First start-up

Before you plug it in

The importer's first-time steps.

1. Test your water with the strips supplied: 3 grains per gallon (about 51 ppm) or less. See water.
2. Rinse the tank and fill it with cold, soft water.
3. Push it in slowly, with the 2 long tubes reaching the bottom and not kinked.
4. Set all 3 front switches to off.
5. Plug into an earthed socket: no extension lead.

Fill the boiler, then heat (0 and 1 switch)

For a power switch marked 0 and 1 (US machines from 2022). The brew switch does the filling.

1. Turn the power switch to 1.
2. At once, turn the brew switch on: the pump fills the boiler.
3. When water flows from the group, turn the brew switch off.
4. Watch the middle amber lamp light and the display climb.
5. Lock the portafilter in and heat for at least 15 minutes (it is ready in about 5, steadier after 15). Keep cups on top.
6. To steam, turn on the rear steam-unit switch.

Older machines: the 0, 1, 2 switch

For a three-position power switch: 0 off, 1 fill (pump only, element off), 2 heat.

1. Turn the power switch to 1 (fill).
2. Turn the brew switch on until water comes from the group, then leave it 15 seconds more.
3. Turn the brew switch off.
4. Turn the power switch to 2: the amber lamp lights.
5. Lock the portafilter in and heat for at least 15 minutes.

The importer also uses fill mode if the machine has not been used for a long time, or the boiler has been drained. Which way is "off" for the brew and steam switches differs between versions: go by the legends on yours.

Quick Mill Silvano Evo: every job