Vitek VT-8489, Manual Instruction

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Recommended cleaning intervals
Water type Cleaning frequency
Soft (filtered) Every 80 cups
Hard (tap) Every 40 cups
• Make sure that the unit is switched off.
•
Make citric acid solution: 2 teaspoons and 1 l
of water and pour this solution into the water
tank (16). Install the water tank (16) back to
its place.
•
Remove the milk tank (11), fill it with cold
water till the MAX mark as well and install
back to its place.
•
Select one of the coffee filters (20 or 21),
and insert it into the holder (19), matching
the ledge on the filter with the hole on the
holder (19) and turn the filter clockwise/anti­
clockwise.
•
Install the filter holder into the coffee maker.
Position the handle so that it aligns with the
open lock symbol «
» on the unit and goes
into the groove (fig. 3), then turn the handle
of the filter holder (17) to the right until bump­
ing and until it aligns with the closed lock
symbol «
» (fig. 4, 5).
•
Place the corresponding cup on the respec­
tive tray (3 or 5) and turn the cappuccinator
pipe (2) to the cup using the bar (8).
•
Insert the power plug into the mains socket.
•
Switch the coffee maker on by pressing the
button (14), the illumination of the buttons
(23, 24 and 25) on the control panel will start
flashing.
• Turn the knob (9) to the cleaning position
«
», then press and hold the Latte button
(25) for 3 seconds to activate cleaning. Let
the unit dispense water through the pipe for
about 30 seconds and then press the button
(25) once to stop the process.
• Repeat the boiler cleaning procedure with
small intervals till there is no citric acid solu­
tion in the tank.
•
After finishing of the cleaning process fill the
tank (16) with water and repeat this proce­
dure 2­3 times to wash off the rest of citric
acid or descaling reagent.
Note:
• To remove scale you can use special scale
removers, strictly following the instructions
on their usage.
CLEANING
•
Cleaning the filters (20, 21): you can wash
the filters in a dish washing machine. If the
openings are blocked with the ground cof­
fee remnants, you can clean the filters with a
small brush.
•
Wipe the coffee maker body with a soft
damp cloth. Do not use metal brushes or
abrasives.
•
Do not immerse the coffee maker body into
water or other liquids.
• Wash the removable parts of the coffee
maker with warm water and a soft detergent.
DRIP TRAYS
• Remove the lid from the tray, remove the tray
and pour out water, put the tray back to its
place, put the grid on the tray.
• If necessary, wash the trays and the lids with
water and soft detergent, then rinse and dry.
Malfunctions, their causes and methods of elimination
Failure Cause Solution
The unit cannot be
switched on No voltage in the socket.
The plug is not completely inserted
into the socket. Make sure that the socket is operating.
Check whether the plug is completely
inserted into the socket.
Water leaks from the
lower part of the unit The water tray is overfilled. Pour out water from the tray.
Coffee leakage from
the filter holder Loose connection of filter and
boiler gasket, ground coffee got on
the edges of the filter. Clean the edges of the filter.
Coffee has a foreign
smell Wrong process of scale removal in
the boiler
Improper storage of coffee
See chapters «Before using the unit»,
«Descaling» and repeat described
process several times.
Use fresh ground coffee.
Keep coffee in a dry cool place.