227. “PLACE 2l CONTAINER UNDER SPOUTS PRESS OK TO STARTDESCALING”: Place an empty container with a minimumcapacity of 2 litres under the hot water/steam spout (C6)and coffee spouts (A8) (fig. 8);Important! Danger of burnsHot water containing acid flows out of the hot water/steamspout. Take care to avoid contact with splashes of this solution.8. Press “ OK” to confirm that you have added the des-caling solution. “DESCALING UNDERWAY” appears on thedisplay. The descale programme starts and the descalerliquid comes out of the hot water/steam and coffee spouts.A series of rinses and pauses is performed automatically toremove all the scale residues inside the coffee machine;After about 25 minutes, descaling stops;9. “RINSE AND FILL WATER TANK UP TO MAX LEVEL” (fig. 5):the appliance is now ready to rinse with fresh water. Emptythe container used to collect the descaler solution. Extractthe water tank, empty, rinse under running water, fillwith fresh water up to the MAX level and put back in theappliance;10. “PLACE 2l CONTAINER UNDER SPOUTS PRESS OK TO STARTRINSING”: Place the container used to collect the descalersolution empty under the coffee spouts and hot water/steam spout (fig. 8) and press “ OK” ;11. Hot water is delivered first from the coffee spouts, thenfrom the hot water/steam spout and “RINSING UNDERWAY”is displayed;12. When the water in the tank has run out, empty the con-tainer used to collect the rinsing water;4888888484813. “INSERT FILTER INTO ITSHOUSING” (fig. 48). Press“ NEXT” and extractthe water tank. Replacethe water softener filter ifremoved previously;14. “RINSE AND FILL WATERTANK UP TO MAX LEVEL”(fig. 5): Fill the tank up tothe MAX level with freshwater;15. “INSERT WATER TANK” (fig. 6): Put the water tank back in theappliance;16. “PLACE 2l CONTAINER UNDER SPOUTS PRESS OK TO STARTRINSING”: Place the container used to collect the descalersolution empty under the hot water/steam spout (fig. 8)and press “ OK” ;17. Hot water is delivered from the hot water/steam spout and“RINSING UNDERWAY” is displayed;18. “EMPTY DRIP TRAY” (fig. 45): At the end of rinsing, remove,empty and replace the drip tray (A14) and grounds con-tainer (A10). Press “ NEXT”;18. “DESCALE COMPLETE”: press “ OK”;19. “FILL TANK WITH FRESH WATER”: empty the container usedto collect the rinse water, remove the water tank and fillwith fresh water up to the MAX level, then put back in theappliance.Descaling is complete.Please note!• If the descaling cycle is not completed correctly (e.g. noelectricity) we recommend repeating the cycle;• After descaling, it is normal for the grounds container(A10) to contain water.18. SETTING WATER HARDNESSThe “DESCALE” message is displayed after a period of time es-tablished according to water hardness.The machine is set by default for a hardness of “LEVEL 4”. Themachine can also be programmed according to the hardnessof the mains water in the various regions so that the machineneeds to be descaled less often.18.1 Measuring water hardness1. Remove the “TOTAL HARDNESS TEST” indicator paper (C1)from its pack (attached to the English instructions).2. Immerse the paper completely in a glass of water for onesecond.3. Remove the paper from the water and shake lightly. Afterabout a minute, 1, 2, 3, or 4 red squares form, dependingon the hardness of the water. Each square corresponds toone level.18.2 Setting water hardness1. Press “ ” (B2) to enter the menu;2. Press < (B10) or > (B8) until “ WATER HARDNESS” ap-pears on the display (B);soft waterslightly hard waterhard watervery hard water