Whirlpool 5.0194E+11 manual First time use, Daily check, salt reservoir 2- rinse aid dispenser

How to set water hardness in order to always assure the best cleaning results First time use

Water hardness should be set only - Press and hold together Programs and CANCEL/Off buttons for minimum 3 seconds.
before the first wash or if water	- Programs LEDs will indicate the water hardness setting.
hardness has been changed
	- Press the Programs button to increase setting (when the level reaches 7, the next key press will set the level back to 1.
	- Wait 30 seconds (control panel switches off) or press START/Resume button to save setting.

Water hardness level is factory set for medium-hard water (level 4).

Even if you use tablets which include salt functionality, you must still add regeneration salt since such detergents are not effective enough at softening hard water.

1. Ask your water supply company what the water hardness is...	2. ...enter this value on	Suggestions for detergent use
	your dishwasher

						3 first PROGRAM LEDs			Gel or Powder
German		French		English	Water hardness	lit on the panel
									(rinse aid and	Tablets
degrees °dH		degrees °fH		degrees °eH	level	(see table of programs)
									salt)
						P1	P2	P3
0	- 5	0	- 9	0 - 6.3	Soft	1
6 - 10		10	- 18	7 - 12.6	Medium	2
11	- 15	19	- 27	13.3 - 18.9	Average	3			go to step 1
										if water is
16	- 21	28	- 37	19.6 - 25.9	Medium-hard	4			(see “Daily
22	- 28	38	- 50	26.6 - 35	Hard	5			check”)	HARD extra salt
										needs to be
29	- 35	51	- 63	35.7 - 44.1	Very hard	6				added
										(go to step 1,
36	- 50	64	- 90	44.8 - 62.4	Extremely hard	7
										“Daily check”)

1- salt reservoir

2- rinse aid dispenser

3- detergent dispenser

4- racks system

5,6,7,8- available functions on the panel

9- filters

10- spray arms

At first time use, the salt reservoir has to be filled independently from water hardness level (see description below in step 1 “Daily check”).

Filling the salt reservoir - Dissolve limescale (not necessary if water hardness level is set to “soft”!)		Daily check
1	Visual indicator	Screw on the cap.
	(depending	Salt residual
	on the model).	around the cap
	Unscrew cap.	need to be
		removed. Some
		salt reservoir have
		a level indicator
		integrated in the
		cap (see below
		how to check).

	Fill the salt reservoir with water		Add salt (never add detergent!)
		before the first wash only.	min. 0.8 kg / max. 1 kg
		(depending on the model)
The salt level indicator lamp may remain lit Salt indicator on the control panel				Salt indicator on the salt reservoir cap
at the end of several wash cycles. If the		The indicator lamp lights up when SALT			clear: NEEDS TO
water hardness level falls within category				green: OK.
		NEEDS TO BE ADDED.			BE ADDED
(soft), no salt is required.

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