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POTS & PANS/

For heavily soiled dishes or cookware with dried-on or baked-on soils. Everyday dishes may be included.

HEAVY WASH

This cycle will not remove burned-on foods.

(on some models)

NORMAL/

For loads of everyday dishes, glasses and cookware with medium soils. NOTE: Many dishes have lighter

NORMAL WASH

soil than normal. Choosing a cycle other than NORMAL WASH will save energy and water.

SHORT WASH

For quickly washing loads of everyday dishes with medium soils that have not dried on, such as loads

(on some models)

consisting mostly of glasses.

WATER SAVER

For dishes with light soils.

LIGHT WASH

(on some models)

RINSE ONLY

For rinsing partial loads that will be washed later. Do not use detergent.

DRYING

For warming clean dishes and serving plates. This cycle will take approximately 30 minutes.

PLATE WARMER

HOT PREWASH

Preheats wash water to the correct temperature.

HOT START

CHINA CRYSTAL

For lightly soiled china and crystal.

(on some models)

Start (Models with a Dial)

Slowly turn the Dial to the START or ON position, or the selected cycle. Don’t turn it past the START, ON
or cycle position, or you could accidentally miss a rinse.

There is a time delay between start-up and water fill so you will not hear any wash action right away.

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Latch the door to begin the cycle.

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Options

The light above the selected pad will be ON to indicate which OPTION has been selected.

HI TEMP

Turns on the heater in all postrinse and final rinse cycles to help prevent spotting on dishware. This

RINSE

option may be turned ON or OFF during the wash cycle.

(on some models)

HI TEMP

Energizes the heater to boost water temperature in all prewash and main wash fill cycles. Recommended

WASH

for use with heavily soiled dishes. Option may be turned ON or OFF during the wash cycle.

HEATED DRY

Shuts off the drying heat option. Dishes air dry naturally and energy is saved.

OFF

HEATED DRY

Turns the heater on for fast drying. This cycle will extend the time to your wash cycle by 30 minutes.

NOTE: Cannot be selected with RINSE ONLY cycle.

LOCK

When the LOCK pad is touched twice within 3 seconds, all pads become inoperative. You can lock the controls to

(on some models)

prevent any selections from being made. Or you can lock the controls after you have started a cycle or selected
DELAY START so the cycle or DELAY START is not interrupted.
Children cannot accidentally start dishwasher by touching pads with this option selected.
To unlock the dishwasher after it has been locked, touch the LOCK pad twice within 3 seconds. The light above
the LOCK pad will turn off.

DELAY HOURS

You can delay the start of a wash cycle for up to 8 hours. Press the DELAY HOURS pad to choose the

(on some models)

number of hours you want to delay the start of the cycle, then press START/RESET. The machine will count
down and start automatically at the correct time. Pressing START/RESET a second time will cancel the
DELAY HOURS selection.
NOTE: If you forget to fully close the door, a reminder signal will beep until you do so.

RESET

To change a cycle after washing starts, touch the START/RESET pad to cancel the cycle. After water is

(on some models)

pumped out and the motor stops, you can reprogram and restart the dishwasher. This will take
approximately 90 seconds.

NOTE: On GSD3900 model, the light above the selected pad will be ON to indicate which OPTION has been selected.