Whirlpool LA980OXK User manual

SOLID STATE Mark II Series

ELECTRONIC TOUCH CONTROL

Model LA980OXK

Super Capacity

whirlpool

AUTOMATIC WASHER

Use& Care

Guide

LAUNDRY

INFORMATION CENTER

LOAD SIZE SELECTOR

OWER ON :OFF LEVER

LID STATE ELECTRONIC

TOUCH CONTROL

LIQUID FABRiC

OFTENER DISPENSER

LIQUID BLEACH

)*-_-- .-. -.~. -..-- --

Copy Your Model and Serial CIJumbers Here

Before using

your Washer

CAUTION: Store laundry deter-

gent and additives in a cool, dry

place where children can’t

reach them. I

Contents

Before Using Your Washer 2

Loading Your Washer 3

Understanding Your Washer ?

Using Your Washer 4

water Levels and Load Sizes 6

Important Detergent

Information

Restarting Your Washer

Selections

Using FABRIC Selections

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Using WASH OPTIONS

Xc;K CvCLE

:.,PER ‘vVA-;q

:Jiash Time Options

‘>:ash Temperature Options

Using RINSE OPTIONS

‘;<ARM RINSE

2-c ?INSE

‘JlkSE SPIk

SPIN 3rULi

Using the Dispensers

L.al~13 Bmeach Dispenser

:‘a~13 Facrlz Softener

E spenser

?e??ovlng the Dispenser

MAGIC CLEAN ’ Lint Filter

If You Need Service or Help

1 Before Calling for Service

2 !f ‘Y’o~ Need Service

: f i -1. Yove a Problem

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-

tlon 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 6 and in Section IV of the Laun-

dry Guide.

Add dry bleach or water condi-

tioner (not fabric softener] if used.

Follow the package directions

carefully.

3. Pour liquid Bleach into the Dis-

penser Before loading Washer.

See Page 14 and the “Laundry Aids”

section of the Laundry Guide for more

Information.

4. 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 washerto

shake during spinning

Load without packing so items can

move freely for best cleaning and

least wrinkling.

5. Add Diluted Fabric Softener to

the Dispenser.

. DO NOT ADD FABRIC SOFTENER TO

THE WASH. Fabric softeners can com-

bine with soap or detergent to form

greasy stains on fabrtcs

Using your Washer

Start your w,asher afrer vocl put In

detergent the ioad arid any other

laund~ 31ds according to lcformatlon

or: pages 3 and 14

Set the LOAD SIZE SELECTOR.

Select the ‘water level :?a+ matches

f’?e size of the load See page 6 for

more lnformctlor

To charIge the se+?lrng on the

LOAD

SIZE SELECTOR,

first mcJe It to RESET

Ther move tt back to the settirg you

want

Move switch to POWER ON.

The REG HEAVY lndlcator Light w1l1

come on It shows that power ISor, and

reminds you ti;at your washer LQ~IIIstart In

REG HEAVY c~qless /su +oI:?- 2 dffer

ent

FABRlC

Seiector

You have elcht seconds to touch a

selector (or to touch the HOLD Selects

for more ttme)

If you do not:

~ The washer will fill wltn warm water

to tne ,eve:

s~~)u~I-IorI

the

LOAD SIZE

SELECTOR.

~ The washer \?/IIIselect REG HEAVY

(see page 8 for details]

Touch a FABRIC Selector.

Touch selectors on tfie

lower half

REMINDER: You have eight sec-

onds to touch a FABRIC Selector

or HOLD. If you don’t, the Solid

State Electronic Controls will

select REG/ HEAVY.

An indicator light ~~111glow on the

FABRIC

Selector you touched.

If you want more than eight sec-

onds to make a selection:

~ Touch HOLD Then take as much

time as you want.

~ Toilcn a Selector or Selectors.

~ Touch RUN to cancel HOLD

Touch OPTION SELECTORS.

If you did not touch a FABRIC

Selector,

you have eight seconds after

the power ISturned on to touch option

selectors. The washer WIII select PEG

HEAVY and add the options you

selected.

The Electronic Controls are pre-set for

a warm wash and cold rinse in every

FABRIC

Selection Change water

temperatures by touching Option

If you did touch a FABRIC Selector,

you have eight seconds to touch the

option selectors you want. Every time

you touch one, you hove eight seconds

to touch another

UNLESS YOU TOUCH

RUN OR SPIN ONLY. RUN

immediately

starts the cycle SPIN ONLY cancels

all selections and starts draining and

spinning right away (See page 13 )

SOAK CYCLE will cancel any FAB-

RIC Selection touched before it.

SUPER WASH can be added to any

FABRIC

Selection. Touch It before the

FABRIC

Select/on.

Touching RINSE SPIN before the

washer starts WIII cancel all selections

exceDt COLD WASH

Indicator Lights.

