Water hardness should be set only
before the first wash or if water
hardness has been changed.
(depending on the model)
The salt level indicator lamp may remain lit
at the end of several wash cycles. If the
water hardness 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.
- Press and hold together PROGRAM Selection and CANCEL/Off buttons for minimum 3 seconds.
- The current water hardness setting will be visible on the display.
- Press the PROGRAM Selection 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/Resume button to save setting.
1
Visual indicator
(depending
on the model).
Unscrew cap.
Fill the salt reservoir with water
before the first wash only.
Daily check
Filling the salt reservoir - Dissolve limescale (not necessary if water hardness level is set to “soft”!)
Add salt (never add detergent!)
min. 0.8 kg / max. 1 kg.
Screw on the cap.
Salt residual
around the cap
need to be
removed. Some
salt reservoir have
a level indicator
integrated in the
cap (see below
how to check).
Water hardness level is
factory set for medium-hard
water (level 4).
Detergents
When you use Powder or
Gel you must use salt and set
up water hardness level as
indicated in the table on the
right.
Also when you use
Tablets which inc lu d e s alt
functionality you must still
add regeneration salt.
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
