Maytag MED4500MW, YMED4500MW, MGD4500MW Cycle Guide

Dryer Cycle Guide

WARNING WARNING

Fire Hazard

No washer can completely remove oil.

Do not dry anything that has ever had any type of oil on it (including cooking oils).

Items containing foam, rubber, or plastic must be dried on a clothesline or by using an Air Cycle.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death or fire.

Explosion Hazard

Keep flammable materials and vapors, such as gasoline, away from dryer.

Do not dry anything that has ever had anything flammable on it (even after washing).

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, explosion, or fire.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons, read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS, located in your appliance's Owner's Manual, before operating this appliance.

Automatic Dry

Use Automatic Dry for better fabric care and energy savings The dryer senses temperature in the drum and shuts off when the load. reaches the selected dryness level.

NOTE: Choose the appropriate dryness level based on your preference.

If loads do not seem as dry as you would like, turn the knob closer to More Dry the next time you dry a similar load. If loads seem drier than you like, turn the knob closer to Less Dry the next time you dry a similar load.

Select the temperature based on the fabrics in your load. If you are unsure of the temperature to select for a load, select the lower setting rather than the higher setting.

NOTE: Temperatures shown in bold are the recommended settings for that cycle. Note that you cannot adjust the time with these cycles.

Items to Dry:	Dryness	Temperature:
	Indicator:
Work clothes, casual wear, mixed cottons,	Normal	High
sheets, corduroys.		Medium
		Low
Undergarments, blouses, lingerie, performance	Less Dry	High
wear, shirts, blouses, permanent press,		Medium
synthetics, lightweight items.
		Low
Jackets, comforters, pillows, Work clothes,	More Dry	High
casual wear, mixed cottons, sheets, corduroys,
		Medium
large loads of jeans, towels and heavyweight
items.		Low

Description:

Use to dry large loads of mixed fabrics and items.

Use to gently dry delicate objects.

Use for drying large, bulky items; do not overfill dryer drum.

Timed Drying

In these cycles, you can choose the drying time. Not all features and cycles are available on all models. Not all settings and options are available on each cycle.

Items to Dry:	Cycle:
Any Load.	20, 30, 40,
	50, 60, 70
	min Dry

	Tempera-	Description:
	ture:
	High	Use the Timed Drying when you prefer to run the dryer for a set amount of time.
	Medium	You cannot specify the dryness level when using a Timed Drying. Select a drying
		temperature based on the type of fabrics in your load. If you are unsure of the
	Low
		temperature to select for a load, select the lower setting rather than the higher
		setting.

Foam, rubber, plastic	10, 20, 30	N/A	Uses unheated air to dry heat-sensitive items
or heat sensitive	min Air only
fabrics.

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Options/Features

Options/Features:	Description:
Cycle Signal Option	If desired, use this option to turn the end of cycle signal on or off. This does not control the volume level.
Wrinkle Prevent Feature	Automatically runs after the automatic drying cycle is complete. It periodically starts and stops the dryer,
	tumbling the load without heat to help avoid wrinkling. Open the door at any time during this phase to take
	out the dry clothes.

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