ENGLISH
User Manual MECHANIKA V SLIM
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10 CE CONFORMITY
Conformity
The product complies with the following EU Directives:
Machine:
2006/42/EC
Low Voltage:
2006/95/EC
EMC:
2004/108/EC
PED:
97/23/EC
EN-Directives:
EN 292-1, EN 292-2, EN 60335-1, EN 60335-2-15 or EN 60335-2-75,
EN 55014, EN 61000-3, EN 61000-4, ENV 50141, EN 55104
11 TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem
Possible Cause
Troubleshooting
Little or no crema on the top of the
coffee
The grind is not fine enough
Use a finer grind.
Tamp the ground coffee more firmly.
Reduce the brewing pressure.
The coffee is too old.
Use fresh coffee
There is too much chlorine in the
water.
Use a chlorine filter.
The amount of ground coffee is not
enough.
Use the right coffee amount:
Approx. 8-10 g of coffee for each
cup.
The shower screen is dirty.
Clean the brew group.
Sparse coffee dispensing, only drop
by drop
The grind is too fine.
Use a coarser grind.
Tamp ground coffee only slightly.
Increase the brewing-pressure.
There is too much ground coffee.
Use approx. 8-10 g of coffee for
every cup.
Weak “body”
The grind is not fine enough.
Use a finer grind.
The coffee is old.
Use fresh coffee.
The amount of ground coffee is not
enough.
Use approx. 8-10 g of coffee for each
cup.
The shower screen is dirty.
Clean the shower screen.
Foam instead of crema
The beans are improper.
Use another coffee bean.
The setting of the coffee grinder is
not suited for the coffee beans in
use.
Adjust the coffee grinder (When
changing the coffee beans, changing
the grind can also be necessary.)
The machine is switched on, but the
machine does not work.
The orange control lamp is switched
off: there is not enough water in the
water tank.
Refill water.
Water was refilled, the orange
control lamp is switched off.
Switch off/on the machine.
Make sure that the floater in the
water tank is in the correct position.
(The side of the floater with the
magnet point must face towards the
inside of the machine. The floater
itself must be inserted with the
magnet point on the upper part of
the floater.)
The water tank is not fixed properly.
Fix the water tank properly.
Portafilter/ brew group is dripping.
Portafilter is not fixed properly.
Fix the portafilter properly.
Group gasket is broken.
Change group gasket and shower
screen.