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Water Hardness Calibration
Priorto the first use,the dishwasher needsto
be calibrated for water hardness.Pleasefollow
directions below to calibrate the dishwasherto
the hardnessof gour tap wateE
Determine the Hardness of Your Tap Water
In the bag that contained these instructions, gou
should find a water hardness test strip package.Read
the instructions on the package,remove the test strip
and follow the instructions to determine the hardness
levelof gour tap wateEYouwill usethis information to
calibrate gour dishwasher to dispensethe optimal
amount of detergent.
Waterhardnessteststrip indication
SOFT
0 RED
1 RED
2 RED
3 RED
4 RED
HARD
Value to Enter
into Dishwasher
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Calibration of 12-Button Front-Control
Models With 3-Digit Display
Press at the same time. Display
r_ Closeand latch the door (lightson,dishwasher
not running).
171 Pressthe COOKWAREand DELAYHOURSpads
at the same time for 3 seconds.Thedisplag will
show a number from i to 5.Thisisthe water
hardness value currentlg set.
1-31Pressthe COOKWAREpad to raisethe value or
the NORMALpad to lowerthe value. Setthe
water hardnessvalue to the number determined
with the test strip and table above.
14--IOncethe water hardness isset, the
press
START/RESETpad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
Calibration of 7-Button Front-Contro!
Models With 3-Digit Display
/ T
Displag Press at the same time.
r_ Open the door and touch a pad (otherthan
START)to turn lights on.
1-21Pressthe "Up" (_ Arrow Padand DELAY
HOURSpad at the same time for 3 seconds.The
displagwill show a number from i to 5.This isthe
water hardnessvalue currentlg set.
r-3-1Pressthe "Up" fix5Arrow Padto raisethe value
or the "Down" EE)Arrow Padto lowerthe value.
Setthe water hardnessvalueto the number
determined with the test strip and table atthe left.
E] Oncethe water hardness isset, the
press
START/RESETpad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
Calibration of Models Without a 3-D(git Display
Front controls
[] Close and latch the door (lights on, dishwasher
not running).
r-21 Press the COOKWARE and DELAYHOURS pads
together for 3 seconds. Alllights will light up and
gou willhear i to 5 beeps. The number of beeps
indicates the current hardness value.
r-31 To change the setting, press the DELAYHOURS
pad the number of times that corresponds to the
water hardness value determined at the left. The
control willbeep each time gou press the pad.
Once finished pressing the pad, gou will hear a
confirmation with beeps for the number of times
gou pressed the pad.
[] Ifthe number of beeps is not what gou desire,
start pressing the DELAYHOURS pad again to
reenter a new water hardness level.
1-61Once the water hardness is set, the
press
START/RESET pad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
Top controls
]Open the door and touch a pad to turn lights on.
[] Pressthe "Up" _ Arrow Pad and DELAY
HOURSpad at the same time for 3 seconds.All
lights will light up and gou will hear i to 5 beeps.
The number of beepsindicates the current
hardness value.
[-3-]To change the setting, pressthe DELAYHOURS
pad the number of times that corresponds to the
water hardnessvalue determined at the left.The
control will beep each time gou pressthe pad.
[_ Oncefinished pressingthe pad, gou will hear a
confirmation with beepsfor the number of times
gou pressedthe pad.
[_ If the number of beepsisnot what gou desire,
start pressingthe DELAYHOURSpad again to
reenter a new water hardness level.
[_] Oncethe water hardness isset, pressthe
START/RESETpad to save the setting and return
the dishwasher to normal operation.
NOTE:Youshould recalibrate the dishwasher control
if water conditions change; for example,if a water
softener sgstem isadded or removed from gour
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