Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l
Clarke
degrees
Manual
Elec-
tronic
43 - 46
76 - 83
7.6 - 8.3
53 - 57
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 soft-
ener manually and electronically.
Manual adjustment
Turn the water hardness dial to the posi-
tion 1 or 2.
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 touchpads (
4
) and (
5
)
at the same time until the indicators
of touchpads (
3
), (
4
), (
5
) and (
6
) flash.
3.
Press touchpad (
3
).
• The indicators of touchpads (
4
), (
5
)
and (
6
) go off.
• The indicator of touchpad (
3
) 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 touchpad (
3
) again and again
to change the setting.
5.
Deactivate the appliance to confirm
the setting.
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