Amana W10216187A manual Changing Cycles, Options, and Modifiers

■Stop Wrinkle Prevent at any time by pressing WRINKLE PREVENT or opening the dryer door.

■For the Casual cycle, Wrinkle Prevent is preset to ON. The other cycles will retain the Wrinkle Prevent setting. For example, if you select Wrinkle Prevent in the Normal cycle, Wrinkle Prevent will be on the next time you select the Normal cycle.

NOTE: If you do not select Wrinkle Prevent, the dryer stops after cool down.

Damp Dry Signal

Select the Damp Dry Signal to alert you that your clothes are approximately 80% dry. This is useful when you want to remove lightweight items in a mixed load to avoid overdrying or remove partially dry items that may need ironing.

NOTE: The Damp Dry Signal is available only with the Automatic Cycles.

Button Sounds

You can change the volume of the sound of the beeps. Press BUTTON SOUNDS until the desired volume (Loud, Soft, or Off) glows. The Power and Cancel buttons will still beep softly when the Button Sounds volume is set to Off.

Drum Light

Press DRUM LIGHT to turn on the light inside the dryer drum. During a cycle, if Drum Light is selected, the drum light turns on and will remain on until Drum Light is pressed again, the door is open and closed, or the door is left open for 5 minutes.

When the dryer is not running, the drum light will turn on when Drum Light is pressed or the dryer door is opened, and it will remain on until the dryer door has been open for 5 minutes, the dryer door is closed or Drum Light is pressed again.

Press DRUM LIGHT at any time to turn the drum light ON or OFF.

Modifiers

Use Modifiers to select time, temperatures, and dryness levels for the Timed Cycles. Not all Modifiers are available with all options and cycles. Available modifier settings will glow amber. Current selections will glow green. If a modifier is unavailable with a selected cycle, the light will not illuminate.

Time

Press MORE TIME or LESS TIME until the desired drying time is displayed. The time cannot be changed with Automatic Cycles.

Temperature

Press TEMPERATURE until the desired temperature setting glows. Temperature modifiers cannot be used with the Automatic Cycles or the Air Fluff cycle.

Dryness Level

Press DRYNESS LEVEL until the desired Dryness Level is selected. Dryness Level cannot be adjusted with Timed Cycles.

Changing Cycles, Options, and Modifiers

You can change Automatic Cycles, Timed Cycles, Modifiers, and Options anytime before pressing Start.

■Three short tones sound if an unavailable combination is selected. The last selection will not be accepted.

Changing Cycles after pressing Start

1.Press STOP twice. This ends the current cycle.

2.Select the desired cycle and options.

3.Press and hold START. The dryer starts at the beginning of the new cycle.

NOTE: If you do not press START within 5 minutes of selecting the cycle, the dryer automatically shuts off.

Changing Modifiers and Options after pressing Start

You can change a Modifier or Option anytime before the selected Modifier or Option begins.

1.Press STOP once.

2.Select the new Modifier and/or Option.

3.Press and hold START to continue the cycle.

NOTE: If you happen to press Stop twice, the program clears and your dryer shuts down. Restart the selection process.

Changing the Preset Dryness Level Settings

If all of your loads on all Automatic Dry cycles are consistently not as dry as you would like, you may change the preset Dryness Level settings to increase the dryness. This change will affect all of your Automatic Dry cycles.

Your Dryness Level settings can be adjusted to adapt to different installations, environmental conditions or personal preference. There are 3 drying settings: 1 (factory preset dryness level),

2 (slightly dryer clothes, approximately 15% more drying time), and 3 (much dryer clothes, approximately 30% more drying time).

1.The Dryness Level settings cannot be changed while the dryer is running.

2.Press and hold the DRYNESS LEVEL button for 5 seconds. The dryer will beep, and “CF” will be displayed for 1 second followed by the current drying setting.

3.To select a new drying setting, press the DRYNESS LEVEL button again until the desired drying setting is shown. NOTE: While you are cycling through the settings, the current setting will not flash, but the other settings will flash.

4.Press START to save the drying setting.

The drying setting you selected will become your new preset drying setting for all Automatic Dry cycles.

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