AEG KKK994500 User manual

USER
MANUAL
KKK994500
KKE994500
EN User Manual
Automatic Built-In Cofee Machine

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CONTENTS
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
SAFETY INFORMATION ............................................................................................... 3
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.............................................................................................. 5
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................ 6
CONTROL PANEL ......................................................................................................... 7
BEFORE FIRST USE ................................................................................................... 10
DAILY USE................................................................................................................... 11
MAKING COFFEE........................................................................................................ 12
MAKING CAPPUCCINO AND MILK-BASED COFFEES ............................................. 14
FAVOURITE ................................................................................................................. 14
CLEANING ................................................................................................................... 15
DESCALING................................................................................................................. 19
SETTING WATER HARDNESS................................................................................... 20
WATER SOFTENER FILTER....................................................................................... 21
TECHNICAL DATA....................................................................................................... 22
DISPLAYED MESSAGES ............................................................................................ 23
TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................................................. 25
FOR PERFECT RESULTS
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CUSTOMER CARE AND SERVICE
Always use original spare parts.
When contacting our Authorised Service Centre, ensure that you have the ollowing
close to hand: model, PNC, serial number.
The inormation can be ound on the rating plate.
Warning / Caution-Saety inormation
General inormation and tips
Environmental inormation

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Beore the installation and use othe appliance, careully
read the supplied instructions. The manuacturer is not re-
sponsible ian incorrect installation and use causes injuries
and damages. Always keep the instructions with the appli-
ance or uture reerence.
1.1 Children and vulnerable people saety
The appliance is not intended or use by persons (including
children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabili-
ties, or lack oexperience and knowledge, unless they are
supervised or receive instructions concerning use othe ap-
plication by a person responsible or their saety.
Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play
with the appliance.
For European markets only:
This appliance can be used by children aged rom 8 years
and above ithey have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use othe appliance in a sae way and ithey
understand the hazard involved. Cleaning and user mainte-
nance shall not be made by children unless they are older
than 8 and supervised. Keep the appliance and its cord out o
the reach ochildren aged less than 8 years.
Children shall not play with the appliance
1.2 General Saety
Designated use: this appliance is designed and made to
prepare coee and milk based beverages and hot water. Any
other use is considered improper and thus dangerous. The
manuacturer is not liable or damage deriving rom improper
use othe appliance.
The surace othe heating element remains hot ater use and
the outside othe appliance may retain the heat or several
minutes depending on use.
Clean all the components thoroughly, taking particular care
with parts in contact with the coee and milk.
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Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by chil-
dren without supervision.
Never submerge the appliance into water.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the appliance do not use
alkaline cleaning agents when cleaning, use a sot cloth and
a mild detergent.
This is an household appliance only. It is not intended to be
used in: sta kitchen areas in shops, oices and other work-
ing environments; arm houses; by clients in hotels, motels
and other residential type environments; bed and breakast
type environments.
Ithe plug or power cable is damaged, it must be replaced by
customer services only to avoid all risk.
Appliances with removable cord: avoid splashes owater on
the power cord connector or socket at the back othe appli-
ance.
WARNING: Models with glass suraces: do not use the appli-
ance ithe surace is cracked.
For European markets only:
Appliances can be used by persons with reduced physi-
cal, sensory or mental capabilities or lack oexperience and
knowledge ithey have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use othe appliance in a sae way and under-
stand the hazards involved.
When not in use and beore cleaning, always unplug the ap-
pliance.
Suraces marked with this symbol become hot during
use (the symbol is present in certain models only).

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2. SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
DANGER!
This is an electrical appliance, it is
thereore important to respect the ol-
lowing saety warnings:
• Never touch the appliance with damp
hands.
• Never touch the plug with damp hands.
• Make sure the socket used is reely acces-
sible at all times, enabling the appliance to
be unplugged when necessary.
• Unplug directly rom the plug only.
• Never pull the power cable as you could
damage it.
• To disconnect the appliance completely,
place the main switch (A10) on the side o
the appliance in the 0 position.
• Ithe appliance is aulty, do not attempt to
repair.
• Turn it o using the main switch (A10),
unplug rom the mains socket and contact
Customer Services.
IMPORTANT!
Keep all packaging (plastic bags,
polystyrene oam) away rom children.
DANGER OF BURNS!
