From left to right:
– Washing programme, the numbers are the water temperatures
– Spin cycles
– Prewash (option)
– Stains (option)
– Save time (shorter programme)
– Start programme
You can get the deepL app and it will translate as you scan the words with your camera on the go
Rotate the dial to the program you want and press the start button.
The numbers in the wheel is the temperature in celsius. “Koch- und Buntwäsche” should encompass most of your regular clothes, 30-40°C should be fine for those too. You turn the wheel to the temperature you want and then you can push the “Zeitsparen” button for a shorter washing cycle. In the end you push “Start/Pause” and that should be it
Join the Verein.
Simply google the model name and download the Instructions PDF. Usually available in lots of languages.
In addition to what others have said, you’ll want to run the 95 degree program (empty is fine) about once a month. This will help clear out any crud building up in the machine.
Also, assuming you’re in Germany, do yourself a favor and get a box of “Anti-Kalk Tabs” to prevent calcium buildup in the machine. Toss an unwrapped tablet in with the detergent when you do a wash.
Numbers stand for temperatures (in °C). Other then that
AUS – switch off
Koch-/Buntwäsche – economic washing
Pflegeleicht – medium delicate washing
Feinwäsche – delicate washing
Wolle / Seide – woll / silck
Other programs are special ones you usually dont need. Use google if needed.
To start the machine you turn the nod to select the program. Insert the detergend. Close the lid and press the “START/PAUSE” button. Afterward washing is completed, you turn the nod back to AUS.
Before pressing START you can also use the other buttons to select special options, but I don’t think you’ll need them.
You can get an English Manuel to download from the AEG Website.
Cottons, durable fiber, you can wash with Buntwäsche (Normals Cycle), light colors at 40 degrees, for extra hygiene at 60 degrees, dark colors 30 or 40 degrees. For example Towels, bedding, shorts, shirts, underwear, socks…
Mixed fibers like Cotton mixed with Synthetics or more sensitive fibers, which needs more care, 30 or 40 degrees with Pflegeleicht (easy care cycle) the interspin and the End spin is reduced, for less crease and for the more care of the fiber. Maybe Jeans, Trousers, business shirts..
For Synthetics, Silks, Teddy Bears, Wool, Curtains Feinwäsche (Delicate Cycle) no interspin between wash and rinse, more reduced end spin and also less drum moving at the washing, more gentle drum moves.
For very sensitive fibers, to be more gently, more cared as by a hand wash, the Woll Problem (Whole Cycle) nearly no drum moving at every time, but of course interspin and End spin higher than delicate cycle, to get the water gently out of the heavy fibers.
Use powder and at least 40 degrees for whites and to kill every thing bacteria in your clothes. (Underwear, Towels, Bedding)
With liquid detergent and also with 30 degrees you can only kill 80 % of the bacterias, but of course it is mostly enough, if you are not ill. On your skin lives naturally and without harm thousands of bacterias.
You need no name brand. The best detergents are from Lidl and Aldi, the compact version.
For Wool and Silk you need special detergent, which are allowed for These fibers, because they don’t have all Enzymes, otherwise the Enzymes in the regular detergent eat the fibers, like the stains, because stain and Wool and silk are the same ground material. So you get holes in the clothes with time.
Also note 30 degrees, needs only 25 % energy and also costs money, compared to 60 degrees. Also 40 degrees needs only 50 % energy and money compared to 60 degrees.
The higher the Endpins the dryer the clothes come out of the machine, especially if you have a dryer, it saves a lot of energy, if you put dryer clothes in the dryer, instead of wet clothes. But also reduced time to dry on a line. But of course the fiber should also surface the spinning.
TLDR, you never need more that 2 or 3. Ever.
I think no one addressed the buttons yet:
U / MIN toggles the spin cycles (1400 rotations per minute down to 400/min)
Vorwäsche means pre-wash, so it adds another short pre-wash cycle to whatever you pick on the dial.
Not sure what Flecken does (might be a more intense wash, for heavily soiled laundry)
Zeitsparen is the time saver cycle
You don’t
Is it wool or silk (i.e. animal fibre?) Use “Wolle plus Seide kalt”. Fill only half. Use special detergent !! Push “U/MIN” repeatedly until it shows 800 or 400. Then tip START
Is it towels/bedsheets/underwear made of plant fibre? Use KOCH-/BUNTWÄSCHE 60. Otherwise use KOCH-/BUNTWÄSCHE 30. “U/MIN” should be 1200 or 1400.
