Before Using your Dishwasher
Adjusting the water softener.
Water hardness varies ac- cording to where you live. If the water in your home is hard, without water soften- ing, incrustations would form on your dishes. Your dish- washer is fitted with a water softener which uses special salt to get rid of limescale in the water.
Your dishwasher can adjust its salt consumption accord- ing to the hardness of the water in your home. This way, you can optimise and cus- tomise your dishwasher's salt consumption.
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
"+" setting.
Select the arrow position depending on the water hardness, referring to the table.
Salt Tap
IMPORTANT:
Only use recommended dishwasher salt. DO NOT use everyday table salt, cooking salt, as they containe insoluable sub- stances which could harm the dishwasher.
Hardness of the water | Selector | Salt | Autonomy | |||
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0 - 10 | 0 - 17 | 0 - 1.7 | / | 0 | / | |
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10 – 25 | 18 – 44 | 1.8 – 4.4 | - | 20 | 60 | |
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25 – 50 | 45 – 89 | 4.5 – 8.9 | MED | 40 | 40 | |
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> 50 | > 89 | > 8.9 | + | 60 | 25 | |
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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.Pull out the lower basket completely, unscrew and remove the container 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 consecu- tive cycles.
WARNING:
DO NOT pour detergent into the special salt container. This will destroy the water softener.
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