Setting Water Hardness; Measuringwater Hardness; Water Softener Filter - DeLonghi Eletta Cappuccino Evo Instructions For Use Manual

9. Place an empty container with a recommended capacity of
2 litres under the hot water spout (C6) and coffee spouts
(A9) (fig. 33). Press
Important! Danger of scalding
Hot water containing acid flows out of the coffee spouts and
hot water spout. Take care to avoid contact with splashes of this
solution.
10. The descale programme starts and the descaler liquid
comes out of the hot water and coffee spouts. A series of
rinses and pauses is performed automatically to remove all
the scale residues inside the coffee machine;
After about 25 minutes, descaling stops;
11. The appliance is now ready for rinsing through with clean
water. Empty the container used to collect the descaler
solution. Extract the water tank, empty, rinse under run-
ning water, fill with fresh water up to the MAX level and
put back in the appliance. Press
12. Place the container used to collect the descaler solution
empty under the coffee spouts and hot water spout (fig.
33) and press ;
13. Confirm by pressing
14. Hot water is delivered first from the coffee spouts, then
from the hot water spout;
15. When the water in the tank has run out, empty the con-
tainer used to collect the rinsing water;
16. Extract the water tank and fill with fresh water up to the
MAX level. Press
17. (If the filter was installed) Put the water softener filter (if
previously removed) back in its housing in the water tank
(A15), and replace the tank in the appliance, then press
;
18. Place the container used to collect the descaler solution
empty under the hot water spout. Press
19. "Rinsing Confirm?": press
20. "Rinsing underway". Hot water comes out of the hot water
spout;
21. When descaling is complete, press
22. "Empty drip tray": At the end of the second rinse, remove,
empty and replace the drip tray (A19) and grounds con-
tainer (A17). Press
23. Empty the container used to collect the rinse water, re-
move the water tank and fill with fresh water up to the
MAX level, then put back in the appliance.
The descaling cycle is now complete.
Please note:
• If the descaling cycle is not completed correctly (e.g. no
electricity) we recommend repeating the cycle;
• After descaling, it is normal for the grounds container
(A17) to contain water;
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• 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.

13. SETTING WATER HARDNESS

The descaling request is displayed after a period of time estab-
lished according to water hardness.
The machine is set by default for a hardness level of 4. The ma-
chine can also be programmed according to the hardness of the
mains water in the various regions so that the machine needs to
be descaled less often.

13.1 Measuringwater hardness

1. Remove the "TOTAL HARDNESS TEST" indicator paper (C1)
from its pack (attached to the English instructions);
2. Immerse the paper completely in a glass of water for one
second;
3. Remove the paper from the water and shake lightly. After
about a minute, 1, 2, 3, or 4 red squares form, depending
on the hardness of the water. Each square corresponds to
1 level;
soft water (level 1)
slightly hard water (level 2)
hard water (level 3)
very hard water (level 4)
13.2 Setting water hardness
1. Press (B2) to enter the menu;
2. Press the scroll arrows
"General" is displayed;
3. Press (B11) to confirm;
4. Press the scroll arrows
ness" is displayed:
5. Press . The current value appears on the display (D5)
and the "New" value flashes;
6. Select the new value you want to set using the scroll ar-
rows or
7. After selecting the quantity, press
The display goes back to the previous screen.
Press twice to go back to the main screen.

14. WATER SOFTENER FILTER

Certain models are fitted with a water softener filter (C4). If
this is not the case with your model, you are recommended to
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(B3) or (B10) until
or until "Water hard-
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