Delonghi ESAM6900M PrimaDonna Exclusive Coffee Machine

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 8

Symbols used in these instructions .......................................... 8

Letters in brackets .................................................................... 8

Troubleshooting and repairs .................................................... 8

SAFETY .................................................................. 8

Fundamental safety warnings ................................................. 8

DESIGNATED USE .................................................... 8

Description of hot water/steam spout ...................................... 9

Description of the accessories .................................................. 9

PRELIMINARY CHECKS .......................................... 10

Checking the appliance .......................................................... 10

Installing the appliance ......................................................... 10

Connecting the appliance ...................................................... 10

Using the appliance for the rst time .................................... 10

TURNING THE APPLIANCE ON ................................ 10

TURNING THE APPLIANCE OFF ............................... 11

MENU SETTINGS ................................................... 11

Auto-O (Standby) ................................................................ 12

Energy Saving ........................................................................ 12

Coee temperature ................................................................ 12

Setting water hardness ......................................................... 12

Beep ...................................................................................... 12

Default values (reset) ............................................................. 12

Statistics ................................................................................ 12

Setting the language ............................................................ 12

MAKING COFFEE ................................................... 12

Selecting the coee taste ....................................................... 12

MAKING HOT CHOCOLATE ...................................... 14

Preparing and attaching the hot chocolate carafe (D) ............ 14

MAKING MILK DRINKS .......................................... 15

Filling and attaching the milk container ................................ 15

Adjusting the amount of froth ............................................... 15

Making at white/cappuccino/latte/milk ............................. 15

Programming the quantities of coee and milk in the cup .... 15

Cleaning the milk container after use .................................... 15

MAKING LONG COFFEE .......................................... 16

Customising the “My LONG coee” quantity ......................... 16

MEMORISING YOUR PERSONAL PROFILE ................ 17

CLEANING ............................................................ 17

Cleaning the machine ........................................................... 17

Cleaning the coee grounds container ................................... 18

Cleaning the drip tray ............................................................ 18

Cleaning the inside of the machine ........................................ 18

Cleaning the water tank ........................................................ 18

Cleaning the coee spouts .................................................... 18

Cleaning the pre-ground coee funnel ................................. 18

Cleaning the infuser .............................................................. 18

WATER SOFTENER FILTER ...................................... 21

Installing the lter ................................................................ 21

Replacing the lter ................................................................ 21

Removing the lter ............................................................... 21

TECHNICAL DATA .................................................. 21

DISPOSAL ............................................................. 22

DISPLAYED MESSAGES .......................................... 22

TROUBLESHOOTING .............................................. 24

ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS UK ONLY.................. 26

INTRODUCTION

Symbols used in these instructions

Important warnings are identied by these symbols.

It is vital to respect these warnings.

Danger!

Failure to observe the warning may result in life threatening

injury by electric shock.

Important!

Failure to observe the warning could result in injury or damage

to the appliance.

Danger of burns!

the Appliance on page 3.

Troubleshooting and repairs

In the event of problems, rst try and resolve them following

the information given in the sections “Displayed messages” on

page 22 and “Troubleshooting” on page24.

If this does not resolve the problem or you require further

information, you should consult Customer Services by calling

the number given on the annexed “Customer Service” sheet.

If your country is not among those listed on the sheet, call the

number given in the guarantee.

Danger!

This is an electrical appliance. Failure to respect the instructions

could cause electric shock.

You should therefore respect the following safety warnings:

• Nevertouchtheappliancewithdamphandsorfeet.

• Nevertouchtheplugwithdamphands.

• Makesurethesocketusedisfreelyaccessibleatalltimes,

enabling the appliance to be unplugged when necessary.

• Unplugdirectlyfromtheplugonly.

Never pull the power cable as you could damage it.

• Todisconnecttheappliancecompletely,placethemain

appliance. Have the plug and/or cable replaced by

De’Longhi Customer Services only to avoid all risk.

Important!

Keep all packaging (plastic bags, polystyrene foam) away from

children.

Important!

The appliance is not intended for use by persons (including

children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities,

or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been

given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance

INSTRUCTIONS

B7. LONG icon: to deliver a cup of LONG coee.

B8. MILK icon: to deliver a cup of milk.

B9. LATTE icon: to deliver a cup of latte.

B10. CAPPUCCINO icon: to deliver a cappuccino.

B11. FLAT WHITE icon: to deliver a at white.

B12. CHOCOLATE icon: to make hot chocolate.

PRELIMINARY CHECKS

Contact De’Longhi Customer Services.

Installing the appliance

Important!

When you install the appliance, you should respect the

following safety warnings:

• Theappliancegivesoheat.

After positioning the appliance on the worktop, leave

a space of at least 3 cm between the surfaces of the

appliance and the side and rear walls and at least 15 cm

above the coee machine.

temperature could drop below freezing point.

• Arrangethepowercableinsuchawaythatitcannotbe

damaged by sharp edges or contact with hot surfaces

(e.g. electric hot plates).

