User manual

9
Water softener
To avoid scale deposits on the dishes and in the dish-
washer, the dishes must be washed with soft water,
i.e. water with a low lime content. The dishwasher
therefore has a built-in water softener, in which tap
water with a hardness of 4°d (German degree) and
harder is softened with the aid of special salt.
3
Your water supplier will be able to inform you
about the hardness and hardness range of
the water in your area.
The water softener can be set manually
using the water hardness switch; it can also
be set electronically using the buttons on the
control panel.
Setting the water softener
Using the table as a guide, adjust the water softener
to that which corresponds to the hardness of the
water in your area:
The dishwasher must be switched off.
Setting manually:
1. Open the dishwasher door.
2. Remove the lower basket from the dishwasher.
3. Turn the hardness range switch to 0 or 1 (see
table).
4. Replace the lower basket.
Water hardness Adjusting the hardness setting
Number of
flashes
in °d
1
in mmol/l
2
Range Manually Electronically
51 - 70
43 - 50
37 - 42
29 - 36
23 - 28
9,0 - 12,5
7,6 - 8,9
6,5 - 7,5
5,1 - 6,4
4,0 - 5,0
IV
1
10
3
9
8
7
6
10
9
8
7
6
0*
19 - 22
15 - 18
3,3 - 3,9
2,6 - 3,2
III
5
4*
5
4
11 - 14 1,9 - 2,5 II 3 3
4 - 10 0,7 - 1,8 I/II 2 2
under 4 under 0.7 I
1
no salt necessary
1
1)(°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water
2)[mmol/l] millimol per litre, international unit for the hardness of water
3)On this setting the length of the wash programme may be slightly longer.
*) factory setting