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VI.
BEFORE USING THE APPLIANCE
Preparing your Dishwasher for first use
Check whether the electricity and supply water specifications match the values
indicated in the installation instructions for the machine.
Remove all packaging materials inside the machine.
Set the water softener level.
Add 1 kg salt into the salt compartment and fill with water up to a level at which it
will almost overflow.
Fill the rinse aid compartment.
The importance of water decalcification
For a good washing function, the dishwasher needs soft, i.e. less calcareous water.
Otherwise, white lime residues will remain on the dishes and the interior equipment. This
will negatively affect your machine’s washing, drying and shining performance. When water
flows through the softener system, the ions forming the hardness are removed from the
water and the water reaches the softness required to obtain the best washing result.
Depending on the level of hardness of the inflowing water, these ions that harden the water
accumulate rapidly inside the softener system. Therefore, the softener system has to be
refreshed so that it operates with the same performance also during the next wash. For this
purpose, dishwasher salt is used.
Filling with salt
Use softener salt specifically produced for use in dishwashers. To put softener salt, first
remove the lower basket and then open the salt compartment cap by turning it counter
clockwise. At first fill the compartment with 1 kg salt and water at overflowing level. Using a
funnel will make filling easier. The funel is not provided with the product.
Refit the cap and close it. When salt absent indicator is lighten on (app between 20th-30th
cycles depend on the water hardness) add salt into your machine until it fills up (approx. 1
kg). Fill the salt compartment with water at first use only.
We recommend that you use small grained of powder softener salt. Do not put table salt
into your machine. Otherwise the function of the softener compartment may decrease over
time. When you start your dishwasher the salt compartment gets filled with water.
Therefore, put the softener salt prior to starting your machine. This way, overflowing salt
gets immediately cleaned up through the wash operation. If you are not going to wash any
dishes immediately after putting salt, then run a short washing program with an empty
machine in order to avoid any damage (to prevent corrosion) to your machine due to the salt
overflow while filling in the salt container.
