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Automatic Coffee System Use and Care Manual Models: CM24P-1, CM24T-1 Read this manual completely before operating your appliance. Keep it for future reference. Part No. 101335 Rev. D...
Monday — Friday 6:00 . to 5:00 . Pacific Time numbers are found on the data plate located inside Web site: www.Dacor.com the brewing unit door. See page 9 for location. Record the numbers below for easy access. Model Number...
Important Safety Instructions IMPORTANT INSTALLER: PLEASE LEAVE THIS MANUAL WITH THIS APPLIANCE. CUSTOMER: READ THIS USE & CARE MANUAL COMPLETELY BEFORE USING YOUR APPLIANCE AND KEEP IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. IT PROVIDES PROPER USE AND MAINTENANCE INFORMATION. About Safety Instructions IMPORTANT: Warnings and Important Safety Instructions appearing in this guide are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that may occur.
Important Safety Instructions DANGER • IMPORTANT: Before performing any type of service or installation, make sure that electric power to the coffee system is turned off or that power is disconnected. • IMPORTANT: To avoid the possibility of explosion or fire, do not store or use combustible, flammable, or explosive liquids or vapors (such as gasoline) inside or in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
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Important Safety Instructions General Safety Precautions (continued) WARNING • Allow the coffee system to cool before • Never allow anyone, including children to cleaning. sit, stand, or climb on any part of the coffee system. Doing so may cause damage, serious •...
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If the water hardness level is above four grains per gallon (4 gpg): » For model CM24P-1, contact a water treatment specialist and have a water treatment system installed to reduce the water hardness level to 4 gpg or less. »...
Getting To Know Your Coffee System Parts of Your Coffee System NOTE: See the Basic Operation section for complete instructions on using the various features below. Exterior Front Panel The front panel has buttons across it that are used to operate your coffee system.
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Getting To Know Your Coffee System Water Tank Model CM24T-1 only. The water tank holds the filtered water used to make coffee. Use only water with a hardness of four grains per gallon (gpg) or less. Door Release Button The door release button is used to open the front panel for cleaning, maintenance, and programming.
Keep it in a safe place in case it is needed at a later date. Regulator Kit Used with model CM24P-1 only. The installer uses this kit to connect the coffee system to the household water supply.
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See the Opening the Front Panel section for how to open the front of the coffee system. See page 22. • Do not close the front panel door without first removing the drip tray. Damage will result. For Models CM24T-1 and CM24P-1 For Model CM24P-1 Only Use and Care Manual...
If the water hardness level is above four grains per gallon (4 gpg): If you are installing model CM24P-1, contact a water treatment specialist and have a water treatment system installed to reduce the water hardness level to 4 gpg or less.
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Setting Up Your Coffee System After Your Coffee System is Installed Open the milk container compartment and remove the keys. Put them in a safe place. IMPORTANT The warranty on your coffee system does not cover lost keys. Put your keys in a safe place.
Basic Operation Things to Know Before You Start If you push the cafe latte, latte, or cappuccino button, the coffee system will display a ”Please Milk Clean” message about two hours after the last milk drink was dispensed. CAUTION The message will appear even if no milk was in the milk Use only filtered water with a compartment at the time the button was pushed.
Basic Operation The Light The light can be turned on or off at any time, even if the coffee system power switch is off. The light switch is located to the right of the light, on the ceiling of the brewing compartment, below the display.
Basic Operation Loading Your Coffee System WARNING • To prevent personal injury, keep your hands out of the coffee bean container and the ground coffee chute. • Some of the metal surfaces behind the front panel are hot when the power switch is on. Avoid contact with these surfaces.
Basic Operation Making Coffee and Other Hot Drinks WARNING DO NOT PUSH ANY BUTTONS ON THE FRONT PANEL UNTIL ALL BODY PARTS AND CLOTHING ARE CLEAR OF THE BREWING COMPARTMENT. KEEP ALL BODY PARTS AWAY FROM THE BREWING COMPARTMENT DURING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER DRINK DISPENSING.
Basic Operation Regular Coffee Your coffee system can make one or two cups of coffee at a time. For one cup of coffee, center a coffee cup or mug under the coffee dispenser. For two cups, put two cups side by side under the coffee dispenser.
