18Operating the applianceFilling the water tankWhen you open the appliance door, you see the watertank at the side.NOTICE: Use of inappropriate liquids can damage theappliance!‒ Only use fresh tap water, softened water, ormineral water without carbonation.‒ If your tap water contains a lot of lime, werecommend softened water.‒ Do not use distilled water, highly chlorinated tapwater (> 40 mg/l), or any other liquids.Information about your tap water can be obtained fromyour water utility office. The hardness of your watercan be tested with the accompanying test strip.Fill the water tank before every operation (except for"Convection + 30% Humidity", "Convection + 0%Humidity" and "Drying program"):1 Open the appliance door and remove the watertank (Figure A).2 Fill the water tank with cold water up to the "max"mark (Figure B).3 Close the tank cover until it noticeably engages.4 Completely push in the water tank (Figure C).The tank must be flush with the tank slot (Figure D).Oven interiorThe oven interior has four insertion levels. These arecounted from the bottom up.Note: When steaming, thawing, fermenting andregenerating, you can use up to three insertion levelsat the same time (levels 2, 3 and 4). You can only bakeon one level, and you should use level 2 to do this (orlevel 1 for higher cake pans).9 CAUTIONDo not place anything on the cookingcompartment floor. Do not cover it withaluminium foil. A build-up of heat could damagethe appliance or cause injury.9 CAUTIONThe oven interior's floor and the evaporator traymust always be left free. Always place cookwarein the perforated cooking receptacle or on therack.9 CAUTIONDo not insert any accessories between thelevels as otherwise it may tilt over.Always open the appliance door fully. In this positionthe open appliance door does not swing back of itsown accord.Inserting accessoriesThe rack and the perforated cooking receptaclefeature a latching function. The latching functionprevents tilting of accessories when pulling them out.You must insert accessories in the cooking interiorcorrectly so that tilt protection will work. Whenremoving accessories, you must raise them slightly.$PD[%& '