Hints And Tips - Neue IDSH451W User Manual

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Using the combi detergent tablets
When you use tablets, that contain salt and rinse aid, do
not fill the salt container and the rinse aid dispenser.
1. Adjust the water softener to the lowest level.
2. Set the rinse aid dispenser to the lowest position.
If you stop to use the combi detergent tablets,
before you start to use separately detergent, rinse
aid and dishwasher salt, do these steps:
1. Press the on/off button to activate the appliance.
2. Set the water softener to the highest level.
3. Make sure that the salt container and the rinse aid
dispenser are full.
4. Start the shortest programme with a rinsing phase,
without detergent and without dishes.
5. Adjust the water softener to the water hardness in
your area.
6. Adjust the released quantity of rinse aid.
Setting and starting a programme
Setting mode
For some settings it is necessary that the appliance is in
setting mode.
The appliance is in setting mode when all the pro-
gramme indicators are off and the end indicator flashes.

Hints and tips

The water softener
Hard water contains a high quantity of minerals that can
cause damage to the appliance and bad washing re-
sults. The water softener neutralises these minerals.
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If the programme has a
prewash phase, put a
small quantity of deter-
gent on the inner part of
the appliance door.
1. To set the appliance in setting mode, press and
hold the programme button until all the programme
indicators go off and the end indicator flashes.
Starting a programme
1. Open the water tap.
2. Press the on/off button to activate the appliance.
Make sure that the appliance is in setting mode.
3. Press continuously the programme button until the
indicator of the programme you want to set comes
on.
4. Close the appliance door. The programme starts.
Opening the door while the appliance operates
If you open the door, the appliance stops. When you
close the door, the appliance continues from the point of
interruption.
Cancelling the programme
1. Open the appliance door.
2. Press and hold the programme button until the indi-
cator of the set programme goes off and the end in-
dicator flashes.
Make sure that there is detergent in the detergent
dispenser before you start a new programme.
At the end of the programme
When the programme is completed, an intermittent
acoustic signal operates and the end indicator is on.
1. Press the on/off button to deactivate the appliance.
2. Close the water tap.
Important
• Let the dishes become cold before you remove them
from the appliance. Hot dishes can be easily dam-
aged.
• First remove the items from the lower basket, then
from the upper basket.
• There can be water on the sides and on the door of
the appliance. Stainless steel becomes cool more
quickly than the dishes.
The dishwasher salt keeps the water softener clean and
in good conditions. It is important to set the right level of
the water softener. This makes sure that the water soft-