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Measuring water hardness
1. remove the “ToTal hardneSS TeST” indi-
cator paper attached to this manual from its
pack.
2. immerse the paper completely in a glass of
water for one second.
3. remove the paper from the water and shake
lightly. after about a minute, 1, 2, 3, or 4 red
squares form, depending on the hardness of
the water. each square corresponds to one
level.
level 1
level 2
level 3
level 4
Set water hardness
1. Press the P button to enter the menu.
2. Turn the selection knob to select “Water
hardness”.
3. Confirm the selection by pressing the
button.
4. Turn the selection knob and set the level
shown by the indicator paper (see previous
paragraph).
5. Press the
button to confirm the
setting.
6. Press the
button to exit the menu.
The machine is now reprogrammed with the new
water hardness setting.
Place an empty container with a minimum
capacity of 1.5 litres under the hot water
spout.
Important!
danger of burns
hot water containing descaling solution flows
out of the hot water spout.
avoid contact with splashes of water.
6.
Confirm by pressing the
button.
7.
The message “descaling...” is displayed.
The descaling programme starts and the
descaler liquid comes out of the water spout.
The descale programme automatically
performs a series of rinses and pauses to
remove limescale deposits from inside the
machine.
after about 30 minutes, the message “rinsing
Fill TanK!” is displayed.
8.
The appliance is now ready for rinsing
through with clean water.
remove the water tank, empty, rinse under
running water, fill with clean water and
replace. “rinsing... Press oK” is displayed.
9.
empty the container used to collect the
descaler solution and replace it under the hot
water spout.
10.
Press the
button
to start rinsing. hot
water flows out of the spout and the message
“rinsing...” is displayed.
11.
When the water tank is completely empty,
the message “rinsing Complete... Confirm?”
is displayed.
12.
Press the
button:
the appliance goes
off.
To use it again, turn the appliance on by pressing
the
button.
Before switching on the appliance by pushing the
button, remember to empty the drip tray.
SETTING WATER HARDNESS
The deSCale message is displayed after a
period of time established according to water
hardness.
The machine is set by default for a hardness
value of 4.
The machine can also be programmed accord-
ing to the actual hardness of the mains water in
the various regions, varying the frequency with
which the message is displayed.
