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• Place your espresso machine on a stable,
heat resistant surface away from, for
example, an electrical heating plate or near a
flame.
• Plug the machine into a grounded electrical
socket. Verify that the voltage indicated on
the technical specifications on the bottom of
the unit corresponds to your electrical
installation.
• Ensure the drip tray and drip tray grid are in
place when using the machine.
Before using your machine for the first time,
clean the system completely as follows:
• Open the lid and lift out the water container
using the handle (1). Fill the water container
with fresh, cold water (2).
• Place the water container back into the
machine by positioning it firmly in the water
container compartment (3) and close the lid.
• Turn on the machine (4). The start/stop
switch will blink.
• Two filters are set in the tank lid.
• Place one of the filter baskets in the filter
holder (5). Then put the filter holder up
against the machine's brewing head.
• To ensure that the filter holder is in the
correct position, turn the handle so it points
to the left at a 45 degree angle (6), place
the filter holder flat against the brewing
head, then turn the handle towards the right
(7) as far as it can go.
• Place a container, as large as possible,
beneath the filter holder (8).
• As soon as the start/stop switch begins to
glow continuously, the coffee selection
buttons will glow continuously.
The machine is ready to operate
• Pressing the button for two coffees
(10) will now cause water to run through
the machines pipes.
Repeat this process five times.
As an accessory, there is a filter cartridge
(N° art. F088) not delivered with the
machine.
Using the various functions of
your espresso machine
1. M
AKING ESPRESSO
. W
ITH GROUND COFFEE
For best results, we recommend that you first
pre-heat the accessories (filter holder, filter
basket and cups) without putting in
ground coffee. To do this :
Fill the water container with fresh, cold
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water (1) (2) (3) and turn on the machine
(4).
Put the filter holder and an empty filter
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basket in place (6) (7), and place the
espresso cups underneath.
As soon as the coffee selection buttons
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begin to glow continuously, the machine is
ready to operate.
Choose one of the coffee selection button
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or (9) (10).
• The cups will fill with hot water. Once filled,
empty them.
After making your first espresso and the
machine is warmed, the espresso cups can
then be pre-heated on the cup warming plate.
. Preparing an espresso :
Fill the water container (1) (2) (3) and turn
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on the machine (4).
Put the filter basket for one or two cups into
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the filter holder (5).
Place some ground coffee in the filter basket
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(1 or 2 measuring scoops), and then tamp it
down firmly; the coffee should reach the lip
of the filter (11) (12).
Remove any ground coffee which is lying
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around the filter (13).
Replace the filter holder into the machine.
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Turn the filter holder until it is firmly locked
into place (6) (7).
Place one or two espresso cups beneath the
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filter holder.
As soon as the coffee selection buttons begin
to glow continuously, the machine is ready to
operate
Your machine is already preprogrammed for
the preparation of one or two cups of
espresso.
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