This appliance produces hot water
and steam may orm while it is in
operation.
Avoid contact with splashes owater
or hot steam. Use knobs and han-
dles.
IMPORTANT!
Do not grasp the coee maker when it
is out othe cabinet.
Do not rest recipients containing liq-
uids or inlammable or corrosive ma-
terials on top othe appliance. Place
the accessories required to make the
coee (the measure or example) in
the special holder.
Do not rest large objects which could
obstruct movement or unstable ob-
jects on the appliance.
IMPORTANT!
Do not use the appliance when
extracted. Make sure the appliance is
inactive beore extracting it.
The only exception is adjusting the
coee mill which must be done with
the machine out (see the section
“Adjusting the coee mill”).
Use original or manuacturer recom-
mended accessories and spare parts
only.
2.1 Designated use
This appliance is designed and made to
prepare coee and heat drinks.
All other use is considered improper.
This appliance is not suitable or commercial
use.
The manuacturer is not liable or damage
deriving rom improper use othe appliance.
This appliance can be installed over a built-in
oven ithe latter is itted with a cooling an at
the rear (maximum microwave power: 3 kW).
2.2 Instructions
Read these instructions careully beore using
the appliance.
• Keep these instructions
• Failure to respect these instructions may
result in burns or damage to the appliance.
• The manuacturer is not liable or dam-
age deriving rom ailure to respect these
instructions.
The appliance has a cooling an.
This comes on whenever coee,
steam or hot water is delivered.
Ater several minutes, the an goes o
automatically.
2.3 Connecting the appliance
DANGER!
Check that the mains power supply
voltage corresponds to the value indi-
cated on the rating plate on the side o
the appliance.
Connect the appliance to an eiciently
earthed and correctly installed socket
with a minimum current rating o10A
only.
Ithe power socket does not match
the plug on the appliance, have the
socket replaced with a suitable type
by a qualiied proessional.

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3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Please reer to the Quick
Guide lealet
3.1 Description of the
appliance
A10
A2 A4
A3
A8 A6A7
A5
A12
A1
A13
A11A14
A9
To comply with saety directives, an
omnipolar switch with a minimum
contact distance o3 mm must be
installed.
Do not use multiple sockets or exten-
sions.
IMPORTANT!
Saety cutout devices must be
included in the mains power supply
in compliance with the installation
regulations in the country concerned.
A1 Coee ground container
A2 Brewing unit
A3 Interior lighting
A4 ON/OFF/stand-by button
A5 Hot water/steam connection nozzle
A6 Water tank
A7 Coee spouts (adjustable height)
A8 Drip tray
A9 Grinding adjustment dial
A10
Main ON/OFF switch
A11
Ground coee unnel
A12
Cup storage compartment (average
temperature 35°C) (*)
A13
Accessories compartment (let/right)
A14
Beans container
(*) make sure the “energy saving”
mode is deactivated and that auto-
matic turning o is set to at least 1.5
hours

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4. CONTROL PANEL
4.1 Control panel
1 2 3
C1
C3 C2 C4 C5
C1
Display
C2
Rotary
C3
Favourite icons
C4
START icon
C5
STOP icon
3.2 Accessories
B1 B3 B4
B5 B7
B6 B8
B2
B1
“Total Hardness Test” indicator paper
B2
Ground coee measure
B3
Descaler
B4
Water sotener ilter (certain models
only)
B5
Cleaning brush
B6
Hot water/steam spout
B7
Connection nozzle cover
B8
Milk container
Functions and settings
C1
Display
C2
Rotary
Turn the rotary to adjust the settings and browse the menu. Press to
conirm the selected unctions/settings.
The selected unction on the display, is underlined.
Select “Back” to go to the upper level menu, or “OK” to go back to the
main menu.
C3 Favourite
Save your avourite
C4
Start Start delivering the beverages
C5
Stop Stop delivering the beverages

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Functions and settings
C6
Demo Basic Settings
Service
Demo Mode
When Demo is activated the heating elements remain inac-
tive and the Coee Machine is kept saeor the showroom.
The predeined secret code 2468 needs to be inserted both
or activating and deactivating the demo mode.
