3. Start the shortest programme with a
rinsing phase, without detergent and
without dishes.
4. Adjust the water softener to the wa-
ter hardness in your area.
5. Adjust the released quantity of rinse
aid.
6. BEFORE FIRST USE
1. Make sure that the set level of the
water softener agrees with the water
hardness in your area. If not, adjust
the water softener. Contact your local
water authority to know the water
hardness in your area.
2. Fill the salt container.
3. Fill the rinse aid dispenser.
4. Open the water tap.
5. Processing residues can stay in the
appliance. Start a programme to re-
move them. Do not use detergent
and do not load the baskets.
6.1 Adjusting the water softener
Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l Clarke
degrees
Level
47 - 50 84 - 90 8.4. - 9.0 58 - 63 10
43 - 46 76 - 83 7.6 - 8.3 53 - 57 9
37 - 42 65 - 75 6.5 - 7.5 46 - 52 8
29 - 36 51 - 64 5.1 - 6.4 36 - 45 7
23 - 28 40 - 50 4.0 - 5.0 28 - 35 6
19 - 22 33 - 39 3.3 - 3.9 23 - 27
5
1)
15 - 18 26 - 32 2.6 - 3.2 18 - 22 4
11 - 14 19 - 25 1.9 - 2.5 13 - 17 3
4 - 10 7 - 18 0.7 - 1.8 5 - 12 2
< 4 < 7 < 0.7 < 5
1
2)
1)
Factory position.
2)
Do not use salt at this level.
How to adjust the level of the
water softener
1. Press the on/off button to activate
the appliance. Make sure that the ap-
pliance is in setting mode, refer to
“Setting and starting a programme”.
2. Turn the programme knob until the
display shows two horizontal status
bars.
3. Press and hold, at the same time,
Multitab and Delay until the indica-
tors
, , and start to flash.
4. Press Multitab.
•
The indicators
and go off.
•
The indicator continues to flash.
• The display shows the current set-
ting of the water softener, e.g.
= level 5.
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