Water hardness is measured in equivalent
scales:
• German degrees (dH°).
• French degrees (°TH).
• mmol/l (millimol per litre - international unit
for the hardness of water).
• Clarke.
Adjust the water softener to the water hard-
ness in your area. If necessary, contact your
local water authority.
Water hardness
Water hardness setting
°dH
°TH
mmol/l
Clarke
manually
electronically
51 - 70
91 - 125
9,1 - 12,5
64 - 88
2
10
43 - 50
76 - 90
7,6 - 9,0
53 - 63
2
9
37 - 42
65 - 75
6,5 - 7,5
46 - 52
2
8
29 - 36
51 - 64
5,1 - 6,4
36 - 45
2
7
23 - 28
40 - 50
4,0 - 5,0
28 - 35
2
6
19 - 22
33 - 39
3,3 - 3,9
23 - 27
2
5
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
1)
1
1)
1) No use of salt required.
You must set the water softener man-
ually and electronically.
Manual adjustment
The appliance is set at the factory at po-
sition 2.
1. Open the door.
2. Remove the lower basket.
3. Turn the water hardness dial to position
1 or 2 (refer to the chart).
4. Install the lower basket.
5. Close the door.
Electronic adjustment
The water softener is set at the fac-
tory at level 5.
1. Switch on the appliance.
2. Make sure that the appliance is in setting
mode.
3. Press and hold function buttons B and C
until the indicator lights of function but-
tons A, B and C start to flash.
4. Release function buttons B and C.
5. Press function button A.
– The indicator lights for function buttons
B and C go off.
– The indicator light for function button A
continues to flash.
– The digital display shows the current
level.
Example: digital display shows
= lev-
el 5.
6. Press the function button A one time to
increase the water softener level by one
step.
7. Press the on/off button to save the oper-
ation.
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