C7
Number
of cups /
% milk
1 cup
2 cups
% milk
C8
Menu Cleaning
Basic Settings
Rinsing
Descaling
Time oDay
Auto Start
Auto O
Child Lock
Energy Saving
Cup warmer
Lights
Water
Setup
Service
Start
Start
00:00
On - O
Set Start time
From 15 minutes to 3 hours
On - O
On - O
On - O
On
Only when brew
O
Sotener
On - O
Hardness
From 1 to 4
Language
Key tones
Alarm/Error tones
Buzzer volume
Display brightness
Demo Mode
Show sotware version
Statistics
Reset avourite
Reset recipes
Factory settings
4.2 Description of the display
spresso
ormal
enu
30ml
Options
O
2 cups
C8
C11C12
C
6
C
7
C9
C10
C6
Demo
C7
Number ocups
C8
Menu
C9
Cup size
C10
Options/clock
C11
Aroma
C12
Recipes

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Functions and settings
C9
Cup
size (*)
Small
Medium
Large
Extra Large
C10
Options
Coee temperature
Save as Favourite
Keep Changes
Low
Medium
High
Max
C11
Aroma
Pre-ground coee
Extra Mild
Mild
Normal
Strong
Extra Strong
C12
Recipes Coee
+ Milk
Specials
Ristretto
Espresso
Espresso lungo
Long Coee
Americano
Espresso Macchiato
Macchiato
Cappuccino
Cappuccino Plus
Latte Macchiato
Flat White
Cae Latte
Hot Milk
Hot Water
Steam
Jug
rom 40% to 60% milk
rom 20% to 80% milk
rom 20% to 80% milk
rom 20% to 80% milk
rom 20% to 80% milk
rom 40% to 90% milk
rom 40% to 90% milk
(*) The quantities shown on the display will vary depending on the calibration othe
coee grinder, the temperature and ambient humidity.

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5.1 Controls after transport
Ater removing the packaging, check
that the appliance is intact and that all
accessories are included. Do not use the
appliance iit is visibly damaged. Contact
Customer Services.
5.2 Initial cleaning
Coffee has been used to factory-test the
appliance and it is therefore completely
normal for there to be traces of coffee in
the grinder.
Customise water hardness as
soon as possible ollowing the
instructions in the “Setting water
hardness” section.
5.3 Installing the appliance
IMPORTANT!
• Installation must be perormed by a
qualiied proessional in compliance
with legislation in orce in the country
oinstallation (see Built-in installation).
• The packing elements (plastic bags,
polystyrene oam, etc.) should be kept
out oreach ochildren.
• Do not install the appliance in rooms
where the temperature may drop to
0°C or lower.
• Customise the water hardness as soon
as possible ollowing the instructions in
the “Setting water hardness” section.
5.4 First connection
Connect the appliance to the mains
electricity supply and make sure the main
switch (A10) on the side othe appliance
is pressed down (ig. 1);
ig. 1
Turn the rotary (C2) (ig. 2 Quick Guide)
to select the required “Language”, then
press the rotary to conirm;
Turn the rotary again to select “Display
Brightness” and press it to conirm. Turn
the rotary to set rom 1 to 5 level.
Turn the rotary to select “Time oday”
and press it to conirm. Turn the rotary to
select “Minute othe day” and press it to
conirm. Turn the rotary to set the hours
and minutes until the current time is
displayed and press it to conirm.
Turn the rotary to select “demo mode” or
“First use”.
First use setup:
• FILL WATER TANK is displayed:
remove the water tank (A6), open the
lid, ill to the MAX line (marked on the
inside othe tank) with resh water (ig.
4 Quick Guide), close the lid and put
the tank back in the appliance;
•INSERT THE WATER SPOUT is
displayed: Check that the hot water/
steam spout (B6) is inserted on the
connection nozzle (A5) (ig. 5 Quick
Guide) and place a container holding a
minimum o100 ml underneath;
• PLACE A CUP (at least 100ml) UN-
DER THE WATER SPOUT PRESS
OK TO START DELIVERING HOT
WATER appears on the display;
• Select OK to conirm. The appliance
delivers water rom the spout then
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goes o automatically.
The coee machine is now ready or
normal use.
The irst time you use the appli-
ance, you need to make 4-5 cap-
puccinos beore it starts to give
satisactory results.
The irst time you use the ma-
chine, the water circuit is empty
and the appliance could be very
noisy. The noise becomes less as
the circuit ills.
When making the irst 5-6 cap-
puccinos, it is normal to hear the
noise oboiling water. Ater this,
the noise becomes less.
