Miele G 6980 Operating Instructions Manual page 21

Water hardness
The display changes to the water hard‐
ness setting.
– The dishwasher must be program‐
med for the water hardness in your
area.
– Your local water supplier can tell you
the water hardness level in your area.
– Where the water hardness fluctuates
e.g. between 10 - 16 gr/gal (10 - 15
°d), always program the dishwasher
to the higher value (16 gr/gal or 15 °d
in this example).
It is useful to know your water hardness
so that you can provide the service
technician with this information in the
event of any service calls.
Enter the water hardness below:
____________ gr/gal (°d)
The dishwasher is programmed at the
factory for a water hardness level of 1
gr/gal (1 °d).
 Use the  arrow buttons to select
the hardness of your water supply
and confirm with
See "Settings menu - Water hardness"
for more information.
.
OK
Before using for the first time
The message
will then appear in the display.
pleted
After confirming this message with
the prompts  and 
may appear.
 Add salt and rinse aid if necessary
(see "Before using for the first time -
Dishwasher salt" and "Rinse aid").
 Confirm the messages with
The display will switch to the main
menu.
The prompt to set the dishwasher up
for first use will not appear again after
you have run the first complete pro‐
gram.
Set-up successfully com-
Refill rinse aid
OK
,
OK
.
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