use&care guide 'Rvin WASHER • DRYER Model LT4900XM rowave Ovens. Trash Compactors. Room Air Conditioners, Dehumiditiers, Automatic Washers.
Parts and features MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER PLATE LINT SCREEN DRYER DRUM WASHER CONTROLS SELECTOR SWITCH DRYER CONTROLS WASHER LID LATCH OPTIONAL EXHAUST OUTLET LINT FILTER BASKET AGITATOR TUB Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label. It will be easier to remove before the washer • dryer is used. You should wipe out the washer basket and dryer drum with a damp cloth be fore using to remove dust from storing or shipping.
Contents DRYER Starting Your Dryer ................ 3 Seiecting a Cycle ................... 3 Lint Screen .............................. 3 LintRennoval ........................... 4 WASHER* DRYER Vacation Care .......................... Winterizing ............................... If You Need Service or WASHER Assistance ............................ Starting Your Washer ............... 1. Before Caliing for Lid Latch .................................. Assistance ........................
FIRE HAZARD and DAMAGE to some ma terials can result from: • drying heat-sensitive fabrics with heat (see page 12). • operating the dryer with the lint screen loose, damaged or missing. • allowing lint to build up inside the dryer (see page 13). DO NOT let dust, lint, paper, rags, chemicals, etc., pile up around or under the appliance. DO NOT install the ap pliance against drapes or curtains.
DO NOT let children use or play with this ap pliance. Cleaning aids, detergents, etc., should be kept out of their reach - in a locked cabinet, if possible. DO NOT machine wash or dry glass fiber mate rials. Small particles can stick to fabrics washed and dried in following loads and cause skin irritation. ALWAYS read and follow instructions on packages of detergent and laundry aids especially warnings and precautions.
Starting your washer Before starting your washer, be sure you have measured and added detergent, you have sorted the load properly, and you have used other laundry aids only as recommended in your'laundry Guide.' Select a 1. LO AD SIZE 2. Select WATER TEMPERATURES hot cold warm cold • • Turn the LOAD SIZE SELECTOR Knob • Turn the TEMPERATURE SELECTOR Knob to a setting with the wash and to a setting that describes the size rinse water temperatures you want of the ioad to be washed for the load.
To hold the washer lid up, lift the lid until it snaps past the latch. To release the lid, push the lid latch up. Select CYCLE and WASH TIME; 3. Start the washer Push in the Control Knob and turn it to the right. It must be Stop on a number in the cycle you want. The numbers are pushed in and turned only to the right (clockwise) minutes of wash time The drawing shows 8 minutes of agitation in the REGULAR HEAVY Cycle C. start the washer by pulling out D.
What happens in each cycle Each cycle on your washer is designed tor a different kind ot tabric. Numbers on the dial in each cycle are the minutes of WASH time. Agitation and spin speeds are different in each cycle. When the Cycle Control Knob is set to a number and pulled out, the REGULAR HE AVY Cycle Use for sturdy white and colorfast cottons, and for heavy work clothes High agitation and spin speeds are designed to help remove heavy soils and spin wafer from heavy cotton fabrics.
washer fills before agitation and timing start. After agitation starts, the knob turns clockwise until the pointer reaches off and the cycle ends.
Other operating instructions For a rinse and spin For a drain and spin • Push Control Knob in. • Turn olockwise to any dot on the dial. See above drawing. • Pull Control Knob out. • The washer will fill with rinse water, agitate 2 minutes, drain and spin. • Push Control Knob in. • Turn clockwise to the bar just before OFF in any cycle. See above drawing. • Pull Control Knob out. • The washer will drain and spin. For agitation and spin speeds in each cycle, see pages 8 and 9.
Starting your dryer Before starting your dryer, be sure the load is properly sorted ("Laun dry Guide," page 18) and the door is closed tightly. AVhirip^l WASHER«DRYER Select 1. CYCLE and TIME Turn the Control Knob either way to point to the tinne setting you want in the cycle you want. To stop and 3. restart the dryer To stop, open the door (or turn the Control Knob to OFF) To restart, close the door and push START. Push the START Button The dryer will start tumbling you push the START Button.
Selecting a cycle Dryer cycles are designed torthe proper drying of different kinds of fabrics. This dryer has 3 cycles: REGULAR HEAVY-The heat is off during the last 5 m in u te s of tumbling. The load is cooled down for more comfortable handling, PERMANENT PRESS - The heaf Is off during the \a s i1 0 m in u te s of tumbling to help keep wrinkles from setting in. Clothing wrinkled from packing in suitcases or closets can be smoothed out by tumbling them in this cycle for about 20 minutes. AIR - No heat.
Lint screen The lint screen s inside the dryer drunn, on the back wall. Clean it before each load. A screen Pull straight out. blocked by lint can increase drying time. 1. Use the finger holes to pull the lint screen straight out 2. Lightly squeeze the body, as shown, while pulling the cover off 3. Roll lint off the screen with your fingers, DO NOT rinse or wash the screen. Wet / lint is hard to remove Squeeze body; pull cover off.
Vacation care 1. Turn off both water faucets to take pressure off inlet valves and hoses. Winterizing 2. Unplug power supply cord or turn off electrical power supply 3. Clean lint screen and lint filter. Install and store your washer/dryer where It won't freeze. Because some water stays in the washer, freezing can damage it. If your washer / dryer Is stored or moved during freezing weather, winterize It. 1. Shut off both water faucets. Disconnect and drain water inlet hoses. To use washer again: 1.
DRYING TIME SEEMS LONG: • Is the lint screen clean? • Is the room cold? • Check your'loundry Guide," poge19. our COOL-LINE service assistance telephone number (see Step 2) or look in your telephone directory Yellow Pages under: APPLIANCES—HOUSEHOLD—tHAJOR—SERVICE 8. REPAIR 2. If you need assistance*... Call the Whirlpool COOL-LINE service assistance telephone num ber. Dial free from: Continental U.S. ... (800) 253-1301 Michigan ............... (800) 632-2243 Alaska & Hawaii ..
AVhirlpool Home Appliances Making your world a little easier. Part No, 693010 Printed in U.S.A.
