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Before first use
■ Remove the protective foil from the base grid.
■ Remove the strip of paper from the filling funnel of the coffee-beans container.
Determining the hardness of the water
Before using for the first time or after a change in the hardness of the water, it
is necessary to adjust the appliance to the appropriate degree of hardness.
You can either find out the water hardness by asking the local water authority
or you can determine it by using the test piece in stick form supplied with the
appliance.
Immerse the test stick in cold water for one second. Shake off the surplus
water and determine the hardness by observing the pink-coloured area.
Degree of
0123 4
hardness
very soft soft medium hard very hard
hard
Water hardness mol/m
3
up to 0,7 up to 1,24 up to 2,5 up to 3,7 over 3,7
German hardness degree up to 4¡ up to 7¡ up to 14¡ up to 21¡ over 21¡
French hardness degree up to 7,2¡ up to 12,6¡ up to 25,2¡ up to 37,8¡ over 38¡
Test strip
Setting and memorising the water hardness
You can set any one of 5 levels of hardness. Appliances are sent out from the
factory set to hardness level 3.
■ Plug in at the mains socket, but leave the appliance switched off.
The setting of the hardness level is shown by the blinking of the “remove
lime-scale” indicator:
■ Press the key for about 3 seconds (1).
Upon setting the hardness for the first time, the
works setting of level 3 will be shown by the
blinking of the “remove lime-scale” indicator
and the glowing of the “1 cup normal”, “1 cup
strong” and “2 cups” indicators.
appliance
indicator(s)
1
