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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.
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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 that corresponds to the hard-
ness of the water in your area. The water softener can be adjusted in
10 steps.
0 1. The dishwasher must be switched off.
2. Press the function and water softener buttons simultaneously and keep
them pressed.
3. In addition press the ON/OFF switch.
The LED indicators for the function and water softener buttons flash.
4. Press the softener button again.
The water softener button indicator starts to flash.
– The number of flashes corresponds to the hardness setting. (Excep-
tion: hardness setting 0 is indicated by 10 flashes).
– The sequence of flashes is repeated after a 5 second pause.
Water Hardness
in °d
1
) in ppm
2
)Range
1)(°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water
2)(ppm) Parts Per Million
*factory setting
Adjust
to Hardness Setting
Number of
Flashes
41-50
35-40
31-34
27-30
23-26
730-900
630-720
550-620
480-540
410-470
IV
9
8
7
6
5
9
8
7
6
5
19-22
15-18
330-400
260-320
III
4
3*
4
3
11-14 190-250 II 2 2
4-10 70-180 I/II 1 1
under 4 under 70 I
0
no salt necessary
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