To improve the perormance o
your appliance, we recommend
installing a water sotener ilter
(B4) as described in section “Wa-
ter sotener ilter”. Iyour model
is not provided with a ilter, you
can request one rom Customer
Services.
Each time the appliance is turned on,
it perorms an automatic preheat and
rinse cycle which cannot be interrupted.
The appliance is ready or use only ater
completion othis cycle.
DANGER OF BURNS
During rinsing, a little hot water
lows rom the coee spouts (A7).
Avoid contact with splashes o
water.
The machine turns o automatically ater
a preset Time (see Menu). In case you
want to turn o beore press the ON/OFF
stand-by button (A4) (Fig 7 Quick Guide)
The message “TURNING OFF” is
displayed, then (iapplicable) the appli-
ance perorms a rinse cycle and goes o
(standby).
Iyou will not be using the appli-
ance or some time, irst empty the
water circuit, then unplug rom the
mains socket as ollows:
irst turn the appliance o by
pressing the ON/OFF stand-by
button (A4);
release the main switch (A10) at
the side othe appliance.
IMPORTANT!
Never press the main switch (ig.
1) while the appliance is on.
6.1 Rinsing
Use this unction to clean the coee
spouts (A7), to clean and heat the appli-
ance’s internal circuit. Place a container
with a minimum capacity o100 ml under
the coee spouts.
DANGER OF BURNS!
Do not leave the appliance unat-
tended while hot water is being
delivered.
Ithe appliance is not used
or more than 3-4 days, when
switched on again, we strongly
recommend perorming 2/3 rinses
beore use;
Ater cleaning, it is normal or the
ground container (A1) to contain
water.
6.2 Auto Start
You can set the auto-start time in order
to have the appliance ready at a certain
time (or example in the morning) so you
can make coee immediately.
To enable this unction, the time
must already be set correctly.
When the appliance is turned o
using the main switch (A10), the
auto-start setting (ienabled) is
lost.
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7.1 Coffee beans
IMPORTANT!
Do not use green, caramelised
or candied coee beans as they
could stick to the coee mill and
make it unusable.
1. Fill the beans container (ig. 9 Quick
Guide) with coee beans;
2. Place a cup (or two cups) under the
coee spouts (A7);
3. Lower the spouts as near as possible
to the cup. This makes a creamier
coee;
4. Select the required coee by turning
the rotary.
Choose the desired coee:
• Ristretto
• Espresso
• Espresso lungo
• Long Coee
• Americano
spresso
pecialsilk
5. Customize Aroma, coee quantity
and number ocups.
6. Press START icon.
7. Preparation begins. An image othe
selected beverage appears on the
display (C1), together with a progress
bar which gradually ills as prepara-
tion proceeds.
While the machine is making co-
ee, delivery can be interrupted at
any moment by pressing STOP.
Once the coee has been made, the
appliance is ready to make the next
beverage.
Various alarm messages could
be displayed while using the ap-
pliance (ill tank, empty ground
container, etc.). Their meaning is
explained in section “Displayed
messages”.
• For hotter coee, see section “Tips or
a hotter coee”.
• Ithe coee is delivered a drop at a
time, too weak and not creamy enough
or too cold, read the tips in sections
“Adjusting the coee mill” and “Trou-
bleshooting”.
• Preparation oeach coee can be
customised.
• I“Energy Saving” mode is active, you
may have to wait a ew seconds beore
the irst coee is delivered.
7.2 Pre-ground coffee
IMPORTANT!
Never add pre-ground coee
when the machine is o or it could
spread through the inside othe
machine and dirty it. This could
damage the appliance.
7. MAKING COFFEE
6.3 Energy saving
Use this unction to enable or disable en-
ergy saving. When enabled, the unction
reduces energy consumption in compli-
ance with European regulations.
6.4 Coffee temperature
Use this unction to modiy the tem-
perature othe water used to make the
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While the machine is making co-
ee, delivery can be interrupted at
any moment by pressing STOP
icon.
IMPORTANT!
Halway through preparation, the
message ADD PRE-GROUND
COFFEE is displayed. Add one
level measure opre-ground co-
ee and press START.
7.3 Adjusting the coffee mill
The coee mill is set by deault to
prepare coee correctly and should not
require regulating initially.
