GE PDW7880PSS Owners Manual - Page 9

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SmartDispense :MDetergent

Dispenser

Water Hardness

Calibration

Prior to the first use, the dishwasher needs to

Pressthe COOKWAREand

DELAY

HOURSpads at the

be calibrated for water hardness. Pleasefollow

same time for 3 seconds.

directions below to calibrate the dishwasher to

the hardness of gour tap water.

Control

Panel

Determine

the Hardness

of

Your Tap Water

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In the bag containing these instructions, gou should

find a water hardness test strip package. Readthe

Pressatthesame

time.

Displag

instructions on the package, remove the test strip and

follow the instructions to determine the hardness level

of gour tap water.

You

will use this information to

calibrate gour dishwasher to dispense the optimal

amount of detergent.

Waterhardnesstest strip indication

Value to Enter

into

Dishwasher

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1

1RED_

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2

2 RED

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3

3 RED

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4-

HARD

4 RED

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5

Enter Water Hardness

Once in the water hardness calibration mode, the

S-digit display will appear and display a number

from a 1 to 5. If the water hardness has never been

entered, the display will show 5. Pressthe COOl<WARE

pad to raise the value or the

NORMALWASH

pad to

lower the value shown on the display. Setthe value

according to the table at left as determined from

the water hardness test strip.

Control

Panel

Set

Control

to

Cafibration

Mode

From the standby mode (dishwasher not running

a cycle and the panel lights on),enter the water

hardness selection mode.

WASH pad to

pad to raise the

lower the value,

value.

Return control to normal operation and save the last

displayed value as the new water hardnessvalue.

Calibrationiscomplete.

You

should recalibrate the dispenser if water

conditions change, for example, if a water softener

system is added or removed from your home.

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