Melitta 818466 Optima Timer Coffee Maker Instruction Manual

Melitta 818466 Optima Timer Coffee Maker Instruction Manual

Operating Instructions

1. Safety notice

• This appliance is intended for use in households and similar areas, such as –

• in kitchens for employees in shops, offices and other commercial areas

•  in agricultural establishments

•  in motels, hotels and other residential facilities and bed and breakfast establishments Any other use is considered to be improper use and may result in personal
  injury or damage to property.
  Melitta® is not liable for damage caused by improper use. Please observe the following instructions to avoid injuries in case of misuse:

• The appliance must not be placed in a cupboard during operation.

• Connect the appliance only to a properly installed earthed socket.

•  The appliance must always be disconnected from the power supply when unsupervised and before assembly, disassembly or cleaning.

• During operation, parts of the appliance such as the steam outlet at the filter become very hot. Avoid touching these parts and avoid contact with hot steam.

• Do not open the filter holder during brewing.

• The hotplate becomes very hot during use and remains hot for a long time after the brewing process. Contact with the hot plate can cause burns, so avoid touching it.

•  Make sure that the power cable does not touch the hot plate.

• Do not use the appliance if the power cable is damaged.

• Do not allow the power cable to come into contact with liquids.

• Never immerse the appliance in water.

• Do not use the jug in the microwave

• Do not clean the parts that come into contact with food with aggressive cleaning agents or scouring cream. Remove detergent residues with clean water. Further information on cleaning can be found under „Cleaning and care“.

• This appliance can be used by children from 8 years of age or older if they are supervised or  have been instructed in the safen use of the equipment and haveunderstood the potential hazards.
  Cleaning and maintenance must not be carried out by children, unless they are 8 years or older and are supervised. Keep the appliance and the power cable away from children under 8 years of age.

• The appliance may be used by persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental abilities or lack of experience and/or knowledge if they are supervised or have been instructed in the safe use of the appliance and have understood the potential hazards.

• Children must not play with the appliance

• Replacement of the power cable and all other repairs may only be

Before preparing the first cup of coffee

• Connect appliance to Cord can be lengh- tend or shortened by using the cable storage (1)
• The display (LCD) is illuminated and
• Set the time by using the buttons „H“ and „MIN“ (2). A quick run is possible by pressing the buttons
• To save energy, the LCD-light switches off 2 seconds after last use of one of the If you want to have a constant lighting of the display press the buttons “H” and “MIN” together for longer than 1 second. Switching off the light can be done the same way.
• For cleaning the appliance before first use, fill the watertank with clear, cold Press button “ON/OFF” (3) to start the cleaning process. Switch off the appliance with “ON/OFF” button
  after the end of the brewing process. Repeat this once.

Adjusting the water hardness

To maintain value and function of the appliance it has an integrated descaling programme. The appliance can be programmed with 4 degrees of water hardness. It is set to high water hardness in factory. We recom- mend an individual adjustment based on your local degree of hardness.You can ask your local water sup- plier or use a special control strip for determining.
To adjust degree of hardness press button „CALC“ (4) and keep it pressed. The display shows the factory provided presetting. For adjustment press button filtercone and fill in your desired quantity of ground coffee into the filterbag. Swivel filter back until it snaps in.

• Press „ON/OFF“ button (3). The green LED is illu- minated and the brewing process starts.
• After end of brewing you can remove the jug from the The drip stop avoids dripping.
• Let the appliance cool down for 5 minutes between 2 brewing

Timer function

The appliance is equipped with a timer function. With this function, the brewing process can be started automatically at a pre-programmed time.

• Press the button „TIMER“ (5) and keep it pr When programming first time 00:00 is flashing in the display.
• Set the desired starting time by using the buttons H“ and „MIN“ (2). A quick run is possible by pressing the buttons constantly.
• After releasing the button „TIMER“, the current or when the appliance disconnected from
• By pressing the “TIMER” button again shortly, the function is activated for the next brewing Blue LED light shows activation and the programmed starting time is visible in the display for a few seconds.
• The timer-function can be de-activated by a further press on the “TIMER” The blue LED light expires.
• The brewing process can be started independently from timer-function by pressing the “ON/OFF”

Adjustable warmkeeping time

„MIN“ as long as the display shows your desired degree of hardness. 2 seconds after releasing the “CALC” button, the display shows the time again. Your choosen water hardness is programmed. Last adjustment maintains even when the appliance will be disconnected from socket.

Coffee preparation

To maintain the best aroma of your coffee keep the coffee packaging always closed and store it in a refrid- gerator. We recommend to use 6g ground coffee per cup for best taste. To secure an optimal brewing result fold the filterbag 102® as described on the packaging.

• Fill the removable water tank (6) with fresh, cold The needed amount of water based on cups to prepare can be read off the cup scale on the water tank.

• Insert the water tank

• Swivel out the filter (7). Place a filterbag into the Longterm warmkeeping of the coffee on the warming- plate leads to loss of taste. Therefore we recommend a warmkeeping time for not longer than 30 minutes. This time is presetted for securing an optimal coffee quality and also to avoid unneeded energy consumption. If you want to keep your coffee warm for a longer time, you can set the time in 4 steps until appliance switches off automatically.

• For setting the warmkeeping time keep the “ON/OFF” button 0:30 appears in the display.

• Set the needed warmkeeping time by pressing the “MIN” button in 30 minutes steps (up to 2 hours )

• After releasing the “ON/OFF” button, the current time appears again after 2 Last setting maintains even when the appliance will be discon- nected from socket.

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