The !rght on each selector VGU tcuch

wrli glow to show that your selectro? ;s

recorded Thev w1’1glow> until the lcod IS

finished

Four lndrcator Lights below the selec-

tors (SOAK SUPER WASH, WASH, RINSE

2nd RINSE and FINAL SPIN) go on and

off

let you know what the washer IS

doing

T’?e light on the HOLD Selector glows

when you have stopped the washer

by touching HOLD

The light on the RUN Selector goes off

only when the washer is OFF, on HOLD,

or during the eight second selectron

period

Changing a selection.

Before the washer starts, touch an-

other selector That cuncels the one you

don’t want See page 7 for detarls

After the washer starts, -io\/e the

swtch to POWER OFF

-- Start back at Step 1

~ Or, if you ,b$ant to drain on\ water

before makrng new selections

1 Move switch to POWER ON

2 Touch SPIN ONLY

3 Start at Step 1 when spanning

stops

7. HOLD and RUN Selectors.

Touch HOLD rf you want to stop the

washer for any reason, but want to start

It agarn where it left off.

Touch HOLD if you want more than

eight seconds to make selectrons

Touch RUN to cancel HOLD

Touch RLJN to immediately start the

cycle

POWER FAILURE. If the electricity

goes off or a fuse blows while the

washer is running, all selections

are canceled. See instructions on

page 7.

-I

Water levels

match the water level to the load

size.

and Load q

Sizes

F’or the best cleonlng results the

‘oad should move freelv In tt-e water

The

LOAD SIZE SELECTOR

lets Watch for rollover 4n item (IIke a sock]

you control the amount of water that fills should sink In the mIddIe and come

Important Detergent Information

Detergents and soaps clean

by loosening solI. and by holding It In

the water so It drains away If not

enough detergent

used, so11and

lint can settle bock on the Items in

the load.

SOAP

works best In soft water

(O-4 grains hardness] In horder water.

both the wash and rinse water should

be softened Use enough soap to

make about 112 to 2 Inches (3 8 to 5.5

cm) of suds

DETERGENT

works In hord or

soft water. Package dIrectIons are

usually based on soft water and

washers with normal-size tubs

Use

more detergent..

1. for hard water

2 for loads and water levels

larger than MEDIUM

3 for heavy greasy or oily ~011s.

4 If the detergent ISlow

phosphate

5 for cold-water washes

DETERGENT SUDS.

There are

high, normal and low sudsing pow-

dered detergents. If the recom-

mended amount of detergent makes

too much suds, switch to a lower

sudslng brand.

DO NOT REDUCE THE

AMOUNT

of detergent

Use the followlng chart as

beginning suggestlons for powdered

and liquid detergent amounts See

your

Laundry Guide

for more infor-

mation (pages 14-22).

WATERHARDNESSIN GRAINS

O-4 Gratns 4-10 Grains lo-20 Grains

Powdered Detergents

tow Suds i’d cups (300 rnL) 1’2 cups 1350 ml] 1’4-2 cups

(425-475 ml)

Normal Suds lJa cups 1425 mt) 2’2 cups 1600 ml] 3 cups (700 ml]

High Suds 2 cups (475 mt] 3 cups [ 700 mt) 3’2 cups (825 ml]

No phosphate -Follow packagerecommendahons-

Llquld Detergents 3 to 113 cups (I30 to 325 ml]. depending on the brand

and amount of so11 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

Restarting your

Washer

If you stop your washer by touch-

lng HOLD, you can restart it by touching

RUN The washer “remembers”ond

starts from w/here it stopped

However if you stop your washer

by moving the switch to POWER OFF,

every selectior IScanceled They are

also canceled if CIblown fuse or power

rnterruptlon stops the washer

The way you restart the washer

depends on what the washer was doing

when It stopped

Filling for (or beginning of) the

wash cycle:

Move switch to POWER ON

Touch FABRIC Selector and optlons

The washer WIII flntsh fllllng

(if needed) and wash according to the

new selections.

End of the wash cycle:

Move swatch to POWER ON

Touch SPIN ONLY to drain and spin

After the washer stops, again move

switch to POWER ON

Touch RINSE SPIN to fill, rrnse. dram

and spin the load

Filling for (or beginning of) the rinse

cycle:

Move swatch to POWER ON

Touch RINSE SPIN to frnrsh fllllng or to

finish the rinsing cycle

Using Selections

Together

Your washer has Electronic Con-

trols that let many selecttons work

together for the krnd of wash you want.

There are many possible combi-

nations of selections .so many that

there isn’t room to tell about each com-

bination possible

The Indicator lights will tell you

what you need to know If the Indicator

ltght glows when you touch a selector,

the Electrontc Controls accept the

selection. If it does not glow, the Elec-

tronic Controls retect the selection

The indlcotor /;ght WI// glow ondstoy

giowmg When thts happens, your

selection has been accepted. The

washer WIII use that selectton or

option while it

operating.

The indicator iight w//i glow, but

onofher w//i go off This means that

your second selectton cancelled the

first For example, if you touched

REG HEAVY and decide you want

PERM’T PRESS, just touch PERM’T

PRESS. TITS REG HEAVY Selection

cancelled and Its indicator ltght

goes off.

