Rohnson R-98020 Espresso Coffee Maker Instruction Manual

COFFEE MAKER
INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL

R-98020 Espresso Coffee Maker

MODEL: R-98020
Read this manual thoroughly before using and save it for future reference.

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

Before using the electrical appliance, the following basic precautions should always be followed including the following:

1. Read all instructions.

2. Before using check that the voltage of wall outlet corresponds to rated voltage marked on the rating plate.

3. This appliance has been incorporated with a grounded plug. Please ensure the wall outlet in your house is well earthed.

4. To protect against fire, electric shock and injury to persons do not immerse cord, plug, in water or other liquid.

5. Remove plug from wall outlet before cleaning and when not in use. Allow appliance cool down completely before taking off, attaching components or before cleaning.

6. Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug or after the appliance malfunctions or is dropped or damaged in any manner. Return appliance to the nearest authorized service facility for examination, repair or electrical or mechanical adjustment.

7. The use of accessory attachments not recommended by the appliance manufacturer may result in fire, electric shock or injury to persons.

8. Place appliance on flat surface or table, do not hang power cord over the edge of table or counter.

9. Ensure the power cord do not touch hot surface of appliance.

10. Do not place the coffee maker on hot surface or beside fire in order to avoid being damaged.

11. To disconnect, remove plug from wall outlet. Always hold the plug. But never pull the cord.

12. Do not use appliance for other than intended use and place it in a dry environment.

13. Close supervision is necessary when your appliance is being used near children.

14. Be careful not to get burned by the steam.

15. Do not touch the hot surface of appliance (such as steam wand, and the steel mesh just boiling). Use handle or knobs.

16. Do not let the coffee maker operate without water.

17. Do not remove the metal funnel when appliance in brewing coffee or making steam.

18. Connect plug to wall outlet before using and turn any switch off before plug is removed from wall outlet.

19. This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliances by a person responsible for their safety.

20. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

21. This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as:
    – staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments;
    – farm houses;
    – by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
    – bed and breakfast type environments.

22. Do not use outdoors.

23. Save these instructions.

24. If you do not use the product for a long time, you need to turn on the power and then release steam for 3 minutes before leaving this product.

25. If you cut off power during steam release, residual heat will make product continue to release steam for a length of time, the product will stop releasing steam immediately once you turn off steam knob.

26. When the product is working for the first time, press the coffee button. If the coffee outlet does not come out of the water, open the steam knob to exhaust and then close the knob. Τhe water can come out.

KNOW YOUR COFFEE MAKER
A. Control panel (Power button / 1-cup coffee button / 2-cup coffee button / Steam button)
B. Steel mesh
C. Metal funnel
D. Funnel handle
E. Float cover
F. Removable cup shelf
G. Drip tray
H. Steam control knob
I. Water tank handle
J. Water tank cover
K. Water tank
L. Steam wand
M. Steam conduit handle
N. Froth nozzle
O. Measuring spoon

BEFORE THE FIRST USE

To ensure the first cup of coffee tastes excellent, you should rinse the coffee maker with warm water as follows:

1. Open water tank cover, fill water into water tank, water level should not exceed the “MAX” mark in water tank. Then replace the water tank cover.
   Note: the appliance is supplied with a detachable water tank for easy cleaning, you can fill water tank with water first, and then attach water tank into the appliance.

2. Set steel mesh into metal funnel (no coffee in steel mesh), make sure the tube on the funnel aligns with groove in the appliance, then insert the funnel into the appliance from the “INSERT” position, and fix them into coffee maker  firmly by turning it anticlockwise until it is at the “LOCK” position.

3. Place a jug on removable cup shelf. Make sure steam control knob is on the OFF position.

4. Connect into power source, press power button, power indicator is illuminated white. The indicators of 1-cup coffee button, 2-cup coffee button, manual coffee button and steam button flash, the machine begins preheating, after all  indicators are solidly on, the preheating is completed.
   Note: If preheating is not completed yet, press 1-cup coffee button, 2-cup coffee button or manual coffee button, the pump does not work; if you want to make steam, press the steam button.

5. Press Manual coffee button, the unit will pump water for about 30s, pour out water in the cup then clean them thoroughly, now the appliance is ready for making coffee.
   Note: There may be noise when pumping water for the first time, it is normal that the appliance is releasing the air inside. After about 20s, the noise will disappear.
   Note: Before the first use, because there is no water in the boiler, the button indicator will flash to alarm quickly. Press the button of the free cup until the pump stops working and the product stops to alarm, and the coffee brewing operation can be started.

PREHEATING

To make a cup of good hot Espresso coffee, we recommend you should preheat the appliance before making coffee, including metal funnel, steel mesh and cup, so that the coffee flavor can’t be influenced by cold parts.