However, iater making the irst ew co-
ees you ind that the coee is either too
weak and not creamy enough or delivery
is too slow (a drop at a time), this can
be corrected by adjusting the grinding
adjustment dial.
IMPORTANT!
The grinding adjustment dial must
be turned only when the co-
ee mill is in operation (grinding
sound) during the initial phase o
coee preparation.
Ithe cofee is delivered too slowly or not
at all, and when the wording GROUND
TOO FINE appears in versions with dis-
play, turn the cofee grinding dial one or
two clicks in a clockwise direction.
To deliver more ull-bodied, creamier
coee, turn the dial in an anti-clockwise
direction by one click toward number 1
(not more than one click at a time, other-
wise the coee might start to drip)
These adjustments will only be evident
ater at least 2 cups ocoee have been
delivered. Ithis adjustment does not
obtain the desired result, turn the dial
another click.
7.4 Tips for a hotter coffee
For hotter coee, it is recommended to:
• increase the coee temperature in the
settings menu.
• warm the cups with hot water/steam
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8.1 Using the hot water/steam
spout
8.2 Using the milk container
1. Remove the lid (ig. 16 Quick Guide);
2. Fill the milk container (B8) with a
suicient quantity omilk, not exceed-
ing the MAX level marked on the con-
tainer. Each mark on the side othe
container corresponds to about 100
ml omilk;
For a denser more even roth,
you must use skimmed or partially
skimmed milk at rerigerator tem-
perature (about 5°C).
I“Energy Saving” mode is ena-
bled, you may have to wait a ew
seconds beore the beverage is
delivered.
3. Make sure the milk intake tube is
correctly inserted in the bottom o
the milk container lid (ig. 16 Quick
Guide);
4. Place the lid back on the milk con-
tainer;
5. Remove the hot water/steam spout
(B6);
6. Attach the milk container (B8) to the
connection nozzle (A5) and push as
ar as it will go (ig. 17 Quick Guide).
7. Place a suiciently large cup under
the coee spouts (A7) and rothed
milk spout. Adjust the length othe
milk spout. To move it nearer the
cup, simply pull it downwards (ig. 18
Quick Guide).
8. Follow the instructions below or each
unction.
Turn the roth adjustment dial on the
milk container lid to adjust the amount o
roth on the milk delivered while making
milk-based coees. Follow the tips in the
table below:
Dial posi-
tion
Description Recommended
or…
No
roth
CAFFE LATTE /
HOT MILK
Min. roth LATTE
MACCHIATO
Max. roth CAPPUCCINO /
MILK (FROTHED
MILK)
To avoid milk with poor roth or
large bubbles, always clean the
milk container lid and hot water
connection nozzle as described in
sections 10.10 / 10.11 / 10.12.
8. MAKING CAPPUCCINOS AND MILK-BASED COFFEES
The aroma, quantity and milk% othe
drinks can be saved according the pre-
erences.
The Favourite button on the panel allows
the user to prepare their avourite bever-
age with a single touch.
This eature allows the User to save the
current settings. (The recipe and any
9. FAVOURITE

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Please reer to the Quick
Guide lealet
10.1 Cleaning the machine
The ollowing parts othe machine must
be cleaned regularly:
• the appliance’s internal circuit;
• coee ground container (A1);
• drip tray (A8);
• water tank (A6);
• coee spouts (A7);
• pre-ground coee unnel (A11);
• brewing unit (A2), accessible ater
opening the brewing unit door;
• milk container (B8);
• hot water/steam connection nozzle
(A5);
• control panel.
IMPORTANT!
Do not use solvents, abrasive
detergents or alcohol to clean the
coee machine. You need not use
chemical products to clean the
machine.
None othe components othe
appliance can be washed in a
dishwasher with the exception o
the milk container (B8).
Do not use metal objects to
remove encrustations or coee
deposits as they could scratch
metal or plastic suraces.
10.2 Cleaning the machine’s
internal circuit
Ithe appliance is not used or more
than 3/4 days, beore using it again, we
strongly recommend switching it on and:
1. perorming 2-3 rinse cycles by select-
ing the “Rinse” unction.
2. Delivering hot water oraew sec-
onds.
Ater cleaning, it is normal or the
ground container (A1) to contain
water.
10. CLEANING
user-preerred parameters)
Important: Note that, “Save as Favourite”
does not overwrite the current recipe,
use Options /Keep Changes to change
the current recipe deault values.
