Adjusting the Water Softener
To prevent the build up of scale on dishes and in the dishwasher, the dishes must be washed with soft, i.e. low lime content water. For this reason the dish- washer is fitted with a water softener in which tap water from a hardness of 4 °d (German degree) is softened with the aid of special salt.
3Your local water authority can advise you on the hardness of the water in the area where
you live.
The water softener can be set manually using the water hardness switch; it can also be set electroni- cally using the buttons on the control panel.
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in °d1) |
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41 - 50 |
| 730 - 900 |
| IV | 1 | 5 | 5 |
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30 - 40 |
| 530 - 720 |
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19 - 29 |
| 330 - 520 |
| III/IV |
| 3* | 3 |
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4 - 18 |
| 70 - 320 |
| I/II/III | 0* | 2 | 2 |
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less than 4 |
| less than 70 |
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1)(°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water 2)(PPM), Parts Per Million, international units of water hardness *factory setting
Adjust the water softener to the setting given in the table that corresponds to the hardness of the water in the area where you live.
1It is only possible to adjust the water hard- ness setting when there is no programme running. If you have inadvertently started a programme (an LED indicator is constantly illuminated), then the programme must be cancelled by pressing the appropriate button.
1.The dishwasher must be switched off.
2.Manual setting:
Open the door on the dishwasher.
3.Remove the lower basket from the dishwasher.
4.Turn the water hardness switch to 0 or 1.
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6.Electronic setting:
Press the
7.In addition press the ON/OFF button.
8.The LED indicator for the
9.Press the
–The LED indicator for the
–The number of flashes corresponds to the hardness setting.
–The sequence of flashes is repeated several times after a 5 second pause.
10.Each time you press the
(Exception: Hardness setting 1 follows hardness setting 5).
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