Daily use
•Check if it's necessary to refill with dishwasher salt or rinse aid.
•Open the door and slide out the baskets to load the dishes.
•Load cutlery and dishes into the dishwasher.
•Fill with dishwasher detergent.
•Select a wash programme suitable for the cutlery and dishes.
•Start the wash programme.
Loading cutlery and dishes
Sponges, household cloths and any object that can absorb water may not be washed in the dishwasher.
•Before loading the dishes, you should:
–Remove all left over food and debris.
–Soften remnants of burnt food in pans
•When loading the dishes and cutlery, please note:
–Dishes and cutlery must not impede the rotation of the spray arms.
–Load hollow items such as cups, glasses, pans, etc. with the opening downwards so that water cannot collect in the container or a deep base.
–Dishes and items of cutlery must not lie inside one another or cover each other.
–To avoid damage to glasses, they must not touch.
–Lay small objects in the cutlery basket.
•Plastic items and pans with non stick coatings have a tendency to retain water drops; these items will not dry as well as porcelain and steel items.
•Light items (plastic bowls etc.) must be loaded in the upper basket and arranged so they do not move.
For washing in the dishwasher the following cutlery and dishes
are not suitable:
•Cutlery with wooden, horn, china or mother-
•Plastic items that are not heat resistant.
•Older cutlery with glued parts that are not temperature resistant.
•Bonded cutlery items or dishes.
•Pewter or copper items.
•Lead crystal glass.
•Steel items prone to rusting.
•Wooden platters.
•Items made from synthetics fibres.
are of limited suitability:
•Only wash stoneware in the dishwasher if it is specially marked as being
•Glazed patterns may fade if machine washed frequently.
•Silver and aluminium parts have a tendency to discolour during washing: Residues, e.g. egg white, egg yolk and mustard often cause discolouring and staining on silver. Therefore always clean
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