Using Your Dishwasher; Basic Guidelines - Samsung DW80M2020 Series User Manual

using your dishwasher

BASIC GUIDELINES

1. Open the door and load your dishes (see page 14).
- Place dishes into the upper and lower racks, unless you have selected Lower Rack.
- Remove any food remains from the dishes before placing them in the rack(s).
- After placing the dishes into the racks, rotate the nozzles by hand to check whether any
of the dishes will interfere with them.
- Make sure the dishes will not prevent the detergent dispenser from opening.
2. Add detergent to the dispenser (see page 20).
- Make sure to use only automatic dishwasher detergent and rinse aid.
- Refer to "Using detergent" on page 20 for instructions explaining how to add detergent and
rinse aid.
3. Press the Power button.
- When you press the Power button, the entire display turns on and off, and then the indicator of the
most recently f inished cycle lights up.
4. Select an appropriate cleaning cycle depending on the soil level of the dishes. (See pages 9 and 24.)
- Press the appropriate cycle button.
- When you press a cycle button, the cycle indicator lights up.
5. Press the Start button, and then close the door within 3 seconds.
- The dishwasher will start draining after a few seconds, and then start the selected cycle.
- Make sure to close the door f irmly. If the door is not closed properly, the selected cycle will not start
automatically.
6. When the wash cycle is completed.
- The light illuminates and the dishwasher sounds a chime.
- The dishwasher powers off automatically.
- If you want to load more dishes or pause the dishwasher while it is already running, make sure to
open the door slowly and carefully as there is a possibility of injury from the hot steam inside the
CAUTION
dishwasher.
- If the door is opened while the dishwasher is running, a safety mechanism is activated and stops
the cycle.
- To resume operation, press the
- Adding dishes several minutes after the dishwasher starts operating may affect its performance.
- If you open the door while the dishwasher is running at high temperature, it will drain the hot water
automatically to protect you from scalding.
You should use rinse aids for better drying performance. You can further improve drying performance
by also selecting the Sanitize option.
Start button, and then close the door within 3 seconds.
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