
Operating instructions
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Adjust the water softener
To avoid the scale deposits on the dishes and in the dishwasher, the
dishes must be washed with soft, i.e. low lime content, water. The dish-
washer therefore has a built-in water softener, in which tap water from
a
hardness of 4 °d (German degree) is softened with the aid of special salt.
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You water supplier will be able to inform you on the hardness and
hardness range of the water in your area.
0 Adjust the water softener to the setting that corresponds to the hard-
ness of the water in your area. The water softener can be adjusted in
10 steps.
0 1. Press and hold down the water softener button and press the ON/OFF
switch
9.
– The water softener button indicator starts to flash.
– The number of flashes corresponds to the hardness setting. (Excep-
tion: hardness setting 0 is indicated by 10 flashes).
– The sequence of flashes is repeated after a 5 second pause.
2. Pressing the water softener button
increases the hardness setting by 1.
(Exception: hardness setting 0 follows hardness setting 9).
3. When the hardness setting is correct, press the ON/OFF switch
9.
The hardness setting is then saved.
Water Hardness
in °d
1
) in mmol/l
2
)Range
1)(°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water
2)(mmol/l) millimol per litre, international unit for the hardness of water
*factory setting
Adjust
to Hardness Setting
Number of
Flashes
41-50
35-40
31-34
27-30
23-26
7.3-9.0
6.3-7.2
5.5-6.2
4.8-5.4
4.1-4.7
IV
9
8
7
6
5
9
8
7
6
5
19-22
15-18
3.3-4.0
2.6-3.2
III
4
3*
4
3
11-14 1.9-2.5 II 2 2
4-10 0.7-1.8 I/II 1 1
under 4 under 0.7 I
0
no salt necessary
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