Water hardness | Ratios - distilled |
| water to mains water |
|
|
very soft / soft | 0 |
|
|
medium | 1: 1 |
|
|
hard | 2: 1 |
|
|
very hard | 3: 1 |
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The water hardness level can be queried at your local water works.
• To moisten the laundry, press the spray button 4.
This function is suitable for very dry and very crumpled garments.
Steam ironing
•Programme the steam regulator 3 to the desired steam setting.
•The temperature regulator 7 must be turned into
at least the adjustment range 
. Otherwise it cannot produce any steam.
Plugging in and ironing
Dry ironing without steam is possible at all temperatures, steam ironing is first possible from the adjustment
range 
on the temperature regulator 7.
• Insert the plug into a power socket.
Ironing with steam blast
The steam blast is especially suitable for smoothing difficult to reach parts of a garment.
•Slightly raise the steam iron.
•For a steam blast, press the steam blast button
5.
Attention!
Should the clothing care instructions forbid ironing,
(Symbol 
), the clothing item may not be ironed. If you do so, the clothing item could be permanently damaged.
•Check the care instructions on the labels in the garment to see if it is suitable for being ironed, and at which temperature setting.
•Select the best suitable temperature setting with the temperature controller 7.
The control lamp for the temperature 6 glows. When the set temperature has been reached, the temperature control lamp 6 goes out.
•Wait until the temperature control lamp 6 extinguishes.
Temporarily setting the steam iron aside
Risk of fire!
Never leave the steam iron unattended when it is hot or switched on.
•Place the temperature regulator 7 into the position "MIN".
•Place the steam iron only on the cable base 8 and insert it onto the station q.
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