You’ll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. Two, because
some cycles use two washes.
MAIN
CUP
See “Detergent Usage Guide”
below. (Be sure the Cycle Indicator
Dial is at OFF position before
adding detergent. Otherwise, the
detergent cup will not close and
latch properly.)
GRASP HANDLE,
ROTATE AND
CLOSE TIGHTLY
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How to prepare the dishes
for washing
If this is your first dishwasher, or
if you’re replacing a much older
model, you may wonder how much
preparation your dishes need.
Actually very little. Pre-rinsing of
normal food soils is not necessary.
With common sense and a little
practice you’ll soon know what
foods to remove. Here are some
guidelines:
1. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins,
toothpicks and other hard solids. It
is also best to remove hard shelled
vegetables, meat trimmings, lea@
vegetables and crusts. Remove
excessive quantities of oil or grease.
2. Remove large quantities of any
food. Yourdishwasher has a built-in
soft food disposer that pulverizes
soft food bits and flushes them
away.It can handle small amounts
of soft foods, but large amounts will
be difficult to handle.
Close the main cup.
NOTE: To open the detergent cup
afier it has been closed, unlatch the
door and rotate the Cycle Indicator
Dial a full turn to the OFF position.
When the closed cup contains soap
it is best that the door be in a
partially open position before
rotating the Cycle Indicator Dial.
This will help reduce the amount
of detergent and rinse aid agent
spillage into the tub.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
3. Try to remove food scraps and
place dishes in dishwasher before
soil has a chance to dry and become
hard. Dishes with dried-on soil are
more difficult to wash and may not
come clean in the NORMAL
WASH cycle. Remember to use
your RINSE & HOLD cycle for
small “holding” loads.
Note: The foods mentioned above
are for examples only. Other foods
not mentioned may also need to be
removed from your dishes. Youmay
also want to consider removing
foods such as mustard, mayomaise,
vinegar, lemon juice and other foods
that can cause discoloration of
stainless steel if allowed to remain
on dishes for a long period of time.
SOFT WATER
MEDIUM WATER
HARD WA~R
(O-3grains hardness)
(3-7 grains)
(7-12 grains*)
CYCLES
MainCup OpenCup
Main Cup
Open Cup
Main Cup~ Open Cup*
NORMAL WASH
Half Full + Half Full
Completely
+ Half
Fu1l
Completely
+ ;:lypletely
Full
Full
LIGHT WASH Half Full None
Half Full
None Completely
None
Full
RINSE & HOLD . Use no detergent
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Useno detergent
Useno detergent
*12 grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it,
$Filled Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
lime can build up in the water valve. The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding.
Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
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