Capresso Impressa J5 - Manual (Page 23)

• Insert the stick for one second into the water you want to
use. Shake off any access water and wait for one minute.
• If all five fields of the test stick turn reddish, set the hardness
level to 5 squares. If four fields turn reddish, set the hardness
level to 4 squares and so on.
Please note: If you use Spring Water or Bottled Water you can
set the hardness level to 3ºdH, "extremely soft water".
The machine will give you the following options:
INACTIVE , the hardness monitor is turned off. In this case you
must use distilled water.
Water Hardness level Display Equivalent Indicator strip
... º DH American Grains number of
“reddish” fields
1. extremely soft water 1 to 4 1 to 5 None
2. soft water 5 to 9 6 to 11 1 to 2
3. medium water 10 to 14 12 to 18 2 to 3
4. hard water 15 to 19 19 to 24 3 to 4
5. very hard water 20 to 24 25 to 30 4 to 5
6. extremely hard water 25 to 30 31 & higher all 5
Tip: If your tap water falls into the categories 5 and 6, we
recommend using bottled water. Please note: If you use the
Clearyl Filter with such hard water we recommend
decalcifying the machine once or twice a year (chapter 18.3).
16.1 CHANGING THE WATER HARDNESS MONITOR
READY
• Push the rotary dial. RINSE .
• Turn the rotary dial until the display shows HARDNESS .
• Push the rotary dial. The display shows 10º DH .
• Turn the rotary dial until desired hardness level is displayed.
• Push the rotary dial to confirm the setting.
OK, HARDNESS .
• Turn the rotary dial until the display shows EXIT .
• Push the rotary dial. The display shows READY .
The machine will automatically remind you when it is time to
decalcify (chapter 18.3).
17. PROGRAMMING / INFORMATION / MAINTENANCE
The J5 provides programming, maintenance and look-up
functions. With the display at
READY you can access these
functions as follows:
• Push and hold the Rotary Dial until the display shows
RINSE .
The J5 offers the following functions (see chart).
• Turn the dial clockwise slowly to scroll through Functions.
Please note: to get back to
READY , turn the Rotary
Dial until the display shows EXIT , then push the Rotary Dial.
23.
Display Function/Comment Chapter
RINSE
BUTTONS
FILTER
Select from RINSE, CLEAN, DE-SCALE
to run additional maintenance programs
outside the automatic prompts.
Change for all six beverage buttons the
parameters like cup volume, coffee
strength, temperature, steam duration.
Install and activate the CLEARYL filter.
If the filter is installed, the program
HARDNESS will not show up
17.1
17.2
15.1