Beko [Padlock symbol]what it means

This is the single most searched Beko display that is not a fault, and Beko answer it directly in their own UK support pages: the padlock sign means the child lock is on. To turn it off, press the second and fourth auxiliary buttons from left to right at the same time and hold them for three seconds. Beko add an important caveat of their own, which most guides drop — they say plainly that these buttons can change from model to model. So if the second and fourth do nothing on yours, that is expected rather than a fault, and the button combination for your specific machine will be in its manual.

Two of their manuals show how far it varies: the BM3WT3741 uses a single button, auxiliary function button 3, held for three seconds through a 3-2-1 countdown until the child lock symbol goes; the BMM5DFO5741W washer-dryer uses the SPIN key held for three seconds. While you hold the right buttons on the FAQ’s machines, the display shows a line linking the two and a padlock sign, which is how you know you have found them.

What the child lock does is disable the control panel so that a programme cannot be changed or cancelled once it is running. On most Beko machines it does not lock the door — the door is held by the separate interlock — but the washer-dryer manual is explicit that on that platform the door cannot be opened while the child lock is set. A machine with the child lock on will complete its cycle normally; you simply cannot alter anything while it does.

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   Press the second and fourth auxiliary buttons, counting from the left, at the same time and hold for three seconds.

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   Watch the display while you hold them. A line linking the two buttons and a padlock sign confirms you have the right pair.

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   If nothing happens, check your model’s manual. Beko state explicitly that the button combination changes between models: on the BM3WT3741 it is auxiliary function button 3 alone, held for three seconds through a 3-2-1 countdown; on the BMM5DFO5741W washer-dryer it is the SPIN key held for three seconds.

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   If you cannot find the combination, check what your manual says about switching off. Beko’s washer-dryer manual says turning the machine off at the selector cancels the child lock; their BM3WT3741 manual says only that On/Off still works with the lock active and the programme resumes when you switch back on, so on that machine expect the lock to be waiting for you.