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 coee
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 conrm 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 coee spouts.
A series of rinses and pauses is performed automatically to
remove all the scale residues inside the coee 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 coee spouts and hot water/
steam spout (g. 8) and press " ";
12. Hot water is delivered rst from the coee 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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