Preparing milk froth and warm milk Preparing hot water Setting the grinding level Additional information on products, accessories, replacement parts and services can be found at Individual beverages www.gaggenau.com and in the online shop www.gaggenau.com/zz/store Child lock Activating the child lock Deactivating the child lock...
How to use these instructions Safety Definitions You can open up the front cover of this instruction WARNING manual. There you will find illustrations of the appliance with each part numbered. These numbers will be This indicates that death or serious injuries may referred to throughout the text.
IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS When using electrical appliances, basic safety I O N IMPORTANT: This appliance is designed for domestic precautions should always be followed, including the and not commercial use. following: Use indoors at room temperature only. Do not use at more than 6560 feet /2000 meters above sea level.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION CAUTION To avoid the risk of scalding: To avoid the risk of influence electronic implants: Please note that the beverages are very hot when The appliance contains permanent magnets that may dispensed.
▯ Descale the appliance regularly to avoid a build-up Environmental protection r o t e c t i o n E n v i r o n m e n t a l p of limescale. Limescale residue results in higher energy consumption.
Display and controls Program selector With the program selector you can call up your saved favourite Shelf, e.g. for a cup beverages or the basic settings. Water tank with lid -------- Accessory drawer (for quick reference guide and accessories) Function selector positions Bean container with lid Grinding level adjustment Magnetic holder (for milk hoses' connecting element)
on the display. These messages disappear automatically Orange First settings ™ after a few seconds, or must be confirmed with . A list Main functions, messages of messages can be displayed by touching the Blue Basic settings symbol. The message disappears when the required action has been carried out.
Then the display switches itself off. Notes ‒ In the general settings, you can set whether the Gaggenau logo is to be displayed during sleep mode. ~ "General settings" on page 20 ‒ The brightness of the display depends on the vertical viewing angle.
Setting water hardness Setting up the appliance a p p l ia n c e S e t t i n g u p t h e It is important to set the water hardness correctly, so that the appliance indicates accurately when the Note: Only use the appliance in frost-free rooms.
The water first runs through the filter to rinse it, then Water filter into the container. After the rinsing process, confirm ™ with and empty the container; the appliance is once again ready for use. Operation with or without water filter Rinsing the filter simultaneously activates the setting for the "Change water filter"...
Filling the water tank and the bean Preparing beverages container F i llin g t h e w a t e r t a n k a n d t h e b e a n c o n t a i n e r Beverage selection Using your appliance, you can prepare coffee using freshly ground coffee beans or ground coffee.
You may be able to select further options depending on Use the rotary selector to select the desired your choice of beverage: beverage, e.g. coffee. ¦ Capacity Small - Medium - Large - Extra large ˆ Strength Very mild - Mild - Medium - Strong - Very strong - Extra strong etc., not available for milk froth, warm milk and hot water...
The beverage is brewed and then dispensed into the Close the door. cup. Use the rotary selector to select the desired beverage (beverages made from ground coffee are Notes identified with the symbol). & ‒ While the beverage is dispensed, the symbol is Place a cup under the beverage dispenser.
Preparing coffee with milk Using a milk carton or other container: ▯ Open the door. WARNING ▯ Push the beverage dispenser down completely. Risk of burns ▯ Remove the cover of the beverage dispenser The milk system becomes very hot. After use, towards the front.
Preparing milk froth and warm milk Touch the symbol. Set the temperature using the rotary selector. ™ WARNING Press to confirm. Risk of burns 10 Start with The milk system becomes very hot. After use, The water is heated and then flows into the cup or glass. always let it cool down before you touch it.
Individual beverages Rotary selec- Select letters A new word always begins with a capital let- ter. You can define and store instructions for up to 8 Press briefly: Moves the cursor to the right different individual beverages. Press and hold: Shifts to umlauts and spe- cial characters Turn the function selector to one of the 8 memory locations.
Child lock The appliance has a child lock to prevent children operating it accidentally. Notes ‒ You must set the child lock to "Available" in the general settings. ~ "General settings" on page 20 ‒ If there is a power failure while the child lock is activated, the child lock may be deactivated when power is restored.
General settings In the general settings, you can adapt your appliance Touch the symbol. individually. Set the general setting with the rotary selector. ™ Set the program selector to Save with or cancel with and quit the current general setting. Select "General setting"...
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Language German* / French / Italian / Spanish / Select language for the text display Portuguese / Dutch / Danish / Swedish Note: When the language is changed, the / Norwegian / Finnish / Greek / Turkish system is restarted; this procedure takes a / Russian / Polish / Czech / Slovenian / few seconds.
Setting the milk container weight Messages Using the weight, the appliance detects the quantity of Depending on the setting in the "General settings" or milk in the milk container to ensure that there is always when dispensing a beverage with milk, various sufficient milk to dispense a Latte Macchiato, for reminders may be shown on the display: example.
Wipe out the inside of the appliance (drip tray Daily care and cleaning holder and ground coffee drawer) and the c l e a n i n g D a i ly c a r e a n d collecting tray and dry them. Insert the dry parts, such as the ground coffee Daily care drawer.
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Cleaning the milk system automatically Detach the milk hose, dismantle the top and bottom sections of the beverage dispenser. Rotate function selector to Use the rotary selector to select "Clean milk frothing system". ™ Touch the symbol. The cleaning program starts. The notes on the display guide you through the program.
Cleaning the milk container 10 Remove the cover and clean the filter under running water. For reasons of hygiene, the milk container should be cleaned regularly. Only the individual parts of the lid are suitable for dishwasher use. Clean the stainless steel milk container by hand using a gentle cleaning agent.
‒ New sponge cloths may contain salts. Salts can Service programs cause rust film on stainless steel and must therefore be washed out thoroughly before use. ‒ If one of the service programs is interrupted, e.g. by (See also the quick reference guide) a power outage, proceed as follows: Every so often –...
Empty and reinsert the drip tray and coffee dregs Cleaning and descaling container. Duration: approx. 26 minutes Remove the water filter (if there is one) and touch ™ symbol. The cleaning and descaling program combines the individual cleaning and descaling functions. If the two Pour lukewarm water into the empty water tank up programs are due at about the same time, your fully to the "calc"...
11 Touch the symbol. Emptying program The program will run for approx. 19 minutes. E m p t y i n g p r o g r a m Note: If there is too little descaling solution in the water tank, the message "Fill water tank with water The emptying program is a service program which is and descaler"...
Simple troubleshooting h o o t i n g S i m p l e t r o u b l e s Problem Cause Remedial action The personally selected capacity is not The grinding level is too fine. The Adjust the grinding level to a coarser setting.
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Problem Cause Remedial action The brewing unit cannot be inserted. Brewing unit is in the wrong posi- Insert the brewing unit as described in the instructions. ~ "Cleaning the brewing tion. unit" on page 25 Unlock brewing unit. ~ "Cleaning the Brewing unit is locked.
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Problem Cause Remedial action Display screen "Appliance not suffi- Incorrect or insufficient descal- Run the descaling program again. ciently descaled. Repeat the process". ing agent or appliance exces- sively calcified. If you are unable to solve the problem, always call the hotline! You will find the telephone numbers at the back of these instructions.
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