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Water Hardness Calibration
Prior to the first use, the dishwasher needs
to be calibrated for water hardness. Please follow
the directions below to calibrate the dishwasher
to the hardness of gour tap water.
Determine
the Hardness
of Your Tap Water
In the bag that contained these instructions, gou
should find a water hardness test strip package.
Read the instructions on the package, remove the
test strip and follow the instructions to determine
the hardness level of gour tap water. You will use
this information to calibrate gour dishwasher to
dispense the optimal amount of detergent.
Water hardness
test strip
indication.
Value to Enter
into
Dishwasher
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1 RED
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2
2 RED
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3
3 RED
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4
HARD
4 RED
_
5
1-31Pressthe "Up" A arrow pad to raise the value
or the "Down" v arrow pad to lower the value.
Set the water hardness value to the number
determined with the test strip and table at the left.
1-4-IOnce the water hardness is set, press the
START/RESET p ad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
Calibration
of Models Without
a 3-Digit Display
Front controls
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Calibration
of 12-Button Front-Control
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Models With 3-Digit Displag
Press a t thesame time.
Display
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Close and latch the door (lights on, dishwasher
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not running).
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Pressthe SANIWASH/ANTI-BACTERIAL
and DELAY
HOURSpads at the same time for 3 seconds.
Top
The displagwill show a number from I. t o 5.This
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isthe water hardnessvalue currentlg set.
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Pressthe SANI WASH/ANTI-BACTERIAL pad to
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raise the value or the NORMAL pad to lower
the value. Setthe water hardness value to the
number determined with the test strip and table
above.
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Once the water hardness is set, press the
START/RESET p ad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
Calibration
of 7-Button
Top-Control
Models
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With 3-Digit Displag
Close and latch the door (lights on, dishwasher
not running).
Pressthe SANIWASH/ANTI-BACTERIAL
and DELAY
HOURSpads at the same time for 3 seconds.All
lights will light up and gou will hear I to 5 beeps.
The number of beeps indicates the current
hardness value.
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Display
Press a t thesame time.
FI"] Open the door and touch a pad (other than
STAR#to turn lights on.
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Pressthe "Up" A arrow pad and DELAYHOURS
pad at the same time for 3 seconds.The display
will show a number from 1 to 5. This is the water
hardness value currently set.
To change the setting, press the DELAYHOURS
pad the number of times that corresponds to the
water hardness value determined at the left. The
control will beep each time you press the pad.
Once finished pressing the pad, gou will hear a
confirmation with beeps for the number of times
gou pressed the pad.
If the number of beeps is not what gou desire,
start pressing the DELAYHOURSpad again to
reenter a new water hardness level.
Once the water hardness is set, press the
START/RESET p ad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
controls
Open the door and touch a pad to turn lights on.
Pressthe
"Up" A arrow
pad and DELAYHOURS
pad at the same time for 5 seconds. All lights
will light up and gou will hear I to 5 beeps. The
number of beeps indicates the current hardness
value.
To change the setting, press the DELAYHOURS
pad the number of times that corresponds to the
water hardness value determined at the left. The
control will beep each time you press the pad.
Once finished pressing the pad, gou will hear a
confirmation with beeps for the number of times
gou pressed the pad.
r_lf
the number of beeps is not what you desire,
start pressing the DELAYHOURSpad again to
reenter a new water hardness level.
FI Once the water hardness is set, press the
START/RESET p ad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
NOTE:You should recalibrate the dishwasher control
if water conditions change; for example, if a water
softener sgstem is added or removed from gour
home.
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