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Before using

your Washer

Please read this booklet to be

sure your washer ISinstalled and used

properly. It WIII help you get the best

results and longest life your washer was

designed to give.

You are personally responsi-

ble for making sure that your

washer...

Is installed by a qualified installer.

Is properly installed and leveled on a

floor that can support the weight ’

Is connected to the right kind of outlet,

electric supply, water supply and drain’

Is properly electrically grounded.’

Is used only for jobs normally

expected of home automatic washers

Is properly maintained.

Is protected from the weather

Is not run by children or anyone

unable to operate it properly.

Remove

the Consumer Buy

Guide label. It WIII be easier to remove

before the washer is used.

You may want to wipe out the

basket with a damp cloth before using

to remove dust from storing or shlpping.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: See the

laundry Guide for tips on deter-

gents, other laundry aids and

instructions for washing special

items.

‘See the Installation InstructIons for

complete Information

CAUTION: Store laundry deter-

gent and additives in a cool, dry

place where children can’t

reach them.

Contents

Before Using Your Washer

Loading Your Washer

Understanding Your Washer

Using Your Washer

Water Levels and Load Sizes

Using the Dispensers

Liquid Bleach Dispenser

Liquid Fabric Softener Dispenser

MAGIC-CLEAN” Lint Filter

Important Detergent Information

Cycle Operation

PERMANENT PRESS

KNITS GENTLE

REGULAR HEAVY

SUPER WASH : : ‘:. ::

SOAK CYCLE

PRE-WASH.,

ForSpinning Only :‘.

For Rinsing Only

Using the SUDS-MISER’ System

If You Need Service or Help

1 Before Calling for Service

2 If You Need Servrce

3 If You Have a Problem

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loading your

Washer

For best washing results and

energy savings, sort the laundry

carefully.

1. Sort the laundry into loads.

Group the laundry into loads that

can be washed and dried together.

See the Laundry Guide for informa-

tion and samples of typical loads.

Try to mix large and small items for

best movement in the washer.

2. Measure Detergent; Add to

Washer Basket.

See detergent information on

page 7 and in Section IV of the

Laundry Guide.

Add dry bleach or water condi-

tioner (not fabric softener) if used.

Follow the package directions

carefully.

3. load the Washer.

Spread the load evenly. (Don’t put

all the towels on one side and a few

wash cloths on the other.) An unbal-

anced load can cause the washer

to shake during spinning.

Load without packing so items can

move freely for best cleaning and

least wrinkling.

4. Pour Liquid Bleach into the

Dispenser.

See page 6 and the “Laundry

Aids” section of the Laundry Guide

for more information.

5. Add Diluted Fabric Softener to

the Dispenser.

. DO NOT ADD FABRIC SOFTENER TO

THE WASH. Fabric softeners can

combine with soap or detergent to

make greasy stains on fabrics.

Understanding

your Washer

This automatic washer has cycle

settings with different agitation and

spin speeds for different fabric types.

For example, the REGULAR HEAVY

Cycle has high agitation and high spin

speeds. The PERMANENT PRESS Cycle,

has high agitation speeds, but low

spin speeds

The washer has a

LOAD SIZE

SELECTOR

that lets you adjust the

water level to match the size of

the load.

has

a TEMPERATURE SELEC-

TOR.

You can select the wash and

rinse water temperatures best for the

amount of so11 and fabric type in

each load

Sections In this Use & Care

Guide go into detail on the “what and

why” of each setting. Read this and

the ioundry Guide carefully to get the

best cleaning results.

Using your Washer

Your automatic washer ISeasy to

use. To make it even easrer. read the

following steps before sfarting your first

load. Start your washer after You put In

detergent, the load, and any other

laundry aids according to information

on page 3 and page6.

Set the LOAD SIZE SELECTOR.

Select the water level that matches

the srze of the load. See page 5 for

more rnformation

To change the seitrng on the

LOAD

SIZE SELECTOR,

first move rt to RESET.

Then move it back to the setting

you

want.

