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[Samantha]

Ok I did a search and got some of the translations, what I need is the rest if anyone can help. Also, my apologies for a huge post and my thanks in advance for anyone that helps me understand this.





Picture 1
Bio 세 탁- bio washing (anyone have an idea what that means?)
시 간 절 약 - ______________ low
헹 굼 주 약 - rinse _______ low
예 비 세 탁 - ___________ washing

These are for the spin cycle, (I get that and I know that rpm means how fast it spins), but in actual usage which is the best for what?
1400 rpm (very fast)
100
800
600
400 (very slow)

탈 수 안 함 -dry spin ______________
배 수 대 기 -

This is water temperature. So the higher the number the hotter it is (100C= 212F ) I normally use cold or warm water so I should set it to either 30 or 40 correct?

95 C
60
50
40
30
냉 수 -

문 잠 깁 -
예 약 - delay/reserve

These are the buttons

추 가 선 택 -
탈 수 - washing

between these two is a baby's face and a padlock, I assume if I push these two at the same time I can baby proof the washing machine?

물 온 도 -
예 약- delay/reserve

Picture 2

(If I remember right 분 means minute, so this should be the time setting.)
180
150
120
90
60
30

삶 음 -
절 전 삶 음
표 준 - standard wash
함 섬 -
울 -
담 요 - blankets/bedding
급 속 - quick wash
헹 굼 + 탈 수 - rinse + washing
탈 수 전 용 - dry spin ________________
건 조-
동 작 / 닐 시 정 지
전 원

[sock]

Sorry, I don't know about all of the settings, but I can tell you about general laundry guidelines.

Highest rpms (1000, 1400) will spin the fastest, resulting in wringing the most water out. You would want this for heavy or very absorbent fabrics, like your jeans or towels. Lowest rpms (400) are for more delicate materials. Washable silk or satin, basically any synthetic fabric (such as polyester) won't absorb as much water. Lower rpms save energy and also are more gentle on delicate fabrics. Lower rpms won't wrinkle your clothes as much.

As far as water temperature, that depends on whether or not you have hot water even hooked up to the washer--a lot of places I've lived only have cold water hooked up, since in Korea nobody seems to see the value of using soap AND hot water in the cleaning process. Anyway, the hottest water is only when you need to sterilize something, like baby clothes, or when you want to bleach your whites. Use cold water for very delicate fabrics, dark colors that may bleed, and when you need to remove blood from your clothes. Use warm water for everything else. Warm water will get your laundry the cleanest.

And about the baby and the lock--I'm pretty sure you use those buttons when you want to lock your baby in the washer. Or perhaps it's to baby-proof the buttons so your toddler can't do the laundry all by himself.

[Samantha]

Thanks Sock.

In my last apartment the washing machine was pretty easy less than 5 buttons and very few settings, I could do trial and error with little hassle. This machine is a different story entirely

[JongnoGuru]

Don't let these things scare you. I mean, weren't washing machines invented in the West? Haven't we all had them in our families for many generations, while the average Korean didn't own one until the 1980s? So really, just how complicated can they possibly be? Look, if they're designed so that even toothless grannies on Jeju can operate them, surely any whitey w/a master's could do it blindfolded, no? [/sarc]

It is something, all these threads by about the mysteries of the washing machine. Don't get me wrong, I do understand the genuine confusion over the various and unfamiliar settings, and nothing's in English. I really do understand. It's not like I don't, because I do. I've rented places, and it's inevitable that if Korean tenants move in and there's a Western-brand washer, they'll want it replaced with a Korean one. And vice versa if they're Western tenants. Every fucking time.

Still though, you've got to admit there's something vaguely Beverly Hillbillyish about all these Westerners scratching their noggins over this new-fangled kontraption called the "eee-lek-trick washin' masheen". Didn't Granny used to wash Jethro's longjohns out in the "see-ment" pond? No wait, she boiled them in a cast-iron cauldron, didn't she? hyuk-hyuk!

[Samantha]

[kat2]

[gsxr750r]

My gripe about the machines here is that they don't usually have the agitator post in the middle. That post is important. It keeps the laundry from tying itself into knots.

[JongnoGuru]

[doggyji]

Bio 세탁 = Bio washing. (It must be some special function explained in the manual)

시간 절약 = saving time
헹굼 추가 = adding the rinse mode
예비 세탁 = pre-washing (?)

탈수 안함 = no spin-drying
배수 대기 = standby for water-draining

냉수 = cold water

문잠김 = door locked
예약 = reserve

추가선택 = additional selection
탈수 = spin-drying
물온도 = water temperature

울 = wool
합섬(합성 섬유) = synthetic fibers
표준 = standard wash
절전 삶음 = steaming (boiling? Guess not..) with less power/electricity.
삶음 = steaming
담요 = blankets/bedding
급속 = quick wash
헹굼 + 탈수 = rinse + spin-drying
탈수 전용 = spin-drying only

건조 = drying (with hot air?)
동작/일시정지 = on/pause

전원 = power

Visit the linked site in my sig for English/Korean translation.

[Samantha]

Thank you so much Kat2 and doggyji...so helpful. With the translations and suggestions in hand I can now do my laundry. Thanks again to everyone that posted previously. All the information is wonderful.

[rockstarsmooth]

looks like we have the same washing machine, is yours a tromm? i had a friend come over and write down almost everything i needed, but she didn't tell me everything... thanks for the thread!
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