16 Solvable Problems, Before; Calling Customer Services - Electrolux ECG6600 Instruction Book

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«INSERT BREWING UNIT !»
• Someone probably forgot to put the
brewing unit back in the coffee
machine after cleaning it.
0 Insert the brewing unit, see „Cleaning
the brewing unit" page 132
«GENERAL ALARM»
• The inside of the machine is very dirty.
0 Carefully clean the inside of the
machine, see „Cleaning the brewing
unit" page 132. If the coffee machine
still shows this message once it has
been cleaned, please consult customer
services.
16 Solvable problems, before

calling customer services

If the coffee machine does not work,
you can easily find out the cause of the
problem and fix it by turning to the
advice in Chapter „What to do when
the display show the following
messages..." page 135. If, on the other
hand, the coffee machine displays no
message, please carry out the following
checks before consulting customer
services.
Coffee is not hot
• The cups were not preheated.
0 Preheat the cups by rinsing them out
with warm water or leaving them at
least 20 minutes on the heated cup
tray (H) (see „Tips for dispensing hotter
coffee" page 122).
• The brewing unit is too cold.
0 Warm up the brewing unit with the
rinsing programme before making cof-
fee (see „Rinsing" page 122).
The coffee does not have enough
crema
• The coffee is too coarsely ground.
0 Turn the knob for the grind level set-
ting one position anti-clockwise (see
„Setting the grind level" page 126).
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• The coffee blend is not suitable.
0 Use a coffee blend suited to fully auto-
mated coffee machines.
Coffee comes out too slowly
• The coffee is ground too fine.
0 Turn the knob for the grind level set-
ting one position clockwise (see „Set-
ting the grind level" page 126).
Coffee comes out too quickly
• The coffee is too coarsely ground.
0 Turn the knob for the grind level set-
ting one position anti-clockwise (see
„Setting the grind level" page 126).
Coffee only comes out of one of the
spouts on the coffee dispenser
• The holes on the spouts are blocked.
0 Remove the dried on coffee with a
needle (Figure 29).
When the function or
water comes out of the machine
instead of coffee
• The ground coffee could have got
stuck in the filling chute.
0 Remove the ground coffee blocking
the filling chute with the help of a
knife (see „Makingcoffee with ground
coffee" page 123) (Figure 22). Then
clean the brewing unit and the inside
of the machine (see „Cleaning the
brewing unit" page 132)
The machine does not switch on
when the button is pressed
• The main switch on the back of the
appliance is not switched on (Figure 8)
or the mains plug is not plugged in.
0 Check that the main switch is in the "I"
position and that the power lead is
plugged in the socket properly.
The brewing unit cannot be taken
out for cleaning
• The coffee machine is switched on. The
brewing unit can only be removed
when the machine is switched off.
0 Switch the appliance off and remove
the brewing unit (see „Cleaning the
brewing unit" page 132).
is selected,