Set The Water Hardness; On/Off And Stand-By; Adjust Stand-By; How To Prepare Espresso Using Ground Coffee - DeLonghi EC850 Instructions For Use Manual

Set the water hardness

The lights signalling the need to descale the appliance, after
a pre-set period of operation that depends on the hardness
of the water. It is possible to program the machine according
to the actual water hardness in use in the area, thus making
descaling less frequent. Proceed as follows:
TEST" from its packaging.
2. Completely dip the strip into a glass of water for one
second.
very hard water).
5. Once obtained the result of the strip, keep the "hot water"
button pressed until the lights turn-on, as in
following table:
5. When the lights relative to the detected water hardness
turn-on, release the button.
6. Press button to turn the appliance off (stand-by).
Please note:
lower hardness level compared to that detected by the reactive
strip.

ON/OFF and stand-by

When the main switch is in pos. I, turn the appliance on and off
Instructions for use
(stand-by) by pressing the button.
The appliance automatically turns off (stand-by) after 75
minutes of non-use: to change the non-use time, refer to
following paragraph.

Adjust Stand-by

The machine is pre-set to switch to stand-by after 75 minutes
appliance switches off after 15 minutes or after 3 hours.
Proceed as follows:
2. Keep the button pressed until the lights relative to
the desired standby interval turn-on:
15 minutes:
75 minutes:
3 hours:
3. When the lights relative to the wanted selection turn-on,
release the button.
to turn the appliance off (stand-by).

How to prepare espresso using ground coffee

if wanting to make one coffee
if wanting to make 2 coffees.
than-level measuring spoons of ground coffee (about
prevent the coffee spilling out.
Attention:
always make sure there is no residual coffee from the previous
Pressing the ground coffee is very important to obtain
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