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Operating instructions
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Adjust the water softener
To avoid the scale deposits on the dishes and in the dishwasher, the
dishes must be washed with soft, i.e. low lime content, water. The dish-
washer therefore has a built-in water softener, in which tap water from
a hardness of 4 °d (German degree) is softened with the aid of special
salt.
3
You water supplier will be able to inform you on the hardness and
hardness range of the water in your area.
0 Adjust the water softener to the setting given in the table that corre-
sponds to the hardness of the water in your area. The water softener
can be adjusted in 10 steps.
0 1. Hold the water softener button pressed and press the ON/OFF switch
M.
The multi-display indicates the hardness setting.
2. Pressing the water softener button increases the hardness setting by 1.
(Exception: hardness setting 0 follows hardness setting 9).
3. When the hardness setting is correct, press the ON/OFF switch
M.
The hardness setting is then saved.
Water Hardness
in °d
1
) in mmol/l
2
)Range
1)(°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water
2)(mmol/l) millimol per litre, international unit for the hardness of water
*factory setting
Adjust
to Hardness Setting
Indication on the
Multi-Display
41-50
35-40
31-34
27-30
23-26
7.3-9.0
6.3-7.2
5.5-6.2
4.8-5.4
4.1-4.7
IV
9
8
7
6
5
H 9
H 8
H 7
H 6
H 5
19-22
15-18
3.3-4.0
2.6-3.2
III
4
3*
H 4
H 3
11-14 1.9-2.5 II 2 H 2
4-10 0.7-1.8 I/II 1 H 1
under 4 under 0.7 I
0
no salt necessary
H 0