Important Tip: Your Mini VII dealer may request that you check that your water
hardness is below a certain level to ensure long life and trouble free operation.
Hardness test strips may be included for this purpose. If your water fails this test,
contact your Mini VII dealer and discuss the available options. This test should be
done before using your machine. Water over 3 grains of hardness needs to be
softened or else consider using bottle water. Hard water will require frequent
descaling which is not a trivial procedure on this machine. Over time use of very hard
water could result in the need to replace the steam boiler heater element. Since the VII
Mini has a sealed boiler, replacement of the entire boiler is required. This is not an
inexpensive repair. Be forewarned. Use soft water.
4.4 Filling the Water Tank
• Remove the drip tray (1)
• Remove the water tank (4) and fill with soft water to ensure against mineral
buildup in your boilers
• Replace the water tank (4) and the drip tray (1)
• Insert the plug into the 110V AC socket, the On/STBY light (22) starts
flashing. (Stand-by mode).
• Press the ON/OFF (27) and Hot Water (23) buttons simultaneously. During
this stage, the control lights EMPTY and On/STBY (22) blink while the
pump runs
• Once you see water coming from the group (10), release both buttons. The
unit is now in Standby mode with the On/STBY light blinking. You have
now primed the pump and filled both boilers with water.
• machine includes an oscar softening pouch. Add this item to the tank to
help remove calcium and magnesium from hard water.
Important Tip: The above procedure is only required on the initial use of the
machine or any time when starting up with empty boilers such as after storage, boiler
clean out, shipment, etc. or any time the boilers have previously been drained.
Otherwise, once this procedure is performed once, it is only necessary to turn the
machine on using the ON/OFF (27) button. It is NOT required to perform the above
procedure each time the water tank is refilled.
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