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Cycle Guide For best fabric care, choose the cycle that best fits the load being washed. Recommended settings for best performance are shown in Bold. Not all cycles and options are available on each cycle. Not all settings and options are available on each cycle. Items to wash: Cycle: Wash Temp*: Spin Speed**: Cycle Details: Large items such as sheets, sleeping bags, small comforters, jackets, small washable rugs Bulky Items/ Sheets Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold Low Use this cycle to wash large items such as jackets and small comforters. The washer will fill with enough water to wet down the load before the wash portion of the cycle begins, and uses a higher water level than other cycles. Sturdy fabrics, colorfast items, towels, jeans Heavy Duty Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold High Provides maximum wash time and action for tough stains and soils. Use this cycle for heavily soiled or sturdy items. Water-level sensing process may take longer for some items than for others because they will absorb more water than other fabric types. Casual and mixed loads, jeans, towels, sturdy fabrics Deep Water Wash Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold High Provides additional water and alternating wash action for heavily soiled mixed loads. Water-level sensing process may take longer for some items than for others because they will absorb more water than other fabric types. Cottons, linens, and mixed item loads Normal Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold High Use this cycle for normally soiled cottons and mixed fabric loads. Bright or darkly colored cottons, linens, casual and mixed loads Cold Wash Cold High Cold water with an additional wash action gently lifts stains while caring for fabrics. Settings may be adjusted as desired, but must use only cold water settings. No-iron fabrics, cottons, perm press, synthetics Casual Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold Low Use this cycle to wash loads of no-iron fabrics such as sport shirts, blouses, casual business clothes, permanent press, and blends. Machine-wash silks, hand-wash fabrics Delicate Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold Low Use this cycle to wash lightly soiled items indicating "Machine Washable Silks" or "Gentle" cycle on the care label. Place small items in mesh garment bags before washing. This cycle uses a higher, preset water level. Small loads, cottons, polyester, perm press Quick Wash Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold High Use this cycle to wash small, lightly soiled loads of 2-3 items that are needed in a hurry. Heavily soiled fabrics Soak Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold No Spin Use this cycle to soak small spots of set in stains on fabrics. The washer will use intermittent agitation and soaking. After time has expired, water will drain, but the washer will not spin. Cycle is complete. Hand-washed items or dripping wet items Drain & Spin N/A High This cycle uses a spin to shorten drying times for heavy fabrics or special-care items washed by hand. Use this cycle to drain washer after cancelling a cycle or completing a cycle after a power failure. Swimsuits and items requiring rinsing without detergent Rinse & Spin Cold rinse only High Combines a rinse and high speed spin for loads requiring an additional rinse cycle or to complete a load after power interruption. Also use for loads that require rinsing only. No clothes in washer Clean Washer with affresh® Hot Warm Cool Cold Tap Cold Low Use this cycle every 30 washes to keep the inside of your washer fresh and clean. This cycle uses a higher water level. Use with affresh® Washer Cleaner tablet or liquid chlorine bleach to thoroughly clean the inside of your washer. This cycle should not be interrupted. See "Washer Care." IMPORTANT: Do not place garments or other items in the washer during the Clean Washer with affresh® cycle. Use this cycle with an empty wash tub. *All rinses are cold. **Spin speed is integrated into the cycle and can not be selected. 6

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Cycle Guide
For best fabric care, choose the cycle that best fits the load being washed.
Recommended settings for best performance are shown in Bold.
Not all cycles and options are available on each cycle. Not all settings and options are available on each cycle.
*All rinses are cold.
**Spin speed is integrated into the cycle and can not be selected.
Large items such
as sheets, sleeping
bags, small
comforters, jackets,
small washable rugs
Bulky Items/
Sheets
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
Low
Use this cycle to wash large items such as jackets and small
comforters. The washer will fill with enough water to wet
down the load before the wash portion of the cycle begins,
and uses a higher water level than other cycles.
Sturdy fabrics,
colorfast items,
towels, jeans
Heavy Duty
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
High
Provides maximum wash time and action for tough stains
and soils. Use this cycle for heavily soiled or sturdy items.
Water-level sensing process may take longer for some items
than for others because they will absorb more water than
other fabric types.
Casual and mixed
loads, jeans, towels,
sturdy fabrics
Deep Water
Wash
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
High
Provides additional water and alternating wash action for
heavily soiled mixed loads. Water-level sensing process may
take longer for some items than for others because they will
absorb more water than other fabric types.
Cottons, linens, and
mixed item loads
Normal
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
High
Use this cycle for normally soiled cottons and mixed fabric
loads.
Bright or darkly
colored cottons,
linens, casual and
mixed loads
Cold Wash
Cold
High
Cold water with an additional wash action gently lifts
stains while caring for fabrics. Settings may be adjusted as
desired, but must use only cold water settings.
No-iron fabrics,
cottons, perm
press, synthetics
Casual
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
Low
Use this cycle to wash loads of no-iron fabrics such as sport
shirts, blouses, casual business clothes, permanent press,
and blends.
Machine-wash silks,
hand-wash fabrics
Delicate
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
Low
Use this cycle to wash lightly soiled items indicating
“Machine Washable Silks” or “Gentle” cycle on the care
label. Place small items in mesh garment bags before
washing. This cycle uses a higher, preset water level.
Small loads,
cottons, polyester,
perm press
Quick Wash
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
High
Use this cycle to wash small, lightly soiled loads of 2-3 items
that are needed in a hurry.
Heavily soiled
fabrics
Soak
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
No Spin
Use this cycle to soak small spots of set in stains on fabrics.
The washer will use intermittent agitation and soaking. After
time has expired, water will drain, but the washer will not
spin. Cycle is complete.
Hand-washed items
or dripping wet
items
Drain &
Spin
N/A
High
This cycle uses a spin to shorten drying times for heavy
fabrics or special-care items washed by hand. Use this
cycle to drain washer after cancelling a cycle or completing
a cycle after a power failure.
Swimsuits and
items requiring
rinsing without
detergent
Rinse &
Spin
Cold rinse only
High
Combines a rinse and high speed spin for loads requiring
an additional rinse cycle or to complete a load after power
interruption. Also use for loads that require rinsing only.
No clothes in
washer
Clean Washer
with
affresh
®
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Tap Cold
Low
Use this cycle every 30 washes to keep the inside of your
washer fresh and clean. This cycle uses a higher water level.
Use with affresh
®
Washer Cleaner tablet or liquid chlorine
bleach to thoroughly clean the inside of your washer. This
cycle should not be interrupted. See “Washer Care.”
IMPORTANT:
Do not place garments or other items in the
washer during the Clean Washer with affresh
®
cycle. Use
this cycle with an empty wash tub.
Items to wash:
Cycle:
Wash Temp*:
Spin
Speed**:
Cycle Details: