Cycles; Starting The Dishwasher - Siemens SL85A7 Use And Care Manual

The Cycle Completion Signal
This Cycle Completion Signal is a tone that sounds to alert you when your dishwasher
finishes washing and drying your dishes. You can either disable the tone or set the volume.
To activate:
• Press and hold the right "Cancel Reset" button then press and hold the On/Off button.
• When the light on the "Cancel Reset" button you are pressing illuminates and the tone
begins to sound, release both buttons.
• Press the right-most "Cancel Reset" button until the tone is either at the desired vol-
ume or is silent.
• Press the On/Off Button. The Cycle Completion Signal is now set.
Hygiene Dry Low Rinse Agent Compensator
This feature senses when the unit is low on rinse agent and automatically increases the
drying time. For best performance, always use a liquid rinse agent even if your detergent
contains a drying additive.

Starting the Dishwasher

To start the dishwasher, follow the instructions in Figure 17.
activeLight TM
Red LED illuminates the floor to indicate the unit is running. When the cycle is complete the
light will go out.
Interrupting a Cycle
NOTE: Should you need to interrupt a cycle (to add or remove an item, to add detergent,
etc.), it is best to do so within the first 30 minutes of the cycle.
WARNING
You could be seriously scalded if you allow hot water to splash out of the dishwasher.
OPEN THE DOOR CAREFULLY during any wash or rinse cycle. Do not fully open the
door until water noises have stopped.
Hidden Top Controls
1. Open the dishwasher door just far enough to expose the control panel.
2. Press the ON/Off button to turn the unit off.
3. Wait at least ten seconds or until the water noises stop before opening the
dishwasher door.
4. To resume the cycle, press the On/Off button and close the dishwasher door.
Canceling or Changing a Cycle
To cancel or change a cycle, press and hold for three seconds the two butons labeled
"Cancel Reset" as shown in Figure 18.
Wait approximately one minute, then press the On/Off button. You may now begin a new
cycle.
Dishware Drying
At the end of the cycle the dishwasher will stop and a period of condensation drying will
follow. After drying, the cycle is complete and:
• the "Clean" light will illuminate (select models).
• the completion signal will sound.
• the "Sanitized" light may appear. See section on Sanitization for more information.
• the activeLight TM light will go out.
• the countdown display will show "0" (select models).
NOTE: To accelerate and enhance drying, open the dishwasher door, pull the top rack a
Figure 17
1. Open the door. 2. Turn on.
4. Close the door to
start.
Figure 18
3. Select a cycle.
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