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Control Panel Features (LDF7774)

Cycle

Select your desired cycle.

  1. Auto

    • This cycle senses the soil amount and soil toughness and is optimized to achieve the best cleaning.

  2. Heavy

    • This cycle is for heavily soiled dishes and dishes with hardened on soil. This cycle defaults to the strongest spray intensity and uses it to wash heavily soiled dishes.

  3. Delicate

    • Use this cycle to clean delicate items such as fine china and stemware.

  4. Dual Control

    • This cycle washes the upper and lower racks at different spray intensities. The default setting for this cycle washes the lower rack with strong spray intensity and the upper rack with soft spray intensity. This provides optimum cleaning performance for mixed loads, including fine china and stemware. If other combinations are desired, use the following instructions to change the intensities or to use the Half Load feature.

    1. Select Dual Control.

    2. Press Spray to toggle between Soft, Mediumand Strong for the upper spray arm.

    3. After making a selection for the upper spray arm, press Half Load.

    4. Press Spray to toggle between Soft, Medium and Strong for the lower spray arm.

    5. Close the door to start the cycle.

  5. Normal

    • This cycle is for daily, regular, or typical use to completely wash a full load of normally soiled dishes.

  6. Quick & Dry

    • Use this short cycle for washing and drying recently used dishes or lightly soiled loads. During this cycle, both spray arms operate at the same time.

  7. Cancel & Drain

    1. Open the door.

    2. Press and hold Delicate and Dual Control at the same time for about 3 seconds. The drain pump activates and the cycle cancels.

    3. The display shows dr and the dishwasher drains. Once the dishwasher finishes draining, the power turns off.

    4. If the dishwasher is powered on and no cycle is selected for 4 minutes, the dishwasher powers off.

  8. Chime On/Off

    • To enable or disable the chime, first, turn on the dishwasher. Press and hold Quick and Delicate simultaneously for approximately 3 seconds.

  9. Extra Dry

    • Select the Extra Dry option for better drying performance. This option adds extra drying time to the cycle and raises the heated rinse temperature.

  10. Rinse

    • Press Rinse repeatedly to select the desired rinse option. The Sanitary, Extra Rinse, or Sanitary and Extra Rinse lights show in the bottom left portion of the display.

    • Sanitary

      • This high-temperature rinse sanitizes dishes and glassware in accordance with NSF/ANSI Standard 184 for residential dishwashers. Certified dishwashers are not intended for licensed food establishments.

    • Extra Rinse

      • The Extra Rinse symbol indicates that an extra rinse has been added to the cycle. An extra rinse can help reduce hard water spotting on dishes. To add an extrarinse, press Rinse repeatedly until the Extra Rinse symbol appears in the display.

    • Rinse Only

      • This cycle is a quick rinse for dishes that will not be washed immediately. The cycle rinses dishes that have excess soil to soften dried on residue. Rinsing the dishes helps prevent odors in the dishwasher. No detergent should be used. To select the Rinse Only cycle, turn the dishwasher on, and press Rinse once without pressing any other cycle buttons. The Rinse Only cycle is not available with any other cycles.

    Note
    • The Rinse Aid symbol indicates that the rinse aid needs to be refilled.

  11. Spray

    • After selecting the desired cycle, press Spray repeatedly until the desired spray intensity is selected.

  12. Half Load

    • For small loads, use just the upper or lower rack to save energy. Each press of the Half Load button cycles between the upper rack only and the lower rack only.

  13. Delay Start

    • The Delay Start feature delays the start of a selected cycle. Each time the Delay Start button is pressed, the delay time increases by an hour. The delay time can be set from 1 to 19 hours, in one-hour increments.

  14. High Temp

    • Raises the main wash temperature to improve cleaning. Press and hold Extra Dry and Rinse simultaneously for approximately 3 seconds.

  15. Child Lock

    • The Child Lock feature helps prevent settings from being changed during a cycle. Selecting this feature locks all of the buttons, except for the Power button, on the control panel. This feature does not lock the door.

    1. Open the dishwasher door.

    2. Press Power.

    3. Select the cycle (and desired options).

    4. Press and hold Rinse and Spray for 3 seconds. The Child Lock indicator illuminates on the display once the Child Lock is activated.

    5. Close the door to begin the cycle.

  16. Digital Display

    • The digital display on the control panel shows the ESTIMATED cycle time. When the dishwasher is powered up, the display is blank. When the cycle and options are selected, the display shows the total estimated time to complete those selections. During operation, the display shows the remaining estimated operating time.

    Note
    • The estimated time shown on the display does not include delay times for heating water, etc.

    • If Delay Start is selected, the display shows the delay time in hours.

    • Cycle time may vary depending on the soil level of your load.

  17. Energy Saving

    • This option saves energy by reducing the wash and rinse temperatures. Wash time is increased to maintain wash performance. Do not use this cycle with heavily soiled dishes.

  18. Power

    • Press Power to turn on the control panel. If no cycle is selected with in 4 minutes, the dishwasher powers off.

    • After the cycle is complete, the power automatically turns off for purposes of safety and economy.

    • If there is a power surge, power outage, or disruption of any kind, the PF indicator displays and power is automatically turned off for safety. Restart the cycle.