Bosch WFMC6401UC - Manual (Page 17)

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Programs
and Functions
Cycle time will vary depending on cycle
selected, temperature and pressure of
incoming water, water hardness, size
of load, type of fabrics and distance of
unit from the drain.
The maximum spin speeds of the
programs are dependent upon the
cycle. For adjusting the spin speed, see
page 21.
Basic programs
Regular/Cotton Temp boost
Regular/Cotton settings are intended to
be used for heavily soiled and/or
stained colorfast fabrics. Sturdy,
hard-wearing items made of cotton or
linen such as towels, sheets or white
sports socks.
Regular/Cotton Hot
Normally and/or heavily soiled colorfast
fabrics. Sturdy, hard wearing items
made of cotton or linen such as work
clothes and underwear.
Regular/Cotton Warm
Lightly and/or normally soiled
nonĆcolorfast fabric. Sturdy, hard
wearing items made of cotton or linen
such as jeans, TĆshirts and sweatshirts.
Regular/Cotton Cold
Lightly soiled nonĆcolorfast fabric.
Sturdy, hard wearing items made
of cotton or linen (colors that may bleed
or fade).
Permanent Press Hot
Items consisting of normally soiled
colorfast cotton, permanent press,
linen, synthetic or blended fabrics and
outer garments. Clothes requiring a
special tumble sequence and spin
speed to minimize creasing.
Permanent Press Warm
Items consisting of lightly and/or
normally soiled nonĆcolorfast cotton,
permanent press, linen, synthetic or
blended fabrics and outer garments.
Clothes requiring a special tumble
sequence and spin speed to minimize
creasing, such as blouses, shirts and
overalls.
Permanent Press Cold
Items consisting of lightly and/or
normally soiled nonĆcolorfast cotton,
permanent press, linen, synthetic or
blended fabrics and outer garments.
Clothes requiring a special tumble
sequence and spin speed to minimize
creasing.
Special programs
Delicates/Silk
Delicates/Silk settings are intended for
use with delicate easy care items made
of cotton, satin, synthetic or blended
fabrics and curtains, dresses, skirts
and blouses.
Bulky items, e.g. comforters, can be
washed with this cycle because of
gentle action and additional rinse
(automatically added).
No spinning between rinse cycles.
Hand Wash
Hand Wash settings are intended for
very delicate easy care items that
usually require hand washing.
These cycles have been specifically
designed to provide extremely gentle
treatment of fabrics.
Silk or other items marked with the
Hand Wash" symbol Ì on the care
label can be safely washed with this
cycle.
Wool
Woolens (machine wash and hand
wash).
XXTRA SANITARY
This program was specifically designed
to eliminate most common houshold
bacterium while providing gentle
treatment of fabrics. At the beginning
of the washing phase, hot water is
introduced and then the internal
heating element heats the water to
167ºF-174ºF for a minimum of three
minutes. Clothes will be saturated in
the hot water long enough to kill most
common household bacterium, yet
without causing additional wear and
tear to the clothes.
Used for heavily soiled and/or stained
colorfast fabrics that need to be
sanitized, such as, towels, underware,
socks, bed sheets, table clothes, etc.
During the washing phase, the drum
rotates in opposite directions at 40 rpm
repeatedly. Spin speed reaches 1200
rpm for both intermediate and final spin
to reduce the remaining moisture
content and chemical residues
contained in the loads as well as
optimize the rinsing efficiency.
Additional options can be selected for
this program such as Rinse plus",
Bleach", and Power wash". All these
options can be selected individually or
simultaneously.
Selecting Rinse plus" will add an
additional rinse to the program to better
remove chemical residue.
Selecting Bleach" option will ensure
bleach dispensation at the right time.
The dynamic load sensor will add
enough water to dilute the bleach,
preventing bleach marks on the
clothes.
Power wash" option will extend the
wash phase to a longer period of time
to achieve optimum wash performance
(see detailed explanation of Power
wash on page 21).
AquaGuard
AquaGuard is designed to work in
conjunction with specially designed
chemicals to rejuventate the
water-resistant qualities of sports- and
outer-wear. The textiles are first
cleaned with special detergents and
then treated with water-proofing
agents which are available at most
department and sporting-goods
stores.
Additional options which can be
selected include Rinse plus",
Reduced ironing", and Power Wash"
Maximum load is 3 lbs.
i Use special detergent! Pour into
detergent (left) compartment.
i Water-proofing agents must be
added via the softener (middle)
compartment.
i Do not use fabric softener when
washing water-resistant clothing!
Textiles treated with fabric softener
may lose their water-resistant
properties.
Following application, some
water-proofing agents require the
textiles to be heat-treated in the
tumble dryer or by ironing the textiles
after they have been dried in air. The
manufacturer's instructions should be
followed carefully to ensure proper
treatment.
Some residual water-proofing agent
may be seen in the washing machine
as a fine film. This film will be removed
in the next full wash cycle
(Regular/Cotton with detergent) and will
not harm the items of clothing washed
in subsequent programs. Alternatively,
start a seperate wash cycle. Wipe any
film off the washing machine door with
a damp cloth and household cleaner.
Spins
Spin cycle for spinning wet, hand
washed laundry.
Water is drained before and during the
spin cycle.
Soak
A cycle for preĆtreatment of heavily
stained items. The soak cycle lasts 2
hours and ends with a short spin cycle.
All the water is pumped out.
Drain
Can be used to drain water without a
spin cycle.