Water hardness should be set
before the first wash or if water
hardness has been changed
1
Visual indicator
(depending
on the model).
Unscrew cap.
Fill the salt reservoir with water
before the first wash only.
(depending on the model)
The salt level indicator lamp may remain lit
at the end of several wash cycles. If the
water hardness is set to level 1 (soft), no
salt is required and salt indicator lamp will
remain off.
Salt indicator on the control panel Salt indicator on the salt reservoir cap
The indicator lamp lights up when
SALT NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
green: OK.
clear: NEEDS TO
BE ADDED
Daily check
Filling the salt reservoir - Dissolve limescale (not necessary if water hardness level is set to “soft 1”!)
Screw on the cap.
Salt residual
around the cap
needs to be
removed. Some
salt reservoirs
have a level
indicator
integrated in the
cap (see below
how to check).
- Press and hold together Program and buttons for minimum 3 seconds.
- The current water hardness setting will be visible on the display.
- Press the Program button to increase setting. Value range goes from 1 to 7 (when the level reaches 7, the next press of the
start button will set the level back to 1).
- Wait 30 seconds (control panel switches off) or press Start/
Pause
button to save setting.
1. Ask your water supply company what the water hardness is... 2. ...enter this value
on your dishwasher
Salt required
German
degrees °dH
French
degrees °fH
English
degrees °eH
Water hardness
level
Insert value is shown
in the display
0 - 5 0 - 9 0 - 6.3 Soft 1 NO
6 - 10 10 - 18 7 - 12.6 Medium 2
YES
11 - 15 19 - 27 13.3 - 18.9 Average 3
16 - 21 28 - 37 19.6 - 25.9 Medium-hard 4
22 - 28 38 - 50 26.6 - 35 Hard 5
29 - 35 51 - 63 35.7 - 44.1 Very hard 6
36 - 50 64 - 90 44.8 - 62.4 Extremely hard 7
Add salt (never add detergent!)
min. 0.8 kg/max. 1 kg
Water hardness level is
factory set for medium-hard
water (level 4).
Detergents
When powder or gel
detergent is used,
regeneration salt must be
added and water hardness
level must be set as indicated
in the table on the right.
Also, when tablets which
include salt functionality are
used, regeneration salt still
must be added.
Once regeneration salt is added, immediately start a wash program (the “Pre-wash” program alone is not sufficient).
Residual saline solution or grains of salt can lead to deep-down corrosion, irreparably damaging the stainless steel components.
The guarantee is not applicable if faults are caused by such circumstances.
Before first use, run the appliance with detergent and without loading.
