Saeco Energica HD8852, User Manual

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Once the water has been dispensed, remove and empty the container.
9
Repeat the process from step 5 to step 8 until the water tank is empty.
Then, continue with step 10.
10 At the end, fi ll the water tank again up to the MAX level. Now the ma-
chine is ready for brewing coff ee.
Note:
When you haven’t used the machine for 2 or more weeks, the machine
will automatically perform an automatic rinse/self-cleaning cycle after
you switch it on. Thereafter you need to initiate the manual rinse cycle as
described above.
The automatic rinse/self-cleaning cycle is also initiated automatically when
starting up the machine (with a cold boiler), when the machine is prepa-
ring to go into stand-by mode or after you have pressed the “
” button to
turn off the machine (after a coff ee has been brewed).
Measuring and programming water hardness
Measuring water hardness is very important for defi ning the frequency in
which the machine has to be descaled and to install the “” water
fi lter (for more detail on the water fi lter see next chapter).
To measure the water hardness follow the steps below:
1
Immerse the water hardness test strip provided with the machine in
water for 1 second.
Note:
The test strip can only be used for one measurement.
2
Wait for one minute.