Connecting the appliance

Important!

Check that the mains power supply voltage corresponds to

the value indicated on the rating plate on the bottom of the

appliance.

Connecttheappliancetoanecientlyearthedandcorrectly

• Coeehasbeenusedtofactorytesttheapplianceandit

is therefore completely normal for there to be traces of

coee in the grinder.

The machine is, however, guaranteed to be new.

• Youshouldcustomisewaterhardnessassoonaspossible

following the instructions in the section “Setting water

hardness” (page 20).

1. Plug the appliance into the mains socket and place the

main switch on the back of the appliance in the I position

(g. 1).

You must rst choose the language (the languages scroll

through at intervals of about 3 seconds):

2. When “English” appears, press the OK icon (g. 2) or a

few seconds until “English set” is displayed.

4. INSERT WATER SPOUT”: Check that

the hot water spout is inserted on

the nozzle and place a container

with a minimum capacity of 100 ml

The coee machine is now ready for normal use.

• Whenusingtheapplianceforthersttime,youneedto

make 4-5 cups of coee or 4-5 cappuccinos before it starts

to give satisfactory results.

TURNING THE APPLIANCE ON

Before turning the appliance on, make sure the main switch on

the back of the appliance is in the I position (g. 1).

Each time the coee machine is turned on, it performs an

splashes of water.

• Toturntheapplianceon,pressthe button for a few

moments (g. 5):

The message “Heating up, please wait” is

displayed.

When heating is complete, the message changes

to “Rinsing”.

The appliance is ready for use when an espresso

coee cup appears on the display.

TURNING THE APPLIANCE OFF

If you will not be using the appliance for some time, unplug

from the mains socket:

• rstturntheapplianceobypressingthe button

(g. 5);

• placethemainswitchinthe0position(g.6).

Important!

Never place the main switch in the 0 position while the

appliance is on.

MENU SETTINGS

To access the settings menu, press the MENU icon. Scroll through

Rinsing

Use this function to deliver hot water from the spout to heat the

internal circuit and make the coee delivered hotter.

Press the OK icon to select the function. Press OK

again to conrm and start rinsing.

After rinsing, the appliance is automatically ready to make the

next drink.

Please note!

During rinsing, a little hot water comes out of the coee spouts

and is collected in the drip tray underneath.

Press the OK icon to select the function. Press the

This menu item can be customised in all proles (see

“Memorising your personal prole” on page 17).

Descale

Install water lter (some models only)

Set time

To adjust the time on the display, proceed as follows:

minutes quickly.

Auto-start

You can set the auto-start time in order to have the appliance

ready at a certain time (for example in the morning) so you can

make coee immediately.

• Fortheappliancetocomeonatthesettime, the time

must be set correctly.

• Tosettheauto-starttime,thehourmustrsthavebeen

set.

• When the function is active, the symbol appears

alongside the current time.

• Todisablethefunction,accessthemenuandselectthe

function as described above. “DISABLE?” is displayed.

Press OK to conrm. The symbol alongside the current

time disappears.

• Whenthemainswitchisturnedo,the“Auto-Start”set-

ting is reset.

Auto-O (Standby)

You can set the auto-o time so that the appliance switches o

after 15 or 30 minutes, or after 1, 2 or 3 hours.

Press the OK icon to select the function. Press the

This resets all menu settings and programmed quantities back

to the default values (with the exception of the language

which remains as set).

again to conrm and reset to the default values.

Statistics

Press the or symbol to display the

(g. 11).

Please note!

The grinding adjustment dial must only be turned when the

coee mill is in operation.

Tips for a hotter coee

For hotter coee, you should:

• performarinsecyclebeforedeliveringthecoee,using

the “Rinsing” function in the menu;

• if Energy Saving is disabled, placethe cups on the cup

warmer until they are warm;

• warmthecupsbyrinsingthemwithhotwater(usingthe

stick to the coee mill and make it unusable.

1. Fill the container with coee beans (g. 12).

2. Place under the coee spouts:

- 1 cup, if you want to make 1 coee (g. 9);

- 2 cups, if you want 2 coees (g. 13).

3. Lower the spout as near as possible to the cup. This makes

a creamier coee (g. 14).

4. Press the icon corresponding to the number of coees

required (one cup or two cups ) (g. 10

and 15).

• While the appliance is making coee, delivery can be

interrupted at any moment by pressing the STOP icon or

one of the coee icons ( or ).

• Attheendofdelivery,toincreasethequantityofcoee

in the cup, just press one of the coee icons ( or

Important!

If the coee is delivered a drop at a time, too fast and not creamy

enough or too cold, read the tips in the “Troubleshooting”

• Neveraddpre-groundcoeewhenthemachineisoorit

could spread through the inside of the machine and dirty

it. This could damage the appliance.

• Neverusemorethanonelevelmeasureoritcoulddirty

the inside of the machine or block the funnel.

Please note!

If you use pre-ground coee, you can only make one cup of

coee at a time.

