use steel wool 
or wire wool.
Cleaning the body 
and control panel
Wipe the body of the machine with 
soapy water or non-corrosive mild gel 
detergents as necessary, and dry with a 
soft cloth.
Use only a soft and damp cloth to clean 
the control panel.
A Never use sponge or scrub 
materials. These will damage the 
painted and plastic surfaces.
Cleaning the water 
intake filters
There is a filter at the end of each water 
intake valve at the rear of the machine 
and also at the end of each water 
intake hose where they are connected 
to the tap. These filters prevent foreign 
substances and dirt in the water to 
enter the washing machine. Filters 
should be cleaned as they do get dirty.
  
						

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1. Close the taps.
2.  Remove the nuts of the water intake 
hoses to access the filters on the 
water intake valves. Clean them with 
an appropriate brush. If the filters are 
too dirty, take them out by means of 
pliers and clean them.
3.  Take out the filters on the flat ends of 
the water intake hoses together with 
the gaskets and clean thoroughly 
under running water.
4.  Replace the gaskets and filters 
carefully in their places and tighten 
the hose nuts by hand.
Draining remaining water and 
cleaning the pump filter
The filter system in your machine prevents 
solid items such as buttons, coins and 
fabric fibers clogging the pump impeller 
during discharge of washing water. Thus, 
the water will be discharged without any 
problem and the service life of the pump 
will extend.
If the machine fails to drain water, the 
pump filter is clogged. Filter must be 
cleaned whenever it is clogged or in every 
3 months. Water must be drained off first 
to clean the pump filter.
In addition, prior to transporting the 
machine (eg., when moving to another 
house) and in case of freezing of the 
water, water may have to be drained 
completely.
A Foreign substances left in the pump 
filter may damage your machine or 
may cause noise problem.
In order to clean the dirty filter and 
discharge the water:
1.  Unplug the machine to cut off the 
supply power.
A Temperature of the water inside 
the machine may rise up to 90 ºC.  To avoid burning risk, filter must 
be cleaned after the water in the 
machine cools down.
2.  Open the filter cap.
  If the filter cap is composed of two 
pieces, press the tab on the filter cap 
downwards and pull the piece out 
towards yourself.
If the filter cap is one piece, pull the cap 
from both sides at the top to open.
C You can remove the filter cover by 
slightly pushing downwards with a 
thin plastic tipped tool, through the 
gap above the filter cover. Do not 
use metal tipped tools to remove the 
cover.
3.  Some of our products have 
emergency draining hose and some 
does not have. Follow the steps 
below to discharge the water.
Discharging the water when the product 
has an emergency draining hose:
a.  Pull the emergency draining hose out 
from its seat
b.  Place a large container at the end 
of the hose. Drain the water into 
the container by pulling out the plug 
  
						

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at the end of the hose. When the 
container is full, block the inlet of 
the hose by replacing the plug. After 
the container is emptied, repeat the 
above procedure to drain the water in 
the machine completely.
c.  When draining of water is finished, 
close the end by the plug again and 
fix the hose in its place.
d.  Turn the pump filter to take it out.
Discharging the water when the product 
does not have an emergency draining 
hose:
a.  Place a large container in front of the 
filter to catch water from the filter.
b.  Loosen pump filter (anticlockwise) 
until water starts to flow. Fill the 
flowing water into the container 
you have placed in front of the filter. 
Always keep a piece of cloth handy to 
absorb any spilled water.
c.  When the water inside the machine is 
finished, take out the filter completely 
by turning it.
4.  Clean any residues inside the filter as 
well as fibers, if any, around the pump 
impeller region.
5.  Install the filter.
A If your product has a water jet feature, 
be sure to fit the filter into its housing 
in the pump. Never force the filter 
while installing it into its housing. Seat 
the filter into its place completely. 
Otherwise, water may leak from the 
filter cap.
6.  If the filter cap is composed of 
two pieces, close the filter cap by 
pressing on the tab. If it is one piece, 
seat the tabs in the lower part into 
their places first, and then press the 
upper part to close.
   
