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soft water ●
slightly hard water ●●
hard water ●●●
very hard water ●●●●
Set water hardness
1. Press the MENU/ESC button to enter the menu.
2. Press the HOT MILK or LATTE button to select “Water
Hardness”.
3. Conrm the selection by pressing the button.
4. Press the HOT MILK or LATTE button and set the hard-
ness shown by the indicator paper (see previous section).
5. Press the button to conrm the setting.
6. Press the MENU/ESC button to exit the menu.
The machine is now reprogrammed with the new water hard-
ness setting.
WATER FILTER
Certain models are tted with a water softener lter. If this
is not the case with your model, you are recommended to
purchase one from De’Longhi Customer Experience.
To use the lter correctly,
follow the instructions be-
low.
Installing the lter
1. Remove the lter from
the packaging.
2. Turn the date indicator
disk (see g. 33) until
the next 2 months of
use are displayed.
Please note
The lter lasts about two
months if the appliance is
used normally. If the coee
maker is left unused with
the lter installed, it will last
a maximum of three weeks.
3. To activate the lter,
run tap water through
the hole in the lter as
shown in the gure un-
til water comes out of
8. Place an empty container with a minimum capacity of 1.5
litres under the hot water spout (g. 4).
Important! Danger of burns
Hot water containing acid ows from the spout. Avoid contact
with splashes of water.
9. Press the button to conrm that you have added
the solution.
The message “Descale underway” is displayed.
The descale programme starts and the descaler liquid
comes out of the water spout.
The descale programme automatically performs a series
of rinses and pauses to remove limescale deposits from
inside the machine.
After about 30 minutes, the message “Rinsing” “INSERT FILTER”
(if present), “FILL TANK” is displayed.
10. The appliance is now ready for rinsing through with clean
water. Extract the water tank, empty, rinse under running
water, ll with clean water up to the MAX level, insert the
lter (if removed previously) and put the water tank back
in the machine. “Rinsing Conrm?” is displayed.
11. Empty the container used to collect the descaler solution
and replace it empty under the cappuccino maker.
12. Press the button to start rinsing. Hot water ows
out of the spout and the message “Rinsing Please wait” is
displayed.
13. When the water tank is completely empty, the message
“Rinsing complete Conrm?” is displayed.
14. Press the button.
15. “Heating up Please wait” is displayed, at the end of which
the machine will be ready for use.
SETTING WATER HARDNESS
The DESCALE message is displayed after a period of time
according to water hardness.
The machine is factory set for a hardness value of 4.
The machine can also be programmed according to the hard-
ness of the mains water in the various regions so that the ma-
chine needs to be descaled less often.
Measuring water hardness
1. Remove the “total hardness test” indicator paper attached
to this manual from its pack.
2. Immerse the paper completely in a glass of water for one
second.
3. Remove the paper from the water and shake lightly.
After about a minute, 1, 2, 3, or 4 red squares form, de-
pending on the hardness of the water. each square corre-
sponds to one level.
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35
36A
36B
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