15Before first useHere you find out what you have to do beforepreparing meals with your appliance for the first time.Read the section entitled Important safety notesbeforehand.The appliance must be completely fitted andconnected.The "First settings" menu appears in the display afterthe mains has been connected. You can now set yournew appliance:▯ Language▯ Time format▯ Time▯ Date format▯ Date▯ Temperature format▯ Water hardnessNotes‒ The "First settings" menu only appears the firsttime the appliance is switched on afterconnection to the mains or if the appliance had nopower supply for several days.After connection to the power, the GAGGENAUlogo first appears for about 30 seconds, afterwhich the "First settings" menu appearsautomatically.‒ You can change the settings at any time (see thesection entitled Factory setting).Setting the languageThe default language appears in the display.1 Select the desired display language with therotary selector.2 Confirm with ™.Note: When the language is changed, the system isrestarted; this procedure takes a few seconds.Setting the time formatthe two possible formats 24h and AM/PM appear inthe display. The default format is 24h.1 Set the required format with the rotary selector.2 Confirm with ™.Setting the timeThe time appears in the display.1 Set the required time with the rotary selector.2 Confirm with ™.Setting the date formatThe three possible formats D.M.Y, D/M/Y and M/D/Yappear in the display. The D.M.Y is the default.1 Set the required format with the rotary selector.2 Confirm with ™.'HXWVFK6SUDFKH7LPHIRUPDW7LPH'DWHIRUPDW