						

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7 Troubleshooting
Programme cannot be started or selected. 
•  Washing machine has switched to self protection mode due to a supply problem 
(line voltage, water pressure, etc.). >>> Press and hold Start / Pause / Cancel 
button for 3 seconds to reset the machine to factory settings. (See "Canceling the 
programme")
Water in the machine.
•  Some water might have remained in the product due to the quality control 
processes in the production. >>> This is not a failure; water is not harmful to the 
machine.
There is water leaking from the bottom of the washing machine.
•  Likely problems with hoses or the pump filter. >>> Be sure the seals of the water 
inlet hoses are securely fitted. Attach the hose to the tap tightly.
•  Pump filter might not be closed fully. >>> Make sure that the pump filter is 
completely closed.
Machine does not fill with water.
•  Tap is turned off. >>> Open the inlet water taps fully.
•  Water inlet hose is bent. >>> Flatten the water inlet hose.
•  Water inlet filter is clogged. >>> Clean the water inlet filter.
•  The loading door is ajar. >>> Close the Loading Door.
Machine does not drain water.
•  Water drain hose might be clogged or twisted. >>> Clean or flatten the hose.
•  Pump filter is clogged. >>> Clean the pump filter.
Machine vibrates or makes noise.
•  Machine might be standing unbalanced. >>> Adjust the feet to level the machine.
•  A hard substance might have entered into the pump filter. >>> Clean the pump 
filter.
•  Transportation safety bolts are not removed. >>> Remove the transportation 
safety bolts.
•  Laundry quantity in the machine might be too little. >>> Add more laundry to the 
machine.
•  Machine might be overloaded with laundry. >>> Take out some of the laundry 
from the machine or distribute the load by hand to balance it homogenous\
ly in the 
machine.
•  Machine might be leaning on a rigid item. >>> Make sure that the machine is not 
leaning on anything.
Machine stopped shortly after the programme started.
•  Machine might have stopped temporarily due to low voltage. >>> It will resume 
running when the voltage restores to the normal level.
Machine directly discharges the water it takes in.
•  Draining hose might not be at adequate height. >>> Connect the water draining 
hose as described in the operation manual.
No water can be seen in the machine during washing.
C  The water level is not visible from outside of the washing machine. This is not a 
failure.
  
						

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Loading door cannot be opened.
• Door lock is activated because of the water level in the machine. >>> Drain the 
water by running the Pump or Spin programme.
•  Machine is heating up the water or it is at the spinning cycle. >>> Wait until the 
programme completes.
•  Child lock is engaged. Door lock will be deactivated a couple of minutes after 
the programme has come to an end. >>> Wait for a couple of minutes for 
deactivation of the door lock.
Washing takes longer time than the one specified in the manual.
•  Water pressure is low. >>> Machine waits until taking in adequate amount of 
water to prevent poor washing quality due to the decreased amount of wat\
er. 
Therefore, the washing time extends.
•  Voltage might be low. >>> Washing time is prolonged to avoid poor washing 
results when the supply voltage is low.
•  Input temperature of water might be low. >>> Required time to heat up the water 
extends in cold seasons. Also, washing time can be lengthened to avoid p\
oor 
washing results.
•  Number of rinses and/or amount of rinse water might have increased. >>> 
Machine increases the amount of rinse water when good rinsing is needed \
and 
adds an extra rinsing step if necessary. 
•  Excessive foam might have occurred and automatic foam absorption system 
might have been activated due to too much detergent usage. >>> Use 
recommended amount of detergent.
C Machine does not switch to spinning step when the laundry is not evenly \
distributed in the drum to prevent any damage to the machine and to its 
surrounding environment. Laundry should be rearranged and re-spun.
Programme time does not countdown. (On models with display)
•  Timer may stop during water intake. >>> Timer indicator will not countdown until 
the machine takes in adequate amount of water. The machine will wait until there 
is sufficient amount of water to avoid poor washing results due to lack \
of water. 
Timer indicator will resume countdown after this.
•  Timer may stop during heating step. >>> Timer indicator will not countdown until 
the machine reaches the selected temperature.
•  Timer may stop during spinning step. >>> Automatic unbalanced load detection 
system might be activated due to the unbalanced distribution of the laun\
dry in the 
drum. 
C Machine does not switch to spinning step when the laundry is not evenly \
distributed in the drum to prevent any damage to the machine and to its 
surrounding environment. Laundry should be rearranged and re-spun.
Programme time does not countdown.
•  There might be an imbalance of laundry in the machine. >>> Automatic 
unbalanced load detection system might be activated due to the unbalance\
d 
distribution of the laundry in the drum.
C Machine does not switch to spinning step when the laundry is not evenly \
distributed in the drum to prevent any damage to the machine and to its 
surrounding environment. Laundry should be rearranged and re-spun.