GE PDW9700NII - ProfileTM Dishwasher Owner's Manual page 11

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Water Hardness Calibration
Prior to the first use, the dishwasher needs to
be calibrated for water hardness. Pleasefollow
directions below to calibrate the dishwasher to
the hardness of gour tap wateE
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 wateE You will use this information to
calibrate gour dishwasher to dispense the optimal
amount of detergent.
Water hardnesstest strip indication
SOFT
0 RED
1 RED
2 RED
3 RED
4 RED
HARD
Value to Enter
into Dishwasher
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Calibration of 12-Button Front-Control
Models With 3-Digit Display
Press at the same time. Display
r_ Close and latch the door (lights on, dishwasher
not running).
171 Pressthe COOKWAREand DELAYHOURSpads
at the same time for 3 seconds.The displag will
show a number from i to 5. This is the water
hardness value currentlg set.
1-31Pressthe COOKWAREpad to raise the value or
the NORMALpad to lower the value. Set the
water hardness value to the number determined
with the test strip and table above.
14--IOnce the water hardness is set, the
press
START/RESET p ad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
Calibration of 7-Button Front-Contro!
Models With 3-Digit Display
/
T
Displag Press at the same time.
r_ Open the door and touch a pad (other than
START) t o turn lights on.
1-21Pressthe "Up" (_ Arrow Pad and DELAY
HOURSpad at the same time for 3 seconds. The
displag will show a number from i to 5.This is the
water hardness value currentlg set.
r-3-1Pressthe "Up" fix5 Arrow Pad to raisethe value
or the "Down" EE) Arrow Pad to lower the value.
Setthe water hardnessvalue to the number
determined with the test strip and table atthe left.
E] Once the water hardness is set, the
press
START/RESET p ad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
Calibration of Models Without a 3-D(git Display
Front controls
[] Close and latch the door (lights on, dishwasher
not running).
r-21 Press the COOKWARE and DELAY HOURS pads
together for 3 seconds. Alllights will light up and
gou will hear i to 5 beeps. The number of beeps
indicates the current hardness value.
r-31 To change the setting, press the DELAY HOURS
pad the number of times that corresponds to the
water hardness value determined at the left. The
control will beep each time gou 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 DELAYHOURS pad again to
reenter a new water hardness level.
1-61 Once the water hardness is set, the
press
START/RESET pad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
Top controls
]Open the door and touch a pad to turn lights on.
[] Pressthe "Up" _ Arrow Pad and DELAY
HOURSpad 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.
[-3-] 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 gou press the pad.
[_ Once finished pressing the pad, gou will hear a
confirmation with beepsfor 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.
NOTE:You should recalibrate the dishwasher control
if water conditions change; for example, if a water
softener sgstem is added or removed from gour
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