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:
____________°d or mmol/l
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 the
hardness you want and confirm with
OK
.
See “Settings menu, Water hardness”
for more information.
Finally, the information
Miele@home en-
abled
and
Set up finished
will appear in
the display.
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 in
the display briefly and the indicator light
for the programme selected will come
on.
Then the display will show the estim-
ated programme duration for the pro-
gramme selected.
These basic settings will be saved in
memory after the dishwasher has been
through one complete programme.
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