
6. SETTINGS
6.1 Programme selection mode
and user mode
When the appliance is in programme
selection mode it is possible to set a
programme and to enter the user mode.
In user mode, the following settings
can be changed:
• The level of the water softener
according to the water hardness.
• The activation or the deactivation of the
acoustic signal for end of programme.
These settings will be saved until you
change them again.
How to set the programme
selection mode
The appliance is in programme selection
mode when the display shows 2 horizontal
status bar.
When you activate the appliance, usually it
is in programme selection mode.
However, if this does not happen, you can
set the programme selection mode in the
following way:
Press and hold Reset until the appliance
is in programme selection mode.
6.2 The water softener
Water hardness
German de-
grees (°dH)
French de-
grees (°fH)
mmol/l Clarke de-
grees
Water softener
level
>24 >40 >4.2 28 5
18 - 24 32 - 40 3.2 - 4.2 22 - 28 4
12 - 18 19 - 32 2.1 - 3.2 13 - 22
3
1)
4 - 12 7 - 19 0.7 - 2.1 5 - 13 2
<4 <7 <0.7 < 5
1
2)
1)
Factory setting.
2)
Do not use salt at this level.
How to set the water softener
level
The appliance must be in programme
selection mode.
1. To enter the user mode, press and
hold simultaneously and until
the indicators , and start to
flash and the display is blank.
2. Press .
• The indicators and go off.
• The indicator continues to
flash.
• The display shows the current
setting: e.g. = level 5.
3. Press again and again to change
the setting.
4. Press the on/off button to confirm the
setting.
6.3 Acoustic signals
Acoustic signals sound when a
malfunction of the appliance occurs. It is
not possible to deactivate these acoustic
signals.
There is also an acoustic signal that
sounds when the programme is
completed. By default this acoustic signal
is deactivated but it is possible to activate
it.
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