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Machine actions
Causes
Solutions
The machine takes a long
time to warm up or the
amount of water dispensed
from the wand is too little.
The machine circuit is clogged by
limescale.
Descale the machine.
The brew group cannot be
removed.
The brew group is out of place.
Turn on the machine. Close the service
door. The brew group automatically
returns to the initial position.
The coff ee grounds drawer is
inserted.
Remove the coff ee grounds drawer
before removing the brew group.
There is too much ground
coff ee under or over the
brew group.
The coff ee used may not be suitable
for automatic machines.
It may be necessary to change the type
of coff ee or the coff ee grinder settings
(see the “Adjusting the Ceramic Coff ee
Grinder” chapter).
The machine is adjusting the coff ee
grinder for a new kind of coff ee
beans or pre-ground coff ee.
The machine automatically adjusts itself
after brewing several cups of coff ee to
optimise the extraction in relation to the
compactness of the ground coff ee.
It may be necessary to brew 2 or 3
products to adjust the coff ee grinder
completely.
This is not a malfunction of the machine.
The machine produces too
humid or too dry coff ee
grounds.
Adjust the coff ee grinder.
Adjusting the ceramic coff ee grinder af-
fects the quality of residues.
If the residues are too humid, set a coarser
grind.
If the residues are too dry, set a fi ner
grind.
Refer to the “Adjusting the Ceramic Coff ee
Grinder” chapter.
The machine grinds coff ee
beans but no coff ee comes
out.
(see note).
There is no water.
Fill the water tank and prime the circuit
(see the "Manual Rinse Cycle" chapter).
The brew group is dirty.
Clean the brew group (see the "Weekly
Cleaning of the Brew Group" chapter).
This might occur when the machine
is automatically adjusting the dose.
Brew some cups of coff ee as described in
the “Saeco Adapting System” chapter.
The dispensing spout is dirty.
Clean the dispensing spout.
Coff ee is too weak
(see note).
This might occur when the machine
is automatically adjusting the dose.
Brew some cups of coff ee as described in
the “Saeco Adapting System” chapter.
The ground coff ee is too coarse.
Change coff ee blend or adjust grinding as
explained in the “Adjusting the Ceramic
Coff ee Grinder” chapter.
The coff ee bean hopper selector
switch has been shifted.
Move the selector switch to the “
”
position.
