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15 Problems that can be resolved before calling the Customer Care Centre

If the appliance is not working properly, the causes of the malfunction can be identified and resolved by referring to chapter 14. If, on the other hand, no message is displayed, run the following checks before calling the customer care centre.

PROBLEM

 

 

CAUSE

 

SOLUTION

 

 

 

 

 

The coffee is not hot

The cups have not been

Heat the cups by rinsing them in hot

 

 

 

 

preheated.

 

water or leaving them for at least 20

 

 

 

 

 

 

minutes on the cup warmer tray on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

lid (see note 3, chapter 5).

 

 

 

The infuser is too cold

Heat the infuser by pressing the

 

 

 

 

 

 

button before making the coffee (fig.

 

 

 

 

 

 

11, see note 3, chapter 5).

 

 

 

 

 

The coffee is not creamy

The coffee is ground too

Turn the grinding regulator one click

enough

 

 

 

coarsely

 

anticlockwise (see chapter 7).

 

 

 

Wrong type of coffee

Use a type of coffee for espresso coffee

 

 

 

 

 

 

makers.

 

 

 

 

 

The coffee runs out too

The coffee is ground too finely.

Turn the grinding regulator one click

slowly.

 

 

 

 

 

clockwise (see chapter 7).

 

 

 

 

 

The coffee runs out too

The coffee is ground too

Turn the grinding regulator one click

quickly.

 

 

 

coarsely.

 

anticlockwise (see chapter 7).

 

 

 

 

 

 

The coffee does not

 

The spout holes are blocked.

Scrape off the dry coffee residues with

come out of one of the

 

 

 

a needle (fig. 23).

spouts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the steam button

The holes in the cappuccino

Clean the holes in the cappuccino

is pressed, no steam

 

 

maker and steam nozzle are

 

maker and the steam nozzle (see

comes out of the

 

 

clogged.

 

chapter 10 - fig. 22).

cappuccino maker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the

,

or

The ground coffee may be

Remove the ground coffee inside the

, button is pressed,

 

blocked in the funnel.

 

funnel using a knife (see chapter 8 -

 

 

 

note 5). Then clean the infuser and the

the appliance does not

 

 

 

 

 

 

inside of the appliance (see description

deliver coffee, but only

 

 

 

 

 

 

in chapter 11.2).

water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the

knob is

The appliance is not plugged in

Check that the power cable is plugged

 

or the main switch on the rear

 

into the mains socket and the main

turned, the appliance

 

 

 

side of the appliance is not

 

switch is in the ON position.

does not switch on.

 

 

 

 

 

switched on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The infuser cannot be

The appliance is on. The

Turn the appliance off and remove the

removed for cleaning.

 

infuser can only be removed if

 

infuser (see chapter 11.2).

 

 

 

 

the appliance is off.

 

IMPORTANT: the infuser can only be

 

 

 

 

 

 

removed if the appliance is off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attempting to remove the infuser when

 

 

 

 

 

 

the appliance is on may cause serious

 

 

 

 

 

 

damage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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