Setting Water Hardness; Measuring Water Hardness - DeLonghi DINAMICA PLUS ECAM37 95 Series Instructions For Use Manual

Important! Danger of scalding
Hot water containing acid flows from the hot water and coffee
spouts. Take care to avoid contact with splashes of this solution.
8. Press to confirm that you have added the
descaling solution. "DESCALING UNDERWAY" "PLEASE
WAIT" is displayed: The descale programme starts and
the descaler liquid comes out of the hot water and coffee
spouts. A series of rinses is performed automatically to re-
move all the scale residues inside the coffee machine;
After about 25 minutes, descaling stops;
9. "RINSE AND FILL WATER TANK" "UP TO MAX LEVEL" (fig.
3): the appliance is now ready to rinse with fresh water.
Empty the container used to collect the descaler solution.
Extract the water tank, empty, rinse under running water,
fill with fresh water up to the MAX level and put back in
the appliance;
10. "POSITION 2l CONTAINER" "OK TO START RINSING": Place
the container used to collect the descaler solution empty
under the coffee spouts and hot water spout (fig. 8) and
press ;
11. Hot water is delivered first from the coffee spouts then
from the hot water spout and "RINSING UNDERWAY,
PLEASE WAIT" is displayed;
12. When the water in the tank has run out, empty the con-
tainer used to collect the rinsing water;
13. (If the filter is installed) "INSERT FILTER" "INTO ITS
HOUSING" (fig. 36). Press
water tank. Replace the water softener filter if removed
previously;
14. "RINSE AND FILL WATER TANK" "UP TO MAX LEVEL" (fig. 3):
Fill the tank up to the MAX level with fresh water;
15. "INSERT WATER TANK" (fig. 4): Put the water tank back in
the appliance;
16. "POSITION 2l CONTAINER" "OK TO START RINSING": Place the
container used to collect the descaler solution empty under
the hot water spout (fig. 8) and press
17. Hot water is delivered from the hot water/steam spout and
18. "EMPTY DRIP TRAY" (fig. 21): At the end of the second
19. "DESCALE COMPLETE": press
20. "FILL TANK WITH FRESH WATER": remove and top up the
The descaling cycle is now complete.
Please note!
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15. SETTING WATER HARDNESS

The "DESCALING NEEDED PRESS OK TO START (~45MIN)
and extract the
according to water hardness.
The machine can also be programmed according to the actual
hardness of the local water supply, so that the descaling proce-
dure will be required less frequently.

15.1 Measuring water hardness

1. Remove the "TOTAL HARDNESS TEST" indicator paper (D1)
2. Immerse the paper completely in a glass of water for about
3. Remove the strip from the water and shake lightly. After
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15.2 Setting water hardness
1. Access the menu as described in section "6.1 Access the
2. Press "WATER HARDNESS";
3. Carry out the procedure described in the previous section
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"Rinsing UNDERWAY" "PLEASE WAIT" is displayed;
rinse, empty the container used to collect the rinsing
water, remove and empty the drip tray (A15) and grounds
container (A11), then put back in the appliance. Press
;
water tank with fresh water to the MAX level and put back
in the machine.
If the descaling cycle is not completed correctly (e.g. no
electricity) when the appliance comes on again, it will
prompt for the cycle to be completed.
After descaling, it is normal for the grounds container
(A11) to contain water.
If the water tank has not been filled to the MAX level, at
the end of descaling, the appliance requests a third rinse to
guarantee that the descaler solution has been complete-
ly eliminated from the machine's internal circuits. Before
starting rinsing, remember to empty the drip tray.
" message is displayed after a period of time established
from its pack.
one second.
about a minute, 1, 2, 3, or 4 red squares appear, depending
on the hardness of the water. Each square corresponds to
one level.
settings menu";
and measure water hardness;
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