Miele G 6820, Operating Instructions Manual

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Before using for the first time
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Water hardness
The display will change to the screen
for setting the water hardness.
– The dishwasher must be pro-
grammed to the correct water hard-
ness for your area.
– Your local water authority will be able
to advise you of the water hardness
level in your area.
– Where the water hardness fluctuates
e.g. between 1.8 and 2.7 mmol/l (10 -
15 °d - German scale) always pro-
gramme the dishwasher to the higher
value (2.7 mmol/l or 15 °d in this ex-
ample).
In the event of a fault, it will help the
service technician if you know the hard-
ness of your local water supply.
Enter the water hardness below:
____________mmol/l or °d
The dishwasher is programmed at the
factory for a water hardness level of 2.7
mmol/l (15 °d - German scale).
 Use the  arrows to select your
water hardness level and confirm with
OK .
See "Settings menu, Water hardness"
for more information.
Finally, prompts will appear in the dis-
play.
After confirming these prompts with
OK , the messages  Add salt and 
Add rinse aid may appear.
 Add salt and rinse aid if necessary
(see "Before using for the first time",
"Dishwasher salt" and "Rinse aid").
 Confirm the messages with OK .
The programme selected will appear
briefly in the display and the appropri-
ate indicator light will come on.
Then, if applicable, the estimated en-
ergy and water consumption for the
programme selected will appear for a
few seconds.
Finally, the display will show the estim-
ated programme duration for the pro-
gramme selected.