CYCLE GUIDE

Types of Fabric

Soil

Agitation /

Cycle

Cycle

Cycle Details:

 

Level

Spin Speed

 

Time*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cottons, linens,

Normal

Low/High

Normal

40

Use this cycle for normally to moderately

synthetic fabrics

 

 

 

 

soiled cottons and mixed fabric loads

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work shirts and pants

Light/

High/Low

Casual

40

Use this cycle to wash no-iron fabrics

and synthetic fabrics

Medium

 

 

 

and blends. Provides a low speed spin to

 

 

 

 

 

minimize wrinkling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delicate items,

Light

Low/Low

Delicate

35

Use for special care items. Brief low-

washable knits

 

 

 

 

speed agitations and short soaks provide

 

 

 

 

 

the gentlest cleaning. Low-speed spin

 

 

 

 

 

minimizes wrinkling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special care items,

Light

Intermittent

Hand Wash

30

Use for special care items. Brief low-

machine washable silks

 

Low/Low

 

 

speed agitations/spins and short soaks

and hand wash fabrics

 

 

 

 

provide the gentlest cleaning while

 

 

 

 

 

minimizing wrinkling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sturdy or heavily soiled

Heavy

High/High

Heavy Duty

50

Use this cycle for heavily soiled cottons

loads

 

 

 

 

or sturdy fabrics. This cycle includes a

 

 

 

 

 

5-minute soak to help improve cleaning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large or nonabsorbent

Medium

High/High

Comforters/

45

This cycle adds water during the initial fill

items including

 

 

Bedding

 

to saturate less absorbent items. Do not

comforters, pillows,

 

 

 

 

overload basket and be sure to balance

jackets and spandex

 

 

 

 

load.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Approximate time in minutes

ADDITIONAL CYCLES

Extra Rinse

Express

Soak

Prewash

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adds a second rinse.

This cycle can be used for

A short agitation cycle

This cycle helps to remove

 

 

washing 2-3 lightly soiled

disperses laundry products,

heavy or ground in soils

 

Select prior to starting washer

items that are needed quickly.

then laundry soaks until the

requiring pre-treatment.

 

to automatically add to wash

 

Cycle Control knob is manually

Prewash does not include

 

cycle, eliminating need to

 

advanced.

a rinse cycle; proceed to

 

return later to select

 

Option 1 - To use same water

setting Fabric Select and

 

a second rinse.

 

Cycle Select knobs and

 

 

 

for wash cycle: Advance Cycle

add laundry products as

 

 

 

Selector knob to a wash cycle.

normal.

 

 

 

Option 2 - To remove the soak

 

 

 

 

water: Advance Cycle Selector

 

 

 

 

knob to a spin setting. Add

 

 

 

 

laundry products and start a

 

 

 

 

new wash cycle as normal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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