DeLonghi Magnifica ESAM 4500 manual

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    23 INDICE 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLIANCE (see page 3) 2 SAFETY W ARNINGS 3 INST ALLA TION 4 USING FOR THE FIRST TIME 5 TURNING ON AND PREHEA TING 6 PREP ARING COFFEE (USING COFFEE BEANS) 7 CHANGING THE QUANTITY OF COFFEE IN THE CUP 8 REGULA TING THE COFFEE MILL 9 PREP ARING ESPRESSO COFFEE WITH PRE-GROUND COFFEE (INSTEAD OF BEANS) 10 RUNNING OFF HO[...]

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    24 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLIANCE (SEE P AGE 3) A. Grinding coarseness regulator B. Cof fee beans container C. Bean container lid D. Central lid for ground coffee E. Compartment for measure F. Cup warmer tray G. Ground coffee funnel H. Milk container lid with froth regulator I. Frothed milk spout J. Milk intake tube K. Nozzle L. W ater tank (remova[...]

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    3 INST ALLA TION • After unpacking, make sure the appliance is complete and undamaged. If in doubt, do not use it. Contact professionally qualified personnel. • The packing elements (plastic bags, polystyrene foam, etc.) should be kept out of the reach of children as they are a safety hazard. • Place the appliance on a work surface far away f[...]

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    26 5. The appliance displays: TURNING OFF PLEASE WAIT and it goes off. 6. Fill the container with coffee beans (fig. 5). IMPORT ANT : to prevent malfunction, never fill with ground coffee, freeze dried cof fee, caramelised beans or anything else which could damage the appliance. 5 TURNING ON AND PREHEA TING 1. Press the button (fig. 6). The applian[...]

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    27 NOTE 1: If the coffee is delivered a drop at a time or not at all, turn the grinding coarseness regulator (fig. 12) one click clockwise (see section 8). Tu rn one click at a time until the cof fee is delivered satisfactorily . NOTE 2: If the coffee is delivered too fast and is not creamy enough, turn the grinding coarseness regulator (fig. 12) o[...]

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    28 To turn the appliance on again, you must insert the water spout (fig. 4), press the button and run off water from the spout for a few seconds. When using the appliance for the first time, 4-5 cups of coffee and a cappuccino need to be made before the appliance star ts to give satisfying results. If the appliance malfunctions, do not contact the [...]

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    9 PREP ARING ESPRESSO COFFEE WITH PRE-GROUND COFFEE (INSTEAD OF BEANS) •P ress the button (fig. 16) to select the ground coffee function. This disables the cof fee mill function. The appliance displays: READY PRE-GROUND • Lift the lid in the centre, place one measure of ground coffee in the funnel (see fig. 17) and proceed as described in secti[...]

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    • When the hot water in the cup reaches the required level, press the button to memorise the new amount. (Y ou should not run off hot water for more than two minutes at a time). 12 PREP ARING CAPPUCCINOS OR CAFFELA TTE • Select the taste of the coffee you want to use to make the cappuccino by pressing the button • Remove the lid of the milk c[...]

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    31 13 PREP ARING FROTHED MILK (WITHOUT COFFEE) • Remove the lid of the milk container . • Fill the container with the quantity of milk you want to prepare (fig.19). • Replace the lid on the milk container . • Attach the milk container to the appliance (fig. 22). • Place a sufficiently large cup under the cof fee spout (fig. 23). • If yo[...]

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    32 CORRECT INCORRECT The two red buttons have snapped out CORRECTL Y The two red buttons have not snapped out •r eplace the infuser by sliding it onto the supports and pin at the bottom, then push the PUSH symbol fully in until it clicks into place. Check that the two red buttons have snapped out, other wise the door cannot be closed. •r eplace[...]

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    33 • Remove the milk spout (fig. 32) and intake tube. • Remove the froth regulator by pulling it outwards. •W ash the container and lid in a dishwasher or in hot soapy water . Make sure there are no milk resi- dues inside the two holes in the lid of the milk con- tainer indicated by the arrows in the figure. • Put the froth regulator , inta[...]

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    34 •P ress the button to activate auto-start; NOTE: when the appliance is turned of f and auto-start time is set, the symbol appears alongside the time on the unlit display . •P ress the button to exit programming mode or to change other parameters. 16.3 Descale Over time, the continuous heating up of the water used to make the coffee leads to [...]

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    •P ress the OK button and refill the water tank with clean water . • The descale programme is now terminated and the appliance is ready to make cof fee again. NOTE: if the descaling cycle is interrupted before completion, the appliance continues to display the descale message and the programme must be started again from the beginning. Empty the[...]

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    16.7 Resetting factor y default settings (reset) If you change the original values, the factor y default values can be reset as follows: •P ress the button then press repeatedly until the appliance displays: RESET TO DEFAULT NO •P ress the button and the appliance displays " RESET TO DEFAULT YES : •P ress the button to reset the factor y[...]

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    37 18 MEANING OF MESSAGE DISPLA YED AND WHA T TO DO ADD PRE-GROUND COFFEE • With the function selected, the pre- ground coffee has not been poured into the funnel. • Add the ground coffee as described in section 9. FILL BEANS CONTAINER • The coffee beans have run out. • If the coffee grinder is ver y noisy , this means a small stone in the [...]

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    38 MESSAGE MESSAGE WHA T TO DO GENERIC ALARM • The inside of the appliance is ver y dirty . • Clean the inside of the appliance tho- roughly , as described in section 15.2 If the message is still displayed after cleaning, contact a ser vice centre. 19 PROBLEMS TO BE RESOL VED BEFORE CALLING THE SERVICE CENTRE If the appliance is not working and[...]

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    39 PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION The coffee does not come out of the spouts, but rather around the ser vice door . • The holes in the spouts are clogged with dr y coffee. • The mobile drawer inside the service door is blocked and cannot swing. • Scrape the holes with a needle (see section 15.1, Fig. 27). • Thoroughly clean the mobile drawer , part[...]