Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l Clarke
degrees
Manual Elec-
tronic
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 soft-
ener 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 ap-
pliance is in setting mode, refer to
‘SETTING AND STARTING A PRO-
GRAMME’.
2. Press and hold buttons (4) and (5) at
the same time until the indicators of
buttons (3), (4), (5) and (6) flash.
3. Press button (3).
• The indicators of buttons (4), (5)
and (6) go off.
• The indicator of button (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 button (3) again and again to
change the setting.
5. Deactivate the appliance to confirm
the setting.
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