1. Press the icon (g. 7) repeatedly to select the

pre-ground coee symbol .

2. Put one level measure of pre-ground coee into the

funnel (A3) (g. 16).

3. Place a cup under the coee spouts (g. 9).

4. Press the 1 cup coee icon .

interrupted at any moment by pressing the STOP icon or

one of the coee icons ( or ).

• Toincreasethequantityofcoeeinthecup,justpressthe

coee icon within 3 seconds.

Once the coee has been made, the appliance prepares to

make the next drink.

MAKING HOT CHOCOLATE

Please note!

A few seconds may elapse between Energy Saving and delivery

of the rst drink.

funnel (g. 18).

3. Attach the funnel to the carafe (g. 19).

4. To make one cup of hot chocolate, pour milk at refrigerator

temperature (or fresh water) into the funnel up to the

powder or cocoa. To make two cups or one mug of hot

chocolate, pour milk (or water) into the funnel up to the

g) (g. 20).

Important!

• Tousewaterinsteadofmilk,followtheinstructionsfor

milk.

• Topreparehotchocolatecorrectly,rstpourthemilkinto

the funnel, then add the hot chocolate or cocoa powder as

shown on the hot chocolate carafe lid.

5. Close the lid (g. 22).

6. Attach the carafe to the nozzle and push as far as it will go

(g. 23). The machine emits a beep (if the beep function

is enabled).

7. Press the CHOCOLATE icon (B12).

density.

9. Press the CHOCOLATE icon to start making hot chocolate

(g. 24). The appliance starts mixing the drink and then

delivers steam to heat it.

Once the coee has been made, the appliance prepares for use

again. The chocolate is ready to be poured into the cup.

Danger of burns!

While making the chocolate, the carafe and lid become very

hot. Hold by the handle only to remove the carafe and pour the

chocolate.

come out of the holes in the chocolate carafe lid.

• Heatingthemilkcausessplashesinsidethecarafe.Thisis

normal.

• Thehotchocolatequantityinthecupwillvaryvaryingthe

density: if you choose thick density, there will be fewer

chocolate than that contained in the cup if choosing the

other densities.

MAKING MILK DRINKS

Please note!

A few seconds may elapse between Energy Saving and delivery

of the rst drink.

Filling and attaching the milk container

1. Press the release buttons and lift the milk container lid

(g. 25).

the milk lid and hot water nozzle as described in the section

“Cleaning the milk container” on pages 36 and 40.

3. Make sure the milk intake tube is correctly inserted in the

bottom of the milk container lid (g. 27).

4. Attach the lid back on the milk container.

5. Attach the container to the nozzle, pushing as far as it will

go (g. 28).

6. Placeasucientlylargecupunderthecoeespoutsand

frothed milk spout (g. 29). To use particularly tall cups/

glasses, lift the coee and milk spouts (g. 30).

Making at white/cappuccino/latte/milk

1. Press the icon corresponding to the required drink.

2. After a few seconds, frothed milk is delivered from the

milk spout into the cup below. Delivery of milk stops

automatically and (if needed for the drink), coee

delivery starts. An image of the drink being prepared is

displayed (g. 32) together with a progress bar which lls

7. Press the OK icon to conrm and the ESC icon to exit the

menu.

Voltage: 220-240 V~ 50/60 Hz max. 10A

Absorbed power: 1350W

Pressure: 15 bar

Water tank capacity: 1,4 litres

Size: LxHxD: 281x400x425 mm

The appliance complies with the following EC directives:

• StandbyDirective1275/2008

• Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC and subsequent

amendments;

• EMC Directive 2004/108/EC and subsequent

amendments;

DISPLAYED MESSAGE POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION

INSERT CHOCOLATE CARAFE

CLOSE DOOR

GENERAL ALARM

the section “Cleaning and maintenance”.

If the message is still displayed after cleaning, contact

customer services.

normally.

The coee does not come out

of the spouts, but from around

the service door.

kitchen brush.

Thoroughly clean the coee guide, particularly near the

hinges.

The coee is delivered too

quickly.

one of the spouts.

Water comes out of the spouts

instead of coee.

the section “Cleaning the pre-ground coee funnel”.

rature (about 5° C). If the result is not as you wished, try

changing brand of milk.

use”.

refrigerator temperature (about 5°C).

If the result is not as you wished, try changing brand of

Hold the button down for a few seconds.

The LONG coee has too

much froth

wards “7” while the coee mill is in operation (g. 11). Con-

tinue one click at a time until coee delivery is satisfactory.

The eect is only visible after delivering 2 coees.

“Energy Saving” is enabled,

but the cup warmer is hot.

The chocolate is not

sucientlydense

Insert the stirrer and steam spout in the funnel

chocolate powder.

During cleaning, there are

traces of black on the stirrer.

Clean as described in the section “Cleaning the hot chocolate

carafe”.

ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS UK ONLY

Before using this appliance ensure that the voltage indicated on the product corresponds with the main voltage in your home, if you are in any doubt about your supply