Water hardness
Water hardness adjust-
ment
German degrees
(°dH)
French degrees
(TH°)
mmol/l Clarke de-
grees
manually elec-
tronical-
ly
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 softener manually and
electronically.
Manual adjustment
1 2
Turn the water hardness
dial to the position 1 or 2
(refer to the table).
Electronic adjustment
1. Press and hold the start/cancel button.
2. Turn the programme knob clockwise until the pro-
gramme marker agrees with the first available
washing programme on the control panel.
3. Release the start/cancel button when the on/off
and the start/cancel indicator lights start to flash.
4. At the same time, the end-of-programme indicator
light starts to flash. The number of flashes shows
the current adjustment.
Example: 5 flashes / pause / 5 flashes = level 5.
5. Press the start/cancel button to change the adjust-
ment. Each time you press the start/cancel button,
the adjustment goes to the subsequent level.
6. Switch off the appliance to keep the operation.
If the water softener is set electronically to the lev-
el 1, the salt indicator light stays off.
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