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.
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.
(depending on the model)
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
need to be
removed. Some
salt reservoir have
a level indicator
integrated in the
cap (see below
how to check).
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.
Fill the salt reservoir with water
before the first wash only.
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 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 include salt
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
Before first use, run the appliance with detergent and without loading.