Use and Care Manual
Before you start
Before you start
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Detergent drawer guidelines
The washer provides a four-compartment dispenser: the front-left compartment for the
main wash, the rear-left for pre-wash, the front-right for fabric softeners, and the rear-
right for the liquid chlorine bleach.
B
A
C
1. Main-wash compartment (A): Add main-
wash detergent, water softener, soaking
detergent, color–safe, non–chlorine
bleach, and/or stain removers.
2. Softener compartment (B): Add fabric
softener. Do not exceed the max line.
3. Bleach compartment (C): Add liquid
chlorine bleach. Do not exceed the max
line.
CAUTION
• Do not open the detergent drawer while the washer is operating.
• Do not use the following types of detergent:
- Tablet or capsule types
- Ball or net types
• To prevent the compartment from clogging, concentrated or highly-enriched agents
(fabric softener or detergent) must be diluted with water before being added.
To add washing agents to the detergent drawer
A
Adding liquid detergent
1. Slide open the detergent drawer.
2. Add the liquid laundry detergent to the
liquid detergent container in the main-
wash compartment. Make sure that the
detergent does not exceed the marked
max line (A).
NOTE
• Do not add powdered laundry
detergent or other powdered laundry
agents to the liquid laundry con-tainer.
• To use powdered detergent, see page
32.
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