GE PDW9000, PDW8000 warranty Water Hardness Calibration, SmartDispense TMDetergent, Dispenser

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Water Hardness Calibration

Priorto the first use,the dishwasher needs to be calibrated for water hardness. Pleasefollow directions below to calibrate the dishwasher to

the hardnessof gour tap wateE

Determine the Hardness of Your Tap Water

In the bag that contained these instructions, gou should find a water hardness test strip package. Read the instructions on the package, remove the test strip and follow the instructions to determine the hardness level of gour tap wateEYouwill use this information to calibrate gour dishwasher to dispensethe optimal amount of detergent.

Water hardnesstest strip indication

				Value	to Enter
SOFT				into Dishwasher
	RED I I	I I I	I I	I I	1
0
1	RED				3
2	RED
3	RED
4	RED
HARD

Dispenser

r-3-1Pressthe "Up" fix5 Arrow Padto raisethe value or the "Down" EE)Arrow Padto lower the value.

Setthe water hardnessvalue to the number

determined with the test strip and table atthe left.

E] Once the water hardness is set, press the START/RESETpad to save the setting and return

the dishwasher to normal operation.

Calibration of Models Without a 3-D(gitDisplay

Front controls

[] Close and latch the door (lights on, dishwasher not running).

r-21 Press the COOKWARE and DELAY HOURS pads together for 3 seconds. Alllights will light up and

gou will hear i to 5 beeps. The number of beeps indicates the current hardness value.

r-31 To change the setting, press the DELAYHOURS pad the number of times that corresponds to the water hardness value determined at the left. The

control will beep each time gou press the pad.

Calibration of 12-Button Front-Control

Nodels With 3-DigitDisplay

Press at the same time. Display

r_ Closeand latch the door (lightson, dishwasher not running).

171 Pressthe COOKWAREand DELAYHOURSpads at the same time for 3 seconds.The displag will show a number from i to 5. Thisis the water

hardness value currentlg set.

1-31Pressthe COOKWAREpad to raise the value or the NORMALpad to lower the value. Set the water hardnessvalue to the number determined

with the test strip and table above.

14--IOnce the water hardness is set, press the START/RESETpad to save the setting and return

the dishwasher to normal operation.

Calibration of 7-ButtonFront-Contro!

Models With 3-Digit Display

	/	T
Displag	Press at the	same time.

r_ Openthe door and touch a pad (other than START)to turn lights on.

1-21Pressthe "Up" (_ Arrow Padand DELAY HOURSpad at the same time for 3 seconds. The

displag will show a number from i to 5.This is the water hardnessvalue currentlg set.

Once finished pressing the pad, gou will hear a confirmation with beeps for the number of times

gou pressed the pad.

[] If the number of beeps is not what gou desire, start pressing the DELAYHOURS pad again to reenter a new water hardness level.

1-61 Once the water hardness is set, press the START/RESET pad to save the setting and return

the dishwasher to normal operation.

Top controls

]Open the door and touch a pad to turn lights on.

[] Pressthe "Up" _ Arrow Pad and DELAY HOURSpad at the same time for 3 seconds. All

lights will light up and gou will hear i to 5 beeps.

The number of beeps indicates the current hardness value.

[-3-]To change the setting, pressthe DELAYHOURS pad the number of times that corresponds to the water hardnessvalue determined at the left. The

control will beep each time gou pressthe pad.

[_ Once finished pressingthe pad, gou will hear a confirmation with beepsfor the number of times

gou pressedthe pad.

[_ If the number of beeps is not what gou desire, start pressingthe DELAYHOURSpad again to reenter a new water hardness level.

[_] Once the water hardness is set, pressthe START/RESETpad to save the setting and return

the dishwasher to normal operation.

NOTE:Youshould recalibrate the dishwasher control

if water conditions change; for example, if a water softener sgstem is added or removed from gour

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