Adjusting the water softener
Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l
Clarke
degrees
Manual
Elec-
tronic
51 - 70
91 - 125
9.1 - 12.5
64 - 88
2
1)
10
43 - 50
76 - 90
7.6 - 9.0
53 - 63
2
1)
9
37 - 42
65 - 75
6.5 - 7.5
46 - 52
2
1)
8
29 - 36
51 - 64
5.1 - 6.4
36 - 45
2
1)
7
23 - 28
40 - 50
4.0 - 5.0
28 - 35
2
1)
6
19 - 22
33 - 39
3.3 - 3.9
23 - 27
2
1)
5
1)
15 - 18
26 - 32
2.6 - 3.2
18 - 22
1
4
11 - 14
19 - 25
1.9 - 2.5
13 - 17
1
3
4 - 10
7 - 18
0.7 - 1.8
5 - 12
1
2
< 4
< 7
< 0.7
< 5
1
2)
1
2)
1) Factory position.
2) Do not use salt at this level.
You must adjust the water softener
manually and electronically.
Manual adjustment
Turn the water hardness dial to the position
1 or 2.
Electronic adjustment
1. Press the on/off button to activate the
appliance. Make sure that the appliance
is in setting mode. Refer to ‘SETTING
AND STARTING A PROGRAMME’.
2. Press and hold function buttons (
B
) and
(
C
) at the same time until the indicators
of function buttons (
A
), (
B
) and (
C
) flash.
3. Press function button (
A
).
• The indicators of function buttons (
B
)
and (
C
) go off.
• The indicator of function button (
A
)
continues to flash.
• The acoustic signals operate, e.g. five
intermittent acoustic signals = level 5.
• The display shows the setting of the
water softener, e.g.
= level 5.
4. Press function button (
A
) again and
again to change the setting.
5. Deactivate the appliance to confirm.
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