Asko D3531 User manual D3531 Use & Care Guide EN - Page 4

LOADING THE BASKETS Your new dishwasher features ASKO's Self Cleaning System™. This means that after prewash, mainwash and intermediate rinse the water is drained out and cycle continues with clean water. If you plan to start your dishwasher right away, it's not necessary to rinse the dishes. You do, however, need to scrape off the large particles of food before loading. LOADING THE UPPER BASKET After you have scraped off the large food particles, place glasses, cups, saucers, bowls and small plates in the upper basket, as illustrated. Load stemware with the stem fitted inside one of the grooved tines on the stemware rack. The row of tines by the stemware rack is adjustable to prevent glassware from bumping together (clattering). Load the glassware then use the lever to adjust the tines until the items are secure. The fold-down cup shelf on the right side of the basket gives you an additional place to stack cups and small bowls. The cup shelf is divided, which gives you more loading flexibility. This model has a knife stop on the front of the upper basket and special slots to hold the blades securely in place. This gives you a safe place to load long utensils and knives that won't fit in the silverware or knife/ utensil basket. The knife stop prevents knives or utensils from damaging the door when you open and close it. NOTE: When loading sharp items, always be careful not to cut the rack coating. LOADING THE KNIFE/UTENSIL BASKET Whenever possible, knives and long utensils should be loaded in the knife/ utensil basket attached above the upper basket. To avoid injury, items with sharp ends should always be loaded with the sharp ends pointed toward the back of the dishwasher. Again, always be careful not to cut the rack coating when loading sharp items. LOADING THE LOWER BASKET Load larger items in the lower basket, such as, dinner plates, pots and pans, serving dishes, and casseroles. The rear tines easily fold down to provide space for large items, such as pots and pans. Be sure to load dishware facing downward or toward the center of the dishwasher. The plate guard on the bottom front of the upper basket (see page 3) is designed to prevent you from loading dishes in the lower basket that are too tall and could interfere with the spray arm rotation. If an item strikes the plate guard when you slide the lower basket into the dishwasher, it should be removed or rearranged. LOADING THE SILVERWARE BASKET The silverware basket is designed with eight compartments to help keep the silverware separated. Load silverware with the handles downwards and spread it out as much as possible to avoid nesting. For safety, load sharp knives with the handles up. Avoid placing silverware made of different materials (e.g., silver and stainless) in the same compartment because of the risk of discoloration. (See page 15.) Small Items Containment Lid The silverware basket has a lid in the middle that snaps down over the compartments to its left or right to contain small, lightweight items that might slip through the rack tines or get washed out of the basket. The small items lid is slotted, so you also could use it to keep silverware separated, such as teaspoons. Small items containment lid When loading silverware, try to avoid nesting the spoons and forks. Page 4 Customer Care Center 1-800-898-1879 www. askousa.com