GE DPSB650, DPSB620 User Manual

Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . 2–5

Operating Instructions

Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7

Controls Features . . . . . . . . . . .12

Cycle Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Cycle Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Dryer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Drying Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Dryness Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

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ASY TOUCH Selections . . . . . . .7, 9

Heat Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Loading and Using

the Dryer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 18

Quick Start Guides . . . . . . . . .6, 8

Reversing the Door . . . . . . . . . .16

Timed Dry Cycles . . . . . . . . . .7, 9

Venting the Dryer . . . . . . . . . . .19

Troubleshooting Tips . . . . .20–22

Consumer Support

Consumer Support . . . Back Cover

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Dryers

500A409P001 175D1807P406 49-90143-1 09-02 JR

DPSB620
DPSB650

Owner’s Manual

Profile

Write the model and serial
numbers here:

Model # ______________

Serial # ______________

They are on the label on the
front of the dryer behind
the door.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.

California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act

This act requires the governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause cancer,
birth defects or other reproductive harm and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposure
to such substances.

Gas appliances can cause minor exposure to four of these substances, namely benzene, carbon monoxide,
formaldehyde and soot, caused primarily by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or LP fuels.

Properly adjusted dryers will minimize incomplete combustion. Exposure to these substances can be
minimized further by properly venting the dryer to the outdoors.

WARNING!

For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire
or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or death.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS:

Do not try to light a match, or cigarette, or

turn on any gas or electrical appliance.

Do not touch any electrical switch; do not

use any phone in your building.

Clear the room, building or area of all

occupants.

Immediately call your gas supplier

from a neighbor’s phone. Follow the
gas supplier’s instructions carefully.

If you cannot reach your gas supplier,

call the fire department.

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■ Do not store or use gasoline or other

flammable vapors and liquids in the
vicinity of this or any other appliance.

■ Installation and service must be performed

by a qualified installer, service agency or
the gas supplier.

■ Properly ground dryer to conform with all
governing codes and ordinances. Follow details
in Installation Instructions.

■ Install or store where it will not be exposed to

temperatures below freezing or exposed to
the weather.

■ Connect to a properly rated, protected and sized

power supply circuit to avoid electrical overload.

■ Remove the colored protective film from the

control panel.

■ Remove all sharp packing items and dispose of all

shipping materials properly.

Exhaust/Ducting:

Gas dryers MUST be exhausted to the outside.

Exhausting electric dryers to the outside is
strongly recommended to prevent large amounts
of moisture and lint from being blown into
the room.

Use only rigid metal or flexible metal 4″
diameter ductwork inside the dryer cabinet or
for exhausting to the outside. USE OF PLASTIC

OR OTHER COMBUSTIBLE DUCTWORK CAN
CAUSE A FIRE. PUNCTURED DUCTWORK CAN
CAUSE A FIRE IF IT COLLAPSES OR BECOMES
OTHERWISE RESTRICTED IN USE OR DURING
INSTALLATION.

For complete details, follow the Installation
Instructions.

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PROPER INSTALLATION

This dryer must be properly installed and located in accordance with the Installation Instructions
before it is used. If you did not receive an Installation Instructions sheet, you can receive one by
visiting www.GEAppliances.com, or by calling 800.GE.CARES (800.432.2737).

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.

WARNING!

YOUR LAUNDRY AREA

■ Keep the area underneath and around your
appliances free of combustible materials
(lint, paper, rags, etc.), gasoline, chemicals,
and other flammable vapors and liquids.

■ Keep the floor around your appliances clean
and dry to reduce the possibility of slipping.

■ Close supervision is necessary if this appliance
is used by or near children. Do not allow children
to

play on, with or inside this or any other

appliance.

■ Keep all laundry aids (such as detergents,
bleaches, etc.) out of the reach of children,
preferably in a locked cabinet. Observe all
warnings on container labels to avoid injury.

■ Never climb on or stand on the dryer top.

WHEN USING YOUR DRYER

■ Never reach into the dryer while the drum is
moving. Before loading, unloading or adding
clothes, wait until the drum has completely
stopped.

■ Clean the lint filter before each load to prevent
lint accumulation inside the dryer or in the
room. DO NOT OPERATE THE DRYER WITHOUT

THE LINT FILTER IN PLACE.

■ Do not wash or dry articles that have been
cleaned in, washed in, soaked in or spotted
with combustible or explosive substances (such as
wax, oil, paint, gasoline, degreasers, dry-cleaning
solvents, kerosene, etc.) which may ignite or
explode. Do not add these substances to the
wash water. Do not use or place these substances
around your washer or dryer during operation.

■ Do not place items exposed to cooking oils in
your dryer. Items contaminated with cooking oils
may contribute to a chemical reaction that could
cause a clothes load to catch fire

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■ Any article on which you have used a cleaning
solvent or that contains flammable materials
(such as cleaning cloths, mops, towels used in
beauty salons, restaurants or barber shops, etc.)
must not be placed in or near the dryer until
solvents or flammable materials have been
removed. There are many highly flammable
items used in homes such as acetone, denatured
alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, some household
cleaners, some spot removers, turpentines,
waxes, wax removers and products containing
petroleum distillates.

■ The laundry process can reduce the flame
retardancy of fabrics. To avoid such a result,
carefully follow the garment manufacturer’s
care instructions.

■ Do not dry articles containing rubber, plastic,
foam or similar materials such as padded bras,
tennis shoes, galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs, baby
pants, plastic bags, pillows, etc., that may melt or
burn. Some rubber materials, when heated, can
under certain circumstances produce fire by
spontaneous combustion.

