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16_ Washing a load of laundry
Select Cycle
Option
Press these buttons to select different cycle options.
Pure Cycle
TM
- Use to clean dirt and bacteria from the drum. Regular use
(after every 40 washes) is recommended. No detergent or bleach is needed.
Steam - Press this button to use the Steam Wash function. Steam Wash is
available with the Heavy Duty, Normal, Perm Press, Sanitize, Bedding PLUS
and Night Wash cycles. For heavily soiled, colorfast garments, Steam Wash
improves stain treatment and uses less water (See page 19).
The steam may not be visible during the Steam cycle, and may also not
always be visible while the total steam cycle is being performed.
Delay Start - Any cycle can be delayed for up to 24 hours in one-hour
increments. Displayed hour indicates the time at which the wash will be started.
Pre Wash - To use this feature, add detergent to the pre wash section of the
detergent compartment. When turned on, the washer fi lls with cold water and
detergent, tumbles, then drains and advances to the selected wash cycle.
Some cycles cannot be selected with with this option (See pages 30).
You cannot select the prewash option in the Wool, Quick Wash, Delicates/
Handwash and Rinse+Spin cycles.
Extra Rinse - Add an additional rinse at the end of the cycle to remove
laundry additives and perfumes more thoroughly.
Extra Spin - Add additional time to remove more water from loads.
My Cycle - Choose your favorite cycle including temperature, spin, soil level, option, etc.
Temperature
selection button
Press the button repeatedly to cycle through the different water temperature options.
Extra Hot - Heavily soiled, colorfast items.
Hot - Whites and heavily soiled, colorfast items.
Warm - Colorfast items. When you select warm rinse, only the fi nal rinse will be warm.
The other rinses will be cold to conserve energy.
Eco Warm - Moderately soiled, colorfast items, most wrinkle-free items.
Cold - Brightly colored, very lightly soiled items.
Spin selection
button
Press the button repeatedly to cycle through the different spin speed options.
Extra High - Removes more water from loads during spin.
To minimize wrinkling of wrinkle-free and no-iron fabrics, DO NOT use
the Extra High spin option for these loads, nor overload your washer.
High - Use for underwear, t-shirts, jeans, and sturdy cottons.
Medium - Use for jeans, wrinkle-free, or wash-and-wear items and synthetics.
Low - Use for delicate items needing a slow spin speed.
No Spin - Drains your washer without spinning. Use for extremely delicate
items that cannot tolerate any spin.
Soil selection
button
Press the button to select the soil level/washing time.
(Heavy Æ ▲ Æ Normal Æ ▼ Æ Light)
Heavy - For heavily soiled loads.
▲
Normal - For moderately soiled loads. This setting is best for most loads.
▼
Light - For lightly soiled loads.
Signal selection
button
Press the button to select the signal level.
(Louder Æ ▲ Æ Softer Æ ▼ Æ Off)
Start/Pause
selection button
Press to pause and restart programs.
Power button
Press once to turn your washer on, press again to turn your washer off. If
the washer is left on for more than 10 minutes without any buttons being
touched, the power automatically turns off.
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