Basic Operation Ground Coffee Decaffeinated and Ground Coffee Chute You can use your coffee system to make pre-ground coffee drinks, one cup at a time. It is an ideal way to make decaffeinated coffee or flavored coffee drinks. Make sure the power switch is on. Pull the coffee system out from the cabinet.
Basic Operation Hot Water for Tea and Other Drinks Use the hot water button to brew tea and other hot flavored drinks. The coffee system makes about four ounces of hot beverage at a time. Put the proper amount of tea or mix for your hot drink into a cup or glass.
Basic Operation Cappuccino Cappuccino is a coffee drink of about one ounce of espresso and four ounces of foamed milk. To make cappuccino: Open the milk container compartment. Adjust the milk tube pinch screw (see below for location). Tightening the screw (clockwise) makes the milk warmer, opening it makes it cooler.
Basic Operation Cafe Latte Cafe latte is about two ounces of espresso and about four ounces of foamed milk. Open the milk container compartment. Adjust the milk tube pinch screw. See the diagram on the facing page. Tightening the screw (clockwise) makes the milk warmer, opening it makes it cooler.
Basic Operation Latte Latte is steamed milk. This feature is perfect for hot chocolate drinks. To make a latte: Open the milk container compartment. Adjust the milk tube pinch screw. Tightening the screw (clockwise) makes the milk warmer, opening it makes it cooler. Put the milk tube into the container of milk.
Basic Operation Opening and Closing the Front Panel Opening the Front Panel Turn off the power switch. Pull the coffee system out from the cabinet. Remove the drip tray to access the lock. Drip Tray Removal Unlock the front panel. Lock Location Automatic Coffee System...
Basic Operation Front Panel Push to open front panel Opening the Front Panel Front Panel Button Push the front panel release button to open the front panel. If you need to open the brewing unit door, grasp it under the right side and pull it open. Brewing Unit Door Closing the Front Panel Close the brewing unit door if it is open.
Basic Operation Adjusting the Milk Foam Level The amount of milk foam created for lattes, cappuccinos, and cafe lattes is pre-set at the factory. It is possible to adjust the size of the foam by adjusting the milk foam adjustment knob. Open the front panel and brewing unit door.
Basic Operation Adjusting the Coffee Grinder The mesh of the coffee grinder blades is pre-set at the factory. Adjust the grinder blades only if the quality of the coffee changes. The finer the coffee is ground, the stronger it will be. The grinder is adjusted while it is running, using the adjustment wrench supplied with your coffee system.
❖ recommends you leave it at the factory setting of 257°F. Water Filter This feature is for model CM24P-1 only. If a water filter is ❖ installed on the coffee system, you can set the unit to display a message when the filter needs to be changed.
Deluxe Features How to Program the Coffee System Accessing the Main Programming Menu Remove the drip tray. Unlock the front panel door. See page 22 for directions. When the door is open, the buttons on the front of the unit will not make drinks when pushed.
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Deluxe Features Feature Menus Cumulative Total The cumulative total feature allows you to view the total number of drinks made by your coffee system and the number of individual drinks made. It is not programmable. To view the number of drinks made: With “Cumulative Total”...
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Deluxe Features Changing the Amount of Water With the main programming menu accessed, push the or button repeatedly until “Water Volume” appears on the display. Push the MENU button. Repeatedly push the MENU button to see the amount of water (in CCs) dispensed with each drink.
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Deluxe Features Turning Pre-Brew On and Off With the main programming menu accessed, push the or button repeatedly until “Pre-brew” appears on the display. Push the MENU button. Repeatedly push the MENU button to see the pre-brew status for each drink.
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Pre-set at the factory to 2 hours. DO NOT change. WARNING Changes to the milk cleaning warning time setting may result in sickness due to bacteria growth. Dacor ® takes no responsibility for any changes to the factory default settings.
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Deluxe Features Changing the Coffee Temperature With the main programming menu accessed, push the or button repeatedly until “Coffee Temperature” appears on the display. Push the MENU button. To adjust the coffee temperature, push the or buttons. The default is 208°F.