Is it white or you don’t care if it bleaches? Use powder “Vollwaschmittel” (=detergent with bleach). If not, use Color detertent (=no bleach).
Is it some kind or primadonna cloth, probably synthetics that dislikes rough handling? Use FEINWÄSCHE 30 and fill only half.
I’m English speaking but use German machines.
I always put everything on setting “mix 40.”
Just add some detergent and good to go.
Hey I have almost the same controls on my mashine. The numbers next to the knob tell you how hot the water will get in degree C. You put your laundry in there together with Waschmittel, Weichspüler, Vorwaschmittel/Fleckensalz (detergent, softener, prewah detergent/stain remover) in the apprioate compartment, close the door and press start (twice to confirm it). After emptying the mashine to the knob pack into the Aus (off position).
Koch- und Buntwäsch hot and colored laundery I mostly stick to this and use higher temperatures for dirty underwear and “lower” one for T-Shirts.
Pflegeleicht easy to clean
Feinwäsche delicate laundery not covered by Wolle plus Seide wool and silk.
But careful it is next to Kalt (cold) which pretty much does what the name say.
Feinspülen – fine flushing
Pumpen – to pump
Schleudern – spinning
Energiesparen – power saving programm.
Next the buttons. U/min = Umdrehungen pro Minute Turns per minute during spinning normally each programm has its predefined value for it indicated by the light next to the these huge numbers and I guess you can select an other one of this options but I have never done it.
Vorwäsche – pre washing if you have very dirty laundery.
Zeitsparen – safe time. Each programm needs some time (Laufzeit – running time), the display on the sides shows you how much (hours).(minutes) this button allows you to push this time down a bit so that it does not take so long, but I also never used so I can’t much about it.
Hops this helps.
40 Koch-/Buntwäsche for absolutely everything, then press start
I just use 40 koch for colours and 75 koch for whites, use 60 for whites if you powder use pre washce (before wash) and u /min means cycle per minute you can choose but proobably it will choose itself after that start.
turn the knob to “buntwäsche 40” and press start.
Kick it like Beckham…
Turn the dial to the programme you want. They are (round the clock from 12): Off; boil wash/coloureds at various temperatures; permanent press (apparently) diff. temperatures; light iron plus (no I don’t know either); delicates at 7 o’clock; then wool and silk – from 40° to cold; extra rinse, drain, spin; and 2 special programmes: 30 minutes for a light load of up to 3kg and finally an energy-saving mode at 5 to 12.
Once you choose – usually Bunt or Pfelgeleicht at 30 or 40° unless you’re doing towels, wool, heavy linen or something else that needs a special programme – press the U/min button, which will set the RPM on the spin cycle. The next button is if you need a prewash, then there are buttons for a programm segment for heavily stained items and items (Flecken) and en energy-saving programme (I dn’t know why they have padlocks).
Once you’ve got that set, press start and “Laufzeit” shows you how long the programme has to run.
Usually to open the door at the end, you have to turn the main dial back to “Aus” and sometimes to wait a minute or 2 on older machines until the door will open.
6kg will be the maximum load!
Koch/bunt 60 for towels, pflegeleicht 40 all other. From time to time towels with 90 to clean the machine. Ignore the rest, except if you have things made of wool, silk etc.
Download google translate, take a pic, translate it. Thats what i did when i moved here. Makes life way easier
Google Lens with translate function
Google lens and translate
put powder or tabs in the drawer
power the machine on
turn the turning knob to 60 or 40 degrees Celsius at Koch-/Buntwäsche
choose at u|min the rotation speed for drying cycle
and then press the start button
Oh Lord that was one of the hardest challenges about living in Germany.
Just read the manual.
If you don’t have it use the type code to look it up on the Internet.
Best machine out there!!! Will last another 30 years if taken care of.