IMPORTANT: For the best cleaning

results with the least wrinkling, make

sure the load has enough water for

2. Set the TEMPERATURE SELECTOR.

Match the wash and rinse water tem-

peratures to the type of fabrrcs and soils

being washed. (See the instructions

under the washer lid and on page 14 in

your loundry Guide

Be sure to use a cold rinse for PERMA-

NENT PRESS and KNITS GENTLE Cycles.

3. Select a Cycle and Start the

Washer.

Push the Cycle Control Knob in and

turn it to the right (clockwise).

Stop when the pointer is on the num-

ber of minutes of washing you Want

in the cycle you want.

Instructions for which cycles to use for

which fabrics are under the Ild.

To start the washer, pull the C;YL~le

Control Knob out. When the cycle

over, the washer will stop.

To stop the washer at any time

during a cycle, push the Control

Knob in.

Pull ii out to restart the washer

To change a setting,

push the Con-

trol Knob in to stop the washer. Then turn

the Control Knob to the right (clockwrse)

to the setting You want. Pull the knob

out to start the washer.

Pages 8-11 show what happens in

each cycle.

Water levels and

load Sizes

The

LOAD SIZE SELECTOR

lets

you control the amount of water that fills

the washer. The selector can be set at

any water level between

HANDWASH-

ABLE

and

EXTRA LARGE.

WATER LEVELS

Setting Gallons/liters*

HANDWASHABLE 7.8/29.5

MEDIUM 13.9152.6

EXTRA LARGE

20.5/77.6

*Approximate fill with load.

To change the water level settrng

move the

LOAD SIZE SELECTOR

RESET. Then move it to the setting you

want.

To save water and energy,

match the water level to the load

size.

For the best cleaning results, the

load should move freely in the water.

Watch for rollover. An item (like a sock)

should sink in the middle and come

UD later on the outside.

Be sure to read pages 11 13 in

your Laundry Guide You WIII find more

information on loading and load srzes.

Using the

Dispensers

You may want to use liquid

bleach and fabric softener In some

loads. Your washer has dispensers

desrgned to automatrcally add these

liqu~3 laundry aids at the correct time.

Follow the product package

recommendations carefully. Use the drs-

pensers for best results.

Liquid Bleach Dispenser

The bleach dispenser is under the

lid of the washer in the front corner. It

has the words, LIQUID BLEACH, on it. The

dispenser will hold enough liquid

bleach for one wash load.

Before starting the washer, but after

loadrng It. add the bleach.

Use a measuring cup with a pouring

spout to help avord spelling or spattering

the bleach.

Follow the drrectrons on the bottle for

the amount to use.

Never use more

than 1 cup (250 ml) for a full load.

Use less with lower water level

settings.

Use a standar

measuring cu

with a pouring

spout to fill dispensers

Do not let any bleach run down

into the washer basket. Concen-

trated bleach will damage any

fabric.

liquid Fabric Softener

Dispenser

The dispenser for liquid fabric

softener fits over the top of the agitator.

The dispenser will hold enough

diluted

fabric softener for one deep rinse.

After adding the detergent and the

load, fit the dispenser over the top of the

agitator cap

Full Mark

Following directions on the bottle,

add the correct amount of fabric soft-

ener. Use a cup with a pouring spout

to avoid dripping any on the load.

IMPORTANT: Add enough hot or

warm water to fill the dispenser to

the FULL mark.

Drluted fabric softener WIN be added

just before the washer starts filling for the

rinse.

NOTE:

Do not stop the washer

during

the first spin [when the wash

water is spinning out). If you do, the fab-

ric softener will be added to the wet,

soapy load. This can cause stains.

Clean the dispenser after each use

with warm

water only.

Detergent can

make softeners sticky and lumpy.

MAGIC CLEAN@

lint Filter

The lint filter is self-cleaning. It

filters water used in both the wash and

the rinse. When the washer drains, lent

collected is flushed away.

If your washer drains into a tub,

watch the drain strainer forthe lint. A

linty load can plug the tub drain and

cause an overflow.

Important

Detergent Information

Detergents and soaps clean 2 for loads and water levels

by loosening soil, and by holding It In larger than MEDIUM.

the water so it drains away. If not

for heavy greasy or

enough detergent ISused, soil and oily soils.

lint can settle back on the items in 4. if the detergent is low

the load. phosphate.

