Amana NFW5700B Use and Care - Page 4

CONTROL PANEL AND FEATURES NOTE: The control panel features a sensitive surface that responds to a light touch of your finger. To ensure your selections are registered, touch the control panel with your finger tip, not your fingernail. When selecting a setting or option, simply touch 4 its name. 1 2 3 5 6 1 POWER Touch to turn the washer on and off. Touch to stop/cancel a cycle at any time. 2 WASH CYCLE KNOB Use your Wash Cycle knob to select available cycles on your washer. Turn the knob to select a cycle for your laundry load. An LED will light up for the cycle selected. NOTE: The Clean Washer LED will flash when the washer has run 30 wash cycles as a reminder to run the Clean Washer cycle. See "Cycle Guide" for detailed descriptions of cycles. 3 HOLD TO START Touch and hold until the light above HOLD TO START comes on to start a cycle, or touch once while a cycle is in process to pause it. If you want to add a garment, you can touch HOLD TO START when the "Add a Garment" LED is on. 4 DELAY WASH Use + and - to delay the start of the wash cycle by up to 8 hours. To turn off Delay Wash, use + and - to set the delay time to "0," or touch POWER. 5 LED DISPLAY AND SETTINGS When you select a cycle, its default settings will light up and the Estimated Time Remaining will be displayed (for times longer than 99 minutes, hours will be displayed, followed by minutes). Factors such as load size, wash temperature, and water pressure may affect the time shown in the display during the cycle. Tightly packing garments, unbalanced loads, or excessive suds may cause the washer to adjust the cycle time, as well. Touch the desired option along the bottom of the display to adjust settings. See "Cycle Guide" for available settings on each cycle. Not all settings are available with all cycles. Cycle Status Lights For details, see "Cycle Status Lights". Wash Temp The recommended wash temperature is preset for each cycle. You may also select a wash temperature based on the type of fabric and soils being washed. For best results, follow the garment label instructions. All wash temperatures feature a cold rinse. Spin This washer automatically selects the spin speed based on the cycle selected. Some preset speeds can be changed. • Faster spin speeds mean shorter dry times, but may increase wrinkling in your load. • Slower spin speeds reduce wrinkling, but will leave 4 your load more damp. 6 OPTIONS Touch to activate additional wash options or additional features on the washer. Control Lock Touch and hold for 3 seconds to lock the controls to avoid unwanted changes or operation. Touch and hold 3 seconds again to unlock. You can still touch HOLD TO START to pause the cycle, or touch POWER to turn the washer off. 7 C B A HE detergent B Liquid fabric softener A C Chlorine bleach 7 DISPENSER DRAWER The dispenser drawer gives you the convenience of automatically adding HE detergent, liquid chlorine bleach, and liquid fabric softener to the wash load at the proper time. See "Using the Dispenser Drawer" for information on using the dispenser drawer. A High Efficiency "HE" detergent compartment This compartment holds liquid or powdered HE detergent for your main wash cycle. B Liquid fabric softener compartment Automatically dilutes and dispenses liquid fabric softener at the optimum time in the cycle. n Use only liquid fabric softener in this dispenser. C Liquid chlorine bleach compartment Automatically dilutes and dispenses liquid chlorine bleach at the optimum time during the first rinse after the wash cycle. This compartment cannot dilute powdered bleach.