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Whites: Kochwäsche 60
Coloureds: Pflegeleicht 40
Ignore all the other options
From left to right:
– Washing programme, the numbers are the water temperatures
– Spin cycles
– Prewash (option)
– Stains (option)
– Save time (shorter programme)
– Start programme
You can get the deepL app and it will translate as you scan the words with your camera on the go
Rotate the dial to the program you want and press the start button.
The numbers in the wheel is the temperature in celsius. “Koch- und Buntwäsche” should encompass most of your regular clothes, 30-40°C should be fine for those too. You turn the wheel to the temperature you want and then you can push the “Zeitsparen” button for a shorter washing cycle. In the end you push “Start/Pause” and that should be it
Join the Verein.
Simply google the model name and download the Instructions PDF. Usually available in lots of languages.
In addition to what others have said, you’ll want to run the 95 degree program (empty is fine) about once a month. This will help clear out any crud building up in the machine.
Also, assuming you’re in Germany, do yourself a favor and get a box of “Anti-Kalk Tabs” to prevent calcium buildup in the machine. Toss an unwrapped tablet in with the detergent when you do a wash.
RTFM
https://aeg.manymanuals.com/washing-machines/lavamat-54840/instruction-manual-11627
Numbers stand for temperatures (in °C). Other then that
AUS – switch off
Koch-/Buntwäsche – economic washing
Pflegeleicht – medium delicate washing
Feinwäsche – delicate washing
Wolle / Seide – woll / silck
Other programs are special ones you usually dont need. Use google if needed.
To start the machine you turn the nod to select the program. Insert the detergend. Close the lid and press the “START/PAUSE” button. Afterward washing is completed, you turn the nod back to AUS.
Before pressing START you can also use the other buttons to select special options, but I don’t think you’ll need them.
Select 30 mins, 3 kg
Press start
I would try first a website [explaining the logic of how German washing machines work.](https://daysindeutschland.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/how-to-german-washer-dryer/)
You can get an English Manuel to download from the AEG Website.
Cottons, durable fiber, you can wash with Buntwäsche (Normals Cycle), light colors at 40 degrees, for extra hygiene at 60 degrees, dark colors 30 or 40 degrees. For example Towels, bedding, shorts, shirts, underwear, socks…
Mixed fibers like Cotton mixed with Synthetics or more sensitive fibers, which needs more care, 30 or 40 degrees with Pflegeleicht (easy care cycle) the interspin and the End spin is reduced, for less crease and for the more care of the fiber. Maybe Jeans, Trousers, business shirts..
For Synthetics, Silks, Teddy Bears, Wool, Curtains Feinwäsche (Delicate Cycle) no interspin between wash and rinse, more reduced end spin and also less drum moving at the washing, more gentle drum moves.
For very sensitive fibers, to be more gently, more cared as by a hand wash, the Woll Problem (Whole Cycle) nearly no drum moving at every time, but of course interspin and End spin higher than delicate cycle, to get the water gently out of the heavy fibers.
Use powder and at least 40 degrees for whites and to kill every thing bacteria in your clothes. (Underwear, Towels, Bedding)
With liquid detergent and also with 30 degrees you can only kill 80 % of the bacterias, but of course it is mostly enough, if you are not ill. On your skin lives naturally and without harm thousands of bacterias.
You need no name brand. The best detergents are from Lidl and Aldi, the compact version.
For Wool and Silk you need special detergent, which are allowed for These fibers, because they don’t have all Enzymes, otherwise the Enzymes in the regular detergent eat the fibers, like the stains, because stain and Wool and silk are the same ground material. So you get holes in the clothes with time.
Also note 30 degrees, needs only 25 % energy and also costs money, compared to 60 degrees. Also 40 degrees needs only 50 % energy and money compared to 60 degrees.
The higher the Endpins the dryer the clothes come out of the machine, especially if you have a dryer, it saves a lot of energy, if you put dryer clothes in the dryer, instead of wet clothes. But also reduced time to dry on a line. But of course the fiber should also surface the spinning.
TLDR, you never need more that 2 or 3. Ever.
I think no one addressed the buttons yet:
U / MIN toggles the spin cycles (1400 rotations per minute down to 400/min)
Vorwäsche means pre-wash, so it adds another short pre-wash cycle to whatever you pick on the dial.
