Without make of machine, or model, we can either have a wild guess at what you have or take weeks out of our lives and list every machine ever made with the child lock facility. So here goes a wild guess :- you have a Bosch machine so if you hold the start button in for 5 seconds the key will dissappear and the prog will start. Any joy ?
Kenjo
April 2013
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