Descaling the Machine, Trouble-Shooting | Fagor America MQC-A10 US

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10 DESCALING THE MACHINE

When the message “DESCALING” appears on the display with the machine off, it is time to descale your machine using speciﬁc products that are appropriate for coffee machines.

Attention – Very Important!

Do not use lemon-based products for descaling. These pro- ducts contain citric acid, which in contact with calcium at high temperatures forms a chemical reaction, creating calcium ci- trate that could lead to the total obstruction of the water cir- cuits.

Proceed as follows:

Open the drawer and remove the water from the tray and any cof- fee grounds from the container. Re-close the drawer without repla- cing the grille, and position the steam nozzle so that the water that comes out of it falls into the tray.

•Switch on the machine and wait till the words WATER and STEAM have stopped ﬂashing.

•Switch off the machine and go into programming mode by pres-

sing the key until the displays shows “PROGRAM-

MING”.

•

Select the descaling function using the keys

and

“DESCALING” appears on the display panel.

•

Press and hold the two keys

together and then

press

•The machine prepares for descaling. When you hear the beep of conﬁrmation, the message DESCALING STAGE 01 appears on the display.

DESCALING STAGE 01: Fill the tank halfway full with the desca- ling product then press button

DESCALING STAGE 02: open the steam tap

DESCALING STAGE 03: machine starts to delivery water from nozzles

DESCALING STAGE 04: reﬁll water tank with fresh water, Press button

DESCALING STAGE 05: machine starts cleaning cicle

Close the steam tap. Fill the water tank, and wait for the coffee and water temperatures to be reached. The machine is ready for normal operation.

The manufacturer declines all responsibility for any damage caused by failure to carry out descaling.

IMPORTANT: machine provided with direct water supply mast be plumbed according to regional rules, with main tap, retai- ning valve, 150micron ﬁlter.

11 TROUBLE-SHOOTING

The machine does not switch on.

-Front panel not completely closed.

-No electricity.

The coffee does not come out or only comes out in slow drips.

-Lack of water in the tank.

-Coffee grind too ﬁne.

-Coffee Machine pipes obstructed.

The coffee comes out too fast and is not creamy.

-Coffee grind too coarse.

-Coffee too old.

-Coffee blend.

The milk froth does not form.

- Check that the ﬂow of steam is suitable.

Loud noise of the pump when dispensing.

-Lack of water in the tank.

-Insufﬁcient pressure in the ﬁlter holder due to a coarse grind.

AUTO-DIAGNOSTICS

The electronic circuits manage and recognize various alarms and operating anomalies.

These are indicated as ﬂashing on the display panel

1.With the machine off:

CLOSE TAP

2. With the machine on:

Solution: Before calling in the technical service, try opening and re-closing the machine.

3. With the machine on:

Solution: Check the water tank and open the water dispensing tap, letting water out from the steam nozzle until the symbol stops ﬂashing (circuit reﬁll).

4. With the machine on:

Solution: Check for the presence of foreign bodies in the grinder (stones, impurities, other foreign bodies).

Turn the grind adjustment knob anti-clockwise (coarse grind) all the way. Remove any impurities by running the grinder for a few seconds. Then re-adjust the grind to the previous position.

For any other operating anomaly, contact your nearest servi- ce center.

Solution: Close the tap.

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