By selecting Save as Favourite on the
list:
1. The screen shows a popup with
instruction. It is possible to Cancel
by pressing the rotary and selecting
Cancel.
2. The control panel shows and blink
the 3 icons 1 2
3
.
3. Start icon is O.
By selecting one position:
1. The screens shows the saved recipe
renamed with the preix “My”.
2. The selected position icon turns
On. Any other avourites that have
already been saved also light up.
3. The Start icon turns On.
The user can overwrite a avourite by
selecting a point where a avourite is
already saved. In this case, a popup win-
dow will appear to conirm the action.
In this case:
• The selected avourite position will
start to lash
• The other 2 icons will turn o
By selecting “NO”, the screen backs to
the previous screen - see Options: Save
as Favourite - Saving
By selecting “YES”, the screen goes to
Quickset - see Options: Save as Favour-
ite - Saving
To cancel, select “Menu” /“Basic Set-
tings”, /“Service”/”Reset avourite”.

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10.3 Cleaning the coffee
ground container
When “Empty ground container” appears
on the display (C1), the ground container
must be emptied and cleaned. The appli-
ance cannot be used to make coee until
the ground container has been cleaned.
Even inot ull, the empty ground con-
tainer message is displayed 72 hours
ater the irst coee has been prepared.
For the 72 hours to be calculated cor-
rectly, the machine must never be turned
o with the main switch (A10).
To clean (with the machine on):
1. Open the bottom door (ipresent) by
rotating it downwards (ig. 25 Quick
Guide).
2. Remove the drip tray (A8) (ig. 26
Quick Guide), empty and clean.
3. Empty the ground container (ig. 27
Quick Guide) and clean thoroughly to
remove all residue let on the bottom.
This can be done using the spatula
on the brush (B5) provided.
IMPORTANT!
When removing the drip tray,
the ground container must be
emptied, even iit contains only
ew grounds. Ithis is not done,
the ground container may overill
and clog the machine as the user
continues to prepare coees.
10.4 Cleaning the drip tray
IMPORTANT!
The drip tray (A8) is itted with a
level indicator (red) showing the
level owater it contains. Beore
the indicator protrudes rom the
cup tray, the drip tray must be
emptied and cleaned, otherwise
the water may overlow the edge
and damage the appliance, the
surace it rests on or the surround-
ing area.
To remove the drip tray, proceed as
ollows:
1. Remove the drip tray and coee
ground container (A1) (ig. 26 Quick
Guide);
2. Empty the drip tray (ig. 28 Quick
Guide) and ground container and
wash them.
10.5 Cleaning inside of the
coffee machine
DANGER!
Beore cleaning internal parts, the
machine must be turned o and
unplugged rom the mains power
supply. Never submerge the appli-
ance into water.
1. Check regularly (about once a
month) that the inside othe appli-
ance (accessible ater removing the
drip tray (A8) ) is not dirty.
2. Inecessary, remove coee deposits
with the brush (B5) supplied and a
sponge. Remove all the residues
with a vacuum cleaner (ig. 29 Quick
Guide).
10.6 Cleaning the water tank
1. Clean the water tank (A6) regularly
(about once a month) and whenever
you replace the water sotener ilter
(B4) (iprovided) with a damp cloth
and a little mild washing up liquid.
Rinse thoroughly beore illing the
tank and putting it back in the appli-
ance;
2. Remove the ilter (ipresent) and
rinse with running water;
3. Replace the ilter (iprovided), ill the
tank with resh water and replace the
tank;
4. (Models with water sotener ilter
only) Deliver about 100ml ohot
water to reactivate the ilter.
10.7 Cleaning the coffee
spouts
1. Clean the coee spouts (A7) regu-
larly with a sponge or cloth;
2. Check that the holes in the coee
spouts are not blocked. Inecessary,
remove coee deposits with a tooth-

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pick.
10.8 Cleaning the pre-ground
coffee funnel
Check regularly (about once a month )
that the pre-ground coee unnel (A11) is
not blocked. Inecessary, remove coee
deposits with the brush (B5) supplied.
10.9 Cleaning the brewing unit
The brewing unit must be cleaned at
least once a month.
IMPORTANT!
The brewing unit (A2) must not be
removed when the appliance is
on. Do not use orce to remove the
brewing unit.