Not sure what Flecken does (might be a more intense wash, for heavily soiled laundry)
Zeitsparen is the time saver cycle
You don’t
Is it wool or silk (i.e. animal fibre?) Use “Wolle plus Seide kalt”. Fill only half. Use special detergent !! Push “U/MIN” repeatedly until it shows 800 or 400. Then tip START
Is it towels/bedsheets/underwear made of plant fibre? Use KOCH-/BUNTWÄSCHE 60. Otherwise use KOCH-/BUNTWÄSCHE 30. “U/MIN” should be 1200 or 1400.
Is it white or you don’t care if it bleaches? Use powder “Vollwaschmittel” (=detergent with bleach). If not, use Color detertent (=no bleach).
Is it some kind or primadonna cloth, probably synthetics that dislikes rough handling? Use FEINWÄSCHE 30 and fill only half.
I’m English speaking but use German machines.
I always put everything on setting “mix 40.”
Just add some detergent and good to go.
Hey I have almost the same controls on my mashine. The numbers next to the knob tell you how hot the water will get in degree C. You put your laundry in there together with Waschmittel, Weichspüler, Vorwaschmittel/Fleckensalz (detergent, softener, prewah detergent/stain remover) in the apprioate compartment, close the door and press start (twice to confirm it). After emptying the mashine to the knob pack into the Aus (off position).
Koch- und Buntwäsch hot and colored laundery I mostly stick to this and use higher temperatures for dirty underwear and “lower” one for T-Shirts.
Pflegeleicht easy to clean
Feinwäsche delicate laundery not covered by Wolle plus Seide wool and silk.
But careful it is next to Kalt (cold) which pretty much does what the name say.
Feinspülen – fine flushing
Pumpen – to pump
Schleudern – spinning
Energiesparen – power saving programm.
Next the buttons. U/min = Umdrehungen pro Minute Turns per minute during spinning normally each programm has its predefined value for it indicated by the light next to the these huge numbers and I guess you can select an other one of this options but I have never done it.
Vorwäsche – pre washing if you have very dirty laundery.
Zeitsparen – safe time. Each programm needs some time (Laufzeit – running time), the display on the sides shows you how much (hours).(minutes) this button allows you to push this time down a bit so that it does not take so long, but I also never used so I can’t much about it.
Hops this helps.
40 Koch-/Buntwäsche for absolutely everything, then press start
I just use 40 koch for colours and 75 koch for whites, use 60 for whites if you powder use pre washce (before wash) and u /min means cycle per minute you can choose but proobably it will choose itself after that start.
turn the knob to “buntwäsche 40” and press start.
Kick it like Beckham…
Turn the dial to the programme you want. They are (round the clock from 12): Off; boil wash/coloureds at various temperatures; permanent press (apparently) diff. temperatures; light iron plus (no I don’t know either); delicates at 7 o’clock; then wool and silk – from 40° to cold; extra rinse, drain, spin; and 2 special programmes: 30 minutes for a light load of up to 3kg and finally an energy-saving mode at 5 to 12.
Once you choose – usually Bunt or Pfelgeleicht at 30 or 40° unless you’re doing towels, wool, heavy linen or something else that needs a special programme – press the U/min button, which will set the RPM on the spin cycle. The next button is if you need a prewash, then there are buttons for a programm segment for heavily stained items and items (Flecken) and en energy-saving programme (I dn’t know why they have padlocks).
Once you’ve got that set, press start and “Laufzeit” shows you how long the programme has to run.
Usually to open the door at the end, you have to turn the main dial back to “Aus” and sometimes to wait a minute or 2 on older machines until the door will open.
6kg will be the maximum load!
Koch/bunt 60 for towels, pflegeleicht 40 all other. From time to time towels with 90 to clean the machine. Ignore the rest, except if you have things made of wool, silk etc.
Download google translate, take a pic, translate it. Thats what i did when i moved here. Makes life way easier
Google Lens with translate function
Google lens and translate
put powder or tabs in the drawer
power the machine on
turn the turning knob to 60 or 40 degrees Celsius at Koch-/Buntwäsche
choose at u|min the rotation speed for drying cycle
and then press the start button
Oh Lord that was one of the hardest challenges about living in Germany.
Just read the manual.
If you don’t have it use the type code to look it up on the Internet.
Best machine out there!!! Will last another 30 years if taken care of.
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