Deluxe Features Original Factory Programmed Settings Button Single Double Cafe Ground Drink Type Coffee Latte Cappuccino Espresso Espresso Latte Coffee Water Amount of Water in CCs* Grinding Time 10.5 10.5 (seconds) Milk Time (seconds) Pre-brewing (seconds) Tamping * Includes the water absorbed by the coffee. Use and Care Manual...
Cleaning and Maintenance Cleaning and Maintenance Schedule Coffee System Maintenance Schedule* Milk Water Tank Routine Service Decalcification Cleaning** (CM24T-1 Only) Cleaning Call Within two hours after last drink containing milk Daily Every 50 cycles (about once a week) Monthly ...
ACCLKIT Kit containing Puly Detergent Tablets and Puly Liquid Detergent A-302 Dacor ® Stainless Steel Cleaner *Available from Dacor ® dealer or parts distributor. IMPORTANT In case of power loss, or if the appliance is accidentally switched off during cleaning: •...
Cleaning and Maintenance Push and hold the CLEAN (decaffeinated coffee) button until “Clean Insert Cleaner“ appears on the display. Push the CLEAN button again to immediately start the cleaning cycle. If the CLEAN button is not pushed again, the cleaning cycle will automatically start in about 20 seconds.
Cleaning and Maintenance Routine Cleaning Instructions The message “Clean Group” appears on the display every 50 cycles to inform you that the system needs a routine cleaning. The routine cleaning process involves cleaning the coffee dispenser, the milk foamer, the drip tray and surrounding areas and a system flush. The milk foamer should be cleaned even if milk drinks have not been dispensed because it is used to brew coffee as well.
• To prevent damage to stainless steel surfaces, remove beverage stains, fingerprints, and always wipe in the direction of the grain. other smudges. You may also use Dacor ® stainless steel cleaner. • Use only the cleaners indicated. Chlorine or chlorine compounds in some cleaners are corrosive to stainless steel.
The decalcification process takes will eventually stop working properly. about 10 minutes. What to Use Model CM24P-1/CM24T-1: Puly Detergent Tablets ❖ Model CM24T-1: Puly Decalcifying Powder ❖ Model CM24T-1: Filtered Water (4 gpg maximum water hardness...DO ❖...
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Cleaning and Maintenance The coffee system will begin rinsing after the clean cycle is done. When rinsing is complete, the display will read “Machine Ready”. Remove the milk tube from the plastic bottle. Remove the plastic bottle and close the milk compartment. Remove the container or sauce pan from the drip tray.
Cleaning and Maintenance Repeat step 12, four more times. Remove the plastic bottle from the milk compartment and flush the residual detergent out of the system (see below). Flushing Out the Coffee System Remove the water tank from the unit. Empty it, rinse it out with filtered water, and put it back in the unit.
Before You Call for Service Problem Solution Guide Unnecessary service calls may be expensive, frustrating, and time consuming. Before you call for service, please review this Problem Solution Guide. Problem May be caused by What to do Nothing works. Coffee system not Connect coffee system power connector to connected to electrical dedicated, grounded power receptacle.
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Before You Call for Service Problem Solution Guide (continued) Problem May be caused by What to do Water goes into drip tray Coffee system clears water Normal operation. The coffee system purges when coffee is made. out of pipes after making water into the drip tray to make sure that the coffee.
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Before You Call for Service Problem Solution Guide (continued) Problem May be caused by What to do Display reads: “Please - The appliance is still Wait until display reads “Ready to Operate” Wait Heating”. heating up. (3-5 minutes). Display reads: “Drawer The used coffee grounds Empty used coffee grounds drawer (see Full”...
Problem Solution Guide and the problem has not yet been remedied, please visit our web site or contact our Customer Service Team for a listing of Dacor ® authorized service agents. Prior to requesting service, it is helpful to be familiar with the warranty terms and conditions on page 46.
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE. IN NO EVENT SHALL DACOR ® BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
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Please visit www.Dacor.com to activate your warranty online. WARRANTY INFORMATION IMPORTANT: Your warranty for this product CANNOT BE ACTIVATED until this form has been returned to Dacor . If you have ® purchased more than one Dacor product, please return all forms in one envelope.