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en Table of contents
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4
Before you switch ON the appliance . .	4
Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4
In daily use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4
Children in the household . . . . . . . . . .	4
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4
Button lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5
Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5
Getting to know your appliance . . . . .	. 5
Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5
Appliance interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5
Water softening system . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6
Water hardness table . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6
Special salt $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
Using special salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
Detergents with salt component . . . . .	7
Switching off water softening system .	7
Rinse aid % . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	8
Setting amount of rinse aid . . . . . . . . .	8
Switching off rinse aid refill indicator . .	8
Utensils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 9
Not suitable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	9
Glass and utensil damage . . . . . . . . .	9
Loading the dishwasher . . . . . . . . . . .	9
Unloading the dishwasher . . . . . . . . .	9
Cups and glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	9
Pans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	10
Cutlery basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	10
Etagere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	10
Folding spikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	11
Small accessories holder . . . . . . . . .	11
Knife shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	11
Adjusting the height of the basket . .	11
Detergent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	13
Adding detergent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	13
Combination detergent . . . . . . . . . . .	14
Overview of programmes . . . . . . . . . .	15
Programme selection . . . . . . . . . . . .	15
Information for test institutes . . . . . . .	15
TurboSpeed 20 min. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	16
Additional options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	17
Express Wash/ Speed Perfect
(VarioSpeed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	17
Half load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	17
Hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	17

Intensive zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Extra drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Washing the dishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Programme data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Aqua sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Switching on the appliance . . . . . . . . 17 Remaining running time display . . . . 18 Timer programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 End of programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Switching off automatically

after the end of the programme . . . . . 18 Switching off the appliance . . . . . . . . 18 Interrupting the programme . . . . . . . . 19 Terminating the programme . . . . . . . 19 Changing the programme . . . . . . . . . 19 Intensive drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Maintenance and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Overall condition of the machine . . . . 20 Special salt and rinse aid . . . . . . . . . 20 Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Spray arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Waste water pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

... when the appliance is switched on 22

... changing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

... on the appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

... during the wash cycle . . . . . . . . . . 23

... on the utensils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Waste-water connection . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Fresh water connection . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Warm water connection . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Electrical connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Removing the appliance . . . . . . . . . . 27 Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Protection against frost

(Emptying the appliance) . . . . . . . . . . 27

Waste disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Old appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Safety instructions

Before you switch ON the appliance

Please read the operating and installation instructions carefully. They contain important information on how to install, use and maintain the appliance.

Retain all documents for subsequent use or for the next owner.

Delivery

–Check the packaging and dishwasher immediately for damage caused in transit. Do not switch on a damaged appliance, but contact your supplier.

–Please dispose of the packaging material in an environmentally friendly manner.

–Do not let children play with packaging and its parts. There is a risk of suffocation from collapsible boxes and film.

Installation

Read the “Installation” chapter to learn how to install and connect the appliance correctly.

In daily use

–This appliance is intended for use in the home and the home environment.

–Use the dishwasher

only in the household and only for its designed purpose: for washing domestic dishes.

–Children or people whose physical, sensory or mental abilities prevent them from using the appliance safely must not use this appliance without supervision or instruction

by a responsible person.

–Do not lean or sit on the open door. The appliance could tip.

–Please note that free-standing appliances may tip over if the baskets are overloaded.

–Do not add any solvents to the washing chamber. Danger of explosion!

–Open the door carefully

when the programme is still running. There is a risk of hot water spraying out of the appliance.

–To prevent injuries, e.g. caused by stumbling, open the dishwasher only briefly in order to load and unload the dishwasher.

–Read and observe the safety information and instructions

for use on the packaging for cleaning and rinsing agents.

Ã=Warning

Knives and other utensils with sharp points must be placed in the cutlery basket with the points downwards or horizontally on the knife shelf *.

* depending on model

Children in the household

–If fitted, use the childproof lock. An exact description can be found in the back of the envelope.

–Do not allow children to play with or operate the appliance.

–Keep children away from detergents and rinse aid. These may cause chemical burns in the mouth, throat and eyes or asphyxiation.

