Prior To Using For The First Time; Adjusting The Water Softener - AEG FAVORIT 40660 I User Instructions

Operating Instructions

Prior to using for the first time

Prior to using for the first time, remove all the clips with which the dish
racks are secured for transport.
Then perform the following steps:
1. Adjust the water softener
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2. Fill with Salt for the Water Softener
3. Fill with Rinse Aid

Adjusting the Water Softener

To prevent the build up of limescale on dishes and in the dishwasher,
the dishes must be washed with soft, i.e. low lime content water. For
this reason the dishwasher is fitted with a water softener in which tap
water from a hardness of 4 °d (German degree) is softened with the aid
of special salt.
Your local water authority can advise you on the hardness of the water
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in the area where you live.
The water softener can be set to any of 5 settings:
1)
in °d
41 - 50
30 - 40
19 - 29
4 - 18
less than 4 less than 70
1)(°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water
2)(PPM), Parts Per Million, international units of water hardness
*factory setting
Adjust the water softener to the setting given in the table that corre-
sponds to the hardness of the water in the area where you live.
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Water Hardness
2)
in PPM Range
730 - 900
530 - 720
330 - 520 III/IV
70 - 320 I/II/III
Adjust
to Hardness Setting
IV 5
IV 4
3 *
2
1
I no salt
necessary
Number of
Flashes
5
4
3
2
1