■ Do not store plastic, paper or clothing that may
burn or melt on top of the dryer during
operation.

■ Garments labeled Dry Away from Heat or Do Not
Tumble Dry (such as life jackets containing kapok)

must not be put in your dryer.

■ Do not dry fiberglass articles in your dryer.
Skin irritation could result from the remaining
particles that may be picked up by clothing
during subsequent dryer uses.

■ To minimize the possibility of electric shock,
unplug this appliance from the power supply
or disconnect the dryer at the building’s
distribution panel by removing the fuse or
switching off the circuit breaker before
attempting any maintenance or cleaning
(except the removal and cleaning of the lint
filter). NOTE: Pressing START, STOP or POWER
does NOT disconnect the appliance from the
power supply.

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WHEN NOT USING YOUR DRYER

■ Grasp the plug firmly when disconnecting this
appliance to avoid damage to the cord while
pulling. Place the cord away from traffic areas
so it will not be stepped on, tripped over or
subjected to damage.

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Do not attempt to repair or replace any part of
this appliance or attempt any servicing unless
specifically recommended in this Owner’s Manual
or in published user-repair instructions that you
understand and have the skills to carry out.

■ Before discarding a dryer, or removing it from
service, remove the dryer door to prevent
children from hiding inside.

■ Do not tamper with controls.

READ AND FOLLOW THIS SAFETY INFORMATION CAREFULLY.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

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WHEN USING YOUR DRYER (cont.)

■ Never attempt to operate this appliance if it is
damaged, malfunctioning, partially disassembled,
or has missing or broken parts, including a
damaged cord or plug.

■ The interior of the machine and the exhaust
duct connection inside the dryer should be
cleaned at least once a year by a qualified
technician. See the Loading and Using the Dryer
section.

■ If yours is a gas dryer, it is equipped with an
automatic electric ignition and does not have
a pilot light. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LIGHT WITH A
MATCH. Burns may result from having your hand
in the vicinity of the burner when the automatic
ignition turns on.

■ You may wish to soften your laundered fabrics
or reduce the static electricity in them by using
a dryer-applied fabric softener or an anti-static
conditioner. We recommend you use either a
fabric softener in the wash cycle, according to
the manufacturer’s instructions for those
products, or try a dryer-added product for
which the manufacturer gives written assurance
on the package that their product can be safely
used in your dryer. Service or performance
problems caused by use of these products are
the responsibility of the manufacturers of those
products and are not covered under the warranty
to this appliance.

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You can locate your model number on the label on the front of the dryer, behind the door.

Quick Start Guide for Model DPSB620.

Clean the lint filter.

IMPORTANT: Clean the lint filter each
time you use the dryer.

Add clothes. Do not overload. This wastes
energy and causes wrinkling.

Select the dry cycle and other
options.

For TIMED DRY, use the SET TIME
arrow pads to set the drying time.

NOTE: Any time you make a selection
that is incompatible with the chosen
dry cycle, the dryer will beep twice.

Change any of the automatic settings,
if desired, by pressing the pad beneath
the setting.

■ For best performance, adjust load size

to appropriate setting

■ Dryness level determines how dry your

clothes will be at the end of the cycle

■ Adjust temperature as recommended

on the fabric manufacturer’s care label

Close the door and press START.

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Your new dryer offers the convenience of starting your dryer loads with our EASY T

OUCH

cycles. Make one simple
selection, and your LOAD SIZE, DRYNESS LEVEL and TEMP SETTING are automatically set. Then all you have to do is
press START.

COTTONS For cottons and most linens.

MIXED LOADS

For loads consisting of cottons and poly-blends.

PERM

PRESS

For wrinkle-free, permanent press and delicate items, and knits.

KNITS For knits with fabric care labels that say “Machine Dry.”
WOOLENS

DELICATES For lingerie and special-care fabrics.

Use to set your own drying time. TIMED DRY is also recommended for small loads.

To use TIMED DRY:

1. Press TIMED DRY.

2. Select the drying time.

3. Select the TEMP setting.

4. Select any options. (NOTE: The ANTI-BACTERIAL and EXTEND TUMBLE options are not
available with TIMED DRY cycles.)

5. Close door.

6. Push START.

TIMED DRY

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You can locate your model number on the label on the front of the dryer, behind the door.

Quick Start Guide for Model DPSB650.

Clean the lint filter.

IMPORTANT: Clean the lint filter each
time you use the dryer.

Add clothes. Do not overload. This wastes
energy and causes wrinkling.

Select one of the three drying methods:

■ Press SENSOR CYCLES to dry according

to load type

■ Press GARMENT CYCLES to dry

according to clothing type

■ Press TIMED DRY to specify dry time

Select the dry cycle by pressing the
arrow pads ( ) at the sides of the
display. You can scroll up and down
through the list of cycles by pressing the
UP ( ) and DOWN ( ) arrow pads
beneath the display.

For TIMED DRY, you can use either the
display or the SET TIME arrow pads to set
the drying time.

NOTE: Any time you make a selection that
is incompatible with the chosen dry cycle,
the dryer will beep twice.

Change any of the automatic settings,
if desired, by pressing the pad beneath
the setting.

■ For best performance, adjust load size

to appropriate setting

■ Dryness level determines how dry your

clothes will be at the end of the cycle

■ Adjust temperature as recommended

on the fabric manufacturer’s care label

Close the door and press START.