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Thermal safety cut-out
The pre-set thermal safety cut-out protects
the heating element from overheating should
the appliance be erroneously switched on
without any water, or if the heating plate
is calcifi ed. If the safety cut-out has been
activated, the appliance cannot be switched
on again. In such a case, the appliance
must be allowed to cool down, or must be
descaled, before it is switched on again.
Automatic switch-off
∙ Unless the keep-warm function has
been selected, the kettle will switch off
automatically around 15 minutes after the
last operation.
∙ In the keep-warm mode, it switches off
after 30 minutes.
Before using for the fi rst time
∙ Unpack the appliance completely and
remove all packaging materials and
stickers.
∙ To clean the kettle, boil (with the tea fi lter
in place) and discard the fi rst fi lling of
water.
Operation
'Be-Silent' function
∙ If the 'Program' button is pressed for
more than 3 seconds, the beep signals
are deactivated.
∙ Pressing the button again for more than
3 seconds or disconnecting the appliance
from the mains will cancel the 'Be-Silent'
function.
Control panel
ON/OFF button
Pushing this button turns the appliance on
or off.
'Program' button
This button allows the selection of three
different modes:
Press once:
Tea programme: The tea programme
selected is shown on the display (from 1-5),
with an illuminated dot symbol showing the
type of tea selected.
Press twice:
Preparing tea manually: the temperature
selected is shown on the display.
Press three times:
Preparing tea manually: the steeping time
selected is shown on the display (01-15
minutes).
General remarks
∙ Connect the appliance to the mains.
A beep signal is heard and the current
water temperature in the container
(≥ 20 °C) is shown in the display. The
appliance is in stand-by mode and ready
for use.
∙ If the container is not placed on its base,
the display shows the error code E.
∙ When selecting temperatures below
100 °C, the heating process takes place
in steps, to ensure that the temperature
selected is not exceeded.
∙ If the current temperature inside the
container exceeds the temperature
selected, the appliance cannot be
started; in this case, a sequence of three
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