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13.7. Descaling
The appliance automatically checks the degree of calcifi cation in the appliance and informs you when
descaling must be carried out. The appliance fi rst reports to you when a descaling process has to be
carried out in in the near future.
For the second message, a descaling process is absolutely necessary. At that moment, the appliance
blocks all steam-relevant processes until the descaling process has been carried out. The symbol is visi-
ble in the status display until the descaling process is carried out.
INFO
Use the descaling agent "durgol
®
" for descaling. With this special descaler, you can achieve
a gentle yet professional level of descaling for your appliance.
Attention! Do not use vinegar or vinegar cleaner because it can damage the
internal water circuit. Standard descaling agents are not suitable as they may
contain foam additives.
To descale the appliance, please follow the steps below.
When you have obtained he descaling information, you can select the procedure with START and start
it with
.
As an alternative, you can press the "Settings" sensor in the home display to go to the settings menu
and then select the "Descaling" function by using
(up) or (down) and then confi rm with .
The descaling procedure consists of several cycles.
□ In the first cycle, the channels are freed of scale as described above.
□ In the two following cycles, the appliance is flushed.
The appliance informs you as soon as the fi rst procedure is completed. The channels are refl ushed in
the following procedures.
□ Fill the water tank with 500 ml of water.
The procedure starts automatically as soon as the water tank is positioned in the holder and the panel
is closed.