As with detergent, the amount of rinse aid needed for your dishes depends on the hardness of the water in your area. (See page 5.) Too much rinse aid can result in lather or foaming and cause cloudiness or streaks on your dishes. If the water in your area is very soft, you may not need rinse aid. If you do, you can dilute the rinse aid with an equal amount of water. Rinse aid adjustment dial The rinse aid dispenser has six settings. Always start with the dispenser set on “1.” If spots and poor drying are problems, increase the amount of rinse aid dispensed by removing the dispenser lid and rotating the dial to ”2.” If the dishes still aren’t drying properly or are spotted, adjust the dial to the next higher number until your dishes are spot-free. To increase the amount of rinse aid released in the final rinse, turn the adjustment dial to the next higher number. NOTE: :::::Only adjust the dial one number at a time. WHEN WHENWHENWHENWHENWHEN T TTTTTO REFILL O REFILLO REFILLO REFILLO REFILLO REFILL THE RINSE THE RINSETHE RINSETHE RINSETHE RINSETHE RINSE AID DISPENSER AID DISPENSERAID DISPENSERAID DISPENSERAID DISPENSERAID DISPENSER The black dot on the rinse aid dispenser indicates the As the rinse aid diminishes, the size of the black dot amount of rinse aid in the dispenser. As the rinse aid on the rinse aid level indicator changes, asdiminishes, the size of the black dot decreases. You illustrated below. should never let the rinse aid get below 1/4 full. Full Rinse Aid Level Indicator 3/4 full 1/2 full 1/4 full - Should refill to eliminate spotting Empty Page 6 OPERAOPERAOPERAOPERAOPERATING INSTRTING INSTRTING INSTRTING INSTRTING INSTRUCTIONSUCTIONSUCTIONSUCTIONSUCTIONS OPERAOPERAOPERAOPERAOPERATING INSTRTING INSTRTING INSTRTING INSTRTING INSTRUCTIONSUCTIONSUCTIONSUCTIONSUCTIONS THE CONTR THE CONTRTHE CONTRTHE CONTRTHE CONTRTHE CONTROL P OL POL POL POL POL PANEL ANELANELANELANELANEL Your ASKO dishwasher has a button-operated control panel, as illustrated below. To select a wash program or option, simply press the appropriate button. After you have selected the desired wash program and options, press Start/Stop. Program button Program indicator lights Start/Stop buttonPower button (on the top side of the control panel) Temperature Program progression button indicator lights PR PRPRPRPRPROGRAMS OGRAMSOGRAMSOGRAMSOGRAMSOGRAMS To select a program, simply press the Program button until the indicator light behind the desired program glows. The programs are described below: Heavy Wash (160° F or 130° F) “The Normal Wash program is For the heaviest soiled loads, such as pots, pans, casseroles, etc. used for energy testing and should be used for normal or Normal Wash (130° F or 140° F) lightly soiled loads. When For normally soiled loads, such as plates, glasses, bowls, and lightly washing dishes that are moresoiled pans. heavily soiled, use a longer program with higherQuick (85° F or 120° F) temperatures such as HeavyFor lightly soiled loads that are washed immediately after use. This Wash.” program is good for delicate items, such as fine china and crystal, but you should set the temperature to low and dry the dishes without heat. Rinse and hold To rinse dishes that you plan to wash later that day. Program Times The program times may not always be the same because of variations in the household hot water temperature. The dishwasher heats the water to the proper temperature for the program selected; so if the temperature of the water entering the dishwasher is too low, the dishwasher will run longer because it takes longer to heat the water. Raising your water heater setting could help to shorten the cycle times. OPTIONS OPTIONSOPTIONSOPTIONSOPTIONSOPTIONS To select an option, simply press the appropriate option button. The options are described below. Temperature The dishwasher has two temperature options for each wash program, as shown above. When this button is set on the high temperature, the main wash is heated to the higher temperature for the selected program. If it is set to low, the main wash is heated to the lower temperature. The indicator light will glow only when the high temperature is selected. PO POPOPOPOPOWER BUTT WER BUTTWER BUTTWER BUTTWER BUTTWER BUTTON ONONONONON Press this button to turn the main power to the unit on and off. Refer to the illustration above to see the location of the power button. ST STSTSTSTSTAR ARARARARART/ST T/STT/STT/STT/STT/STOP BUTT OP BUTTOP BUTTOP BUTTOP BUTTOP BUTTON ONONONONON Once you have selected the wash program and temperature option, press this button to start the dishwasher. (Make sure the door is securely closed.) The indicator light around the button will glow progressively as the program goes through each cycle. When the program is complete, the lights will glow all the way around the button. Page 7 INTERR INTERRINTERRINTERRINTERRINTERRUPTING UPTINGUPTINGUPTINGUPTINGUPTING A PR A PRA PRA PRA PRA PROGRAM OGRAMOGRAMOGRAMOGRAMOGRAM T TTTTTO OOOOO ADD AN ITEM A...