Philips HD8855, HD8857 user manual Measuring and programming water hardness

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Once the water has been dispensed, remove and empty the container.

Repeat the process from step 5 to step 8 until the water tank is empty. Then, continue with step 10.

At the end, fill the water tank again up to the MAX level. Now the ma- chine is ready for brewing coffee.

Note:

When you haven’t used the machine for 2 or more weeks, the machine will automatically perform an automatic rinse/self-cleaning cycle after you switch it on. Thereafter you need to initiate the manual rinse cycle as described above.

The automatic rinse/self-cleaning cycle is also initiated automatically when starting up the machine (with cold boiler), when the machine is preparing to go into stand-by mode or after you have pressed the “” button to turn off the machine (after a coffee has been brewed).

Measuring and programming water hardness

Measuring water hardness is very important for defining the frequency in which the machine has to be descaled and to install the “INTENZA+” water filter (for more detail on the water filter see next chapter).

To measure the water hardness follow the steps below:

Immerse the water hardness test strip provided with the machine in water for 1 second.

Note:

The test strip can only be used for one measurement.

Wait for one minute.