Viking VDW302WS Use & Care Manual page 18

Operating the Dishwasher
Setting the Water Softener (select models)
• Press the Program Selection button before you switch the appliance on and keep this button pressed down.
• Switch the appliance on using the On/Off button; then release the switch.
• Release the Program Selection button when the water hardness level stored on your machine is displayed in "r..... " format.
• Start/Stop icon will start fl ashing as soon as the water hardness level store on your machine.
• Water hardness can be set to the desired level by pressing the Time Delay button (compare the test strip with the degrees of
Hardness Table). The appropriate program lights up.
• Once you have set the hardness level, press the Program Selection button to save the value. The control indicator on the Program
Selection button now lights up permanently.
• Press the On/Off button to save the setting.
Name of Unit American
1 grain of CaCO 3 /
Definition
1 gal (US) of water
(Hardness o dE)
1st Level
2nd Level
3rd Level
4th Level
5th Level
6th Level
PPM
1 mg of CaO/
1 L of water
0-6 0-80
7-12 81-130
13-18 131-220
19-23 221-270
24-36 271-340
37-47 341-800
French
1 mg of CaO/
Indicator in the Multi-Function display
1 L of water
(Hardness o dF)
0-8
Press the Time Delay button to switch
the water hardness level to position 1.
9-13
Press the Time Delay button to switch
the water hardness level to position 2.
14-22
Press the Time Delay button to switch
the water hardness level to position 3.
23-27
Press the Time Delay button to switch
the water hardness level to position 4.
28-34
Press the Time Delay button to switch
the water hardness level to position 5.
35-90
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