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15.10 Cleaning the milk container
To keep the frother efficient, clean the milk container (D) every
two days as described below:
1. Remove the lid (D2);
2. Remove the milk spout (D5) and intake tube (D4) (fig. 34);
3. Turn the froth adjustment dial (D1) anticlockwise to the
"INSERT" position (fig. 34) and pull it off upwards;
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4. Wash all the components thoroughly with hot water and
mild washing-up liquid.
All components are dish-
washer safe, placing them in the top basket of the
dishwasher.
Make sure there are no milk residues on the hollow and
groove under the dial (fig. 35). If necessary, scrape the
groove with a toothpick;
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5. Rinse inside the froth adjustment dial seat with running
water (fig. 36);
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 (D3).
15.11 Cleaning the hot water/steam connection
nozzle
Each time you prepare milk, clean the connection nozzle (A9)
with a sponge to remove milk residues from the gaskets (fig.
22).
16.
DESCALING
Important!
• Before use, read the instructions and the labelling on the
descaler pack.
• You should use De’Longhi descaler only. Using unsuitable
descaler and/or performing descaling incorrectly may re-
sult in faults not covered by the manufacturer's guarantee.
Descale the appliance when "DESCALING NEEDED - PRESS OK TO
START (~45min)
" appears on the display (B1): To des-
cale immediately, press the selection arrow (B2) corresponding
to "
OK" and follow the instructions from point 4.
To descale the appliance later, press the selection arrow (B2)
corresponding to "
ESC". The
symbol appears on the
display to remind you that the appliance needs descaling. (the
message appears each time you turn the appliance on).
To access the descaling menu:
1. Press the selection arrow
(B2) corresponding to the
"
" symbol (B8) to
enter the menu;
2. Press the selection arrow
(B2) corresponding to
"DESCALE " and follow
the instructions on the
display;
3. "REMOVE WATER FILTER"
(fig. 37): extract the water
tank (A16), remove the
water softener filter (C4)
(if present) and empty
the water tank. Press the
selection arrow corre-
sponding to "NEXT>";
4. "DESCALER (LEVEL A) AND
WATER (LEVEL B)" (fig.
38); Pour the descaler
into the tank up to the
level A marked inside the
tank (equal to one 100
ml pack), then add water
(one litre) up to level
B
and put the water tank
back.
Press the selection arrow cor-
responding to "NEXT>";
5. "EMPTY DRIP TRAY" (fig.
39): Remove, empty and
replace the drip tray (A14)
and grounds container
(A10). Press the selection
arrow corresponding to
"NEXT>";
6. "POSITION 2l CONTAINER
OK TO START": Place an
empty container with a
minimum capacity of 2 li-
tres under the hot water/
steam spout (C6) and
coffee spouts (A8) (fig. 8);
Important! Danger of burns
Hot water containing acid flows from the hot water/steam and
coffee spouts. Take care to avoid contact with splashes of this
solution.
7. Press " OK" to confirm that you have added the descal-
ing solution. "DESCALING UNDERWAY" 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 remove all the scale
residues inside the coffee machine;
After about 25 minutes, descaling stops;
8. "RINSE AND FILL WATER TANK UP TO MAX LEVEL" (fig. 5):
the appliance 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
appliance;
9. "POSITION 2l CONTAINER PRESS OK TO START RINSING":
Place the container used to collect the descaler solution
empty under the coffee spouts and hot water/steam spout
(fig. 8) and press the selection arrow corresponding to "
OK";
10 Hot water is delivered first from the coffee spouts, then
from the hot water/steam spout and "RINSING UNDER-
WAY" is displayed;
11. When the water in the tank has run out, empty the con-
tainer used to collect the rinsing water;
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