User Manual
ENGLISH
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6 Inserting the Melitta
®
Claris
®
water lter
A Melitta
®
Claris
®
water lter is supplied with the appliance for ltering out limescale
and other contaminants. Please only insert it after starting up the appliance
for the rst time. If you use the lter, you will have to descale the appliance less
frequently and the water hardness will automatically be set to hardness level 1
(see page 64). The service life of your appliance will be extended thanks to this
reliable protection from limescale. The water lter should be changed regularly
(every 2 months); at the latest, however, it must be changed when the symbol for
the water lter
is shown on the display.
Prerequisite: The appliance must be switched off (see „Switching on and off“
on page 56).
• Simultaneously press the button for coffee strength
and the ON /
OFF button
for more than 2 seconds.
→ The symbol for the water lter ashes during the entire change
procedure. The symbol for the drip tray
is illuminated.
• Empty the drip tray and then reinsert it.
→ The symbol for the water tank
illuminates.
• Put the water lter in a glass with fresh tap water for several minutes
before you insert it.
• Flip up the lid of the water tank (Fig. A, No. 7) and pull the water tank
up and out of the appliance.
• Empty the water tank.
• Screw the Melitta
®
Claris
®
water lter carefully into the thread on the
bottom of the water tank.
• Fill the water tank to the maximum mark with fresh tap water and
reinsert it.
→ The symbol for the valve
will be illuminated.
• Place a sufciently large vessel (e.g. the coffee grounds container)
under the Cappuccinatore.