Miele W 2241 – First use – Flashing Rinse light

Hi All,

Inherited a brand new Miele W 2241. Installed it and as per instruction manual set out to run it empty without any detergent or clothes. The manual indicated that for safety reasons spinning is not possible until the machine has been prepared for first time us and spinning is activated by running a wash program.

After the water is drawn into the machine it proceeds to the next step at which point the rinse button begins flashing and nothing further happens.

I am trying to determine if this is the ‘spinning safety lock’ mentioned in the instructions or whether this is another issue altogether.

Any help would be immeasurably helpful!
Thanks.
(i’ve copied the manual section referenced below)

For safety reasons spinning is not
possible until the machine has been
prepared for using for the first time. To
activate the spinning function you must
run a wash programme without laundry
and without detergent.
Using detergent could result in an
excessive build-up of foam.
This also activates the ball valve. The
ball valve prevents detergent escaping
from the suds container into the sump
during a wash programme, thus making
maximum use of the detergent.
^ Open the stopcock.
^ Press the I-On/0-Off button in.
^ Turn the programme selector to
Cottons 40°C.
^ Press Start.
When this programme has finished turn
the programme selector to Finish. Your
washing machine is ready for using for
the first time.