–Keep children away from open dishwasher. The water in the rinsing compartment is not drinking water and could contain detergent residue.

Ensure that children do not place fingers in the tablet collecting tray 12. Small fingers could become caught in the slots.

–If the appliance is installed at eye-level, ensure when opening and closing the door that children are not caught or crushed between the appliance door and the cupboard door situated below.

Childproof lock (door lock)Drlock *

The description of the childproof lock is at the back in the envelope.

* depending on model

Childproof lock (button lock)kcolntuB

You can secure your appliance from being unintentionally the programme terminated (e.g. improper operation by children).

Activating the button lock:

–Start the required programme.

–Hold down the button + for approx. 4 sec. until this ’– is indicated on the digital display.

If any button is pressed while the programme is running, this ’– is indicated on the digital display. It is not possible to end (Reset) the programme.

Deactivating the button lock:

–Hold down the button + for approx. 4 sec. until the display ’– goes out.

When the programme ends (‹:‹‹ on the digital display), the button lock is cancelled. If there is a power failure, the button lock is retained. Whenever a programme is restarted, the button lock must be reactivated.

Damage

–The appliance may be repaired and opened up by a technician only. To do this, disconnect the appliance from the power supply. Pull out the mains plug or switch off the fuse. Turn off the tap.

Disposal

–Make redundant appliances unusable to prevent subsequent accidents.

–Dispose of the appliance in an environmentally friendly manner.

Ã=Warning

Children could become locked in the appliance (risk of suffocation) or find themselves in other dangerous situations.

Therefore: Pull out the mains plug, sever and dispose of the power cord. Destroy the door lock so that the door can no longer be closed.

Getting to know your appliance

Diagrams of the control panel and the interior of the appliance can be found in the envelope at the front.

Individual positions are referred to in the text.

Control panel

( ON/OFF switch

0 Programme buttons **

8 Door opener

@ Timer programming * H Additional options ** P START button

X Display “Check water supply” ` Salt refill indicator

H Rinse aid refill indicator )" Digital display

* depending on model

** Number depending on model

Appliance interior

1" Top basket 1* Knife shelf *

12 Tablet collecting tray 1: Top spray arm

1B Bottom spray arm

1J Dispenser for special salt

1R Filters

1Z Cutlery basket

1B Bottom basket

1J Dispenser for rinse aid 9" Detergent dispenser

9* Lock for detergent dispenser

92 Rating plate

* depending on model

Water softening system

To ensure good washing results, the dishwasher requires soft water, i.e. containing low amounts of lime, otherwise white limescale will be deposited on the utensils and inner container.

Tap water above 9° Clarke must be softened. The water is softened with salt (regeneration salt) in the water softening system of the dishwasher.

The setting and therefore the required amount of salt depends on the degree of hardness of your tap water (see table).

Setting

The amount of salt dispensed can be set from •:‹‹ to •:‹ˆ.

Salt is not required at the set value •:‹‹.

–Find out about the hardness value of your tap water. Your water utility company will help you with this.

–Set value can be found in the water hardness table.

–Close the door.

–Switch on ON/OFF switch (.

–Hold down programme button # and press START button P until •:‹.... is indicated on the digital display.

–Release both buttons.

The LED for button # flashes and the digital display )" displays the factory setting •:‹….

To change the setting:

–Press programme button 3.

Each time the button is pressed, the

set value increases by one level; when the value of •:‹ˆ has been reached, the display jumps back to •:‹‹ (off).

–Press START button P.

The chosen setting has now been stored.

Water hardness table

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Special salt $

Using special salt

Always refill with special salt immediately before switching on the appliance. This ensures that overrun special salt solution is immediately washed out and does not corrode the rinsing tank.

–Open the screw-type cap of the compartment 1J.

–Fill the tank with water (only required when switching on the appliance for the first time).

–Then add dishwasher salt

(not table salt or tablets).

The water is displaced and runs out.

As soon as the salt refill indicator ` on the fascia is lit, top up the salt.

