Viking Range Professional 450 Series Quick Reference Manual

General Loading Guidelines
• Load all items so that the force of the water and quietly. To avoid any extra clattering or thumping
the detergent reach soiled surfaces. noises during operation:
• DO NOT let china, crystal, and other delicate items • Keep sink drain plugs inserted during dishwasher
touch each other during dishwasher operation. operation to prevent noise transfer through drains.
• DO NOT use door to push racks in. • Load dishes so they do not touch each other.
• DO NOT put stainless steel of different qualities • Make sure lightweight items are secured in
close to each other. Contact can damage metals. the rack.
• Rinse stainless steel items if they will not be • Make sure pot lids and handles, pizza pans, cookie
washed immediately. Prolonged contact with salty sheets, etc., DO NOT touch interior walls.
or acidic foods will cause stains.
The Silverware/Cutlery Basket
Note: DO NOT load dishes in a manner that would Tips for Best Cleaning Results:
block the detergent dispenser lid from completely • Distribute items evenly and mix knives, forks, and
opening. The detergent dispenser could be spoons so that items will avoid nesting.
damaged. • ALWAYS place forks and spoons with eating
portions up and handles down.
Note: DO NOT put sterling silver or silver-plated • Each compartment has a lid which will separate the
flatware in the same compartment with stainless steel. silverware for the best cleaning and drying results.
Contact between the metals can damage silver. The lids also hold small, lightweight items in place.
• IMPORTANT: Sharp or pointed items, such as
Extra Quiet Operation Hints
knives, should always be put in with the point
Your dishwasher has been designed and engineered down to protect your hands.
to give superior cleaning results and to operate very • Basket can be moved to upper rack or lower rack.
Adjusting Racks
The Lower Rack The Upper Rack
The lower rack is best for dinner plates, smaller plates, The upper rack is best for glasses, cups, bowls, small
serving plates, larger bowls, pots, and pans. plates, and saucers and can accommodate full-sized
• Securely place heavily soiled cookware face down in plates up to 10-1/4".
the rack. • Make sure small plastic items are held firmly in
• Use the fold-down tines to provide space for large place with Hold Tight™ dividers.
items such as • Arrange
pots and pans. stemware
• Make sure pot between prongs
handles and of stemware
other items cradle so that
DO NOT stop the stemware
rotation of lower cannot move
wash arm by easily.
hanging below • Make sure items
fold-down tines
the rack. hanging below
fold-down tines
the rack DO NOT block the rotation of
the wash arm.
Dishwasher Controls/Wash Cycles/Wash Options
Start/Cancel Switch
Roller Bearing™ upper rack Roller Bearing™ upper rack
• • Hold-Tight™ dividers (3) Hold-Tight™ dividers (3)
• • One-piece stemware Cradle/cup shelf (1 row) One-piece stemware Cradle/cup shelf (1 row)
One-piece cup shelf (1 row) One-piece cup shelf (1 row)
• •
Stainless steel Stainless steel
wash arms wash arms
DishGuard™ DishGuard™
protector protector
Top of door Top of door
Lower rack Lower rack
hidden control hidden control
One-piece fold down tines (4 rows) One-piece fold down tines (4 rows)
panel panel • •
• • Two-piece silverware basket Two-piece silverware basket
Automatic detergent Automatic detergent
dispenser/Automatic dispenser/Automatic
rinse agent dispenser rinse agent dispenser
Wash Cycles Wash Options
Pots/Pans Top Wash
Heavily soiled pots, pans and casserole dishes. Washes dishes on top rack only. Uses less
Long heated prewash loosens up encrusted water and conserves energy. Available on
food. High temperature, intense pressure, and Normal Cycle.
long main wash. High temperature rinse.
