DeLonghi EAM 4500 Instruction Manual

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16.6 Setting water hardnessThe descale message is displayed after the appliance has been operated for a factory set period of time cal-culated on the basis of the maximum quantity of lime scale which may be contained in the water used. If nec-essary, this period of operation can be extended, making descaling less frequent, by programming the appli-ance based on the actual lime content in the water used. Proceed as follows:• Remove the "Total Hardness Test" strip (enclosed on page 2) from its packaging then dip it fully in thewater tank for a few seconds, Remove it and wait about 30 seconds (until it changes color and a num-ber of red squares are formed);• Turn the appliance on by pressing the button (fig. 6).• Press the MENU button (the light over the button comes on) then press the NEXT button repeatedly untilthe appliance displays:WATER HARDNESS 4• Press the CHANGE button repeatedly until the number coincides with the number of red squares on thetest strip (for example, if there are 3 red squares on the test strip, press the button until WATER HARD-NESS 3 is displayed).• Press the OK button to confirm the value. The coffee maker is now programmed to provide the descal-ing warning when necessary, based on the actual hardness of the water.16.7 Resetting factory default settingsIf you change the original values, the factory default values can be reset as follows:• Press the MENU button (the light over the button comes on) then press the NEXT button repeatedly untilthe appliance displays:RESET TO DEFAULT NO• Press the CHANGE button and the appliance displays “RESET TO DEFAULT YES”;• Press the OK button to reset the factory default values;• The appliance is now reset to the factory default settings and the READY message is displayed.17 CHANGING THE LANGUAGETo change the language, press the CHANGE button for at least 5 seconds until the appliance displays theinstallation message in various languages. To select the required language, follow the instructions in section4.1.20