The Water Softener
Water contains varying amounts of lime and mineral salts depending on the area in which you live: these are deposited on the dishes leaving white marks.
The higher the content of these salts, the harder your water will be. The «hardness» level is measured on 3 equivalent scales: French Degrees, German Degrees or Parts Per Million.
Contact your local Water Authority to find the exact water hardness level for your area.
The dishwasher is equipped with a softener which uses special dishwasher salt to provide
Find on the table below the level corresponding to the hardness of your water and the required adjustments:
Important
Salt MUST be used regularly from level 1 upward.
If your water is «level 0» it is already soft and therefore there is no need to use salt.
Filling with Salt
Only use salt designed specifically for use in dish- washers. Other types of salt i.e.: table/cooking salt contain high percentages of other substances which may reduce the efficiency of the softener. To fill with salt, unscrew the cap of the salt container.
Pour about half a litre of water inside the container, or until it is full (this is necessary only before filling with salt for the first time).
Level | French Degrees | German Degrees | ppm |
| (°TH) | (°dH) | (Parts per Million) |
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0 | 0- 4 | 0- 8 | 0- 80 |
1 | 5- 8 | ||
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3 | |||
*4 | |||
5 | |||
6 |
SALE |
SALT |
SALZ |
SEL |
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Then, using the funnel pro- vided, pour in the salt until the container is full (approx. 1,5÷1,8 kg). Do not worry if water over flows from the unit when filling with salt this is quite normal.
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8 | |||
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Replace the cap making sure that there is no trace of salt on the screw thread or on the gasket.
Screw the cap on tightly.
*The water softener is factory set at level 4 as this suits most users.
To set the dishwasher to a different level, proceed as follows:
-Press the ON/OFF pushbutton on.
-Press the UPPER/LOWER and DELAY START simultaneously for about 5 seconds until the short «instruction accepted» signal is heard; an L followed
by number 4 (the hardness level set in factory) will appear in the digital display 
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UPPER |
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| CANCEL |
LOWER | ECO DRY | NO DRY |
DELAY START
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-Press the UPPER/LOWER button as many times as necessary to make the required level appear in the display. The level increases by 1 each time the button is pressed.
-5 seconds after this button has last been pressed, the machine returns to programme setting mode and memorises the level set.
If you have inadvertently spilled salt select a wash programme immediately after.
All that is then required is to periodically top up the container with salt. You are reminded of this by the Salt Indicator Light 
; on the control panel illumi- nates when the salt has finished.
The salt container always has some water inside which will normally overflow when refilling with salt.
Important: The Salt Indicator Light 
on the control panel can remain illuminated for
Caution: Only fill with salt just before starting one of the complete washing programmes (not the Rinse and Hold programme). This will prevent any grains of salt or salty water, which may have been spilled, remaining on the bottom of the machine for any period of time. This could cause corrosion.
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