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Bef ore using your d is h w as her for the fi r st t im e:
The wa ter s ofte ne r mu s t be set manually, using the water h ardn e s s dial.
The wa ter s ofte ne r i s de signe d t o remo ve m ine rals a nd salt s from the w ate r, which w o uld have
adetrimentaloradverseeffectontheoperationoftheappliance.Thehigherthe
cont e n t of thes e mi n e r a l s and s al t s , t h e h arder yo u r w a te r is . T he s of t ener sho uld b e
adju s t e d ac c ordi n g to t h e har d n es s of th e wate r in y o ur a r e a . Your lo c al Wa te r A u tho rity
can adv ise y ou on the har dn es s of the wate r i n yo u r a rea .
Adjusting Salt Consumption
The di s h wa sh e r is d es ign e d t o all o w f o r adj u st m e nt in th e amoun t of s alt c onsu med ba sed on t h e hard n ess o f
the wate r us ed. Thi s is inte nd ed t o op tim ise and cu sto mis e th e l evel o f sa lt con sum ptio n.
1. Un s c r ew the cap f rom t he sal t co nta in e r.
2. Th e r e i s a ring on the cont a in er with an arr ow on it (see figu re
on th e s ide), if n ecessar y, rotate the r ing in the ant iclo ckw ise
dire ctio n fro m th e "- " Setting tow ard t he " +" s ign, b ased o n the
hardness o f the w at er be ing use d.
It is rec omm ende d t ha t a dju st men ts sh ou ld b e mad e i n
acco rd ance with the followin g sch em e:
WAT ER SO FTENER
The ha rdn ess of the wat e r var i es f r o m p l a c e to pl a ce. If hard w at e r i s u sed in th e dishwa s h er, d epo si t s will
form on th e dis h es a nd uten sils .
The ap p li ance is e qui p pe d w i th a s pec i al s ofte ner th at uses a s a lt con taine r s p ecificall y de signe d t o eli minate
lime an d m inerals fr om the wate r.
Contact your local water board for informatio n on the hardness of your water supply.
dH
mm ol /l
0~1 40~8 0~1.4
/
0
/
14~3 98~ 2 2 1 .4 ~ 3 . 9 - 2 0 5 0
39~8022~45 3.9~8 Mid 4 0 25
+
60 16
fH
0~1 0
10~28
28~56
Clar ke
WATER HARDNESS
Sel ec to r P osi tio n
Salt consumption
(g ram/ cycle)
Aut o nomy
(cycles/1kgs)
Please follow the steps below for adjustment in salt cons umption.
""/
"-"
"+ "
"Mid"
Set ting toward the " +" sign
Set ting toward the " -" sig n
Set ting toward be tw ee n
the "-" sign and "+" sign
No salt need added
45~60 80~107 56~75 8~11
If your m odel doe s n ot have any w ater so ften er, you may s kip this section.
A. Se t the water so ft ener
B. Add 1. 5K g d i shw ash er sa lt an d t hen f ull fi ll t he s alt co n tain er w ith w ater
C. Fil l the r i n s e ai d d ispenser
D. Fil l in de t e rgen t
Clark: British degree
fH: French degree
DH: German degree
dH = 1. 25 C l a rk e = 1 .7 8 f H = 0. 178 mm o l /l
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