GE GTW680BSJWS Use and Care Manual - Page 4

Operating instructions. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 • Add fabric softener to the fabric softener dispenser; see page 10. • Add the manufacturer's recommended amount of detergent. GE recommends the use of High Efficiency detergents such as in your energy efficient washer. Place detergent pods in the bottom of the wash basket before adding clothes. • Loosely add items around Infusor. Overloading may negatively impact wash performance. See page 9 for suggested loading examples. • Close lid. NOTE: Washer will not start with lid open. • Select wash cycle. • Select wash options, • Press Start. including Deep Rinse option when using fabric softener. • Select options. Controls A D C Lid Lock Spin Stop G F F G B E G F A Power Press to "wake up" the display. If the display is active, press to put the washer into idle mode. NOTE: Pressing Power does not disconnect the appliance from the power supply. B Start/Pause Press Start to begin the cycle. NOTE: The lid must be closed for the washer to start the cycle. If the lid is open, "Lid" will scroll across the display. If the lid is closed, the lid will lock, the Lid Lock light will illuminate, and "SEnSing" will scroll across the display. Pressing Pause will unlock the lid (if locked at that time), pause the cycle and the Start indicator light will blink. To continue the cycle, press Start again. If machine is paused more than 24 hours, the cycle will be cancelled. If water remains in the machine, select the Drain & Spin cycle to drain basket and spin water out of the washer basket. C Display and Status Lights Display: The display shows the approximate time remaining until the end of the cycle. NOTE: The cycle time is affected by how long it takes the washer to fill. This depends on the water pressure in your home. The size of the load being washed also significantly impacts cycle time, with larger loads taking longer. In addition, this display will, "scroll" the washer status: • bALAnCINg Start of rebalancing cycle to redistribute clothes. Stops after rebalancing is complete. • dELAY When Delay Wash is initiated. Replaced with estimated time when cycle starts. • End End of current cycle. • FILL For the first 45 seconds of a fill, the estimated end of cycle time is displayed. For the rest of the fill time, "FILL" is scrolled until the fill completes. • H2O SUPPLY Can not sense water level (valves possibly turned off). • LId Cycle stopped because lid is open. Close the lid. • SEnSIng Sensing load size and type before and during fill (normal). • PAUSE Cycle paused because the Start/Pause button was pressed and the washer was set to Pause. Press Start button again to restart the cycle. Cycle status lights: Shows whether the washer is in the Delay, Fill, Soak, Wash, Rinse or Spin portion of the cycle. Feature status lights indicate (see sections F and G for more details): Pause - Will display when washer is paused between cycles. Controls - The washer is locked - will blink once if you press any button or turn the cycle knob. Lid Lock - The lid is locked. See the Control Lock description. 4 Spin Stop - Indicates wash basket is coasting to a stop following spin. Lid will not unlock until basket has fully come to a stop.