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Tips to help you save energy

Steam production consumes the most energy. To 

help minimise the energy used, follow the advice 

below:

1. Start by ironing the fabrics that require 

the lowest ironing temperature. Check the 

recommended ironing temperature in the label 

on the garment.

2. Regulate the steam according to the selected 

ironing temperature, following the instructions 

in this manual.

3  Only use steam if necessary. If possible, use 

the spray function instead.  

Try to iron the fabrics while they are still damp 

and reduce the steam setting. Steam will be 

generated from the fabrics rather than the 

iron. 

  If you tumble dry your fabrics before ironing 

them, set the tumble drier on the ‘iron dry’ 

program. 

4. If the fabrics are damp enough, turn off the 

steam regulator (3) completely.

5. Stand the iron upright during pauses. Resting 

it horizontally with the steam regulator on 

generates wasted steam.

Cleaning & Maintenance

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See the leaflet sides

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Attention! Risk of burns!

Always unplug the appliance from the 

mains supply before carrying out any 

cleaning or maintenance operation on it.

1. If the iron is only slightly soiled, pull out the 

plug and allow the soleplate (7) to cool down. 

Wipe the housing and the soleplate with a 

damp cotton cloth only.

2. If the cloth is synthetic, it may melt due to the 

high temperature on the soleplate, switch off 

the steam and rub off any residue immediately 

with a thickly folded, dry cotton cloth.

3. To keep the soleplate smooth, you should 

avoid hard contact with metal objects. Never 

use a scouring pad, or chemicals to clean the 

soleplate.

AntiCalc

Multiple descaling system

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See the leaflet sides

 A 

  self-clean

Each time you use the steam regulator (3), the 

“self-clean” system cleans the mechanism of 

scale deposits.

 B 

  Calc’nClean

The “Calc’nClean” function helps to remove 

scale particles out of the steam chamber. Use 

this function approximately every 2 weeks if the 

water in your area is very hard.

1 

Unplug the iron from the mains socket, set 

the steam regulator (3) to the 

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position 

and fill the water tank (11) with water.

2 

Set the temperature control (12) to the “max” 

position and plug in the iron.

3 

After the necessary warm-up period, the lamp 

goes out. Then, unplug the iron 

(very 

important!)

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4 

Set steam regulator to the “max” position.

5 

Hold the iron over a sink. Press the “clean” 

button (10) and shake the iron until 

approximately one third of the water capacity 

of the tank is evaporated. Boiling water and 

steam will come out, carrying scale or 

deposits that might be there.

6 

Release the “clean” button, and gently shake 

the iron for some seconds.

7 

Repeat the steps 5 and 6 three times until the 

tank is empty. 

8 

Then plug the iron in and heat it up again until 

the remaining water has evaporated.

9 

Unplug the iron and let the soleplate (7) cool 

down. Wipe the soleplate with a damp cotton 

cloth only.

 C 

  anti-calc

The “anti-calc” cartridge has been designed to 

reduce the build-up of scale produced during 

steam ironing, helping to extend the useful life of 

your iron. Nevertheless the “anti-calc” cartridge 

cannot remove all of the scale that is produced 

naturally over time.