Instruction Manual

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Descale the appliance when "DESCALING NEEDED PRESS OK TO
START (~45min) " appears on the display (B): to descale
immediately, press " " and follow the instructions from
point 4.
To descale the appliance later, press " ". The sym-
bol appears on the display to remind you that the appliance
needs descaling.
To access the descaling menu:
1. Press " " (B2) to enter the menu;
2. Press < (B10) or > (B8) until " DESCALING" appears on
the display;
3. Press " " to start the descaling cycle then follow the
instructions on the display;
4. "REMOVE WATER SOFTENER FILTER" (g. 57): extract the
water tank (A16), remove the water softener lter (C4) (if
present) and empty the water tank. Press " ";
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5. "ADD DE'LONGHI DESCALER (LEVEL A) AND WATER (UP TO
LEVEL B)" (g. 58); Pour the descaler into the tank up to the
level A marked inside the tank (equal to one 100 ml pack),
then add water (one litre) up to level B and put the water
tank back. Press " ";
6. "EMPTY DRIP TRAY" (g.
59): Remove, empty and
replace the drip tray (A14)
and grounds container
(A10). Press " ";
7. "PLACE 2l CONTAINER
UNDER SPOUTS PRESS OK
TO START DESCALING":
8. Place an empty container with a minimum capacity of 2
litres under the hot water/steam spout (C6) and coee
spouts (A8) (g. 8);
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Important! Danger of burns
Hot water containing acid ows out of the hot water/steam
spout. Take care to avoid contact with splashes of this solution.
9. Press " " to conrm that you have added the des-
caling solution. "DESCALING UNDERWAY" appears on the
display. The descale programme starts and the descaler
liquid comes out of the hot water/steam and coee spouts.
A series of rinses and pauses is performed automatically to
remove all the scale residues inside the coee machine;
After about 25 minutes, descaling stops:
10. "RINSE AND FILL WATER TANK UP TO MAX LEVEL" (g. 5):
the appliance is now ready to rinse with fresh water. Empty
the container used to collect the descaler solution. Extract
the water tank, empty, rinse under running water, ll
with fresh water up to the MAX level and put back in the
appliance;
11. "PLACE 2l CONTAINER UNDER SPOUTS PRESS OK TO START
RINSING": Place the container used to collect the descaler
solution empty under the coee spouts and hot water/
steam spout (g. 8) and press " ";
12. Hot water is delivered rst from the coee spouts, then
from the hot water/steam spout and "RINSING UNDER-
WAY" is displayed;
13. When the water in the tank has run out, empty the con-
tainer used to collect the rinsing water;
14. "INSERT FILTER INTO ITS
HOUSING" (g. 60). Press
" " and extract
the water tank. Replace
the water softener lter if
removed previously;
15. "RINSE AND FILL WATER
TANK UP TO MAX LEVEL"
(g. 5): Fill the tank up to
the MAX level with fresh
water;
16. "INSERT WATER TANK"
(g. 6): Put the water tank
back in the appliance;
17. "PLACE 2l CONTAINER UNDER SPOUTS PRESS OK TO START
RINSING": Place the container used to collect the descaler
solution empty under the hot water/steam spout (g. 8)
and press " ";
18. Hot water is delivered from the hot water/steam spout and
"RINSING UNDERWAY" is displayed.
19. "EMPTY DRIP TRAY" (g. 45): At the end of rinsing, remove,
empty and replace the drip tray (A14) and grounds con-
tainer (A10). Press " ";
20. "DESCALE COMPLETE": press " ";
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