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Water softening system
The dishwasher requires soft water to ensure proper washing results.
Your appliance is equipped with an internal water softening system.
However, if you have a household water softening system, you will not
need to use this softening system.
The required amount of salt depends on the degree of hardness of your
tap water (See table for more information).
For the water softening system to function properly, it will need to use
dishwasher water softener salt .The amount of salt dispensed can be set
from “
H:00
” to “
H:07
”. Salt is not required at
H:00 (this is the default
factory setting)
.
• Open the door.
• Turn the unit on using the
ON/OFF
button .
• Hold down the “
A
” button and press
START
button until the display
indicates “
H:00
”.
• Release both buttons.
• Press
“B”
to select the desired setting.
To change the setting,
• Press “
C
” button .
• Save the selected language by pressing the
START
button.
• Close the door.
Dishwasher setup
tap
set value use
water hardness at regeneration
ppm CaCO³/l dishwasher salt
0 - 110
H:00
no
120 - 140
H:01
yes
150 - 180
H:02
yes
190 - 210
H:03
yes
220 - 290
H:04
yes
300 - 370
H:05
yes
380 - 540
H:06
yes
550 - 890
H:07
yes
Default setting from factory is H:00
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Using a water hardness test strip
The strip will be included in the detergent sample kit
0
0
no
1
0
no
2
2
yes
3
4
yes
4
6
yes
Fill with Salt
Fill salt into the salt
container
Dip briefly the test strip into tap water for one
second, shake off excess water compare after 1
min.
Establishing the water
hardness
After one minute the red
dicoloration of the test
areas will show you the
correct setting.
Setting of
Water
Alignment of
Softening
Unit
SAMPLE TEST STRIP