* depending on model

mepocUsingtnlashiwgrD detergents with salt component

If combined detergents with a salt component are used, salt can usually be omitted up to a water hardness of 21° dH (37° fH, 26° Clarke, 3.7 mmol/l). If the water hardness is over 21° dH, special salt must be used.

Switchingingystemctihingwaersoft off salt refill indicator/ water softening system

If the salt refill indicator ` is impaired (e.g. when using combined detergents containing salt component), it can be switched off.

–Proceed as described under “Adjusting

the water softening system” and set the value to •:‹‹.

The water softening system and salt refill indicator are now switched off.

Ã=Warning

Never fill the salt dispenser with detergent. You will destroy the water softening system.

Rinse aid %

As soon as the rinse-aid refill indicator H is lit on the fascia, there is still a rinse-aid reserve of 1 – 2 rinsing processes. Refill with rinse aid.

The rinse aid is required for stain-free utensils and clear glasses. Use only rinse aid for domestic dishwashers.

Combined detergents with rinse-aid component may be used up to a water hardness of 21° dH (37° fH, 26° Clarke, 3.7 mmol/l) only. If the water hardness is over 21° dH, rinse aid must be used.

–Open the dispenser 1J by pressing and lifting the plate on the cover.

–Carefully pour rinse aid up to the max. mark in the filler opening.

–Close cover until it clicks shut.

–To prevent excessive foam formation during the next rinse cycle, remove any rinse aid which has run over with a cloth.

Setting amount of rinse aid

The amount of rinse aid can be set from §:‹‹ to §:‹‡. Please set rinse aid on §:‹† to obtain very good drying results (§:‹† is already set in factory).

Change this setting, only if streaks (select lower setting) or water stains (select higher setting) are left on the utensils.

–Close the door.

–Switch on ON/OFF switch (.

–Hold down programme button # and press START button P until •:‹.... is indicated on the digital display.

–Release both buttons.

The LED for button # flashes and the digital display )" displays the factory setting •:‹….

–Press programme button # until the factory set value §:‹† is indicated on the digital display )".

To change the setting:

–Press programme button 3.

Each time the button is pressed, the

set value increases by one level; when the value of §:‹‡ has been reached, the display jumps back to §:‹‹ (off).

–Press START button P. The set value is saved.

Switching off rinse aid refill indicator

If the rinse-aid refill indicator H is impaired (e.g. when using combined detergents containing rinse aid component), it can be switched off.

–Proceed as described under “Setting

amount of rinse aid” and set the value to §:‹‹.

The rinse aid refill indicator H is now switched off.

Utensils

Not suitable

–Cutlery and utensils made of wood.

–Delicate decorative glasses, craft and antique utensils. These decors are not dishwasher-proof.

–Plastic parts not resistant to heat.

–Copper and tin utensils.

–Utensils which are soiled with ash, wax, lubricating grease or ink.

Aluminium and silver parts have a tendency to discolour and fade during the wash cycle. Even some types of glass (e.g. crystal glass objects) may turn cloudy after many wash cycles.

Glass and utensil damage

Causes:

–Glass type and glass production process.

–Chemical composition of the detergent.

–Water temperature of the wash programme.

Recommendation:

–Use only glasses and porcelain which the manufacturer designates as dishwasher-proof.

–Use a detergent which protects utensils.

–Take glass and cutlery out of the dishwasher as soon as possible after the programme ends.

Loading the dishwasher

–Remove large food remnants. It is not necessary to prerinse utensils under running water.

–Place the utensils so that

–they are secure and cannot tip over.

–all utensils with their openings face down.

–parts with curves or indentations are at an angle, thereby allowing water to drain.

–does not obstruct rotation of the two spray arms 1: and 1B.

Very small utensils should not be washed in the machine, as they may fall out of the baskets.

Unloading the dishwasher

To prevent water from dripping off the upper basket onto the utensils in the lower basket, it is recommended to empty

the appliance from the bottom up.

Hot utensils are sensitive to shock! Therefore, when the programme ends, leave the utensils to cool down in the dishwasher until they can be handled.

Cups and glasses

Top basket 1"

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