Overview Of Water Hardness Set- Tings; Setting The Water Softening System; Special Salt - Siemens SR61IX05KE User Manual

Note: Set the water hardness determ-
ined on your appliance.
→ "Setting the water softening sys-
tem", Page 23
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 24
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 22
Press ⁠ .
2.
To open the appliance settings,
3.
press
is flashing on the display.
a
Press repeatedly until the
4.
right water hardness has been set.
0, 1, 2 or 3 LEDs will light up ac-
cordingly.
→ "Overview of water hardness set-
tings", Page 22
The factory setting is level 1 ("LED
A" → Page 15).
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 amount of spe-
cial salt required depends on the wa-
for 3 seconds.
Water softening system en
ter hardness: the higher the water
hardness, the greater the amount of
special salt required.
ATTENTION!
¡ Detergent may damage the water
softening system.
Only fill the dispenser of the wa-
▶
ter softening system with special
dishwasher salt.
¡ Special salt for dishwashers can
damage the tub due to corrosion.
To make sure that any special
▶
salt that escapes is washed out
of the tub, add the special salt
to the dispenser for special salt
immediately before the pro-
gramme starts.
Unscrew the lid of the dispenser
1.
for special salt and remove.
On initial start-up: Fill the dispenser
2.
right up with water.
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