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Before Operating Your Washer
Read your washer Use and Care Guide. It has
important safety and warranty information. It also
has many suggestions for best washing results.
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock,
or injury to persons, read the IMPORTANTSAFETY
INSTRUCTIONSin your washer Use and Care Guide
before operating this appliance.
Operating Steps
Read and follow Washing Procedures in your Use
and Care Guide, It provides detailed information for
preparing the wash load and choosing control
settings to ensure best washing results,
1. Sort laundry into loads that can be washed
together.
2. Prepare items for washing.
3. Pretreat stains and heavy soil.
Printed in U. S. A.
4. Add laundry load to the wash drum.
5. Open the dispenser drawer and add the
measured amount of detergent to the
detergent compartment. If desired, add liquid
bleach and fabric softener to the appropriate
compartments. Slowly close dispenser drawer.
The washer will not operate with the drawer
open.
6. Set the Wash/Rinse Temperature switch
according to fabric type and soil level of each
load.
7. If desired, select Extra Rinse YES in the Power
Wash and Delicates/Hand Washables cycles. To
conserve water, select Extra Rinse NOd in the
Eco Cycle:.,.
8. Select Final Spin Speed as desired.
9. Push in the cycle selector knob and turn it
clockwise to the desired wash cycle and
setting.
10. Start the washer by closing the door and
pulling out the cycle selector knob. The washer
will not operate with the door open. As a safety
measure, the door will automatically lock during
the entire wash cycle. When the door is closed,
the Door Lock Indicator lights up when the
washer starts, and turns off at the end of the
cycle.
• To stop the washer, push in the cycle
selector knob.
• To change a cycle, push in the cycle
selector knob and turn it clockwise to the
desired setting.
• Pull out the knob to restart the washer.
11. Remove items when cycle ends. A signal will
sound at the end of the cycle when the Cycle
Signal is selected.
Note: From time to time you may see water in
the bleach and fabric softener compartments.
This is a result of the siphoning action and is
part of the normal operation of the washer.
Cycle Selection
For best results, follow the fabric care label directions
on items to be washed.
Prewash Cycle
The Prewash Cycle can be used to help remove
protein-based stains such as milk, grass or blood and
to help loosen soils before washing. During Prewash,
the washer will tumble the load for 6 minutes, drain,
spin and shut off. Usethe amount of detergent and
other laundry products recommended for a normal
wash cycle. P/N 134186400A (0210)

Prewash Cycle (cont)
• The Prewash water temperature isthe same as
the wash water temperature selected, To avoid
setting protein stains, select cold water,
• This cycle should always be followed by a
complete wash cycle using the recommended
amount of detergent,
Power Wash Cycle
Upto 18 minutes of reversing tumble action for most
fabrics, A spray rinse, three rinses, three spins, a
pause and a brief tumble complete the cycle, Select
SLOW, NORMAL or FAST Final Spin as desired,
• Heavy Wash provides up to 18 minutes of
reversing tumble action for heavily soiled fabrics,
• Medium Wash provides up to 13 minutes of
reversing tumble action for normally soiled fabrics,
• Short Wash provides up to 6 minutes of reversing
tumble action for lightly soiled fabrics,
Load the washer, fill the dispenser, and select the
proper settings, Turn the cycle selector to the desired
setting and pull out the knob,
Eco CycleC
Choose EcoCycle and the ( settings to conserve
additional time, water, and energy, Eco Cycle
provides up to 13 minutes of reversing tumble action
for regular and perm press items, Three rinses, three
spins, a pause and a brief tumble complete the cycle,
Select FAST_,:,Final Spin,
Usethe Delay Start feature to select a wash time
during off-peak energy hours, The start of the Eco
Cycle can be delayed for 2 to 6 hours,
Load the washer, fill the dispenser, and select the
proper settings, Turn the cycle selector to the desired
time delay setting and pull out the knob, The timer
will automatically advance to the Eco Cycle setting,
Delicates and Hand Washables Cycle
Up to 11 minutes of gentle tumble action for the
gentle care of knit, delicate and hand washable items,
A spray rinse,two rinses,two spins, a pause and a brief
tumble complete the cycle, Select SLOW, NORMAL
or FAST Final Spin as desired,
Controls
Always follow instructions on fabric care labels,
Note: There is no need to select a water level
because the washer automatically adjusts the
water level to the type and size of wash load,
WASH/RINSE TEMPERATURE - This determines water
temperatures for washing and rinsing, Forexample,
the Warm/Cold setting provides a warm water wash
and a cold water final rinse,
Note: Detergents are not aseffective at wash water
temperatures below 65°F (18,3°C),
Thefollowing chart suggests wash/rinse temperatures
for basic fabric types,
Wash/Rinse
Fabric Type Temperature
Heavily soiled white/colorfast
cotton, perm press Hot/Cold
Normally soiled white/colorfast Warm/Cold d*
cotton, perm press
Lightly soiled/noncolorfast
fabrics, knits, delicates,
hand washables
Cold/Cold _;:*
Washable woolens Warm/Warm*
* unregulatedor Automatic WashTemperature
CYCLE SIGNAL - A signal will sound at the end of the
cycle when the Cycle Signal is set to ON,
Auto Temp Control
The normal temperature of warm and cold wash water
can be affected by the hot water heater setting and
seasonally low ground water temperatures in some
geographic areas, Since detergents work best in wash
water at a minimum of 65° F, select an Auto Temp
Control to regulate the temperature of the warm and
cold wash water in any cycle,
Wash water in the Auto Temp Warm/Cold dand Auto
Temp Warm/Warm settings is regulated to
approximately 100 ° F,and the wash water in the Auto
Temp Cold/Cold d setting isregulated to approximately
70° F, Rinsewater temperatures are not regulated,
EXTRA RINSE- UseExtra Rinse when additional
rinsing isdesired to remove excessdirt and detergent
from heavily soiled loads,
Select Extra Rinse YESto automatically include
an extra rinse in Power Wash or Delicates/Hand
Washables cycle,
Select Extra Rinse NO '::'to conserve water when
an extra rinse isnot desired,
FINAL SPIN - There are three final spin speed
options available for each cycle, Note: The speeds
will vary from cycle to cycle, For example, Regular
FASTspin speed ismuch faster than Delicates/Hand
Washables FASTspin speed,
• SLOW isrecommended for hand washables and
items which may wrinke easily,
• NORMAL isrecommended for most loads,
• FAST _:,provides a faster spin speed to increase
water extraction and decrease drying time,
INDICATOR LIGHTSwill turn on during the
appropriate portions of each cycle: WASH, RINSE,
and FINAL SPIN, When the door is closed, the
Door Lock Indicator lights up when the cycle
selector knob is pulled out, and turns off at the
end of the cycle,
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