5. Processing residues can stay in the appliance.
Start a programme to remove them. Do not use de-
tergent and do not load the baskets.
Adjusting the water softener
Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l Clarke
degrees
Manual Electron-
ic
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.
Electronic adjustment
1. Press the on/off button to activate the appliance.
2. Make sure that the appliance is in setting mode, re-
fer to ‘Setting and starting a programme’.
3. Press and hold the programme button until the indi-
cator
starts to flash and the indicator
comes on.
4.
Wait until the indicator
goes off and the
end indicator starts to flash (the indicator
continues to flash).
5. Press the programme button.
• The end indicator flashes intermittently. The
number of flashes shows the level of the water
softener, e.g. 5 flashes + pause + 5 flashes =
level 5.
6. To adjust the level of the water softener, press the
programme button. Each time you press the pro-
gramme button you go to the next level.
7. Deactivate the appliance to confirm the setting.
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