1. Make sure the machine is correctly
turned o.
2. Open the service door.
3. Remove the drip tray and waste co-
ee container (ig. 26 Quick Guide).
4. Press the two coloured release but-
tons inwards and at the same time
pull the brewing unit outwards (ig. 31
Quick Guide).
IMPORTANT!
Do not use washing up liquid to
clean the brewing unit. It would
remove the lubricant applied to the
inside othe piston.
5. Soak the brewing unit in water or
about 5 minutes, then rinse (ig. 32
Quick Guide).
6. Ater cleaning, replace the brewing
unit (A2) by sliding it onto the internal
support and pin at the bottom, then
push the PUSH symbol ully in until it
clicks into place.
Iyou encounter diiculty inserting
the brewing unit, beore inserting
it you must adapt it to the right
dimension by pressing it orceully
rom the bottom and top.
7. Once inserted, make sure the two
coloured release buttons have
snapped out.
8. Replace the drip tray and waste co-
ee container.
9. Close the service door.
10.10 Cleaning the milk con-
tainer (B8)
Each time the coee machine
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automatically asks to clean the
circuit othe jug at the end o
the recipe. Turn the rotary to the
CLEAN position.
Clean the milk container each time you
prepare milk as described below:
1. Lit and remove the lid;
2. Extract the milk container (B8) rom
the thermal casing, holding it by the
two side grips.
IMPORTANT!
The thermal casing must not be
illed with or immersed in water.
Clean with a damp cloth only.
3. Remove the milk spout and intake
tube (ig. 33 Quick Guide).
4. Turn the roth adjustment dial clock-
wise to the “INSERT” position and
pull o.
5. Wash all components othe rother
thoroughly with hot water and a mild
dish-washing detergent. All compo-
nents and the container are dish-
washer sae, placing them in the top
basket othe dishwasher.
Make sure there are no milk residues
on the hollow and groove under the
dial.
Inecessary, scrape the groove with
a toothpick.
6. Rinse inside the roth adjustment dial
seat and the milk rother connector
hole.
7. Check that the intake tube and spout
are not clogged with milk residues.
8. Replace the dial (lining up the arrow
with the word INSERT), spout and
milk intake tube.
9. Place the milk container in the ther-
mal casing.
10. Place the lid back on the milk con-
tainer.
10.11 Cleaning the hot water/
steam connection nozzle
Each time you prepare milk, clean the
connection nozzle (A5) with a sponge to
remove milk residues rom the gaskets.
10.12 Cleaning the hot water/
steam spout after use
Always clean the hot water/steam spout
(B6) ater use to avoid the build-up o
milk residues and prevent it rom clog-
ging.
1. Place a container under the hot
water/steam spout and deliver a little
water. Stop delivery ohot water by
pressing STOP.
2. Wait a ew minutes or the hot water/
steam spout to cool down, then
extract. Hold the spout with one hand
and with the other, turn the cappuc-
cino maker and pull it downwards.
3. Also remove the steam connection
nozzle by pulling it downwards.
4. Check the hole in the connection
nozzle is not blocked. Inecessary,
clean using a toothpick.
5. Wash all parts othe spout thorough-
ly with a sponge and warm water.
6. Insert the connection nozzle, then
the cappuccino maker on the spout
by pushing it upwards and turning it
clockwise until it is attached.

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IMPORTANT!
Beore use, read the instructions
and the labelling on the descaler
pack.
You should use descaler author-
ised by the manuacturer only
(cod. 9029798718 M3BICD200)
WebShop AEG:
www.aeg.com/shop.
Using unsuitable descaler and/or
perorming descaling incorrectly
may result in aults not covered by
the manuacturer’s warranty.
Descale the appliance when PLEASE
DESCALE YOUR MACHINE appears
on the display. To descale immediately,
press DESCALE, and ollow the instruc-
tions rom point 4;
To access the descaling menu:
1. Turn the rotary (C2) to select “Menu”,
then press the dial to conirm.
2. Select “Cleaning” and conirm.
3. Set “Descaling” and conirm.
4. Select “Start” to start the descaling
cycle then ollow the instructions on
the display;
5. REMOVE SOFTENER FILTER (i
activated); extract the water tank
(A6), remove the sotener ilter (B4)
(iincluded), empty the water tank.