1. Remove detachable water tank and open water tank cover to fill it with desired water, the water level should not exceed the “MAX” mark in the tank. Then replace water tank.
2. Set steel mesh into metal funnel, make sure the tube on the funnel aligns with groove in the appliance, then insert the funnel into the appliance from the “INSERT” position, and fix them into coffee maker firmly by turning it  anticlockwise until it is at the “LOCK” position.
3. Place an espresso cup on removable cup shelf.
4. Then connect appliance to power supply. Make sure steam control knob is on the OFF position.
5. Press power button, power indicator is illuminated white. The indicators of 1-cup coffee button, 2-cup coffee button and manual coffee button flash, the machine begins preheating, after all indicators are solidly on, it means that  preheating is completed, press Manual coffee button, the machine pumps water, when there is water flowing out, press this coffee button again to stop pumping water immediately. The purpose of this step is to pump the water of  water tank into boiler.
6. When coffee button indicator is illuminated, it indicates the preheating is finished.

MAKE ESPRESSO

1. Remove funnel by turning it clockwise. Add ground coffee into steel mesh with measuring spoon, a spoon of ground coffee powder can make about a cup of top-grade coffee, then press ground coffee powder tightly with the tamper.

2. Set steel mesh into metal funnel, make sure the tube on the funnel aligns with groove in the appliance, then insert the funnel into the appliance from the “INSERT” position, and fix them into coffee maker firmly by turning it  anticlockwise until it is at the “LOCK” position.

3. Place a cup on removable cup shelf.

4. After preheating is completed, press 1-cup or 2-cup coffee button, the product will start brewing, working time for 1-cup coffee is 15 seconds and 25 seconds for 2-cup coffee. If you want to get the amount of coffee you like, press  manual coffee button once, when your desired quantity of coffee is reached, press this button again to stop, for manual coffee button, working time is Max 90s, unit will automatically stop working if not any operation within 90s.

5. At the time corresponding coffee button indicator is to be illuminated, if it is extinguished, wait for a moment, once it is illuminated again, press corresponding coffee button, wait for a moment, there will be coffee flowing out.

6. Press Coffee button when desired coffee is obtained or the colour of coffee changes weak obviously, coffee maker stops working, if coffee button indicator is extinguished, wait for a moment, coffee button indicator will be illuminated again, you can continue to make coffee.

7. Press and hold 1-cup button for 3 seconds, 1-cup button flashes, entering setting mode, press 1-cup button again to start dispensing coffee, when the specified time is reached, press 1 cup button to complete setting which can be  memorized by the unit. Working duration for 1-cup coffee can be set up to 45s, if working duration for 1-cup coffee is set, working duration for 2-cup coffee will be automatically updated to 2 times of that for 1-cup coffee; Working  duration for 2-cup coffee can be set up to 90s, if working duration for 2-cup coffee is set, working duration for 1-cup coffee will be automatically updated to half of that for 2-cup coffee.
   WARNING: Do not leave the coffee maker unattended during making coffee, as you need operate manually sometimes!

8.  After finish making coffee, take metal funnel out by turning it clockwise, then pour coffee residue out with steel mesh pressed by press bar.

9. Let them cool down completely, then rinse under running water.

MAKE HOT WATER

When the preheating is finished, the coffee indicator lights up solidly. Then press the coffee switch, and the water pump starts to pump water. Turn the knob to “Hot water”, and then hot water will flow out of the steam pipe. To stop  making hot water, press the coffee switch again. Hot water is used for warming cup, making tea or cooling down the appliance.
Please refer to the operation described in the section of “Make ESPRESSO” when need to adjust the working time for making hot water.

MAKE CAPPUCCINO/FROTHED MILK
You get a cup of cappuccino when you top up a cup of espresso with frothed milk.
Method:

1. Prepare espresso first with container big enough according to the part “MAKE ESPRESSO COFFEE”, make sure that the steam control knob is at the “o” position.

2. Press the steam switch selector, the lamp in the coffee switch will be illuminated, wait for until the indicator in the steam switch selector is illuminated.
   Note: During operation, the indicator in the steam selector will cycle on and off to maintain to desired temperature.

3. Fill a jug with about 100 ml of milk for each cappuccino to be prepared, you are recommended to use whole milk at refrigerator temperature (not hot!).
   Note: In choosing the size of jug, it is recommended the diameter to be not less than 70±5mm, and bear in mind that the milk increases in volume by 2 times, make sure the height of jug is enough.

4. Turn the steam control knob slowly anti-clockwise, steam will come out from the frothing device.
   Note: Never turn the steam control button rapidly, as the steam will accumulate rapidly in short time which may increase the potential of the risk of explosion.

5. Insert the frothing device into the milk about two-centimeter, froth milk in the way moving vessel round from up to down.

6. When the required purpose is reached, you can turn the steam control knob to “o” position.
   Note: Clean steam outlet with wet sponge immediately after steam stops generating but care not to hurt!

7. Pour the frothed milk into the espresso prepared, now the cappuccino is ready. Sweeten to taste and if desired, sprinkle the froth with a little cocoa powder.

