Philips GC5057 [12/230] English

Water hardness table

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Water hardness Advice

None Very soft water Use tap water

One Soft water Use tap water

Two Medium hard water Use mixture of 50% tap water and 50% distilled

water*

Three Hard water Use mixture of 50% tap water and 50% distilled

water or ltered water from IronCare water descale

lter.

Four Very hard water

Use mixture of 30% tap water and 70% distilled water

or ltered water from IronCare water descale lter.

* For your convenience, we recommend that you use ltered water from

IronCare water descale lter.

Note: Please visit www.philips.com/IronCare for more information on the

IronCare water descale lter. You can buy an IronCare water descale lter in

the online webshop at www.shop.philips.com/service. You can also contact the

Philips Consumer Care Centre.

Filling the water tank

Caution: Do not put perfume, vinegar, starch, descaling agents, ironing

aids or other chemicals in the water tank, as your appliance is not

designed to work with these chemicals.

1 FillthewatertankuptotheMAXindicationwiththellingcup

supplied if your tap water is soft.

Note: If you use the IronCare water descale lter, you can ll the water tank

with ltered water straight from this lter.

Heating up

1 Put the plug in an earthed wall socket.

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