Selecting Options - Whirlpool CATALYST Use And Care Manual

Preset cycle settings
Your washer has preset soil levels, load sizes and water
temperatures based on the cycle selected. The preset settings
provide the recommended fabric care for your load. See chart.
Cycle Soil Level
Heavy Duty More
Whitest Normal
Whites
Normal Normal
Perm. Press/ Normal
Casual
Quick Wash Normal
Extra Delicate Normal
Hand Wash Normal
Soak Normal
Rinse/Spin None
To change the preset cycle settings
Press the Select pad of each setting until the desired setting
glows.

Selecting Options

You can customize your wash cycle by adding one or more of the
following options to your wash: CATALYST
Soak, Rinse/Spin or Spin.
A single tone sounds when a selection is accepted.
Three short tones sound if an unavailable selection is made.
CATALYST Cleaning Action
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Your washer uses CATALYST cleaning action to help ensure
better soil and stain removal from your wash load. CATALYST
cleaning action reduces the need for pretreatment and is safe for
all fabrics. CATALYST cleaning action is pre-selected in the
Heavy Duty and Whitest Whites cycles and is automatically
added to the Quick Wash and Hand Wash cyles. The CATALYST
option can be added to any wash cycle.
How CATALYST cleaning action works
1. Before agitation begins, detergent is automatically released
into a special chamber that mixes the detergent with a small
amount of water to create a sudsy cleaning solution.
2. Spinning spreads out the clothes.
3. The cleaning solution showers onto the top of the fabrics. The
solution is pulled through the clothes, and the detergent
enzymes attach to soils and stains, lifting them away.
4. A sensor alerts the washer when the cleaning solution
completely penetrates the stains and soils and a rich, sudsy
lather covers the clothes. The washer fills to the selected
water level and completes the selected cycle.
NOTES:
For best results, the load should be dry at the start of the
cycle.
Stubborn and set-in stains might require additional
pretreatment.
Load Size Water
Temperature
Super Plus Warm/Cold
Super Plus Hot/Cold
Super Plus Warm/Cold
Super Plus Warm/Cold
Medium Warm/Warm
Medium Warm/Cold
Medium Cold/Cold
Super Plus Warm/Cold
Super Plus Warm/Cold
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cleaning action,
To select or cancel CATALYST cleaning action
Press On/Off to select or cancel CATALYST cleaning action. The
CATALYST option must be selected or cancelled before Start is
pressed.
Soak
Use Soak for heavy soils and stains that need additional time for
removal. You can add Soak to a wash cycle, or you can select a
Soak only.
To add Soak to a wash cycle
When Soak is added to a wash cycle, the washer fills to the
selected water level, agitates briefly and soaks for a few minutes
before the wash cycle begins. The amount of soak time varies
with each cycle, but is not longer than 12 minutes.
1. Select a cycle.
2. Press On/Off until the Soak light glows.
3. Press Start.
To select a Soak only
When a Soak only is selected, the washer fills to the selected
water level, agitates briefly and soaks. The preset soak time is 30
minutes. If a different soil level is selected, the soak time
increases or decreases, depending on the selection. After
soaking, the washer agitates briefly, drains and spins. Soak only
should be followed by a wash cycle, as there is no rinse.
1. Place a sorted load of clothes into the washer. Add detergent
to the detergent dispenser.
2. Press On/Off until the Soak light glows. The preset settings
will glow. If desired, change settings.
3. Close washer lid. Press Start.
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