Amana NTW4600Y Use and Care - Page 5

Cycle Guide

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CYCLE GUIDE For best fabric care, choose the cycle that best fits the load being washed. Not all cycles and options are available on all models. Items to wash: Cycle: No-iron fabrics, cottons, perm press, linens, synthetics No-iron fabrics, cottons, perm press, linens, synthetics No-iron fabrics, cottons, perm press, linens, synthetics Cottons, linens, sheets, and mixed garment loads Casual Heavy Casual Regular Casual Light Normal Super Heavy Cottons, linens, sheets, and mixed garment loads Normal Regular Cottons, linens, sheets, and mixed garment loads Normal Light Machine-wash silks, hand-washed fabrics Delicate Regular Machine-wash silks, hand-washed fabrics Delicate Light Small loads of items labeled "handwash": undergarments, bras, silks Swimsuits and garments requiring rinsing without detergent Hand-washed garments or dripping wet items Handwash Rinse/Spin Drain/Spin Wash Temperature*: Hot Warm Cool Cold Hot Warm Cool Cold Hot Warm Cool Cold Hot Warm Cool Cold Hot Warm Cool Cold Hot Warm Cool Cold Hot Warm Cool Cold Hot Warm Cool Cold Hot Warm Cool Cold Cold rinse only N/A Spin Speed: Low Cycle Details: Use this cycle to wash normally soiled loads of no-iron fabrics such as sport shirts, blouses, casual business clothes, permanent press, and blends. Low Use this cycle to wash loads of no-iron fabrics such as sport shirts, blouses, casual business clothes, permanent press, and blends. Low Use this cycle to wash lightly soiled loads of no-iron fabrics such as sport shirts, blouses, casual business clothes, permanent press, and blends. High Use this cycle for heavily soiled cottons and mixed fabric loads. This cycle features a spray rinse. Use this cycle for cleaning the interior of the washer. See "Washer Care." High Use this cycle for normally soiled cottons and mixed fabric loads. This cycle features a spray rinse. High Use this cycle for lightly soiled cottons and mixed fabric loads. This cycle features a spray rinse. Low Low Low High Use this cycle to wash soiled garments indicating "Machine Washable Silks" or "Gentle" cycle on the care label. Place small items in mesh garment bags before washing. This cycle features a spray rinse. Use this cycle to wash lightly soiled garments indicating "Machine Washable Silks" or "Gentle" cycle on the care label. Place small items in mesh garment bags before washing. This cycle features a spray rinse. Similar to the way garments are hand-washed in a sink, this cycle combines periods of low-speed agitation and soaking. This cycle features a spray rinse. NOTE: Use mesh garment bags as needed. 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. 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. NOTE: Be sure to set Fabric Softener knob to YES, if adding fabric softener to load. *All rinses are cold. 5

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CYCLE GUIDE
For best fabric care, choose the cycle that best fits the load being washed.
Not all cycles and options are available on all models.
NOTE:
Be sure to set Fabric Softener knob to YES, if adding fabric softener to load.
*All rinses are cold.
No-iron fabrics,
cottons, perm
press, linens,
synthetics
Casual
Heavy
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Low
Use this cycle to wash normally soiled loads of no-iron
fabrics such as sport shirts, blouses, casual business
clothes, permanent press, and blends.
No-iron fabrics,
cottons, perm
press, linens,
synthetics
Casual
Regular
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Low
Use this cycle to wash loads of no-iron fabrics such as sport
shirts, blouses, casual business clothes, permanent press,
and blends.
No-iron fabrics,
cottons, perm
press, linens,
synthetics
Casual
Light
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Low
Use this cycle to wash lightly soiled loads of no-iron
fabrics such as sport shirts, blouses, casual business
clothes, permanent press, and blends.
Cottons, linens,
sheets, and mixed
garment loads
Normal
Super Heavy
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
High
Use this cycle for heavily soiled cottons and mixed fabric
loads. This cycle features a spray rinse. Use this cycle for
cleaning the interior of the washer. See “Washer Care.”
Cottons, linens,
sheets, and mixed
garment loads
Normal
Regular
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
High
Use this cycle for normally soiled cottons and mixed fabric
loads. This cycle features a spray rinse.
Cottons, linens,
sheets, and mixed
garment loads
Normal
Light
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
High
Use this cycle for lightly soiled cottons and mixed fabric
loads. This cycle features a spray rinse.
Machine-wash
silks, hand-washed
fabrics
Delicate
Regular
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Low
Use this cycle to wash soiled garments indicating “Machine
Washable Silks” or “Gentle” cycle on the care label. Place
small items in mesh garment bags before washing. This
cycle features a spray rinse.
Machine-wash
silks, hand-washed
fabrics
Delicate
Light
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Low
Use this cycle to wash lightly soiled garments indicating
“Machine Washable Silks” or “Gentle” cycle on the care
label. Place small items in mesh garment bags before
washing. This cycle features a spray rinse.
Small loads of items
labeled “handwash”:
undergarments,
bras, silks
Handwash
Hot
Warm
Cool
Cold
Low
Similar to the way garments are hand-washed in a sink, this
cycle combines periods of low-speed agitation and soaking.
This cycle features a spray rinse.
NOTE:
Use mesh garment bags as needed.
Swimsuits and
garments 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.
Hand-washed
garments 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.
Items to wash:
Cycle:
Wash
Temperature*:
Spin
Speed:
Cycle Details: