Before Using your Dishwasher

Adjusting the water softener.

Water hardness varies according towhereyoulive.Ifthewaterinyour home is hard, without water soften- ing,incrustationswouldformonyour dishes. Your dishwasher is fitted with a water softener which uses special salt to get rid of limescale in thewater.

Your dishwasher can adjust its salt consumptionaccordingtothehard- nessofthewaterinyourhome.This way,youcanoptimiseandcustom- ise your dishwasher's salt con- sumption.

To adjust salt consumption, do as follows:

1.Unscrew the salt container cap

2.There is an arrow on the neck of the container (see figure): if necessary, turn the arrow anti- clockwise from the "-" setting

to the "+" setting.

Select the arrow position depending on the water hardness, referring to the table.

Salt Tap

IMPORTANT:

Only use recommended dish- washer salt. DO NOT use everyday table salt, cooking salt, as they containe insoluable substances which could harm the dishwasher.

Water Hardness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salt

Autono-

 

 

 

 

consu-

Clarke

 

 

Selector

my

°fH

mmol/l

mption

degrees

position

(cycles\2-

 

 

(grams/-

 

 

 

 

kg)

 

 

 

 

cycle)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0 - 14

0 - 17

0 -1,7

/

0

/

 

 

 

 

 

 

14 - 36

18 - 44

1,8 - 4,4

"-"

20

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

36 - 71

45 - 89

4,5 - 8,9

MED

40

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

>71

> 89

> 8,9

"+"

60

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

You don't know how hard the water in your home is? Ask the company that supplies water in your area.

Salt

Filling the salt container.

Always use salt which is intended for dishwasher use.

The salt container is situated underneath the lower basket, fill it up as follows:

1.Pulloutthelowerbasketcompletely,unscrewandremovethecontainer cap

2.If it is the first time you add the salt, first fill the container up with water (you won't have to do this again next time)

3.Put the dishwasher funnel on the hole and pour in approximately two kilos of salt. It is normal that some water comes out of the container.

4.Screw the cap back in place carefully.

When to add salt:

The salt container should be filled up when the low salt indicator light “T” flashes on the control panel.

When you have loaded salt for the first time, it is normal for the low salt indicator light to stay on for at least 5 consecutive cycles.

WARNING:

DO NOT pour detergent into the special salt container. This will destroy the water softener.

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Hotpoint ULTIMA To the + setting, Screw the cap back in place carefully, Filling the salt container, When to add salt
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