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Description of the appliance
1 Control panel
2 Steam control knob
3 Water tank (removable on some models)
4 Movable lid
5 Power cable
6 Steam and hot water spout
7 Cappuccino nozzle (if included)
8 Drip tray
9 Boiler outlet
10 Pressing pad (if included)
11 Measure / pressing pad
12 Filter cup
13 Filter-holding lever
14 1-cup filter
15 2-cup filter
16 Steam-ready indicator light
17 Automatic coffee press
18 “OK” indicator light
19 “ON/OFF” switch with indicator light
20 Steam switch
21 Coffee and water dispensing switch
22 2-cups adaptor
* Serving Illycaffè : a single serving (7 grams)
of 100 % “arabic” coffee, pressurized to pre-
serve the flavours, specially ground, mea-
sured out, tamped down and packed between
two layers of special filter paper
USING THE COFFEE-MAKER FOR THE
FIRST TIME
Remove the packaging and take out the bag
containing the accessories. When the appliance
is new, the following accessories must be
washed with lukewarm water and detergent
then rinsed thoroughly. The internal circuit of the
coffee-maker must then be pre-washed as fol-
lows:
Filling the tank
Raise the lid and pour fresh water into the tank
(fig. 1). On the models with removable tank for
easier filling, the tank can be extracted by pulling
upwards (fig. 2). Make sure that the pipes are
immersed when the tank is put back into place.
‘serving illycaffè’ brand coffee pods may
also be used for easier and faster coffee
making. These not only give the correct mea-
sure of coffee, they also make cleaning easi-
er. Other types of pod may not give such
good results.
Pre-washing
a) Plug in at the power socket, remembering
the safety instructions.
b) Press the ON/OFF button and coffee-dispen-
sing button. The ON/OFF indicator light will
come on (fig. 3). The pump will start to
“load water”. Wait until water starts to come
out of the boiler outlet, then turn off the cof-
fee-dispensing switch. After about 2 minutes,
the “OK” light will come on (fig. 4). This
means that the water (in the boiler) is at the
correct temperature.
c) Press the dispensing switch again for 10-15
seconds, allowing water to fall from the boi-
ler outlet (fig. 5), then turn off the switch.
d) To thoroughly pre-wash the circuit, perform
the above operation at least five or six times.
At this point the machine is ready for normal
use.
Fitting the filter cup
To fit the filter cup onto the machine, place the cup
under the boiler outlet (fig. 6) then press upwards
and turn to the right as far as it will go.
MAKING ESPRESSO COFFEE
• Always use fresh water and keep the tank
clean.
• Before dispensing the coffee, always wait
for the OK light to come on: this indicates
that the water in the boiler has reached the
ideal temperature for coffee-making.
• The coffee cups, filter cup and the filters
should be heated before making the coffee.
The accessories can be heated with hot tap
water or in the following way:
• Turn on the machine by pressing the
ON/OFF switch.
• Insert the 1- or 2-cup filter, or the ‘serving illy-
caffè’ pods filter (as required) in the filter
holder and fig. 7 attach the filter holder to the
machine as explained above. Place a coffee
cup beneath the filter holder.
• Wait for the OK light to come on, press the
coffee dispensing switch and let the hot
water heat the accessories.
• Turn off the dispensing switch, remove and
drain the filter cup, filter and coffee cups.
You are advised to also perform this
operation (hot water dispensing with
no coffee in filter) if you want to make
coffee after dispensing steam. In this
case, performance of an “idle cycle”
brings the machine to the ideal tempe-
rature for making perfect coffee.
