Capresso Impressa J5 Manuale Utente

• 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:

, the hardness monitor is turned off. In this case you

must use distilled water.

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).

• Push the rotary dial. 

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• Turn the rotary dial until the display shows 

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• Push the rotary dial. The display shows  

.

• Turn the rotary dial until desired hardness level is displayed.
• Push the rotary dial to confirm the setting. 

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• Turn the rotary dial until the display shows 

.

• Push the rotary dial. The display shows 

.

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 

you can access these

functions as follows:
• Push and hold the Rotary Dial until the display shows 

.

The J5 offers the following functions (see chart).

• Turn the dial clockwise slowly to scroll through Functions.
Please note: to get back to 

, turn the Rotary

Dial until the display shows 

, then push the Rotary Dial.

23.

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