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RINSE, SPIN, TEMP. and 

BEEPER For Manual

• Pre Wash: Use this option for loads that need pretreatment. 

It add 17 minutes prewash and drain.

• Rinse+Spin: Use this option to rinse and then spin.
• Spin Only: If you want Spin Only Select the this option.
• Soak: Use this mode to wash normal clothes or thick and

heavy clothes which are excessively dirty

• Bio: If you want to elimenate protein stains(milk, blood,

chocolate...), you may select Bio by pressing the

option button.[You can select Bio when temperature is

higher than 60 C in Cotton, Cotton-Eco and Synthetic.]

• Use these button to change

Rinse/Spin/Temp./Beeper

• When lamp is off, no selection has been

mode.

• Pre Wash and Soak available for

Cotton, Cotton-Eco and Synthetic.

• These lights show which portion of the

cycle the washer is operating.

7. TROUBLESHOOTING

7-1. BEFORE PERFORMING SERVICE

Be careful of electric shock when disconnecting parts while troubleshooting.

The voltage of each terminal is 220-240V AC and DC when the unit is plugged in.

7-2. QC TEST MODE.

The washer must be empty and the controls must be in the off state.

1. Press the Rinse and Temp. buttons simultaneously.

2. Press the Power       button, while the above condition. Then buzzer will sound twice.

3. Press the Start/Pause      button repeatedly to cycle through the test modes.

7-3. HOW TO CHECK THE WATER LEVEL FREQUENCY

Press the Option and Tub Clean button simultaneously.

So, for example a display indicating  241: a Water level frequency of 241 x.1 kHz

=  24.1 kHz

The digits indicate the water level frequency ( x.1  kHz ).

Check Point

Display Status

None

Turns on all lamps and locks the door.

1 time

Tumble clockwise.

rpm (40~50)

2 times

Low speed Spin.

rpm (58~65)

3 times

High speed Spin.

rpm (100~120)

4 times

Inlet valve for prewash turns on.

Water level frequency (25~65)

5 times

Inlet valve for main wash turns on.

Water level frequency (25~65)

6 times

Inlet valve for hot water turns on.

Water level frequency (25~65)

7 times

Inlet valve for bleach turns on.

Water level frequency (25~65)

8 times

Tumble counterclockwise.

rpm (40~50)

9 times

Heater turns on for 3 sec.

Water temperature

10 times

Circulation pump turns on.

Water level frequency (25~65)

11 times

Drain pump turns on.

Water level frequency (25~65)

12 times

Power off and unlock the door.

Turn off all lamps.

Number of times the

Start/Pause button is pressed

7-4. ERROR DISPLAY

If you press the START/PAUSE button when an error is displayed, any error except 

will disappear

and the machine will go into the pause status.

In case of 

if the error is not resolved within 20 sec., or the in case of other errors,

if the error is not resolved within 4 min., power will be turned off automatically and the error code will
blink. But in the case of 

, power will not be turned off.

ERROR SYMPTOM

CAUSE

WATER INLET

ERROR

• Correct water level (246) is not reached within 8 minutes

after water is supplied or it does not reach the preset water
level within 25 minutes.

• The load is too small.
• The appliance is tilted.
• Laundry is gathered to one side.
• Non distributable things are put into the drum.

1

2

IMBALANCE

ERROR

• Not fully drained within 10 minutes.

3

DRAIN

ERROR

• Water is overflowing (water level frequency is over 213).

※ If               is displayed, the drain pump will operate to

drain the water automatically.

4

OVER FLOW

ERROR

• The SENSOR SWITCH ASSEMBLY is out of order.

5

PRESSURE

SENSOR 

ERROR

• Door not all the way closed.
• Loose electrical connections at Door switch and 

PWB Assembly.

• The DOOR SWITCH ASSEMBLY is out of order.

6

DOOR OPEN

ERROR

• The THERMISTOR is out order.

7

HEATING

ERROR

ERROR SYMPTOM

CAUSE

OVER

CURRENT

ERROR

• MAIN PWB ASSEMBLY is out of order.

• Winding in the STATOR ASSEMBLY is short-circuited.

• The connector (3-pin, male, white) in the MOTOR

HARNESS is not connected to the connector 
(3-pin, female, white) of STATOR ASSEMBLY.

• The electric contact between the connectors 

(3-pin, male, white) in the MOTOR HARNESS 
and 4-pin, female, white connector in the MAIN PWB
ASSEMBLY is bad or unstable.

• The MOTOR HARNESS between the STATOR

ASSEMBLY and MAIN PWB ASSEMBLY is cut (open
circuited).

• The hall sensor is out of order/defective.

8

9

LOCKED

MOTOR

ERROR

• Loose Ball Sensor Connector.
• Ball Sensor is out of order.

※ Displayed only when the START/PAUSE button is first

pressed in the QC Test Mode.

10

BALL SENSOR

ERROR

• The washer experienced a power failure.

12

POWER

FAILURE

• EEPROM is out of order.

※ Displayed only when the START/PAUSE button is first

pressed in the QC Test Mode.

11

EEPROM

ERROR