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This should last about 3 months. Fill as needed. If you accidentally spill: Wipe up the rinse agent with a damp cloth. Don’t leave the spill in the dishwasher. It can keep your detergent from working. If you can’t find any rinse agent, write: BENCKISER CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC. (‘‘JET-DRY’’) Corporate Centre 1 55 Federal Road P.O. Box 1991 Danbury, CT 06813-1991 Forget to Add a Dish? Add dishes any time during the RINSE & HOLD cycle. With other wash cycles, you can add dishes at any time BEFORE the main detergent wash portion of the cycle. However, opening the door during any cycle lessens cleaning power. So try to load everything at the beginning. Here’s how to add a forgotten dish: 1. Push the door latch to the left. Washing will stop. 2. Wait a few seconds until the water calms. Then open the door. WARNING: Hot vapor may rise from the opened door. 3. Add dishes you’ve forgotten. 4. Close the door and push the latch to the far right. When the door is locked, washing will continue. NOTE: If you forgot to latch the door a reminder signal will beep until you do so. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued) How to Choose and Use the Right Detergent Use only powder or liquid detergent specifically made for use in dishwashers. Other types will cause oversudsing. How much detergent should you use? That depends. Is your water ‘‘hard’’ or ‘‘soft’’? With hard water, you need extra detergent to get dishes clean. With soft water, you need less detergent. Your water department can tell you how hard your water is. So can your county extension agent or your area’s water softener company. Just call and ask them how many ‘‘grains’’ of hardness there are in your water. Too much detergent with soft water not only wastes money, it can be harmful. It can cause a permanent cloudiness of glassware, called ‘‘etching.’’ An outside layer of glass is etched away! Of course, this takes some time. But why take a chance when it’s easy to find out the hardness of your water. Keep your detergent fresh and dry. Under the sink isn’t a good place to store detergent because there is too much moisture. Don’t put powder detergent into the dispenser until you’re ready to wash dishes, either. (It won’t be fresh OR dry.) If your powder detergent gets old or lumpy, throw it away. Old detergent often won’t dissolve. If you use a liquid dishwasher detergent, these precautions are not necessary because liquid detergents don’t ‘‘lump’’ as they age or come in contact with moisture. Detergent Dispensers You’ll find two detergent dispensers on the Close the main cup. inside door of your dishwasher. Two, NOTE: To open detergent cup after it has been Open because some cycles use two washes. Cup closed, simply turn the detergent cup handle See ‘‘Detergent Usage Guide’’ below. counter-clockwise until it releases. A (Be sure the CYCLE INDICATOR snapping sound may be heard. This is DIAL is at OFF position before normal when the detergent cup opens. adding detergent. Otherwise, Grasp handle and turn counter-clockwise the detergent cup will not Main Cup close and latch properly.) Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid) CYCLES SOFT WATER (0-3 grains hardness) MEDIUM WATER (3-7 grains) HARD WATER (7-12 grains*) Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup‡ Open Cup‡ NORMAL POTS PANS Half Full + Half Full Completely Full Half Full+ Completely Full Completely Full+ CHINA CRYSTAL Half Full None None Completely Full None RINSE HOLD Use no detergent Use no detergent Use no detergent *12 grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it, ‡ Filled Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons; lime can build up in the water valve. The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding. filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons. 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. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins, toothpicks and other hard solids. Remove excessive quantities of oil or grease. NOTE: You may also want to consider removing foods such as mustard, mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon juice and other foods that can cause discoloration of stainless steel if allowed to remain on dishes for a long period of time. The POTS PANS cycle can wash heavily soiled dishes and remove dried-on and baked-on soils from pots, pans and casseroles. Items with burned-on soils need extra preparation. HOW TO LOAD YOUR DISHWASHER For best dishwashing results follow these loading guidelines. Features and appearance of racks and silverware baskets may vary from your model. Upper Rack The upper rack is best for glasses, cups and saucers. Cups and glasses fit best along the sides. This is also a secure place for dishwasher-safe plastics. A cup shelf (on some models) may be placed in the up or down position to add flexibility. Load the bottom row first, then fold the shelf down and load the top row. The upper rack is good for all kinds of odd-shaped utensils. S...