Setting Water Softening System; Adding Special Salt - Bosch SMV88UX36E User Manual

Water hardness °E
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Note: Set the water hardness determ-
ined on your appliance.
→ "Setting water softening system",
Page 31
With a water hardness of 0 - 8 °E
you can dispense with special salt
and switch off the water softening
system.
→ "Switching off water softening sys-
tem", Page 32

Setting 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 30
To open the basic settings, press
2.
for approx. 3 seconds.
Press repeatedly until the display
3.
shows "Water hardness".
Press or
4.
display shows the right water hard-
ness value.
To save the settings, press
5.
approx. 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-
ter hardness: the higher the water
hardness, the greater the amount of
special salt required.
Hardness range
Hard
Hard
repeatedly until the
mmol/l
3.8 - 5.4
5.5 - 8.9
ATTENTION!
¡ Detergent may damage the water
softening system.
Only fill the dispenser of the wa-
▶
ter softening system with special
dishwasher salt.
¡ Special salt 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.
Note: Only use special salt for
3.
dishwashers.
Do not use salt tablets.
Do not use table salt.
Add the special salt to the dis-
penser.
for
Water softening system en
Setting value
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