Water hardness Water hardness setting
mg/l ppm mmol/l manually electronically
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 indicator light Ready starts to flash.
The current level is shown by the number
of flashes of the indicator light Ready.
Example: 5 flashes, pause, 5 flashes,
pause, etc. = 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.
Use of dishwasher salt
Caution! Only use dishwasher salt.
Types of salt that are not suitable for
dishwashers cause damage to the water
softener.
Caution! Grains of salt and salty water
on the bottom of the appliance can
cause corrosion. Fill the appliance with
salt before you start a washing program
to prevent corrosion.
Do these steps to fill the salt container:
1. Turn the cap anticlockwise to open the
salt container.
2. Fill the salt container with 1 litre of water
(only the first operation).
3. Use the funnel to fill the salt container with
salt.
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