Overview Of Water Hardness Settings; Setting The Water Softening System; Special Salt - Bosch SMS6HMI03Z User Manual

Overview of water hardness settings

You can find an overview of the water hardness values that can be selected
here.
You can find out how hard your water is from your local water company or by
using a water hardness tester.
Water hardness °E
0 - 8
9 - 10
11 - 12
13 - 15
16 - 20
21 - 26
27 - 38
39 - 62
Note: Set the water hardness determ-
ined on your appliance.
→ "Setting the water softening sys-
tem", Page 25
With a water hardness of 0 - 8 °E
you can dispense with special salt for
dishwashers and switch off the water
softening system.
→ "Switching off the water softening
system", Page 26
Setting the water softening
system
Set the water hardness on your appli-
ance.
Determine the water hardness and
1.
the appropriate setting value.
→ "Overview of water hardness set-
tings", Page 25
Press ⁠ .
2.
To open the basic settings, press
3.
for 3 seconds.
a The display shows H:xx.
a The display shows
Press or
4.
right water hardness has been set.
Hardness range
Soft
Soft
Medium
Medium
Medium
Hard
Hard
Hard
⁠ .
repeatedly until the
Water softening system en
mmol/l
0 - 1.1
1.2 - 1.4
1.5 - 1.8
1.9 - 2.1
2.2 - 2.9
3.0 - 3.7
3.8 - 5.4
5.5 - 8.9
The value H:04 is set at the fact-
ory.
To save the settings, press
5.
for 3 seconds.

Special salt

You can use special salt to soften
water.
Adding special salt
If the special salt refill indicator lights
up, add special salt to the dispenser
for special salt just before the pro-
gramme starts. The consumption of
special salt depends on the water
hardness. The higher the water hard-
ness, the greater the consumption of
special salt.
ATTENTION!
¡ Detergent may damage the water
softening system.
Only fill the dispenser of the wa-
▶
ter softening system with special
dishwasher salt.
Setting value
H:00
H:01
H:02
H:03
H:04
H:05
H:06
H:07
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