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The importance of water decalcifi cation
For a good washing function, the dishwasher
needs soft, i.e. less calcareous water. Other-
wise, white lime residues will remain on the
dishes and the interior equipment. This will
negatively affect your machine’s washing, dry-
ing and shining performance. When water fl ows
through the softener system, the ions form-
ing the hardness are removed from the water
and the water reaches the softness required
to obtain the best washing result. Depending
on the level of hardness of the infl owing water,
these ions that harden the water accumulate
rapidly inside the softener system. Therefore,
the softener system has to be refreshed so
that it operates with the same performance
also during the next wash. For this purpose,
dishwasher salt is used.
Preparing the machine for use
Filling with salt
Use softener salt specifi cally produced for use in dishwashers.
To put softener salt, fi rst remove the lower basket and then
open the salt compartment cap by turning it counter clockwi-
se.
1 2 At fi rst fi ll the compartment with 2kg salt and water 3
at overfl owing level If available, using the funnel 4 provided will
make fi lling easier, refi t the cap and close it.If the salt warning
lamp on the control panel becomes on fi ll the salt compartment
with salt again.
Fill the salt compartment with water at fi rst use only.
If you put a tablet into the salt compartment, do not fi ll the compartment completely. We recom-
mend that you use smallgrained or powder softener salt.
Do not put table salt into your machine. Otherwise, the function of the softener compartment may
decrease over time. When you start your dishwasher, the salt compartment gets fi lled with water.
Therefore, put the softener salt prior to starting your machine.
This way, overfl owing salt gets immediately cleaned up through the wash operation. If you are not
going to wash any dishes immediately after putting salt, then run a short washing program with an
empty machine in order to avoid any damage ( to prevent corrosion )to your machine due to the
salt overfl ow while fi lling in the salt container.