Whirlpool AUTOMATIC WASHER Use & Care Manual page 15

Preset cycle settings
Each cycle has a preset Soil Level (cycle time), Water Temperature,
and Spin Speed. The preset settings provide the recommended
fabric care for the selected cycle. See chart.
Cycle
Soil Level
(cycle time)
Whitest Normal
Whites (1:20)
Heavy Duty Heavy
(1:20)
Bulky Items Normal
(1:00)
Active Wear Normal
(0:40)
Normal/ Normal
Casual (0:50)
Delicate Normal
(0:40)
Wool Normal
(0:30)
Silk Normal
(0:27)
Hand Normal
Washables (0:30)
Quick Wash Light
(2-3 items) (0:18)
Clean N/A
Washer with (1:05)
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Soak Normal
(0:32)
Rinse/Spin N/A
(0:22)
Drain/Spin N/A
(0:13)
To change the preset cycle settings
Press the selector of each available setting until the desired
setting glows green.
Whitest Whites
This cycle is especially designed for cleaning loads of soiled white
fabrics with the addition of bleach. Hot washing temperatures
assure optimal bleach activity. An additional rinse provides optimal
rinse performance to avoid chlorine residues on your laundry.
This cycle combines fast-speed tumbling, longer wash time,
and high speed spin to shorten drying time.
Heavy Duty
Use this cycle to wash loads of sturdy, colorfast fabrics and heavily
soiled garments. This cycle combines fast-speed tumbling, optimal
wash time, and high speed spin to shorten drying times. If the water
temperature is lower than needed for this cycle, the heater will warm
the water to the optimum temperature.
Water Temp Spin Speed
Hot/Cold Extra High
Warm/Cold Extra High
Warm/Cold Extra High
Warm/Cold Medium
Warm/Cold High
Warm/Cold Medium
Warm/Cold Medium
Cold/Cold No Spin
Cold/Cold Low
Warm/Cold Extra High
N/A N/A
Warm/Cold N/A
Cold/Cold Extra High
N/A Extra High
Bulky Items
Use this cycle to wash large items such as blankets and comforters.
This cycle starts with a soak to thoroughly saturate your large load.
This is followed by medium wash action and low-spin speeds to
maintain load balance.
Active Wear
Use this cycle to wash small loads of exercise wear such as biking
shorts, tank tops, running tights, and other performance clothing.
This cycle combines low-speed tumbling and medium-speed spin
for gentle fabric care.
Normal/Casual
Use this cycle to wash loads of no-iron fabrics, such as sport shirts,
blouses, casual business clothes, permanent press blends,
cottons and linens, and synthetic fabrics. This cycle combines
medium-speed tumbling, high-speed spin, and a load cooling
process to reduce wrinkling.
NOTE: For the best energy performance, use the Normal/Casual
Cycle.
Delicate
Use this cycle to wash sheer fabrics and lingerie. This cycle
combines low-speed tumbling and medium-speed spin for gentle
fabric care.
Wool
Use this cycle to clean washable woolen garments (Check label
instructions to make sure garment is washable). CRADLE CLEAN
motion offers gentle fabric care for safe and effective cleaning. This
cycle features gentle tumbling and low speed spin to provide
optimum garment care.
IMPORTANT: Avoid the use of powdered detergents. For the best
results, use detergent designed for the care of wool garments.
Silk
Use this cycle to clean washable silk garments (Check label
instructions to make sure garment is washable). CRADLE CLEAN
motion offers gentle fabric care for safe and effective cleaning. This
cycle gently tumbles and drains without spinning to gently clean silk
garments and minimize wrinkling. Garments will be slightly wetter at
the end of the cycle, because there is no spin action.
NOTE: Use mesh garment bags as necessary.
IMPORTANT: Avoid the use of powdered detergents. For the best
results, use detergent designed for the care of silk garments.
Hand Washables
Use this cycle to clean hand washable and special-care garments.
Similar to the way garments are hand washed in a sink, the wash
action of this cycle combines periods of low-speed tumbling and
soaking. Low-speed spin reduces wrinkling.
■ Use mesh garment bags as necessary.
Quick Wash
Use this cycle to wash small loads of 2-3 lightly soiled garments
that are needed in a hurry. This cycle combines fast-speed tumbling,
a shortened wash time, and high speed spin to shorten
drying time.
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