Setting The Water Hardness; Using A Water Filter - melitta BARISTA TS SMART Manual De Instrucciones

Care and maintenance
With consistent use of a Melitta water
filter, carry out the descaling program at
least once a year.
The descaling programme takes approx-
imately 25 minutes and should not be
interrupted.
CAUTION
Contact with descaling agent may lead
to eye and skin irritation.
Observe the processing instructions on
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the packaging of the descaling agent.
ATTENTION
Use of unsuitable descaling agent may
damage the appliance.
Only use Melitta® ANTI CALC liquid
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descaling agent for fully automatic
coffee makers.
Observe the processing instructions on
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the packaging of the descaling agent.
ATTENTION
A water filter may be damaged if it is
screwed in during the descaling pro-
gramme.
Remove the water filter when the appli-
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ance requests you to do so (see Fig. 25,
page 61).
Place the water filter into a vessel filled
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with tap water during the descaling
programme.
The water filter can be reinserted and
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reused when the descaling programme
is complete.
Requirement: The appliance is ready for
operation.
1. Press the "menu/ok" button for 2 sec-
onds.
» The menu appears on the display.
2. Navigate to the Care > Descaling menu.
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3. Use the arrow buttons to select Start
and confirm with "menu/ok".
4. Follow the further instructions on the
display up to the end of the descaling
programme.
» The appliance is ready for operation.

9.8 Setting the water hardness

The set water hardness influences the fre-
quency of descaling. The harder the water,
the more frequently the appliance has to
be descaled.
Information
The water hardness cannot be set if
you use a water filter (see section 9.9,
page 60).
Determine the water hardness with the
enclosed test strip. Observe the instruc-
tions on the test strip packaging and in the
table Water hardness range, page 62.
Requirement: The appliance is ready for
operation.
1. Press the "menu/ok" button for 2 sec-
onds.
» The menu appears on the display.
2. Navigate to the Settings > Water hard-
ness menu.
3. Use the arrow buttons to select the
water hardness range and confirm with
"menu/ok".
4. Exit the menu with the Exit command.
» The appliance is ready for operation.

9.9 Using a water filter

The use of a water filter extends the ser-
vice life of the appliance and the appliance
has to be descaled less frequently. The
water filter contained in the scope of deliv-
ery filters calcium and other pollutants out
of the water.