Econo Dry
Normal Wash
Selects a "no heat" dry. Available on Normal,
Normally soiled plates, glasses, bowls, and Econo Wash, and Light China Cycles.
lightly soiled pots and pans. Normal prewash,
155°F (68°C) Final Rinse
main wash and rinse. Medium pressure and
temperature. Increases the temperature of final rinse to
155°F (68°C). Available on Pots and Pans and
Econo Wash Normal Cycles.
Normally soiled plates, glasses, bowls, and
Delay Start
lightly soiled pots and pans. Lower
temperature main wash and rinse. Longer Lets you delay running the dishwasher for up
prewash and main wash to maximize cleaning to 10 hours. To set "Delay Start", select the
performance while using less energy. desired wash cycle and option(s). Press the
"Delay Start" button once and the number "2"
Light/China
Removable Removable will light, indicating a two hour delay. If you
coarse coarse Lightly soiled dishes or fine china and crystal. desire a longer delay, continue pressing the
strainer strainer Low temperature wash and rinse. Lightest "Delay Start" button to a 4, 6, 8 or 10 hour
pressure to protect dishes. delay. The corresponding number on the
Fine filter Fine filter
button will light. Once you have set the desired
Rinse/Hold
delay time, press the "START" button and
All dishware. Short, medium pressure rinse with close the door. "Delay Start" is not available
no heat. with the Rinse/Hold cycle.
Audible Sound Signal
(Select models)
A single beep will occur when you select
cycles, options and press the "START" key. The
end-of-cycle signal consists of 2 long beeps. If
the "START" button is not pressed or if the
door is not closed within 4 seconds of pressing
the "START" button, 3 short beeps will occur.
For all other error messages and to deselect
the audible sound signal, see the
Troubleshooting/Fault Codes section.
Changing a Program
Changing a program after the unit Opening the door after Cycle
has started has started
The dishwasher is programmed to stop operating if If the door is opened for longer than five seconds,
the door is opened during a cycle. To change a after the cycle has started, the "START" button will
program or option after starting the machine, open flash to indicate that the dishwasher is in Standby
the door slightly to let the spray arms stop rotating Mode. Press the "START" button before closing the
and avoid getting sprayed with water. Press and hold door and the cycle will resume.
"START" for four seconds to cancel the current
Power On Light
selection. Then press the touchpad(s) for your
desired selection. A blue light will illuminate from the bottom right
corner of the dishwasher kickplate when a cycle is
Press "START" again and close the door. The drain running.
pump will run to remove any dirty water from the
dishwasher before starting the newly selected cycle.
Check to make sure there is still detergent in the
detergent dispenser.
Cycle Data
Total wash time
Recommended Total
Cycle dish types/ Wash water
name soil level Pressure temperature gal. (L)
Pots/ Heavily soiled pots, Intense Prewash- 130°F 8.2
Pans pans and casserole (54.4°C)
dishes Main- 140°F (60°C)
Rinse- 140°F (60°C)
Normal Normally soiled Medium Prewash- N/A 4.7
Wash plates, glasses, Main- 130°F (54.4°C)
bowls, and lightly Rinse- 140°F (60°C)
soiled pots and
pans
Econo Normally soiled Light/ Prewash- N/A 3.5
Wash plates, glasses, Medium Main- 125°F (51.7°C)
bowls, and lightly Rinse- 125°F (51.7°C)
soiled pots and
pans
Light/ Lightly soiled dishes Light Prewash-115° F 5.85
China or fine china and (46.1°C)
crystal Main- 125°F (51.7°C)
Rinse- 120°F (48.9°C)
Rinse/ All dishware Medium Rinse 1.17
Hold
Note: Will perform properly if connected to "cold" water - 50˚F (10˚C). Cycle times will be extended.
Note: All cycle times, temperatures and fills are approximate and are dependent on installation and environmental
conditions.
Note: Heating delays to meet set temperatures may extend cycle times.
(minutes)
120˚ F
(49˚ C)
195
(min.)
125
(min.)
125
(min.)
155
(min.)
12
(min.)