Tne ~nc~otor //ght w//i not giow The

C!ectrontc Controls are designed

?c reject any optron that shouldn’t be

used for the wash you selected. For

exurrlple, If you touched KNITS

C,ENTLE, yt:,u \n/c:rl’t be cable to yei iiie

HOT WASH rndrcator light to glow

Pages 8 through 13 of thts Use

& Care Guide tell what happens during

nnrh calartjnn Lnr n--h rolnctinn

-uvm _I”S”UI “8 I. “I ““_I I .J’,lbbII”I I,

there are details on whtch can and

can’t be used together.

Using FABRIC

Selections

Coch FABRIC Selectron has pre-

set agrtatror and sprr speeds designed

for the fabric: type Ali cycles are pre-

,I Ae, under +?e set to use wcirrf “hater far washrng and

3nthb ; ‘r’

lr-

FABRIC, cm.r - 6 FABRIC Selec

cold water f or rinsing Water tempera-

7Cmni

ECICh

Ii pr- ~‘- T ture settings car) be changed by

k 2-n touching a WAS? OPTION or RIYSE

11’j-t: natlco I,, I’ I : 1’ I 7.1\way. vou can OPTlOX Selecta

170: ye t+te 2~’ )I ; j+t’lng bv touch-

WASH OPTIONS

Include SOAK

r > ‘ner op“ 3 , f : J .+ant to CYCLE ond SUPER WASH, SHORT WASH,

WHAT HAPPENS IN EACH FABRIC SELECTION

[RI

II II

heavy

Jse -Y sturdy white and colorfast cottons and for heavy swork

:i :rt es High agrtatron and

speeds are preset for best

-:l+9mng results

w w

Sets 8 Sets

I-+. ~c’ permanent press fabrics Coolrng of the wash water and

ic v%>rllr, speeds help prevent the setting of wrinkles.

a &CS

PARTIAL

DRAIN

Use ‘or delicate Items and washable synthetrc knots such as

polbester, nylon, ac~lic To wash nylon hose or panty hose, put

them In a net laundry bag.

EXTRA SHOR’, and u’aT WASH [can +

oe bsed wth KNIT: JEkTLE: ard COLD

WASH

RINSE OPTIONS

Ir elude WARM

RINSE (can’t txe used bit’: PERM’T

PRESS], 2nd I?INSE RINSE SPIN and SPIN

3NLY Each of these optlor#s &III be

discussed on later pages

‘t ‘vou qoke c

FABRlC Seiection

and therl chcnge )‘odr ~/nd loci CQP

fooch Jnother select/or ,withli; 8 set

ends) to come/ the first

NOTE: You

may notlce that some

of the “SPIN’ cycles have

SPRAY

RINSES.

Cold water ISsprayed on the

spinning load to help rinse and remove

detergent residue

OPTIONS:

HOT or OOL3 WASH, SHORT WASH (10 mins wash agltatlon) or EXTRA

SHORT

[5 mins wasi- agltatlon),

WARM RINSE and 2nd RINSE SUPER WASH can be

used as a pre-wash. See page IO

OPTIONS:

HOT or COLD WASH SHORT WASH (8 mins wash

CIgiTUtiOn)

or EXTRA

SHORT 15 mins. wash aaitatlon). 2nd RINSE SUPER WASH can be used as a pre-

wash Ske page 10 -

REFILL

COLD

‘III

COCL

High DOWN

Agitation

OPTIONS:

COLD WASH only, SHORT WASH (6 mns. wash agltatlon) or EXTRA SHORT

[5 mans wash agitation) 2nd RINSE SUPER WASH cun be used as a pre-wash See

page 10

Using WASH

and rrnse with cold If you wont hot wash

OPTIONS

water, touch HOT WASH after touching

a FABRIC Selector [KNITS GENTLE WIII

not allow the HOT WASH Optron ) If you

Use

WASH OPTIONS

to change want a cold wash, touch COLD WASH

settings that are automatic In selectrons Each

FABRIC

Selection also has a

For example all

FABRIC

Selectrons pre-set agrtotion time for the wash To

automatically wash with warm water shorten the agrtatlon time, touch SHORT

This cycle ISnot for washing It soaks, spins out water and stops

Use it for stained, yellowed, grey or heavrly soiled laundry with

a detergent or pre-soak product Chlorine bleach, If wanted,

should be added orly to the

FABRIC

Selection you use after

w w

aSecs 0

Sets

Use as

a pre-wash

for heavily solled loads tnat you want to

check before making

a FABRIC

SelectIon Use enough deter

gent for a sing/e wash

-II

w v

aSecs. a.secs

Use

as a double wash

for heavily soiled loads. Use enough

detergent for fwo washes (pre-wash plus the

FABRIC

Selectron).

w w +/

aSecs 8Secs. 0

Sets

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