8. Press the Power switch to cut the power source off. All indicators will be extinguished.
   WARNING: After finishing the “Steam” function, press the coffee switch, if the coffee indicator and steam indicator blink fast, it means that the temperature of the appliance is too high and the appliance needs to be turned off and  have a rest for more than 5 minutes, or you can activate the “Hot water” function to cool down the appliance. And the water pump will stop pumping water automatically if the temperature is normal. And the coffee will be burnt and there will be overflow at the funnel if the appliance brew coffee directly without being cooled down.

AUTOMATIC POWER OFF FUNCTION
If there is not any operation within 25 minutes, the unit will power off automatically.

FACTORY RESET

After finish preheating, hold and press double cup coffee switch and steam switch for 3 seconds at the same time, and their corresponding indicators will blink for 3 times, then the factory reset is finished.

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

1. Cut off power source and let the coffee maker cool down completely before cleaning.

2. Clean housing of coffee maker with moisture-proof sponge often and clean water tank, drip tray and removable shelf regularly then dry them.
   Note: Do not clean with alcohol or solvent cleanser. Never immerse the housing in water for cleaning.

3. Detach the metal funnel by turning it clockwise, get rid of coffee residue inside, then you can clean it with cleanser, but at last you must rinse with clear water.

4. Clean all the attachments in the water and dry thoroughly.

CLEANING MINERAL DEPOSITS

1. Fill the tank with water and descaler to the MAX level (the scale of water and descaler is 4:1, the detail refers to the instruction of descaler). Please use “household descaler”, you can use the citric acid (obtainable from chemist’s or  drug stores) instead of the descaler (the one hundred parts of water and three parts of citric acid).
2. According to the program of pre-heating, put the metal funnel (no coffee powder in it) and jug in place. Brewing water per “PRE-HEATING”.
3. Press the Power switch one time, its red lamp will be illuminated, you should press the pump control switch, make sure the coffee/steam selector, when there is water flowing out and close the pump, and wait for a moment, the coffee maker begins to be heated.
4. When the lamp in pump control switch is illuminated, it shows the heating is finished. Pressing the pump control switch and make two cups coffee. Then close the pump and wait for 5s.
5. Press the coffee/steam selector, the indicator in the pump control switch will be extinguished, waiting for until the indicator in the coffee/steam selector is illuminated. Make steam for 2min by turning the steam control knob, then  turn the steam control knob to “o” position to stop making steam. Press the Power switch for stop the unit immediately, make the descaler deposit in the unit at least 15 minutes.
6. Restart the unit and repeat the steps of 4-6 at least 3 times.
7. Then press the coffee/steam selector, the lamp in pump control switch will be illuminated, then press the pump control switch to brew until no descaler is left.
8. Then brew coffee (no coffee powder) with tap water in the MAX level, repeat the steps of 4-6 for 3 times (it is unnecessary to wait for 15 minutes in step of 6), then brew until no water is left in the tank.
9. Repeat the step of 9 at least 3 times to make sure the piping is clean.

TROUBLE SHOOTING

manufacturer.
Water leaks from the bottom of coffee maker.| There is much water in the drip tray.| Please clean the drip tray.
The coffee maker is malfunction.| Please contact with the authorized service facility for repairing.
Water leaks out of outer side of filter.| There is some coffee powder on filter edge.| Get rid of them.
Acid (vinegar) taste exists in Espresso coffee.| No clean correctly after cleaning mineral deposits.| Clean coffee maker per the content in “before the first use” for several times.
The coffee powder is stored in a hot, wet place for a long time. The coffee powder turns bad.| Please use fresh coffee powder, or store unused coffee powder in a cool, dry place. After opening a package of coffee powder, reseal it tightly and store it in a refrigerator to maintain its freshness.
The coffee maker cannot work anymore.| The power outlet is not plugged well.| Plug the power cord into a wall outlet correctly, if the appliance still does not work, please contact with the authorized service facility for repairing.
The steam cannot froth.| The steam ready indicator is not illuminated.| Only after the steam ready indicator is illuminated, the steam can be used to froth.
The container is too big or the shape is not fit.| Use high and narrow cup.
You have used skimmed milk| Use whole milk or half-skimmed milk

Do not take apart the appliance by yourself if the cause of failure is not found, you should better contact certified serving centre.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CORRECT DISPOSAL OF THE PRODUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EC DIRECTIVE 2002/96/EC.
At the end of its working life, the product must not be disposed of as urban waste. It must be taken to a special local authority differentiated waste collection center or to a dealer providing this service. Disposing of a household appliance  separately avoids possible negative consequences for the environment and health, deriving form inappropriate disposal and enables the constituent materials to be recovered to obtain significant savings in energy and resources. As a  reminder of the need to dispose of household appliances separately, the product is marked with a crossed-out wheeled dustbin.

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