PROGRAMMING MACHINE FUNCTIONSPROGRAMMINGSTARTThe user can change some machine operating parameters to suit his/her personal needs.Press the buttons together. Keeping the buttons presseddown, turn on the machine.WATERHARDNESSRINSINGThe hardness of tap water may vary depending on theregion. For this reason, the appliance can be set accordingto the water hardness in the place where it is to be used,expressed on a scale of 1 to 4.Turn the machine off.When this function is enabled, the internal machine circuitswill be rinsed immediately after the warming-up phase toensure that coffee is prepared with fresh water only.Rinsing enabled (ON).Press the button to set thefunction.In all new appliances this function has already been enabledin the factory.Rinsing disabled (OFF).Procedure for accessing machine programming mode.The appliance is factory set on a hardness value of 3*. Thesetting should be adjusted according to the level of waterhardness in the local area.Dip the strip in water for 1second.Check how many squareschange colour.The degree of hardnesswill be signalled by theindicator lights.Press the button.Hardness 4Hardness 3*Hardness 2Hardness 1and26