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6 Inserting the Melitta
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Claris
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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 automatically be set to hardness level 1 (see
page 54). The service life of your appliance will be extended thanks to the 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 off (see „Switching on and off“
on page 49).
• Simultaneously press both the button for coffee 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 minutes
before you insert it.
• Open up the ap of the water tank (Fig. A, no. 6) 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.
• Press the button for coffee strength .
→ The device will execute an automatic lter rinsing process; hot water in the
interior of the appliance ows into the drip tray. Subsequently the standby
symbol and bean symbols will be illuminated.