Hotpoint HDA969 - Manual (Page 7)

You’ll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door
your dishwasher. There are two
because some cycles use two
washes.
See “Detergent Usage Guide”
(Be sure
Cycle Indicator Dial is
at OFF position before adding
detergent. Otherwise, the detergent
cup will not close and latch properly.)
Close the main cup.
NOTE: Detergent cup may be
opened manually with no harm.
Turn handle counterclockwise
until it releases. A snapping sound
is normal when it opens.
How to prepare the dishes
for washing
If this is your first dishwasher, or
if you’re replacing a much older
model, you may wonder how much
preparation your dishes need.
Actually very little. Pre-rinsing of
food soils is not necessary.
With common sense and a little
practice
soon know what
foods to remove. Here are some
guidelines:
1. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins,
toothpicks and other hard solids. It
is also best to remove hard shelled
vegetables, meat trimmings, leafy
vegetables and crusts. Remove
excessive quantities of oil or grease.
2. Remove quantities of any
food. Your dishwasher has a built-in
soft food disposer that pulverizes
soft food bits and flushes them
away. It can handle small amounts
of soft foods, but large amounts will
be difficult to handle.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
3. Try to remove food scraps and
place dishes in dishwasher before
soil has a chance to dry and become
hard. Dishes with dried-on soil are
more difficult to wash
may not
come clean in the NORMAL
WASH cycle. Remember to use
your RINSE & HOLD cycle for
small “holding” loads.
Note: The foods mentioned above
are examples only. Other foods not
mentioned may also need to be
removed from your dishes. You
want to consider removing
r
foods such as mustard, mayonnaise,
lemon juice and other foods
that can cause discoloration of
stainless steel if allowed to remain
on dishes for a long period of time.
When using the POTS & PANS
cycle, less preparation is required
before loading. The
& PANS
cycle can wash heavily soiled
dishes and
remove dried-on and
baked-on soils from pots, pans
casseroles. Items with burned-on
soils may not come clean, and the
dishwasher cannot remove burn
marks or restore fading caused by
overheating during cooking.
SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3 grains hardness) (3-7 grains) (7- 2 grains*)
CYCLES Main Open Main Open Main Open
POTS & PANS Tablespoon 1 Tablespoon Half Full Completely Completely
and minimum minimum
NORMAL WASH
+
Full Full
LIGHT WASH Tablespoon None None Completely None
minimum Full
Use no detergent Use no detergent Use no detergent
*12 grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it, lime
can build up in the water valve. The water may stick while open and cause
Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons; Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons
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