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You’ 11 find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. Two, because
some cycles use two washes.
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“Detergent Usage Guide”
(Be sure the Cycle Indicator
Dial is at OFF position before
detergent. Otherwise, the
detergent cup will not close and
latch properly.)
the main
NOTE: open the detergent cup
after it has been closed, unlatch the
door
rotate the indicator
Dial turn to the OFF position.
When the cup contains soap
it is best that the door be in a
open position before
rotating the Dial.
This will help-reduce the amount
of detergent and rinse aid
spillage into the tub.
How to prepare the dishes
for washing
this is your first dishwasher, or
if you’re replacing a much older
model, you may wonder how much
preparation your dishes need.
Actually very little. Pre-rinsing of
normal food
is not necessary.
With common sense and a little
practice you’ll soon know what
foods to remove. Here are some
guidelines:
1. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins,
toothpicks and other hard solids. It
is also best to remove hard-shelled
vegetables, meat trimmings, leafy
vegetables and crusts. Remove
excessive quantities of oil or grease.
2. Remove large quantities of any
food. Your dishwasher has a built-in
soft food disposer that pulverizes
soft food bits and flushes them
away. It can handle amounts
of soft foods, but large amounts will
be difficult to handle.
3. Try to remove food scraps and
place dishes in dishwasher before
soil has a chance to dry and become
hard. Dishes with dried-on soil
are more difficult to wash and may
not come clean in the NORMAL
WASH cycle. Remember to use
your RINSE & HOLD cycle for
small “holding” loads.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
Note: The foods mentioned are
for examples only. Other foods
not mentioned may also need to
be removed from your dishes. You
may also want to consider removing
foods such as mustard, mayonnaise,
vinegar, lemon juice and other foods
that can cause discoloration of
stainless steel if allowed to remain
on dishes for a long period of time.
When using the POTSCRUBBER
cycle, less preparation is required
before loading. The POTSCRUBBER
cycle can wash heavily-soiled dishes.
Items with burned-on and baked-on
soils may not come clean. And the
dishwasher cannot remove bum
marks or restore fading caused by
overheating during cooking.
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SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3 grains hardness) (3-7 grains) (7-12 grains*)
CYCLES Main
Cup Open
Cup
Main
Cup Open Cup Main Open
POTSCRUBBER Half
Full Half Full Completely Full Completely Completely
NORMAL WASH
Full
Full
Full
WATER SAVER Half Full None Half None Completely None
Full
RINSE HOLD
Use no detergent Use no detergent Use no detergent
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A water softener is recommended. it, can
Main Cup tablespoons;
build up in the water valve. The water valve may stick while and cause Filled Open Cup 2
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