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What to do if the descaling procedure is interrupted
Note: you can press ESC to postpone the descaling. If you wish to start the
the descaling procedure later, press the MENU button, select MENU, press
OK and scroll until selecting START CALC CLEAN . Press OK to confi rm.
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Pour the Gaggia descaling solution in the water tank. Fill the tank using
clean water up to the CALC CLEAN level indication. Put the tank back
in the machine. Press the OK button to confi rm. The fi rst stage of the
descaling starts. The machine will start dispensing the descaling solution
at regular intervals. The display shows the descaling icon, stage and dura-
tion. The fi rst stage lasts for 20 minutes.
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Let the machine dispense the descaling solution until the water tank is
empty.
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Remove the water tank and rinse it.
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Fill the tank using clean water up to the CALC CLEAN level indication. Put
the tank back in the machine and press OK.
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Remove the milk carafe and wash it. Fill the milk carafe with water up to
the MIN level indication. Insert the milk carafe into the machine and open
the milk dispensing spout.
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Remove the container, empty it and put it back under the coff ee dispens-
ing spout. Press OK to confi rm.
10 The second stage of the cleaning cycle starts, that is the rinse cycle. This
stage lasts for 3 minutes. The display shows the rinse icon and the dura-
tion of this stage.
Note: if the water tank is not fi lled up to CALC CLEAN level, it may be neces-
sary to repeat the rinse cycle.
11 Wait until the machine does not dispense water anymore. The descaling
procedure is fi nished when the display shows a tick.
12 To exit the descaling cycle, press the OK button. The machine starts
warming up and performs an automatic rinse cycle.
13 Remove the container and empty it.
14 Perform the "Weekly Cleaning of the Milk Carafe" operation to clean the
carafe after descaling.
15 Clean the brew group as described in the "Brew Group Cleaning under
Running Water" chapter.
16 Install a new "INTENZA+" fi lter into the water tank.
Tip: the "INTENZA+" fi lter reduces the frequency of descaling.
You can exit the descaling procedure pressing the STAND-BY button on the
control panel. In case the descaling procedure stops before its completion,
perform the following operations:
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Empty the water tank and wash it thoroughly.
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Fill the water tank using running water up to the CALC CLEAN level indi-