water authority to know the water
hardness in your area.
2.
Fill the salt container.
3.
Fill the rinse aid dispenser.
4.
Open the water tap.
5.
Processing residues can stay in the
appliance. Start a programme to re-
move them. Do not use detergent
and do not load the baskets.
6.1
Adjusting the water softener
Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l
Clarke
degrees
Electronic
47 - 50
84 - 90
8.4. - 9.0
58 - 63
10
43 - 46
76 - 83
7.6 - 8.3
53 - 57
9
37 - 42
65 - 75
6.5 - 7.5
46 - 52
8
29 - 36
51 - 64
5.1 - 6.4
36 - 45
7
23 - 28
40 - 50
4.0 - 5.0
28 - 35
6
19 - 22
33 - 39
3.3 - 3.9
23 - 27
5
1)
15 - 18
26 - 32
2.6 - 3.2
18 - 22
4
11 - 14
19 - 25
1.9 - 2.5
13 - 17
3
4 - 10
7 - 18
0.7 - 1.8
5 - 12
2
< 4
< 7
< 0.7
< 5
1
2)
1)
Factory position.
2)
Do not use salt at this level.
Electronic adjustment
1.
Press the on/off button to activate
the appliance. Make sure that the ap-
pliance is in setting mode, refer to
“Setting and starting a programme”.
2.
Press and hold at the same time but-
tons
and
until the in-
dicators of buttons
,
and
start to flash.
3.
Press button
.
• The indicators of buttons
and
go off.
•
The indicator of button
con-
tinues to flash.
• The acoustic signals operate, e.g.
five intermittent acoustic signals =
level 5.
• The display shows the current set-
ting of the water softener, e.g.
= level 5.
4.
Press button
again and again to
change the setting.
5.
Deactivate the appliance to confirm
the setting.
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