DeLonghi ESAM 04.110, Instructions Manual

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18. MEANING OF THE ALARM LIGHTS
LIGHTS DESCRIPTION MEANING WHAT TO DO
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The light (B11) is on
steadily
Insufficient water in tank
or tank not correctly in
place
Fill the tank (A12) with water and/
or insert it correctly, pushing it as
far as it will go until it clicks into
place.
The tank is dirty and/or
clogged
Rinse or descale the tank
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The light flashes The grinding is too fine
and the coffee is delivered
too slowly
Repeat coffee delivery and turn
the grinding adjustment knob (A1)
(fig. 10) one click clockwise to-
wards “7” while the coffee mill is in
operation. If after making at least
2 coffees delivery is still too slow,
repeat the correction procedure,
turning the grinding adjustment
knob another click until delivery is
correct (see the section “10.3 Adju-
sting the coffee mill”).
The machine is not able to
make coffee
If the problem persists, turn the
steam/hot water knob (B10) to the
I position and deliver water from
the cappuccino maker (A9)
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The light (B12) is on
steadily
The grounds container is
full or missing
Empty the grounds container
(A15) and drip tray (A17), clean
and replace (fig. 18). Important:
when removing the drip tray,
the grounds container MUST be
emptied, even if it contains few
grounds. If this is not done, when
you make the next coffees, the
grounds container may fill up
more than expected and clog the
machine
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The light flashes The “pre-ground coffee”
function has been
selected without placing
any pre-ground coffee in
the funnel
Place pre-ground coffee in the
funnel (A8) or deselect the “pre-
ground” function
The coffee beans have run
out
Fill the beans container (A3)
If the coffee mill is very
noisy, this means a small
stone in the coffee beans
has blocked the mill.
Contact Customer Services
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The light (B15) flashes The machine must be
descaled
The descaling procedure described
in the section “14. DESCALING”
needs to be performed as soon as
possible.