6.1 Adjusting the water softener
Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l Clarke
degrees
Manual Elec-
tronic
51 - 70 91 - 125 9.1 - 12.5 64 - 88
2
1)
10
43 - 50 76 - 90 7.6 - 9.0 53 - 63
2
1)
9
37 - 42 65 - 75 6.5 - 7.5 46 - 52
2
1)
8
29 - 36 51 - 64 5.1 - 6.4 36 - 45
2
1)
7
23 - 28 40 - 50 4.0 - 5.0 28 - 35
2
1)
6
19 - 22 33 - 39 3.3 - 3.9 23 - 27
2
1)
5
1)
15 - 18 26 - 32 2.6 - 3.2 18 - 22 1 4
11 - 14 19 - 25 1.9 - 2.5 13 - 17 1 3
4 - 10 7 - 18 0.7 - 1.8 5 - 12 1 2
< 4 < 7 < 0.7 < 5
1
2)
1
2)
1)
Factory position.
2)
Do not use salt at this level.
You must adjust the water soften-
er manually and electronically.
Manual adjustment
Turn the water hardness dial to the posi-
tion 1 or 2.
Electronic adjustment
1.
Press the on/off button to activate the
appliance. Make sure that the appli-
ance is in setting mode, refer to ‘SET-
TING AND STARTING A PRO-
GRAMME’.
2.
Press and hold touchpads (4) and (5)
at the same time until the indicators of
touchpads (3), (4) and (5) flash.
3.
Press touchpad (3).
• The indicators of touchpads (4) and
(5) go off.
• The indicator of touchpad (3) contin-
ues to flash.
• The acoustic signals operate, e.g.
five intermittent acoustic signals =
level 5.
• The display shows the setting of the
water softener, e.g.
= level 5.
4.
Press touchpad (3) again and again to
change the setting.
5. Deactivate the appliance to confirm
the setting.
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