SOAP works best In soft water 5. for cold-water washes.

(O-4 grains hardness). In harder water,

DETERGENT SUDS.

There are

both the wash and rinse water should high, normal and low sudsing pow-

be softened. Use enough soap to dered detergents. If the recom-

make about

to 2 inches (3.8 to 5.5 mended amount of detergent makes

cm) of suds. too much suds, switch to a lower

sudslng brand.

DO NOT REDUCE THE

DETERGENT

works in hard or

AMOUNT

of detergent.

soft woter Package directions are Use the following chart as

usually based on soft water and beginning suggestions for powdered

washers with normal-size tubs.

Use

and liquid detergent amounts See

more detergent your laundry Guide for more infor-

1. for hard water.

mation (pages 14-22).

WATER HARDNESS IN GRAINS

O-4 Grains 4-10 Grains IO-20 Grains

Powdered Detergents

Low Suds 11/4cups (300 mL) 1% cups (350 ml) IQ-2 cups

(425-475

ml]

Normal Suds 1% cups(425 mL) 2’12cups (600 mL) 3 cups (700 ml)

High Suds

cups (475 ml]

cups (700 mL)

3'12cups (825

ml)

No phosphate -Follow package recommendations-

Liquid Detergents ‘13to 1% cups (80 to 325 ml], depending on the brand

and amount of soil. Follow package recommendations.

These

recommendations do not apply...

In areas where phosphates are banned.

In areas with laws limiting [by weight or percentage]

the amount

of detergent used in a wash load.

Cycle Operation

The numbers in each cycle are

for the number of minutes you want the

Your washer has SIXcycles on the washer to agitate before it drams and

Cycle Control Dial Each cycle

fills for the rrnse. You will want longer

designed to match the fabric type with agitatron times for heavily soiled loads

pre-set agitatron and spin speeds You choose the wash and rinse

WHAT HAPPENS IN EACH CYCLE:

. SET LOAD SIZE

SET WATER TEMPERATURES

. PUSH IN KNOB, TURN TO

CYCLE AND TIME

PULL OUT TO START

SET LOAD

SIZE

SET WATER TEMPERATURES

. PUSH IN KNOB, TURN TO

CYCLE AND TIME

PULL OUT TO START

. SET LOAD SIZE

SET WATER TEMPERATURES

. PUSH IN KNOB, TURN TO

CYCLE AND TIME

. PULL OUT TO START

PERMANENT PRESS CYCLE

Use for permanent press fabrics Cool

rng of the wash water and low spin

speeds help prevent the setting of

wrinkles

FILL

KNITS GENTLE CYCLE

Use for delicate items and washable

synthetic knits such as polyester, nylon,

acrylic. Wash nylon hose or panty hose

in a net laundry bag.

REGULAR HEAVY CYCLE

Use for sturdy white and colorfast cot-

tons, and for heavy work clothes High

agitation and spin speeds are pre-

set for best cleaning results.

water temperatures you wont wrth the

RINSES.

Cold water ISsprayed on the

TEMPERATURE SELECTOR.

sprnnrng load to help rinse and remove

You set the amount of water that detergent residue

fills the tub with the

LOAD SIZE

if you turn to o cycie and start the

SELECTOR.

washer, but change your mind, push In

NOTE:

You may notrce that some on the Cycie Controi Knob and turn

of the ‘SPIN”

cycles

have

SPRAY

to the right jclockwse) to the sethng you

wont Then puli out to start

NOTE Always use COLD RINSE WATER

for PERMANENT PRESS fabrrcs

The washer pauses for about IV2

mrnutes after partral dram

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NOTE Always use COLD RINSE WATER for Knits and Delicate Items.

SUPER WASH CYCLE

Use as a double wash for heavily soiled

loads Use enough detergent for two

washes [SUPER WASH and REGULAR

HEAVY)

SOAK CYCLE

PRE-WASH CYCLE

Use for heavily solled items that may need

two washes. Use enough detergent for a

single wash. When the washer stops, add

more detergent and select a cycle *

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