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6. Check that the intake tube and spout are not clogged with
milk residues;
7. Replace the dial (in correspondence to the word "INSERT"),
spout and milk intake tube;
8. Place the lid back on the milk container (E2).
14.11 Cleaning the hot water nozzle
Each time you prepare milk, clean the connection nozzle (A8)
with a sponge to remove milk residues from the gaskets (fig. 21).
15.
DESCALING
Important!
• Before use, read the instructions and the labelling on the
descaler pack.
• You should use De’Longhi descaler only. Using unsuita-
ble descalers, or failing to perform the descale procedure
correctly, could lead to the machine developing faults not
covered by the manufacturer's guarantee.
Descale the machine when "DESCALING NEEDED" "PRESS OK TO
START (~45min)" appears on the display: To descale immedi-
ately, press
and follow the operations from point 3.
To descale the machine later, press
. The
symbol appears on the display to remind you that the machine
needs descaling. (the message appears each time you turn the
machine on).
To access the descaling menu:
1. Pressthe "
" button (C3) to enter the menu;
2. Press "DESCALE" and follow the instructions on the
display;
3. "REMOVE WATER FILTER" (fig. 34): extract the water tank
(A17), remove the water softener filter (D4) (if present)
and empty the water tank. Press
;
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35
A
B
A
B
+
4. "DESCALER (LEVEL A)" "AND WATER (LEVEL B)" (fig. 35);
Pour the descaler into the tank up to the level A marked
inside the tank (equal to one 3.38 floz /100ml pack), then
add water (one litre) up to level B and put the water tank
back. Press
;
5. "EMPTY DRIP TRAY" (fig. 22):
6. Remove, empty and replace the drip tray (A15) and
grounds container (A11). Press
;
7. "POSITION 2l CONTAINER" "OK TO START":
Place an empty container with a minimum capacity of 67.6 fl
oz/ 2 litres under the hot water spout (D6) and coffee spouts
(A9) (fig. 8);
Important! Danger of scalding
Hot water containing acid flows from the hot water and coffee
spouts. Take care to avoid contact with splashes of this solution.
8. Press "
" to confirm that you have added
the descaling solution. "DESCALING UNDERWAY" "PLEASE
WAIT" is displayed: The descale programme starts and
the descaler liquid comes out of the hot water and coffee
spouts. A series of rinses is performed automatically to re-
move all the scale residues inside the coffee machine;
After about 25 minutes, descaling stops;
9. "RINSE AND FILL WATER TANK" "UP TO MAX LEVEL" (fig.
4): the machine is now ready to rinse with fresh water.
Empty the container used to collect the descaler solution.
Extract the water tank, empty, rinse under running water,
fill with fresh water up to the MAX level and put back in
the machine;
10. "POSITION 2l CONTAINER" "OK TO START RINSING": Place
the container used to collect the descaler solution empty
under the coffee spouts and hot water spout (fig. 8) and
press
;
11. Hot water is delivered first from the coffee spouts, then
from the hot water spout and "RINSING UNDERWAY" is
displayed;
