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How to enable and disable child lock on LG washing machine

child lockIt is well known that child locks on an LG washing machine are not uncommon. It is difficult to find a model of the LG machine that would not be equipped with this useful feature. Meanwhile, there are mistresses who do not know how to turn on child protection and how to turn it off later. It was for them that we published this article. We hope you find it useful.

How does blocking work?

If you decide to try to put a child lock on your LG washing machine, you first need to figure out how it works. Based on the name of the function, the child lock locks the machine control panel by pressing a key combination during washing. Having launched the desired washing program, the hostess presses these keys. After that, she may not be afraid that a small child will approach the washing machine and randomly press buttons and turn the program knob. The panel will not work.

When the washing program ends, the hostess will be able to unlock and safely turn off the machine. The manufacturer, advertising this feature, emphasizes the fact that the child will not be able to spoil the machine or interrupt the washing, but in our opinion this is cunning. Child lock paralyzes the following control panel elements:

  • program shift knobs;
  • stop / start buttons;
  • buttons "spin" and "temperature";
  • buttons “intensive”, “without folds”, “anticipation”, “super rinse”.

In general, all elements except the on / off button are locked. And this is a problem, because it is this button that may interest the child. By clicking on it, the child turns off the washing machine right in the middle of the program. If this happens, then what's the use of the lock function? We are addressing this issue to the manufacturer, and we are moving on.

Locking and unlocking

Anyone can put and then remove the child lock. To do this, press two buttons on the control panel simultaneously after turning on the washing program. What are these buttons? You can right now look at the control panel of your LG machine and find two buttons: “super rinse” and “anticipate”. Usually they are accompanied by a picture of a smiling castle. On different models of LG washing machines, these buttons can be located in different places.

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You can see these buttons under the display of the LG washing machine. They will be located vertically, the “super rinse” button is on top, and below the “preliminary” button.

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You can also see these buttons under the display while they will be located horizontally. They will be as if squeezed between the Start / Pause and Spin buttons.

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And finally, most often the lock buttons are located to the left of the display. There are 4 buttons that are upright, we will be interested in the first and second.

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Press these two buttons and you can lock the control panel. If you press these two buttons a second time, you will be able to unlock the panel.

If a child accidentally turns off a locked LG machine, proceed as follows: turn on the machine, set the program that was on when it was turned off, press the two child lock buttons.

If CL appears on the display

Some housewives are really afraid of any error code that appears on the display of the LG washing machine. It seems to them that if an error code appears, then the machine has certainly broken. This happens quite often, butCL error code don't be scared. The CL code informs the hostess that the washing machine is locked from children and the panel will not function until the lock is released. If you correctly disable protection, then CL from the display disappears.

So we figured out the features of locking the LG washing machine from children. If you have any questions, write comments, we will be happy to open a discussion. Good luck

   

4 reader comments

  1. Gravatar Vladimir, Khabarovsk. Vladimir, Khabarovsk.:

    You helped unlock LG, thanks!

  2. Gravatar Ruzanna Ruzanna:

    Good evening, I have a question. How can I set a password for a washing machine so that no one except me turns it on?

  3. Gravatar Irina Irina:

    Hello, I hold down two buttons, where the lock is drawn, CL is turned on. But the disable button still works and children can press it in the middle of the wash. And the machine turns off, you have to re-set the program and everything again 🙁

  4. Gravatar of Milan Milan:

    The same garbage. I start the wash 3 times.

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