[. . . ] L 63 GB Dishwasher Instructions for installation and use Quick guide to your dishwasher This manual explains pleasantly all your new electric household appliance has to offer. In addition, you will discover a world of useful hints and handy tips to help you get a better wash from your dishwasher and to make it last longer. D ISHWASHER 1. Installation and moving (p. 9) Installation, after delivery or your moving house, is the most important procedure for the correct operation of your dishwasher. It is worth it: for the longer life span and the correct operation of your dishwasher. 2. Control panel at your orders (p. 2) Learn to get to know the parts which make up your dishwasher, you will use it better for it. [. . . ] Preliminary wash cycle for dishes while awaiting Short cold wash to prevent food completion of the load with from drying onto the dishes the dishes from the next meal. Special cycle to be used for more delicate items which are sensitive to high temperatures. Run cycle immediately after use.  J   6RDNLQJ &U\VWDO Wash at 52°C Rinse at 45°C Hot rinse at 65°C Drying  J  6 ARISTON DISHWASHER - Instructions for installation and use Never without salt Water hardness varies according to where you live. If the water in your home is hard, without water softening, incrustations would form on your dishes. Your dishwasher is fitted with a water softener which uses special salt to get rid of limescale in the water. Loading the salt. The salt container is situated underneath the lower rack, fill it up as follows: 1. Pull out the lower rack completely, unscrew and remove the container cap. First fill the container up with water (you won’t have to do this again next time). Put the dishwasher funnel on the hole and pour in approximately two kilos of salt. The salt container should be filled up when the low salt indicator light “S” flashes. Once you have loaded the salt for the first time, it is normal that the low salt indicator light flashes for 5 consecutive cycles. Salt adjustment Your dishwasher can adjust its salt consumption according to the hardness of the water in your home. This way, you can optimise and customise your dishwasher’s salt consumption (not too much, nor too little). Water Hardness D ISHWASHER To prevent rust from forming, load the salt just before beginning a wash cycle. Salt consumption (grams/cycle) 0 20 40 60 Clarke degrees °fH mmol/l Selector position Autonomy (cycles\2kg) / 60 40 25 0 - 14 14 - 36 36 - 71 >71 0 - 17 18 - 44 0 -1, 7 1, 8 - 4, 4 / "-" MED "+" 45 - 89 4, 5 - 8, 9 >89 > 8, 9 To adjust salt consumption, do as follows: 1. There is an arrow on the neck of the container (see figure on the right): if necessary, turn the arrow anti-clockwise from the “-” setting to the “+” setting. Select the arrow position depending on the water hardness, referring to the table provided. You don’t know how hard the water in your home is?Ask the company that supplies water in your area. Suggestions and advice for you . How to look after and protect Savings are easy Using your electric household appliances the dishes you hold dear wisely helps you make savings and is good s Almost all silverware can be cleaned in a dishwasher. There are two exceptions: old silverware and silverware decorated with an oxidising agent. Hot water can loosen the handles on old silverware and wear off the decorations on the other. Never let silverware come into contact with other metals: you will thus avoid stains and blackening. s Silver plates and serving dishes should be washed immediately after use, especially if they have contained salt, eggs, olives, mustard, vinegar, fruit juices and cooked vegetables. s For particularly delicate dishes, we recommend you use the specific wash cycle offered by your dishwasher. ARISTON DISHWASHER - Instructions for installation and use 7 for the environment. Maximum load. To optimise consumption levels, try to use the dishwasher with a full load only. [. . . ] If in doubt, dishwasherwhenitisopenand I only want an authorised contact a qualified profeskeep detergents out of their specialised technician with original Ariston guaranteed spare parts. Your dishwasher is not to be used by adults and for washinstalled outdoors, not even if ing household dishes, accordthe area is covered by a roof: ing to the instructions included it is extremely dangerous to in this manual. Do not touch leave it exposed to rain and the appliance with wet hands thunderstorms. We discourage the use of exment during or straight after a tension leads and multiple wash cycle. [. . . ]