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Place the provided funnel over the
salt container and carefully fill it with
salt. The salt container holds
approx. 4.4 lbs (2 kg) of salt,
depending on the type of salt.
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Clean any excess salt from the
threads of the container opening.
Screw the lid on
firmly
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Immediately after each refill, run the
"Rinse & Hold" program (without the
Turbo function) without a load. This
will remove any traces of salt from
inside the wash cabinet.
Salt refill message
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When the display shows Insufficient
salt, refill the salt after the program
has finished.
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Confirm with OK.
The message will clear from the display.
If a sufficiently high concentration of
salt has not yet formed, the Insufficient
salt message may continue to be
displayed after adding the salt. In this
case, confirm again with the center
button.
The Insufficient salt message is turned
off if you have programmed the
dishwasher to a water hardness below
4 °d (4 gr/gal).
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Immediately after each refill, run
the "Rinse & Hold" program (without
the Turbo function) without a load.
This will remove any traces of salt
from inside the wash cabinet.
If using"Tab" detergent products in
your dishwasher, the messages can
be turned off if desired (see "Settings
- Deactivate indicators").
If you switch to using detergent that
does not contain salt or rinse aid, it
is important to remember to
replenish the salt and rinse aid and
to turn the indicators back on.
Before using for the first time
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