If you stop to use the combi detergent tablets,
before you start to use separately detergent, rinse
aid and dishwasher salt, do these steps:
1. Set the water softener to the highest level.
2. Make sure that the salt container and the rinse aid
dispenser are full.
3. Start the shortest programme with a rinsing
phase, without detergent and without dishes.
4. Adjust the water softener to the water hardness in
your area.
5. Adjust the released quantity of rinse aid.
Setting and starting a programme
Reset function
For some settings it is necessary that the appliance is
in user mode.
The appliance is in user mode when all the pro-
gramme indicators are on.
To set the appliance in user mode, do the Reset func-
tion
1. Press and hold the programme button until all the
programme indicators come on.
Starting a programme without delay start
1. Open the water tap.
2. Press the on/off button to activate the appliance.
3. Press the programme button again and again until
only the indicator of the programme you want to
set is on.
4. Close the appliance door. The programme starts.
Starting a programme with delay start
1. Set the programme.
2. Press the delay button to delay the start of the
programme of 3 hours.
• The delay indicator comes on.
3. Close the appliance door. The countdown starts.
• When the countdown is completed, the pro-
gramme starts.
Hints and tips
The water softener
Hard water contains a high quantity of minerals that
can cause damage to the appliance and bad washing
results. The water softener neutralises these minerals.
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Opening the door while the appliance operates
If you open the door, the appliance stops. When you
close the door, the appliance continues from the point
of interruption.
Cancelling the delay start while the countdown
operates
Do the Reset function.
When you cancel the delay start, you have to set
the programme again.
Cancelling the programme
Do the Reset function.
Make sure that there is detergent in the deter-
gent dispenser before you start a new pro-
gramme.
At the end of the programme
The end indicator comes on.
1. Press the on/off button to deactivate the appli-
ance.
2. Close the water tap.
If you do not press the on/off button, the AUTO
OFF function automatically deactivates the appli-
ance a few minutes after the end of the programme.
This helps to decrease the energy consumption,
Important
• Let the dishes become cold before you remove
them from the appliance. Hot dishes can be easily
damaged.
• First remove the items from the lower basket, then
from the upper basket.
• There can be water on the sides and on the door of
the appliance. Stainless steel becomes cool more
quickly than the dishes.
The dishwasher salt keeps the water softener clean
and in good conditions. It is important to set the right
level of the water softener. This makes sure that the