Press NEXT;
6. ADD DESCALER (UP TO LEVEL
A) AND WATER (UP TO LEVEL B);
Pour the descaler into the tank up to
the level A marked inside the tank
(equal to one 100 ml pack), then add
water (one litre) up to level B and put
the water tank back.
7. Press YES;
8. PLACE 2.5l CONTAINER UNDER
SPOUTS PRESS OK TO START
DESCALING:
Place an empty container with a
minimum capacity o2.5 litres under
the hot water/steam spout (B6) and
coee spouts (A7);
DANGER OF BURNS!
Hot water containing acid lows
out othe hot water/steam spout.
Take care to avoid contact with
splashes othis solution.
9. Press OK to conirm that you have
added the descaling solution. DES-
CALING UNDERWAY, appears on
the display. The descale programme
starts and the descaler liquid comes
out othe hot water/steam and coee
spouts. A series orinses and pauses
is perormed automatically to remove
all the scale residues inside the co-
ee machine;
Ater about 25 minutes, descaling stops:
10. RINSE AND FILL WATER TANK UP
TO MAX LEVEL: the appliance is
now ready to rinse with resh water.
Empty the container used to collect
the descaler solution. Extract the
water tank, empty, rinse under run-
ning water, ill with resh water up to
the MAX level and put back in the
appliance;
11. PLACE 2.5l CONTAINER UNDER
SPOUTS. PRESS OK TO START
RINSING: Place the container used
to collect the descaler solution empty
under the coee spouts and hot wa-
ter/steam spout (ig. 8 Quick Guide)
and press OK;
12. Hot water is delivered irst rom the
coee spouts, then rom the hot
water/steam spout and RINSING,
please wait is displayed;
13. When the water in the tank has run
out, empty the container used to col-
lect the rinsing water;
14. (Ithe ilter is installed) INSERT THE
FILTER IN ITS HOUSING Press
NEXT and extract the water tank.
Replace the water sotener ilter i
removed previously;
15. FILL WATER TANK UP TO MAX
LEVEL: Fill the tank up to the MAX
level with resh water;
16. INSERT WATER TANK: Put the
water tank back in the appliance;
17. PLACE 2.5l CONTAINER UNDER
SPOUTS. PRESS OK TO START
RINSING:
Place the container used to collect
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PLEASE DESCALE YOUR MACHINE
message is displayed ater a period
otime established according to water
hardness.
The machine is set by deault or a hard-
ness level o4. The machine can also
be programmed according to the hard-
ness othe mains water in the various
regions so that the machine needs to be
descaled less oten.
12.1 Measuring water hard-
ness
1. Remove the “Total hardness test”
indicator paper (B1) rom its packag-
ing.
2. Immerse the paper completely in a
glass owater or one second.
3. Remove the paper rom the water
and shake lightly. Ater about a min-
ute, 1, 2, 3, or 4 red squares orm,
depending on the hardness othe
water. Each square corresponds to
one level.
12.2 Setting water hardness
1. Turn the rotary (C2) to select “Menu”,
then press the dial to conirm.
2. Select “Basic Settings”, press to
conirm, select “Water” and conirm.
3. Select “Hardness” and set the
required level rom 1 to 4 (Level 1
= sot water; Level 4 = very hard
water);
The machine is now reprogrammed with
the new water hardness setting.
12. SETTING WATER HARDNESS
the descaler solution empty under the
hot water/steam spout and press OK;
18. Hot water is delivered rom the hot
water/steam spout and RINSING is
displayed.
19. EMPTY DRIP TRAY: At the end o
rinsing, remove, empty and replace
the drip tray (A8) and ground con-
tainer (A1). Press OK;
20. DESCALE COMPLETE;
21. Press OK; Machine is turned o.
Descaling is complete.
Ithe descaling cycle is not com-
pleted correctly (e.g. no electric-
ity) we recommend repeating the
cycle;
Ater descaling, it is normal or the
ground container (A1) to contain
water.
Ithe water tank has not been
illed to the MAX level, at the
end odescaling, the appliance
requests a third rinse to guaran-
tee that the descaler solution has
been completely eliminated rom
the machine’s internal circuits.
Beore starting rinsing, remember
to empty the drip tray;
The appliance may request desca-
ling cycles at very short intervals.
This is normal and due to the
appliance’s advanced control
system.