GE WWA8990SCL, Use And Care Manual

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HOW TO OPERATE YOUR CLOTHES WASHER
Features and appearances may vary slightly
WARNING—To reduce the
risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons when using your
appliance, read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance.
PRESS-KNITS
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WASHABLE
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COLORFAST
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WASHABLE SILKS
Care
WASH
SMALL
Load Size Optional Extra Rinse
End Cycle Signal
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OFF
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Extra Cleaning
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Setting the Controls
Use the Suggested Fabric and Cycle Settings
guide to help you make the proper selections.
Select an automatic Fabric Care Program
OR customize a Fabric Care Program
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To use the automatic Fabric Care Programs, select
one of the following:
Choose desired For these Set Matching For these
Fabric Care
Cycle Selection
Selection Temperatures Dial) Speeds
Cottons Colorfast
Hot/Cold” Cottons. Normal/Fast
Cottons Non-Colorfast
Cold/Cold Normal/Fast
Permanent Press-Knits
Press Normal/Slow
& Knits
Silks
Gentle/Slow
Washable Woolens
Gentle/Slow
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To customize a Fabric Care Program.
The automatic Fabric Care Program is programmed
for the majority of laundry you will wash. Customizing
your washer to your specific needs is easy.
For example:
You
want to wash a load of clothes at
warm wash, cold rinse, normal wash speed and fast spin
speed. To do that simply set the Fabric Care Selections
knob at Permanent Press-Knits (for the warm wash and
cold rinse) and set the Cycle Selector knob at Normal
on the Cottons, Regular cycle (for Normal Wash Speed
and Fast Spin Speed).
Select Water Level.
SMALL: Washer is less than full of clothes.
MEDIUM: Between 1/3 and 1/2
LARGE: Between 1/2 and
EXTRA LARGE: Over full.
HANDWASH: Not used for regular See How
to Use the Handwash System section.
If you wish to increase the water level after you’ve made
a selection, turn knob to RESET and select new level.
Select Optional Extra Rinse. Turning control to
“SET” will provide a second deep rinse with
Regular, Permanent Press and Knits,
and Extra Cleaning settings.
End Cycle Signal. Select this signal to remind
you to remove clothes from the washer when the
cycle ends. Signal will sound and then stop. See
the End Cycle Signal section.
Push Cycle Selector knob in and turn clockwise
to your selected wash setting.
Pull Cycle Selector knob
START
out to start the washer. If
you wish to change setting
after washer has started, push
/
STOP
Cycle Selector knob in to stop
the washer
reset to the new
position. Setting can be changed at any time.
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