Setting The Water Hardness; Making Coffee With Beans - AEG CG 6200 Mode D'emploi

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If you will not be using the machine
for a longer period of time, after
switching off the "On/Off" key
should also switch off the main switch
at the back (Fig. 8).
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Setting the water hardness

After putting the machine into opera-
tion for the first time, or when using a
different water quality, you should set
the machine to the water hardness
level corresponding to the local water
hardness. You can use the enclosed test
strip to determine the water hardness,
or contact your local water supply
company.
Determining water hardness
0 Dip the test strip in cold water for
around 1 second. Shake off the excess
water, and gauge the hardness by
means of the pink bands.
No pink bands or one pink band:
Hardness level 1, soft
up to 1.24 mmol/l, or
up to 7° German hardness, or
up to 12.6° French hardness
Two pink bands:
Hardness level 2, medium hard
up to 2.5 mmol/l, or
up to 14° German hardness, or
up to 25.2° French hardness
Three pink bands:
Hardness level 3, hard
up to 3.7 mmol/l, or
up to 21° German hardness, or
up to 37.8° French hardness
Four pink bands:
Hardness level 4, very hard
over 3.7 mmol/l or
over 21° German hardness, or
over 37.8° French hardness
Setting and saving the water hard-
ness level
You can set 4 hardness levels. The cof-
fee machine is factory-set to hardness
level 4.
0 With the machine switched on, press
the "P" key (Fig. 4).
The symbols "P" and
thermore 3 small symbols above the
, and
, you
show the present function of these
buttons, see „Special mode", page 35.
0 Confirm the selection with the "OK"
key (Fig. 5).
The display indicates the current set-
ting. The hardness levels are indicated
as follows:
0 Then press the scrolling keys "<" or ">"
(Fig. 5) until the determined hardness
level is displayed.
0 Confirm the selection with the "OK"
key (Fig. 5). This hardness level is now
programmed.
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To cancel without storing the setting,
press "P" instead of "OK".
If "OK" is not pressed, after about
120 sec., the appliance returns auto-
matically to the coffee mode without
storing the settings.
0 To return to the coffee mode, then
press the "P" key (Fig. 4) or wait about
120 sec. for the machine to automati-
cally return to the coffee mode.
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Making coffee with beans

The following process for making cof-
fee with beans runs completely auto-
matically: Grinding, portioning,
pressing, pre-brewing, brewing and
ejection of the coffee grounds.
The facility to select the grinding tex-
ture and the quantity of coffee to be
ground allows you to individually set
up the coffee machine to suit your
own personal taste.
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Ensure that you use only pure coffee
beans with no caramelised or aroma-
tised additives. Do not use frozen
beans.
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come on. Fur-
buttons come on to
Hardness level 1
Hardness level 2
Hardness level 3
Hardness level 4
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