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Before using for the first time
23
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.
Summary of Contents for G 6820
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