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6 Inserting the Melitta
®
Claris
®
water lter
A Melitta
®
Claris
®
water lter is supplied with the appliance for ltering out
limescale and other contaminants. Please only insert it after starting up
the appliance for the rst time. If you use the lter, you will have to
descale the appliance less frequently and the water hardness will automa-
tically be set to hardness level 1 (see page 96). The service life of your
appliance will be extended thanks to this reliable protection from limescale.
The water lter should be changed regularly (every 2 months); at the latest,
however, it must be changed when the symbol for the water lter is
shown on the display.
Prerequisite: The appliance must be switched o (see 89
„Switching on and o“ ).
• Simultaneously press the button for coee strength and the
ON/OFF button for more than 2 seconds.
→ The symbol for the water lter ashes during the entire change
procedure. The symbol for the drip tray is illuminated.
• Empty the drip tray and then reinsert it.
→ The symbol for the water tank illuminates.
• Put the water lter in a glass with fresh tap water for several mi-
nutes before you insert it.
• Open up the ap of the water tank (Fig. A, no. 7) and pull the
water tank up and out of the appliance.
• Empty the water tank.
• Screw the Melitta
®
Claris
®
water lter carefully into the thread on
the bottom of the water tank.
• Fill the water tank to the max. mark with fresh tap water and
reinsert it.
→ The symbol for the milk shower will be illuminated.
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