On your smartphone or tablet, go to the App Store (Apple devices) or Google Play Store (Android devices).
Enter Home Connect in the store's search eld.
Select the „Home Connect (America)“ app published by BSH Home Appliances Corporation and install it on your
smartphone or tablet.
Start the app and create your Home Connect login details. The app will guide you through the registration process.
Don't forget to make a note of your e-mail address and password afterwards.
Step 2 (Initial start-up): Connecting your
home appliance to your home network (Wi-Fi)
Install your home appliance and switch it on.
Check whether your home network router has a WPS function (automatic connection).
Some routers have a WPS button, for example. (You will nd information about this in the manual
for your router.)
Does your router have a WPS function (automatic connection)?
Then go on to Step 2.2 –
Manual connection (Professional mode)
WPS
WPS
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Step 2.1: Automatically connecting your home appliance
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A
B
to your home network (Wi-Fi)
Press and hold the Remote start button for 3 seconds.
Aut (connect automatically) will appear on the display.
Press the
Activate the WPS function on your home network router within the next 2 minutes.
(Some routers have a WPS/Wi-Fi button, for example. You will nd information about this in
the manual for your router.)
If the connection is successful, con (connected) will appear on the display and the symbol
will light up and remain lit.
Now go on to Step 3.
Err (error) appears on the display.
The connection could not be established within 2 minutes.
Check whether your home appliance is within range of your home network (Wi-Fi) and repeat the process if necessary,
or refer to Step 2.2 to connect the appliance manually.
Start/Pause button to start the connection process.
WPS
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Step 2.2: Manually connecting your home appliance
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to your home network (Wi-Fi)
During manual connection, your home appliance sets up its own Wi-Fi network (access point) which you can log into using your
smartphone or tablet.
Press and hold the Remote start button for 3 seconds.
Aut (connect automatically) will appear on the display.
Turn the cycle selector to position 2.
SAP (connect manually) will appear on the display panel.
Press the Start/Pause button to start the connection process.
Your home appliance has now set up its own Wi-Fi network (SSID) HomeConnect for data transfer, which you can access using
your smartphone or tablet.
To nd this, go to the general settings menu on your smartphone or tablet and open up the Wi-Fi settings.
Err appears on the display. Your home appliance was unable to set up a Wi-Fi network within 5 minutes.
If the appliance is not operated for a prolonged period of time, the menu closes automatically. Start again with point
Step 2.2: Manually connecting your home appliance
to your home network (Wi-Fi)
Connect your smartphone or tablet to the HomeConnect Wi-Fi network (SSID) (the Wi-Fi password [key] is
also "HomeConnect"). The connection process may take up to 60 seconds.
Once successfully connected, open the Home Connect app on your smartphone or tablet.
The app will now take a few seconds to search for your home appliance. If you have not yet been asked for the
network name (SSID) and password (key) for your home network (Wi-Fi), you will be prompted to enter them into
the corresponding elds as soon as your home appliance has been found.
If the connection is successful, con (connected) will appear on the display.
Now go on to Step 3.
Err appears on the display.
The connection could not be established within 15 minutes.
Check whether your home appliance is within range of your home network (Wi-Fi) and repeat the process if necessary.