makes sure that the water softener uses the
correct quantity of dishwasher salt and water.
You must adjust the water softener man-
ually and electronically.
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.
Manual adjustment
1 2
Turn the water hard-
ness dial to the posi-
tion 1 or 2.
Electronic adjustment
1. Press the on/off button to activate the appli-
ance.
2. Make sure that the appliance is in setting
mode. Refer to ‘SETTING AND STARTING
A PROGRAMME’.
3. Press and hold function buttons (B) and (C)
at the same time until the indicators of func-
tion buttons (A), (B) and (C) flash.
4. Press function button (A).
• The indicators of function buttons (B)
and (C) go off.
• The indicator of function button (A) con-
tinues to flash.
• Intermittent acoustic signals operate and
the end indicator flashes showing the
setting of the water softener.
– The number of flashes of the end indi-
cator and the number of the acoustic
signals show the level of the water
softener.
Example: 5 acoustic signals and 5
flashes + pause + 5 acoustic signals
and 5 flashes = level 5.
5. Press function button (A) again and again
to change the setting. Each time you press
function button (A) you go to the next level.
6. Deactivate the appliance to confirm.
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