Water hardness is measured in equivalent
scales:
• mg/I (millimol per litre)
• ppm (parts per million),
• mmol/l (millimol per litre - international unit
for the hardness of water).
Adjust the water softener in to the water
hardness in your area. If necessary, contact
your local water authority.
Water hardness Water hardness setting
mg/l ppm mmol/l manually electronically
910 - 1250 910 - 1250 9,1 - 12,5 2 10
760 - 909 760 - 909 7,6 - 9,0 2 9
650 - 759 650 - 759 6,5 - 7,5 2 8
510 - 649 510 - 649 5,1 - 6,4 2 7
400 - 509 400 - 509 4,0 - 5,0 2 6
330 - 399 330 - 399 3,3 - 3,9 2 5
260 - 329 260 - 329 2,6 - 3,2 1 4
190 - 259 190 - 259 1,9 - 2,5 1 3
70 - 189 70 - 189 0,7 - 1,8 1 2
< 70 < 70 < 0,7 1
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1)
1) No use of salt required.
You must set the water softener man-
ually and electronically.
Manual adjustment
The appliance is set at the factory at po-
sition 2.
1. Open the door.
2. Remove the lower basket.
3. Turn the water hardness dial to position
1 or 2 (refer to the chart).
4. Install the lower basket.
5. Close the door.
Electronic adjustment
The dishwasher is factory set at lev-
el 5.
1. Switch on the appliance.
2. Make sure that the appliance is in setting
mode.
3. Press and hold function buttons B and C
until the indicator lights of function but-
tons A, B and C start to flash.
4. Release function buttons B and C.
5. Press function button A.
– The indicator lights for function buttons
B and C go off.
– The indicator light for function button A
continues to flash.
– The digital display shows the current
level.
– You can hear an audible signal.
Example: digital display shows
/ 5 in-
termittent audible signals = level 5.
6. Press the function button A one time to
increase the water softener level by one
step.
7. Continue pressing function button A until
the desired water softener level is ach-
ieved.
8. Press the on/off button to save the oper-
ation.
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